Heritage Railway - 2021-08-03

• Many reasons to love our heritage railways
• In the Horwich tradition
• Headline News
• Main Line News
• With Full Regulator
• Off the Shelf
• YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO OPERATIONA­L HERITAGE LINES AND MUSEUMS
• Main Line Itinerary
• Railwayana
• Wallingfor­d: A new Ashburton?
• Safeguardi­ng the Middleton’s future
• Up the workers!
• Model News
• Rememberin­g the end of BR steam haulage
• Busy beehive Butterley!
• CONTENTS:
• A Highland pioneer: Was No. 5025 jointly the oldest ‘Black Five' of them all?
• Great Central (N) rebrands as Nottingham Heritage Railway
• One in, one out at Welshpool as The Earl returns from overhaul
• Mayflower becomes a Footballer
• HS2 ‘will not cut off Quainton yards’
• Moorsline leads national campaign to show ‘what railways can do for you’
• MPs call for public role for heritage lines
• Welshpool’s historic postCovid Parliament­ary train
• Railway Children ‘Green Dragon’ has fire in its belly again
• LSWR coaches saved but no takers for GWR survivor
• Bricked-up Bricket Wood station revival gets a boost with £250,000 grant
• Toddington pioneers honoured with 40th anniversar­y awards
• KESR’s £100k appeal success is hailed as a ‘fantastic achievemen­t’
• Moorsline’s £4m carriage shed at Pickering is unveiled
• A ‘new’ loco for the Midland & South Western 98 years on!
• Severn Valley saddle tank visits Mid-Norfolk Railway
• Saint is set to meet Tornado at North York Moors gala
• Hosking’s 9F makes headway at Butterley
• Merchant Navy Clan Line guests at Bluebell ‘Giants of Steam' gala
• 92134 and 3802 visit for GCR gala
• When the Great Western led the world in healthcare
• Summer season is cancelled due to bridges inspection
• Volunteer Jean now has her own carriage!
• Starring role for Bo'ness in hydrogen train trial runs
• Lottery grant places ‘Terrier’ Poplar on the curriculum!
• Kirtley No. 158A is moved to Shildon
• Railwayana auction houses reveal post-lockdown plans
• ‘Lost' Bagnall saddle tank Dorothy to be reborn for use on Bala extension
• Traction engines used in trials of biocoal
• Parliament­ary support for heritage coal exemption
• Talyllyn invests in woodland scheme to offset emissions
• Grant applicatio­n for new Wallingfor­d GWR station building is turned down
• Thieves steal ex-BR sack barrow to wheel away original station signs
• Class 31 and diesel railbus back in traffic in East Anglia
• Rother Valley public inquiry under way
• Collett auto tank moves to WSR for completion
• Components are coming together for County 4-6-0
• North Eastern pride at North Tyneside’s 30th anniversar­y
• Victor and Vulcan reunion to go ahead in May next year
• Buses complete Minehead link as crossing work progresses
• 5199 goes GWR green for the first time in preservati­on
• Broker saves West Somerset £12,800 in energy bills
• ELR runs football special to help reborn club
• Dartmoor Line is part of the national network again
• Moorbarrow steams again
• Model engineerin­g exhibition­s cancelled over coronaviru­s fears
• Wythall Miniature Railway goes ‘standard gauge’ for first time
• Rare Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway coach restored
• Steaming dates for ‘Lanky’ saddle tank at East Lancs
• Now let’s complete the P2’s cylinder block!
• Kirklees has become Whistlesto­p Valley
• Mk.3 buffet will now be Weardale cafe
• On par with the Taj Mahal – Welsh slate and its railways get UNESCO World Heritage Site status
• Lyd is back in traffic and all set for Ffestiniog's ‘Back to Blaenau' trains
• A faulty line will bring laughter to the Spa Valley’s dining trains
• Great Orme Tramway back in action after a year's closure due to Covid
• Ryde Pier tram returns to Isle of Wight
• Lightning strike sparks blaze at Co. Donegal railcar factory
• Statfold celebrates 150+1 years of Quarry Hunslets
• New Operation Trevithick aims to restore St Blazey turntable to use
• Mystery surrounds the ‘survival' of bogies from pioneer LMS diesel No. 10000
• Covid-19 blow for restored Australian Pacific after 1400-mile railtour success
• Historic Class 143 Pacer enters preservati­on
• First Corris train in 91 years for No. 4
• Ben Alder project drums up Drummond advice
• Academics may help solve Severn Valley Sterns slippages
• Take the fast track to a Cornish carriage holiday
• Two track gauges in new Irish project
• Springburn Works statues preserved
• Buy your very own station in Devon – complete with coach!
• New metal for new-build BR Standard locomotive­s
• Severn Valley bids a fond farewell to 50 fan Ian Murray
• Rail meets road steam at the big August Swanage Railway bash
• Funicular line remains closed
• Lost military line commemorat­ed
• Highways Agency could be forced to remove infill
• All Patriot’s driving wheels to be replaced
• A S160 back on Great Western metals at Didcot
• Fireman’s £250k Jubilee legacy to be auctioned
• The ELR locomotive fleet
• Duchess of Sutherland may return in late August
• Sir Nigel Gresley Crewe-bound for completion
• UK Railtours returns following a 17-month absence
• Jubilee Galatea is given a makeover as Sierra Leone
• Return to ‘normality’ for Railway Touring Company
• Western Champion is back for Pathfinder Tours
• Hastings DEMU returns to action after 18-month lockdown absence
• Railway Preservati­on Society of Ireland gets Lottery Recovery Fund lifeline
• Trust gives £500k to help rebuild classic Troon station after blaze
• Overhauls continue apace at Crewe
• Visit Flying Scotsman at Locomotion
• A busy summer for Saphos Trains
• Driving wheels assembled for 8P Duke of Gloucester
• September
• Chris France re-enters the fray six years after sale of company
• Platform lamp outshines pair of Royal Bavarian Pacifics
• Class 9F smokeboxes make their mark and model wagons obliterate estimate
• GCRA spotlight on young and old as monthly live online series continues
• Railwayana Auction Calendar
• Severn Valley souvenir guide and 2022 calendars
• The Heartbeat of Hythe – The Story of the Hythe Pier Railway
• The Last Years of West Midlands Steam
• Leighton Buzzard Sand & Simplex
• Second round of beers in Bluebell’s brewery wagon
• Internatio­nal N Gauge show will go ahead in September, say organisers
• 60TH ANNIVERSAR­Y STOCKBOOK
• Fully booked
• TRACK TALK
• Happy to be delayed
• ➜We must stop using coal – but what a sad day for steam
• Heritage railways are already reversing the Beeching closures
• Fuel for sustainabl­e thought?
• When did the LT pannier tank arrive at Severn Valley?
• Worth Valley turned down 4MT 76077
• Greece could have saved more 2-10-0s
• Railway Museums
• ‘Scotsman’ supports England football team
• Non-corridor bar is open
• An LMS red Flying Scotsman?

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