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  • Rare ex-BR shunter still working at Worth Valley

    Rare ex-BR shunter still working at Worth Valley

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    FORMER BR 0-6-0DM No. D2511 (Hudswell, Clarke No. D1202 of 1961)  – the only survivor of a class of 10 – serves as the yard pilot at Oxenhope, where it is seen on June 16. It was withdrawn from Barrow-in-Furness (12C) in December 1967 and passed to the National Coal Board’s Brodsworth Colliery, Doncaster the following…

  • Industrial Locomotives & Railways of the North East

    Industrial Locomotives & Railways of the North East

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    By Gordon Edgar GORDON Edgar’s series exploring the nation’s industrial railways and systems of Britain continues with this latest volume focusing on the region often credited as being the cradle of the railways over the past 60 years. In industrial railway terms Teeside, County Durham and Northumberland had a bit of everything, from ports to…

  • Aln Valley a third of the way to buying Richboro

    Aln Valley a third of the way to buying Richboro

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    THE Aln Valley Railway has raised a third of the £75,000 needed to complete the purchase of the locomotive which forms the mainstay of its steam services. Last year, the line launched the Friends of Richboro appeal to buy 1917-built Hudswell, Clarke 0-6-0T Richboro from owner and AVR engineer Mick Fairnington. The appeal scheme sees…

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