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rodneypitt9
Apr 9, 20212 min read
SDR on the Move!
This photo at Buckfastleigh was taken on the first full training run for footplate staff and guards with an empty passenger train which...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 8, 20212 min read
Volunteers Hopeful at Cambrian Heritage Railway
Working on the railway line, are volunteers Nick Culliford, Joanne Knight, Anne Boden, and Norman Knight Volunteers are continuing to...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 8, 20211 min read
Government Fund Boosts Avon Valley Railway
The Avon Valley Railway has received a grant of £97,400 from the Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 8, 20214 min read
South Devon Railway Fights back
(Andy Lock) After more than a year of being closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the South Devon Railway has announced a programme of...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 31, 20213 min read
Railway Museum Rises from the Ashes
The horrific scene that greeted enthusiasts 10 years ago! The small museum of the Bishops Castle Railway, which claimed to be...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20211 min read
7822 Foxcote Manor on her way back
7822 ‘Foxcote Manor’ arrives at Carrog on the Llangollen Railway (Pictures of Wales / Steam Trains) The West Somerset Railway PLC,...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Progress for Good Manors!
Bradley Manor - 7802 The replacement cylinders and valve liners have now arrived at Tyseley Locomotive Works, have been unwrapped and...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Great Western Railway ‘Large Prairie’ 2-6-2T Locomotive 5164
(Martin Creese) The Erlestoke Manor Fund is delighted to announce that it is in discussion with the 5164 Preservation Group and the...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20211 min read
Heritage railway ahead of schedule with modern toilet system
According to a report in The Northern Echo, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is nearing the end of a £1m project to install...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Bullhead’s Best for Buckfastleigh
British Steel’s ongoing support for UK heritage railways has continued with a sizeable delivery of brand new, 95 pound/ metre, or 47.07...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 19, 20213 min read
Troubles Continue For Llangollen Railway Trust
Llangollen Railway Trust has launched a funding appeal that could lead to bids being made to purchase assets of the railway company that...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 19, 20211 min read
Duke of Gloucester Gets new Support Coach As Kinlet Hall joins Tyseley
71000 Duke of Gloucester, which is owned by the BR Class 8 Steam Locomotive Trust has gained a new Mark 1 Support Coach. W17015, was...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 16, 20211 min read
A New Look at an Old Railway
A new window into post war life at England’s first public narrow-gauge railway, the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway has turned up. In...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 16, 20213 min read
Llangollen Railway: Plea to Save Stricken Heritage Line
The COVID pandemic has prevented tourists riding along the Llangollen Railway Volunteers have pleaded for financial help to save a...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 15, 20213 min read
Loco's Nameplates Come Home
(L to R) Bideford Railway Heritage Centre chairman Andrew Mills proudly shows off the Bideford nameplates with auctioneer Neil Booth -...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 15, 20212 min read
Plea for Rail Link to Hospital to be Reinstated
Owen Paterson MP at the Park Hall Halt Transport minister Grant Shapps is being urged to fund a project to reopen a short stretch of...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 12, 20212 min read
2807 Getting the "Life of Riley!"
Cotswold Steam Preservation Ltd (CSPL) are pleased to announce that, after a particularly challenging period for everyone due to COVID...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 12, 20211 min read
Wilbert gets a New Owner
The Dean Forest Railway Society has announced that it has purchased 50% ownership in Austerity steam locomotive, Wilbert. The purchase...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 6, 20212 min read
Locomotion No 1: Museums' row over historic engine resolved
Locomotion No 1 was built in 1825 by George and Robert Stephenson A row between two railway museums over the future home of a famous...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 6, 20212 min read
Llangollen Railway Board vows to Fight for Line’s Survival
According to the latest report in the Shropshire Star, the trust behind Llangollen’s steam railway has pledged that it will try to work...
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