Heritage Railway - 2022-03-15

• It’s over to us now!
• Royal Scot in Bury ‘first’ – double triumph as £12m Buckley Wells depot plans approved
• Swanage Railway Trust’s T3 tender appeal is nearly there, but not quite…
• A warm welcome aboard to Owen!
• How can you support the P2 project?
• Six new-build projects form the main line group
• Locomotion No.1 under a world expert’s lens
• Moorsline experience­s on offer for the 2022 season
• Your opportunit­y to drive a freight train at Wansford
• Dean Forest mourns 'influentia­l' Roger Phelps
• Trust’s £20k appeal is launched to help save trolleys and equipment
• Familiar face takes over WSR general manager role
• New appointmen­t at Llangollen
• Change of plan for Epping Ongar as anniversar­y gala moves a week back
• GCR 8F will visit the Watercress Line this spring
• Keighley Ivatt to appear at Poppy Line gala
• Bodmin & Wenford overbridge is replaced
• Farewell to Welshpool’s Ralph Cartwright
• Terrier display date change to mark jubilee
• Posters to the fore at Acton Depot event
• Another £15k needed to complete new Grange
• Talyllyn boosts solar panel usage towards net zero aim
• New set of Patriot driving wheels are being cast
• Any takers for GWR Toplight coach?
• Artists mourn the death of guild founder and driving force Frank
• Bluebell’s H class bows out of service
• An early start for the ‘most intensive’ year at Llangollen
• New 40-tonne bridges now in place at Goathland in £1.26 million initiative
• First of three Butterley ‘Jinties’ on final straight
• From dilapidate­d to as-new condition – Shredded Wheat locomotive volunteers receive HRA award
• Hythe Pier railcar’s identity is confirmed
• Farewell to top lensman Alistair Grieve
• Elizabeth II reigns supreme for rename
• Signalbox is moved despite Storm Eunice
• Southern Railway signs return to Okehampton station
• Dean Forest’s new vehicle for track renewal
• Bid is launched to create ironstone wagon train at Northampto­nshire line
• Penrhyn steam reunion set for Statfold Barn
• Network Rail gives track to Plym Valley
• Merry-go-Round coal wagon is donated to Chasewater scheme
• Llangollen Railway Trust’s Deeside Halt closed to services – for now
• Spa Valley Railway’s ‘Jinty’ sees daylight for first time in seven years
• Lampposts are stolen from Blaenavon High Level
• Events to mark Bala’s golden anniversar­y
• £3.46 Pay just per edition
• Peter set for summer return for museum’s steam season
• Deltic joins spring diesel gala’s roster
• Summerlee Tramway link-up plan revived
• Get a glimpse behind the scenes at the Severn Valley
• Tribute to Peter Summers, who helped save the Dukedog and Foxcote Manor for preservati­on
• K1 is returning to Wales for Welshpool duo’s 120th birthday celebratio­ns
• Learn to drive a Pacer at Welsh line
• Second London Undergroun­d train arrives at Cynheidre
• Whisky road rethink holds up extension
• Jurassic undergoes enhancemen­ts for pulling longer trains to give 2022 performanc­e boost
• Latest Bluebell venture is held on ice
• Balloch Pier station building to be rebuilt
• Electric and vintage buses replace Wells Harbour line
• Stogumber station friends buy hillside
• Much stirring in the Forest of Dean in 2022
• Calls to rebuild Weston-super-Mare miniature line are sounded online
• ‘Tired’ Kiddermins­ter footbridge finally lifted during early-hours operation
• Day into night four hours apart
• Doon Valley £10,000 appeal is launched to replace culvert
• Wartime sea captain’s model locomotive is sold for £16k
• Agecroft No. 3 runs again at Whitwell & Reepham following restoratio­n
• Famous film locomotive is back to black
• Summer freight in Arctic Circle’s midnight sun
• Inaugural ‘Peak’ performanc­e is set for Swanage
• Ted’s ‘rediscover­ed’ layout becomes a star attraction at resort’s museum
• Anticipate­d return to traffic for refreshed Brush Type 4
• WHR launches major research competitio­n to celebrate opening
• Colne Valley launches first HST service on a heritage line
• Steam and speed combine for special
• Historic bridge gets facelift for S&D 200
• Duchess set for South Devon banks excursion
• More Irish steam trips scheduled
• Minehead’s King Edward I eyes up midsummer running-in
• Fight to save Strathbung­o office from bulldozer runs out of steam
• Modernisat­ion of historic Eridge ‘joint’ station is now complete
• Fitting from early Victorian engine outsells all others in ‘Jiffy’ sale
• Nameplates are classic examples as Talisman returns to saleroom auctions
• A few shillings decades ago – but old ‘Combine’ hits the heights at £770 in Paperchase quarterly auction
• Peppercorn’s A1 is set for centre stage as Great Central’s series continues
• LSK variety show as models go under the hammer
• Railwayana Auction Calendar
• South proves best as King Arthur and ‘ACE’ headboard top the charts
• Northampto­n direction sign points the way to victory ahead of ECML goods office clock
• Waterloo drawer discovery will cap Tony’s return to the auction scene
• YOUNG RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPH­ER OF THE YEAR 2022 – THE BOOK
• Education and diversity are the way forward on the KWVR
• HOW THE WATERBURY CHILDREN FIRST FOUND OAKWORTH
• “The KWVR and the world of railway preservati­on would never be the same again.”
• Fundraiser trio support Nene Valley Wagon Group in OO gauage
• Jones Goods from Rapido
• Statfold model railway show
• Memories of Ilford, Stratford and much more
• Fond signalbox memories and childhood ride on the footplate
• Coal, preservati­on and wokery
• Britain’s energy policy is ‘out of step’
• OPERATIONA­L HERITAGE LINES AND MUSEUMS
• UP & RUNNING
• UP & RUNNING
• A slight technical hitch
• Here’s one we made earlier

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