A SHORT-notice agreement to bring the Middleton Railway’s roving Hunslet Brookes No. 1 (2387/1941) to the Ribble Steam Railway (RSR) for its Autumn Steam Gala helped
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Tag: Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway
Leeds-built locos show their mettle at Blaenavon gala
LOCOMOTIVES from two of Leeds best-known manufacturers stole the show at the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway’s (P&BR) gala on September 13-15. The event also included
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Brookes No. 1 and Illingworth heading to Blaenavon line gala
THE Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway (P&BR) will pay tribute to the industrial locomotive manufacturers of Leeds later this summer with a special Built in Leeds
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GKN-liveried Jessie enters Blaenavon line service
Former Cardiff resident Hunslet 0-6-0ST Jessie (1873/1937) joined the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway’s (P&BR) operational fleet on April 19 following overhaul and conversion back to
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Six GCR ‘Windcutter’ wagons now at Blaenavon
A RAKE of six BR 16T ‘Windcutter’ mineral wagons, borrowed from the Great Central Railway on a 10-year loan, will be first run in public
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Lottery grant for GWR 2-8-0 heavy freight No. 2874
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £57,400 towards the restoration.
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