The Railway Magazine
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VIDEO: Launch of Class 800 Azuma at London King’s Cross
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Azuma arrives in London for first passenger service, 11:03am from London King’s Cross to Leeds.
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Rare totem signs in starring role at July Stafford sale
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Rare British Railways station totem signs take centre stage at Railwayana Auctions UK’s next Stafford auction.
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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…
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‘Caley’ tank ups and downs: It’s a success in Swanage but fails at North Norfolk
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CALEDONIAN Railway 0-4-4T No. 419 suffered mixed fortunes during late-March/early-April, having proved a big hit at the Swanage Railway’s March 29-31 Spring Steam Up, but missing out on much of the North Norfolk Railway’s gala the following weekend. The Swanage event coincided with the visit of ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman, and also featured Great…
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Terrier Trust launches £150,000 to fund parallel ‘A1X’ overhauls
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THE Terrier Trust, together with the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR), has launched a £150,000 appeal to overhaul the trust’s two London, Brighton & South Coast Railway (LBSCR) ‘Terrier’ 0-6-0Ts – Nos. 3 Bodiam (BR No. 32670) and 32678. Income from the appeal, which has seen £15,000 injected each by the trust and railway,…
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Didcot formally launches ‘Saint’ Lady of Legend
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THE Great Western Society (GWS) marked the completion of its re-created Churchward ‘Saint’ in early April with a series of special commemorative events at Didcot Railway Centre. Supporters of the project were invited to a preview day on April 3 to see No. 2999 Lady of Legend in steam, with the opportunity to become among…
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6412 returning as WSR marks four decades of BL steam
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COLLETT ‘64XX’ 0-6-0PT No. 6412 will return to the railway it called home for 33 years next month when it takes part in the West Somerset Railway’s anniversary gala on June 8-9. The event will celebrate 40 years since trains started running to Bishops Lydeard on June 9, 1979, and aims to capture some of the…
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South Devon hits half century as first Dart Valley trains are remembered
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THE reopening of the Ashburton branch as the Dart Valley Railway in 1969 was commemorated during early April with a nine-day Golden Anniversary gala at the South Devon Railway (SDR). A combination of historic re-enactments and themed operating days, coupled with a cast of visiting and resident locomotives, provided a wealth of variety to the…
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A1 trust reveals key design changes for new Gresley ‘V4’
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THE A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT) is making headway with preparations to launch its project to build new Gresley class ‘V4’ No. 3403 in the spring of 2020. The trust has also revealed some of the improvements it will incorporate into the design, based on 10 years’ operation of ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado. The design will largely…
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Obituary: John Ransom (September 24, 1935- March 27, 2019)
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PHILIP John Greer Ransom was born in Northamptonshire. As a child he loved his Dartmoor pony and also cycled to watch the trains on the West Coast Main Line. He developed a passion for steam power and canals, which continued into his late teens when the family moved to North Wales. While in his twenties,…
