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Tag: Jack Boskett

Class 90 visits Swindon for electrical testing

8th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

ONE of the most unusual movements this year has seen freshly painted Class 90 No. 90035 move from Crewe to Swindon.  The train has been put

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GWR Pannier Tank No. 9466 double heads with 7903 Foremarke Hall on a test run on the GWSR to Cheltenham Racecourse.

9466 ready for Gloucs-Warks service

3rd December 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

JONATHAN Jones-Pratt’s ‘94XX’ 0-6-0PT No. 9466 has entered service at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway at the start of an extended hire to the Cotswold line.  The

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GWR gives ‘Castle’ names to its HST power cars… and revives Class 255 designation

3rd September 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

GWR has unveiled a series of new cast nameplates with ‘Castle’ names that will be applied to its HST power cars.  The HST power cars

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Building on the Broadway

Building on the Broadway

8th May 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Steam

The 12 months since the opening of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s extension to Broadway have seen numerous records broken, with the line continuing to reap

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Official Photos taken by Jack Boskett of the Long Rock Open Day in Penzance by Great Western Railway.

Steam, diesel and electric on show at Long Rock open day

2nd May 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric

An open day at Long Rock depot, Penzance, was attended by several thousand visitors, who witnessed a wide array of motive power celebrating Cornwall’s railways.

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Sir Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson: Virgin Trains name could disappear

29th April 2019 Sam Hewitt Network, News

Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson has expressed shock at the disqualification from bidding.

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Hawthorn Leslie Met up for sale

28th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Industrial, News, Steam

Penbryn Engineering of Hengoed, South Wales, is seeking a buyer for ex-Metropolitan Electric Supply Company Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST Met (2800/1909). The forgotten loco was sent

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‘Hoover’ Royal Oak saved by Great Central Railway

20th March 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News

CLASS 50 No. 50017 Royal Oak has been acquired by the Great Central Railway (GCR) from Boden Rail, Eastcroft, Nottingham.  This followed a few days when

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Blue ‘King’ confirmed for Cotswold Festival of Steam

13th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE Great Western Society’s Collett 4-6-0 King Edward II will return to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway later this spring to take part in the line’s

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