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My greatest footplate experience was firing a Polish ‘Pt47’ 2‑8‑2 on the main line, going backwards, while travelling at an unprintable speed. It was awesome in the truest sense of the word; a visceral and exhilarating sensory overload...
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How the ‘A4s’ sped through history
Rise of St Albans South signal box When signalman Geoff Ryland sent 7-5-5 on the block bells and closed the door of St Albans signal box for the final time on the evening of December 2 1979, he never imagined that 34 years later he would be...
New-build 2-8-2’s cylinders fitted
L&B submits extension application A CARRIAGE derailment and lineside fires disrupted the Talyllyn Railway’s Little Engines Weekend on July 18/19. A smaller-scale version of the railway’s successful Awdry Extravaganzas, the Little...
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Fire risk prompts fuel conversion NORFOLK’S 15IN gauge Bure Valley Railway is the latest heritage line to revive oil-firing in the face of increasing lineside fire risk, with 2-6-2T No. 8 John of Gaunt to be converted to oil. Styled on the...
Hudswell, Clarke to be restored NEVER BEFORE steamed in preservation, Hudswell, Clarke 0‑6‑0ST Works No. 1308 Rhos could be restored in “five to eight years” following its recent move to the Foxfield Railway, after a change of...
