North British

  • Help save North British tank for possible repatriation

    Help save North British tank for possible repatriation

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    AN appeal has been launched to save a North British 4-8-2T from being scrapped in South Africa – and maybe to return it to Britain for overhaul to working order. The North British Locomotion Preservation Group is offering £25 shares in 3ft 6in gauge No. 25916 of 1945, one of the last survivors of a…

  • Steam-hauled overnight tour  from Melbourne in the pipeline

    Steam-hauled overnight tour from Melbourne in the pipeline

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    AN AMBITIOUS four-day, 1,500km steam tour is planned for June, including sleeping cars and overnight steam-hauled travel.  The main tour loco will be North British-built Pacific R707 (1951/26997), constructed for Victorian Railways.  The train will start from Melbourne and visit Echuca, Deniliquin, Swan Hill and Piangil between June 7 and 10.  For more, email:  [email protected]

  • It’s high fives as GW Railwayana lives up to its name

    It’s high fives as GW Railwayana lives up to its name

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    With a selection of five GWR nameplates, supported by six GWR cabsides and five smokebox numberplates from named locomotives, GW Railwayana will be living up to its name at its March 16 auction, although both the LMS and Southern Railway get a slice of the action. The five GWR nameplates are Wardour Castle and Neath…

  • Project to re-create a D16/1 LMS 10000 after national appeal

    Project to re-create a D16/1 LMS 10000 after national appeal

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    No. 10000 was one of a pair of locomotives designed and built by the LMS and English Electric.

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