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  • Downpatrick diesel gala marks 30 years of the ITG

    Downpatrick diesel gala marks 30 years of the ITG

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    STEAM gave way to internal combustion power at the Downpatrick & County Down Railway (DCDR) on October 12 as the Irish Traction Group (ITG) celebrated three decades of diesel locomotive preservation. Visitors travelled from both sides of the border, and from across the Irish Sea, to join in the celebrations, which saw ITG stock in…

  • Middleton Hunslet appearance makes Ribble gala a success

    Middleton Hunslet appearance makes Ribble gala a success

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    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 ensure a good turnout for the end-of-season event.  The former Brookes Chemicals Ltd 14in-cylindered 0-6-0ST had recently come to the end of a period of hire at the Pontypool &…

  • Former Wadebridge pannier welcomed back by South Devon team

    Former Wadebridge pannier welcomed back by South Devon team

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    FORMER Wadebridge ‘1366’ 0-6-0PT No. 1369 ran its long-awaited first revenue-earning train in slightly more than two years on October 5 at the South Devon Railway.  The diminutive pannier had its first light engine test run on October 3, then double-headed with the 14.35 from Buckfastleigh to Totnes the following day with ‘57XX’ 0-6-0PT No.…

  • Phase 1 of Churnet Valley’s Leek extension opens for passengers

    Phase 1 of Churnet Valley’s Leek extension opens for passengers

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    THE initial 659ft of the Churnet Valley Railway’s (CVR) £1million extension to Leek carried its first passengers on October 11, just 48 hours after the first track panels went down. Greg Wilson’s USATC ‘S160’ 2-8-0 No. 5197 had the honour of hauling the first train full of invited guests over the £40,000 extension from Leek…

  • ‘King’, ‘A4’ and debutant ‘9F’ steal show at Moors line gala spectacular

    ‘King’, ‘A4’ and debutant ‘9F’ steal show at Moors line gala spectacular

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    THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) pulled off what might be regarded as one of the biggest steam galas of the 2000s on September 27-29, which not only featured a hugely impressive locomotive line-up, but also illustrated how far the line’s motive power department has come in a relatively short timeframe. It was only in…

  • Govia Thameslink launch Great Sock Appeal to aid homelessness crisis

    Govia Thameslink launch Great Sock Appeal to aid homelessness crisis

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    Selected homeless charities and Govia Thameslink are teaming up this Christmas to provide support for the homeless as the winter frost takes hold.

  • 9466 ready for Gloucs-Warks service

    9466 ready for Gloucs-Warks service

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    JONATHAN Jones-Pratt’s ‘94XX’ 0-6-0PT No. 9466 has entered service at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway at the start of an extended hire to the Cotswold line.  The Hawksworth pannier was trialled on a round trip on October 19, double-heading with another Hawksworth type – ‘Modified Hall’ No.  7903 Foremarke Hall – during the railway’s Cotswold Food &…

  • Didcot secures visit from Fawley Hill’s No. 31

    Didcot secures visit from Fawley Hill’s No. 31

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    HUDSWELL, Clarke 0-6-0ST Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons No. 31 made its first preservation-era visit to another heritage railway in late October when it joined ‘Swindonised’ Hudswell, Clarke 0-6-0ST No. 813 at Didcot Railway Centre.  No. 31 can usually be found on the late Sir William McAlpine’s private railway at Fawley Hill (now in the care of his…

  • ‘P2’ fundraising receives two-thirds of £5m target

    ‘P2’ fundraising receives two-thirds of £5m target

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    THE A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT) has announced it has received pledges for more than two-thirds of the £5million required to complete its new-build Gresley ‘P2’ 2-8-2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales.  Since its launch in late-September 2013 around 930 supporters have signed up to the ‘P2 for the price of a pint of beer per…

  • Protesters lose legal challenge against HS2 rail line running through woodland

    Protesters lose legal challenge against HS2 rail line running through woodland

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    Environmental campaigners opposed to the HS2 rail line running through a woodland area in west London have lost their latest court fight.

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