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    Broad support for heritage steam exemption in the Lords’ Environment Bill debate
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 3 min

    Broad support for heritage steam exemption in the Lords’ Environment Bill debate

    Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Heritage Railways during their historic visit to the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway as they...
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    Mini steam train event in Swanage for August bank holiday
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    Mini steam train event in Swanage for August bank holiday

    SWANAGE Railway volunteers are set to stage a nostalgic 'Roads to Rail' mini-steam rally. The event, scheduled for a field next to Norden...
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    Studying the Coanda effect
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Studying the Coanda effect

    As part of the continued application of modern techniques in the design and development of the improved class P2, The A1 Steam Locomotive...
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    Hornby’s new P2 models
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Hornby’s new P2 models

    The announcement of Hornby’s new range of LNER Class P2 locomotives was without doubt one of the highlights of the 2021 range. It is...
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    3D Printing to aid P2 construction
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    3D Printing to aid P2 construction

    Since Christmas 2020 the project’s engineering team have been working with WMG to create a one-third scale working model of the cambox...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Initial bio-coal trials show promise as HRA member railway takes the lead.

    Heritage Railway Association member, the Bure Valley Railway has held the most extensive trials of bio– coal on a heritage steam line in...
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    Steam train on show in drive to raise £4m for line to Bala centre
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Steam train on show in drive to raise £4m for line to Bala centre

    A steam train is on show in a Gwynedd town to help raise £4m to build a permanent track into it. It's at the site of a planned new...
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    GWR steam locomotive 4144 arrives at the Nene Valley Railway
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 1 min

    GWR steam locomotive 4144 arrives at the Nene Valley Railway

    The Nene Valley Railway (NVR) has announced that Great Western Railway (GWR) 5101 Class No.4144 has arrived at their heritage line on...
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    Casting new Wheels!
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Casting new Wheels!

    The Churchward County Trust (CCT) has announced that the first set of coupled wheels have been cast for new build Great Western Railway...
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    May update on GWR steam locomotive 3850 at Toddington
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    May update on GWR steam locomotive 3850 at Toddington

    The ongoing 10-year overhaul of GWR heavy freight, 2-8-0, No. 3850 at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, has,...
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    The First Standard Built at Swindon
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    The First Standard Built at Swindon

    (Didcot Railway Centre) 70 years ago, on 23 May 1951, the first British Railways Standard locomotive to be built at Swindon Works, Class...
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    Terrier Goes on Holiday to the Seaside
    rodneypitt9
    • May 11, 2021
    • 4 min

    Terrier Goes on Holiday to the Seaside

    (Liam Head) Due to the pandemic, millions of holiday-makers will be enjoying a “staycation” this summer but a small steam engine from...
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    Trevithick Anniversary to be Celebrated at Severn Valley Railway
    rodneypitt9
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Trevithick Anniversary to be Celebrated at Severn Valley Railway

    It is full steam ahead for volunteers at the Severn Valley Railway as they prepare for the 250th birthday of the man who invented the...
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    Cultured Support for Dinmore Manor
    rodneypitt9
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    Cultured Support for Dinmore Manor

    (Ian Crowder) Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd is to receive £12,800 from the second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. It is...
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    SDR on the Move!
    rodneypitt9
    • Apr 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    7822 Foxcote Manor on her way back
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    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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    Progress for Good Manors!
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    Great Western Railway ‘Large Prairie’ 2-6-2T Locomotive 5164
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    Llangollen Railway: Plea to Save Stricken Heritage Line
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 16, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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    Loco's Nameplates Come Home
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    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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