If like me, you’re in desperate need of a heritage railway ‘fix’ in the current Covid-19 lockdown, you may be interested in this newly released
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Tag: Totnes
Former Wadebridge pannier welcomed back by South Devon team
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
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Four panniers and ‘Foxcote’ farewell for WSR’s country railway event
THE West Somerset Railway’s (WSR) Autumn Steam Gala will take place just days after this issue of The RM goes on sale, with a no
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6412 returning as WSR marks four decades of BL steam
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
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South Devon hits half century as first Dart Valley trains are remembered
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
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Practice & Performance: Diversionary Tactics
The recent closure of Whiteball Tunnel for three weeks has given John Heaton FCILT an opportunity to compare performances of HSTs and IETs over less
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1501 and Barclay heading to west country for golden celebration gala
Outside-cylindered Hawksworth pannier No. 1501 is making its first visit to the South Devon Railway.
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Where 31 Jolly Runners beat the train along the Dart!
SUNDAY, February 17 saw Devon running business ‘Jolly Running’ host the inaugural ‘Beat the Train’ 12-kilometre race based at the South Devon Railway’s Totnes Riverside
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