The Railway Magazine
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New carriage shed construction under way at Aberystwyth
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WORK began at the end of October on the foundations for Vale of Rheidol Railway’s (VoR) new carriage shed at Aberystwyth. This next phase of the major reconstruction of VoR’s terminus will produce a 400ft-long three-road building. Completion of the new carriage shed will be followed by construction of a new ticket office and reinstatement…
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Baldwin steams on WHR
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GRAHAM Fairhurst’s newly restored Baldwin ‘10-12-D’ 4-6-0T WDLR No. 608 (picture, RM Nov) undertook a test run to Welsh Highland Railway’s (WHR) Pont Croesor on November 1, accompanied by 4wDM Upnor Castle. This was the first time that a ‘10-12-D’ had steamed on WHR metals since 1937. No. 608 ran to Beddgelert on November 3 during a…
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Final trains operate at Bursledon Brickworks
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HAMPSHIRE Narrow Gauge Railway Trust (HNGRT) operated public trains for the final time at Bursledon Brickworks museum, near Southampton, on October 27. After being actively involved in preservation for 58 years the organisation is now being wound up and its assets distributed to other narrow gauge lines (RM Nov). Operations featured Simplex 8694/1942 Ashby and…
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Coastal repairs secure future of Wicklow line
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SPECIALIST contractors and Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail (IÉ) workers have completed essential coastal defence repairs on the scenic stretch of the former Dublin & South Eastern Railway line between Greystones and Bray. The work at Bray Head saw the line temporarily closed between Bray and Greystones over the Bank Holiday weekend (October 26-28), and again on…
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Peckett Hornet for 2020 Ribble Steam Railway debut
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RESORATION of Peckett ‘W6 Special’ 0-4-0ST Hornet (1935/1937) is expected to be complete in time for the loco to star at Ribble Steam Railway’s (RSR) 2020 spring gala on March 28-29. The former Black Park Colliery loco has never run in preservation, and its rebuild has been a major undertaking for the RSR team at…
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‘Black Five’ returns for Great Central’s Last Hurrah
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STANIER ‘Black Five’ No. 45305 Alderman A E Draper made its return to traffic at the Great Central Railway’s (GCR) Last Hurrah of the Season mini-gala on November 16-17. The 5305 Locomotive Association 4-6-0 had spent several months on the side lines having been taken out of traffic earlier in the year for a programme…
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New Year curtain call for Gloucs-Warks 2807
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CHURCHWARD ‘28XX’ 2-8-0 No. 2807 will work the last trains of its current 10-year boiler certificate at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway on December 31-January 1. No. 2807’s ‘ticket’ expires on March 10, but the 1905-built veteran will be withdrawn on January 2 to enable work on its overhaul to begin. The loco’s owning group Cotswold…
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East Lancs puts new canopy in place at Rawtenstall
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THE East Lancashire Railway has completed the first phase of its £600,000 redevelopment of Rawtenstall by installing the newly refurbished canopy on October 29. The railway made good use of its Cowans Sheldon 75-ton crane to lift the canopy frame from its fabrication yard alongside the platform, and position it onto two cast iron columns…
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Llangollen heavy freight 2-8-0 sold – but will remain in Wales for now
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COLLETT ‘2884’ 2-8-0 No. 3802 has been sold by the Llangollen Railway-based Great Western 3802 Ltd, with a return to steam expected before the end of the year. The locomotive’s new owners are Nick Gilbert, owner of ‘Hall’ 4-6-0 No. 5967 Bickmarsh Hall, and Steve Andrews, who have bought it through their operating company 3802…
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Twin 4-6-0s for Quainton Road as ‘Owsden’ moves from Swindon
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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Railway Centre (BRC) is the official home to a pair of Hawksworth ‘Modified Hall’ 4-6-0s after adding semi-restored No. 6984 Owsden Hall to its list of resident locos. The surprise news that owner Trevor Westbury was transferring No. 6984 from the Swindon & Cricklade Railway (S&CR) to Quainton was announced in mid-November, with the…
