SINGLE LINES

■ THE Corris Railway has joined the Great Little Trains of Wales (GLToW) marketing consortium. Formed in 1970, GLToW now has 12 member lines. Purchase of a £15 ‘Great Little Trains of Wales Discount Card’ provides a 20% discount on the price of a return journey on all members’ railways for a year.

■ KIRKLEES Light Railway was rebranded Whistlestop Valley from July 17. The change of name appears to primarily relate to the 15in gauge line’s base at Clayton West, the rebranding announcement saying that “the Kirklees Light Railway brand isn’t disappearing altogether – it remains for the trains and the line.”

■ FAIRBOURNE Railway’s appeal to finance replacing the wheelsets of Curwen 2-6-2T Yeo (RM, July) has raised sufficient cash to enable placing a contract for the job. The old wheelsets were delivered to the selected supplier for detail checking on June

22. Hopefully Yeo could be back in service for August, although more funds are needed to complete the work.

■ CROWLE Peatland Railway’s Motor Rail Simplex 4wDM 40s302/1967 moved under its own power for the first time in some 30 years on June 19. Having been abandoned on the moors at Bank Top, the loco received initial attention at North Lindsey College engineering department, Scunthorpe, in 2019 and was then returned to Crowle Peatland Railway’s shed for reassembly.

■ THE boiler of Isle of Man Railway’s Beyer, Peacock 2-4-0T No. 12 Hutchinson, was lifted from the frames at Douglas on July 3 pursuant to Hutchinson’s major overhaul.