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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 5, 20212 min read
Severn Valley Ends Lineside Passes and Photo Charters
7812 “Erlestoke Manor” on the Severn Valley Railway // Credit Erlestoke Manor Fund website The Severn Valley Railway have confirmed that...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 1, 20212 min read
Good Manors for 2021!
The Erlestoke Manor Fund (EMF) has posted an update on the progress on their locomotives and announced a new appointment to their board...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 1, 20212 min read
Llangollen Railway PLC asks Bank to Appoint Receiver
Llangollen Railway has today, Monday 1st March 2021, issued a formal announcement about its future. It reads: "It is with great regret...
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rodneypitt9
Feb 24, 20212 min read
T9 to Stay at Swanage
T9 No 30120 steams away from Corfe Castle A POPULAR steam engine is to stay at a Dorset heritage railway and is in line for an...
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rodneypitt9
Feb 24, 20211 min read
On track for County of Montgomery
The new nameplates have been generously sponsored by John Buxton of Cambrian Transport, and were produced by the Procast Foundry in...
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rodneypitt9
Feb 24, 20212 min read
County Durham Museum to Hold Largest Display of Rail Vehicles in the UK
Head of Locomotion, Dr Sarah Price (Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT) ARCHITECTS have been appointed to start work on a £4.5m project to deliver...
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rodneypitt9
Feb 24, 20212 min read
Vale of Rheidol Railway to restore Victorian Locomotive
The Manning Wardle "Jubilee 1897" has been sold to the Vale of Rheidol Railway When a heritage railway reopens later this year, it will...
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rodneypitt9
Feb 22, 20212 min read
More Pictures of 4709's First Cylinder
The new cylinder blocks have been redesigned and manufactured to bring the width and height within the current Network Rail Loading Gauge...
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rodneypitt9
Feb 20, 20213 min read
4709’s First Cylinder cast satisfactorily at Boro Foundry
The new 4tonne casting outside Boro Foundry After more than a few trials and tribulations, the first of the two new cylinders for 4709...
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rodneypitt9
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Lady of Legend Coming to the SVR
The Lady of Legend will make an appearance at the event in April. (Photo: Frank Dumbleton) The Severn Valley Railway has confirmed a...
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rodneypitt9
Feb 18, 20211 min read
3278 Arrives at the Churnet Valley Railway
Credit: Dave Gibson Photography The Churnet Valley Railway has announced that their line is now home to three United States Army...
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rodneypitt9
Jan 27, 20211 min read
Steam Locomotive No 62 ‘Ugly’ Withdrawn from Service
The Spa Valley Railway have withdrawn RSH 7673 No.62 “Ugly” from service for overhaul. The boiler certificate for the locomotive is set...
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rodneypitt9
Jan 27, 20211 min read
3278 Arrives at the Churnet Valley Railway
Credit: Dave Gibson Photography The Churnet Valley Railway has announced that its line is now home to three United States Army...
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rodneypitt9
Jan 20, 20212 min read
The Somerset and Dorset Railway Line to be an Active Travel Route
A former Somerset railway line could be brought back into use as an "active travel" route to encourage people to commute without using...
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rodneypitt9
Jan 20, 20211 min read
Swanage Railway: Cash Boost to Revisit Heritage Line Link Plan
Swanage Railway began running steam trains on its line in 1980 (Andrew PM Wright) Swanage Railway in Dorset is to conduct a fresh...
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rodneypitt9
Jan 20, 20211 min read
A New Jacobite Uprising in 2021
The Jacobite steam train, which is operated by West Coast Railway Company, will run seven days a week next summer. The train operates...
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rodneypitt9
Jan 20, 20211 min read
Holy War to Return to Bala Lake Railway
(Bala Lake Railway) The Bala Lake Railway has announced that it has been awarded a £150,000 grant as part of the Welsh Government’s...
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