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The Railway Magazine2 min read
The Not-so-permanent Way
THERE seems to be an unintentional infrastructure theme to this month’s issue, with some of the biggest main line and heritage stories dominated by track issues rather than trains. Biggest of all is the closure of Nuneham Viaduct across the River Tha
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Partial Reprieve For GWR HST Sets
GREAT Western Railway has confirmed it will retain five of the ‘Castle Class’ High Speed Train sets it owns for an extra year to December 2024, writes Graeme Pickering. They will be used to cover four diagrams plus one set spare. The operator set out
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Severn Valley Faces Existential Crisis
THE Severn Valley Railway is looking to increase its commercial opportunities in the face of rising cost pressures, but enthusiast events remain a key part of the diary, says new managing director Jonathan ‘Gus’ Dunster. Mr Dunster took over from pre
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Crumbling Thames Bridge Severs Busy Main Line For Two Months
A MAJOR rail artery between the Midlands, Oxford, London and the south coast was closed on April 3 by Network Rail after signs of failure were spotted on Nuneham viaduct, which spans the River Thames. NR said initially that the line in Oxfordshire wo
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Sidelines
WESTERN REGION 4-6-0 No. 7027 Thornbury Castle is to sacrifice its boiler to aid the construction of new-build ‘Night Owl’ 2-8-0 No. 4709, it was announced on April 24. Richard Croucher of the 4709 group, purchaser of the part-restored ‘Castle’ said:
The Railway Magazine1 min read
Transport & Works Application System To Be Modernised
THE process for authorising the construction or operation of railways, tramways, trolley vehicle systems and similar under the Transport and Works Act 1992 looks set to be streamlined, writes Gareth Evans. A Department for Transport consultation that
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Sidelines
CLASS 150s will return to the Marston Vale line this autumn as a replacement for London Northwestern Railway’s three Class 230 diesel units that were removed from traffic after Vivarail went into administration last December. Since then communities a
The Railway Magazine1 min read
London ‘Bugfriars’:
Govia Thameslink Railway unveiled a temporary ‘railway station for bugs’ in April as part of a living art installation at London Blackfriars aimed at encouraging greater support for wildlife in gardens and local areas. The floral installation by Alic
The Railway Magazine1 min read
WCR Steam Drivers Retire
THREE long-serving West Coast Railways steam drivers have been presented with retirement certificates by Les Ross, the disc jockey that owns Class 86 No. 86259. Ray Poole, Micky Valla and Dave Hewson have been footplate crew since British Rail steam
The Railway Magazine1 min read
Arise Sir Berkeley:
Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST Sir Berkeley (works No. 1210) reentered service at the Middleton Railway in Leeds on April 15 for the first time since 2017. The loco was ordered in 1890 for contractors Logan and Hemingway, and among other work was used to hel
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Prospects Increase For More Electric Haulage Of Rail Freight
WHEN the locomotive fleets used by the main freight operators were renewed after Privatisation in the late 1990s onwards, GM’s Class 66 diesel became a defacto standard, later supplemented by other types for specific operating requirements – includin
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Air Tax Cut Makes Rail Travel A Less Attractive Alternative
ONE of the biggest problems facing the Government is a lack of growth in the economy, which has performed badly in relative international terms since the banking crises of the late 2000s and early 2010s. Consequential demands for higher Government sp
The Railway Magazine1 min read
RSG Makes East Coast Return
THE heady days of a ‘Deltic+8’ returned to King’s Cross on April 21 with the short notice arrangement of LSL’s No. D9000 (55022) Royal Scots Grey working a one-way charter to Edinburgh, writes John Heaton. This was a proving trip for the newly-overha
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Join The RM Team On The ‘Tees-Tyne Commemorative’
TO mark the 75th anniversary of the ‘Tees-Tyne Pullman’, The Railway Magazine has joined forces with Pathfinder Tours to run a recreation of the 1970s service, raising money for charity with a train that will use blue and grey Mk.2 carriages very sim
The Railway Magazine3 min read
10 Minutes 10 Questions
CHRIS Green started his railway career in the mid-1960s, but is perhaps best recognised for pioneering the ScotRail and Network SouthEast brands. At Privatisation, Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson invited him to manage the transition of two inter-c
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Steam Loco Back In Dublin After Gap Of 60 Years
GREAT Northern Railway (Ireland) Q Class 4-4-0 No. 131 returned to Dublin on April 1 for the first time in preservation. In a milestone operation for its owner the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, the loco left its base at Whitehead and ran l
The Railway Magazine5 min read
Getting Ready For The Metro-morphosis
THE future of the Tyne & Wear Metro is bright. Well... bright yellow, grey and black to be precise. And five-car, built by Stadler in Switzerland – although a number of the components (windows, wiring and drive systems, to name but three) were manufa
The Railway Magazine3 min read
TBM Dorothy Makes A Second Breakthrough
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly competitive rates are paid, especially if exclusive to The RM. FOUR months after beginning work on creating the second bore of the Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire, Tunnel Boring Machine
The Railway Magazine4 min read
50 Years Of The Nymr
ALTHOUGH the North Yorkshire Moors Railway officially reopened with a royal visit on May 1, 1973, the actual date of its reopening to the public occurred just over a week before, on Easter Sunday, April 22. That first public passenger train was the 0
The Railway Magazine13 min read
Crowning Glory
World Record Officially the world’s longest-running railway series, established in 1901 CORONATIONS are unpredictable affairs. Since the inception of passenger railways in Britain, there have been two intervening gaps of 63 years and 70 years between
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Kind Hearts And Coronations
RAILWAY services have been used by the Royal family for more than 180 years, to enable them to travel to engagements nationwide, to reach royal residences, to convey foreign royalty and members of state, for marriages and for funerals. In return, Bri
The Railway Magazine9 min read
Bridging The Past And Present
IN all my years of visiting organisations, I have found one can quickly sense an atmosphere. Yes, there will always be the odd person who is clearly not having a good day, but people tend not to laugh and joke together unless they are happy. It is cl
The Railway Magazine2 min read
THEN & NOW: RYDE PIER
This 1964 shot (right), is taken looking at Pier Head from about three-quarters of the way along the pier where a steam crane is at work. Note the worker with no fall-arresting safety equipment as is mandatory today, and he is standing on point roddi
The Railway Magazine8 min read
Readers’ Platform
YOUR article on the last 12 Beeching closures (April issue) unaccountably has omitted Haltwhistle to Alston, which closed on May 3, 1976, having been proposed for closure in 1969, and so after the Bridport branch but before the Kilmalcolm service. Th
The Railway Magazine6 min read
Meetings
Bradford Railway Circle. Bradford Mechanics’ Institute Library, 76 Kirkgate, Bradford BD1 1SZ. 14.00. ‘My Footplate Experiences’: Granville Dobson. Pennine Railway Society. Doncaster Town Fields Sports Club, Bennethorpe, Doncaster DN2 6AA. 19.30. ‘Th
The Railway Magazine3 min read
From The Railway Magazine Archives
ILLUSTRATED right is one of the Lancia armoured cars that have been converted for use on the railways in Southern Ireland. The cars are worked by men in the Labour Corps of the Irish National Army. They are used chiefly for protecting workmen engaged
The Railway Magazine3 min read
The RCTS: Then And Now
ONE of the most interesting and yet neglected aspects of Britain’s railway history previously reported in the Railway Observer is that of its people. Without the nation requiring their service for the transport of passengers or goods, there would be
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Railways in Parliament
WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols wanted the Department for Transport (DfT) to reduce the age requirement to obtain a train driving licence to 18 years old. Transport Minister Hugh Merriman said: “The DfT is undertaking a post implementation revi
The Railway Magazine8 min read
Positive Gala Figures
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly competitive rates are paid, especially if exclusive to The RM. TWO key players in the heritage rail sector have reported successful spring steam galas that surpassed expectations and drew in the cro
The Railway Magazine1 min read
Panorama
Porterbrook – delivering a safe, reliable and sustainable railway www.porterbrook.co.uk ■
The Railway Magazine8 min read
£2 Million Grant Boost
FOUR heritage railway attractions in England have secured a total of £2,243,255 as part of the latest round of the Government’s Cultural Investment Fund. Delivered by the Arts Council England on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (
The Railway Magazine4 min read
Bulleid To Headline Gala
THE Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR) launched its 2023 season in style when the largest ever loco to operate on the line, Bulleid Pacific No. 34072 257 Squadron made its inaugural public appearance on Good Friday (April 7). Visiting from the Spa Val
The Railway Magazine2 min read
A Positive Move
THE North Tyneside Steam Railway (NTSR) wagon collection has been boosted by the addition of six historic vehicles that will further the aim of re-creating the typical coal and oil trains, which regularly operated over the line during its working lif
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Chappel Loco Round-up
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly competitive rates are paid, especially if exclusive to The RM. GOOD progress is being made on the restoration of Bagnall 0-6-0ST Lamport No. 3 (2670/1942) at the East Anglian Railway Museum (EARM),
The Railway Magazine6 min read
Change Of Strategy For L&BR Revival?
FOLLOWING expiry of Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust’s (L&BRT) planning permission to rebuild the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway between its present Killington Lane terminus and Blackmoor (RM Headline News, April), the focus rapidly switched to Blackmo
The Railway Magazine4 min read
Heritage Heavyweights Behind DHR B-class Bid
FOLLOWING news of the effort to secure the late Adrian Shooter’s Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) Sharp Stewart B-Class 0-4-0STT (3518/1888) No. 19B (RM Headline News, April) it can be confirmed that the founding trustees of The Darjeeling Tank Loc
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Milestone Anniversaries For Southampton Trams
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly competitive rates are paid, especially if exclusive to The RM. JUNE’S annual Tram Event at Solent Sky will include the marking of major birthdays for two of the tram cars located at the Southampton
The Railway Magazine5 min read
Diesel Railbus Appeal Exceeds KESR’s Target
VOLUNTEERS working on the Kent & East Sussex Railway’s (KESR) historic GWR single-unit diesel railbus No. 20 are celebrating two milestones. First, former GWR AEC railcar No. W20 (RM November p78) has returned to the carriage & wagon shed at Tenterde
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Barton House Railway Reaches Its Diamond Anniversary
BARTON House Railway, in Hartwell Road, Wroxham, was founded by Paul Bower, father of the current owner Peter. A circular 7¼in gauge track was completed in 1962, and officially opened on April 28, 1963, with the first public running that July. The la
The Railway Magazine5 min read
Future Assured For Only Wisbech & Upwell Loco
THE sole-surviving former Wisbech & Upwell Tramway (W&UT) loco, Class 04 No. 11103 put up for sale at the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (RM April p68) has been acquired and moved to a most appropriate railway. The 0-6-0DM has joined the Mangapp
The Railway Magazine5 min read
All Set For ‘Mazey Day’
AS PART of marking 50 years of Pathfinder railtours, this year’s ‘Mazey Day Special’ from the Midlands to Penzance will feature a pair of GB Railfreight Class 69s, creating a first for the class visiting Cornwall. This year’s trip, in which the Mazey
The Railway Magazine8 min read
Brigg Line Set To Switch To Weekday-only Service
THE one-day-per-week rail service which has been a feature of the line between Gainsborough Central and Brigg for 30 years is to cease at the end of the current timetable. This Saturday-only service of three round trips running between Sheffield and
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Five-train Cumbrian Gravel Campaign
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly competitive rates are paid, especially if exclusive to The RM. DURING late March and early April, Colas Railfreight ran a total of five loaded trains from the Port of Workington to the Low Level Was
The Railway Magazine3 min read
First South Wales Metro tram-train delivered
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly competitive rates are paid, especially if exclusive to The RM. THE first of 36 Transport for Wales (TfW) Class 398 tram-trains, for use on South Wales Metro services, was delivered by road to the ne
The Railway Magazine5 min read
Long-awaited debut for Welsh Class 230s
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly competitive rates are paid, especially if exclusive to The RM. AFTER a series of setbacks including later than expected delivery, dealing with the respective impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, techni
The Railway Magazine23 min read
Operations
After a break of two weeks owing to engineering work, through services resumed on the section of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) via Beattock resumed on Monday, March 20. However, due to an early morning points failure at Carstairs, the first Glasgow
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Stock Update
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The Railway Magazine4 min read
Freight Operations In Focus
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly competitive rates are paid, especially if exclusive to The RM. IARNRÓD Éireann (IÉ) chairman Frank Allen reaffirmed the company’s commitment to growing rail freight. Speaking at The Chartered Instit
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Traction & Stock
FEW railfreight traffics endure in the modern era, but one notable exception is the transportation of crushed limestone from Tunstead quarry, outside Buxton, to Northwich, Cheshire, which has been in daily operation for nearly 90 years. Tunstead quar
The Railway Magazine5 min read
End In Sight For 1980s Locos
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly competitive rates are paid, especially if exclusive to The RM. BELGIAN Railways, known by its acronyms of SNCB (French) or NMBS (Flemish/Dutch), took delivery of 144 electric locos in 1981-1988, all
The Railway Magazine4 min read
Reviews
By Henry Finch THE author has compiled a superb set of images from his travels in South America in the 1960s, mainly looking for steam but fortunately not ignoring the more modern (but now largely vanished) early diesel and electric locos. The book
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Prize Crossword
The crossword winner and two runners-up can choose books worth £50 and £25 respectively from the extensive Nostalgia Collection. Visit us at www.mortonsbooks.co.uk 1 Preserved ‘Jubilee’ No. 45699 (7)5 Cumbrian Coast Line station south of Whitehaven
The Railway Magazine1 min read
The Railway Magazine
EDITORIAL Editor: Paul BickerdykeDeputy editor: Gareth EvansContributing editor: Chris MilnerSenior correspondent: Graeme PickeringConsultant editor: Nick PigottProduction editor: Sarah WilkinsonDesigner: Tim PipesEditorial assistant: Jane SkaymanCla
The Railway Magazine2 min read
The Not-so-permanent Way
THERE seems to be an unintentional infrastructure theme to this month’s issue, with some of the biggest main line and heritage stories dominated by track issues rather than trains. Biggest of all is the closure of Nuneham Viaduct across the River Tha
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Crumbling Thames Bridge Severs Busy Main Line For Two Months
A MAJOR rail artery between the Midlands, Oxford, London and the south coast was closed on April 3 by Network Rail after signs of failure were spotted on Nuneham viaduct, which spans the River Thames. NR said initially that the line in Oxfordshire wo
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Partial Reprieve For GWR HST Sets
GREAT Western Railway has confirmed it will retain five of the ‘Castle Class’ High Speed Train sets it owns for an extra year to December 2024, writes Graeme Pickering. They will be used to cover four diagrams plus one set spare. The operator set out
The Railway Magazine1 min read
Arise Sir Berkeley:
Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST Sir Berkeley (works No. 1210) reentered service at the Middleton Railway in Leeds on April 15 for the first time since 2017. The loco was ordered in 1890 for contractors Logan and Hemingway, and among other work was used to hel
The Railway Magazine1 min read
Transport & Works Application System To Be Modernised
THE process for authorising the construction or operation of railways, tramways, trolley vehicle systems and similar under the Transport and Works Act 1992 looks set to be streamlined, writes Gareth Evans. A Department for Transport consultation that
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Severn Valley Faces Existential Crisis
THE Severn Valley Railway is looking to increase its commercial opportunities in the face of rising cost pressures, but enthusiast events remain a key part of the diary, says new managing director Jonathan ‘Gus’ Dunster. Mr Dunster took over from pre
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Sidelines
WESTERN REGION 4-6-0 No. 7027 Thornbury Castle is to sacrifice its boiler to aid the construction of new-build ‘Night Owl’ 2-8-0 No. 4709, it was announced on April 24. Richard Croucher of the 4709 group, purchaser of the part-restored ‘Castle’ said:
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Sidelines
CLASS 150s will return to the Marston Vale line this autumn as a replacement for London Northwestern Railway’s three Class 230 diesel units that were removed from traffic after Vivarail went into administration last December. Since then communities a
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Steam Loco Back In Dublin After Gap Of 60 Years
GREAT Northern Railway (Ireland) Q Class 4-4-0 No. 131 returned to Dublin on April 1 for the first time in preservation. In a milestone operation for its owner the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, the loco left its base at Whitehead and ran l
The Railway Magazine1 min read
London ‘Bugfriars’:
Govia Thameslink Railway unveiled a temporary ‘railway station for bugs’ in April as part of a living art installation at London Blackfriars aimed at encouraging greater support for wildlife in gardens and local areas. The floral installation by Alic
The Railway Magazine1 min read
WCR Steam Drivers Retire
THREE long-serving West Coast Railways steam drivers have been presented with retirement certificates by Les Ross, the disc jockey that owns Class 86 No. 86259. Ray Poole, Micky Valla and Dave Hewson have been footplate crew since British Rail steam
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Air Tax Cut Makes Rail Travel A Less Attractive Alternative
ONE of the biggest problems facing the Government is a lack of growth in the economy, which has performed badly in relative international terms since the banking crises of the late 2000s and early 2010s. Consequential demands for higher Government sp
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Prospects Increase For More Electric Haulage Of Rail Freight
WHEN the locomotive fleets used by the main freight operators were renewed after Privatisation in the late 1990s onwards, GM’s Class 66 diesel became a defacto standard, later supplemented by other types for specific operating requirements – includin
The Railway Magazine1 min read
RSG Makes East Coast Return
THE heady days of a ‘Deltic+8’ returned to King’s Cross on April 21 with the short notice arrangement of LSL’s No. D9000 (55022) Royal Scots Grey working a one-way charter to Edinburgh, writes John Heaton. This was a proving trip for the newly-overha
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Join The RM Team On The ‘Tees-Tyne Commemorative’
TO mark the 75th anniversary of the ‘Tees-Tyne Pullman’, The Railway Magazine has joined forces with Pathfinder Tours to run a recreation of the 1970s service, raising money for charity with a train that will use blue and grey Mk.2 carriages very sim
The Railway Magazine3 min read
10 Minutes 10 Questions
CHRIS Green started his railway career in the mid-1960s, but is perhaps best recognised for pioneering the ScotRail and Network SouthEast brands. At Privatisation, Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson invited him to manage the transition of two inter-c
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Railways in Parliament
WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols wanted the Department for Transport (DfT) to reduce the age requirement to obtain a train driving licence to 18 years old. Transport Minister Hugh Merriman said: “The DfT is undertaking a post implementation revi
The Railway Magazine3 min read
TBM Dorothy Makes A Second Breakthrough
FOUR months after beginning work on creating the second bore of the Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire, Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Dorothy broke through at its southern portal. Named after Dorothy Hodgkin, the first British woman to win the
The Railway Magazine5 min read
Getting Ready For The Metro-morphosis
THE future of the Tyne & Wear Metro is bright. Well... bright yellow, grey and black to be precise. And five-car, built by Stadler in Switzerland – although a number of the components (windows, wiring and drive systems, to name but three) were manufa
The Railway Magazine4 min read
50 Years Of The Nymr
ALTHOUGH the North Yorkshire Moors Railway officially reopened with a royal visit on May 1, 1973, the actual date of its reopening to the public occurred just over a week before, on Easter Sunday, April 22. That first public passenger train was the 0
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Kind Hearts And Coronations
RAILWAY services have been used by the Royal family for more than 180 years, to enable them to travel to engagements nationwide, to reach royal residences, to convey foreign royalty and members of state, for marriages and for funerals. In return, Bri
The Railway Magazine13 min read
Crowning Glory
World Record Officially the world’s longest-running railway series, established in 1901 CORONATIONS are unpredictable affairs. Since the inception of passenger railways in Britain, there have been two intervening gaps of 63 years and 70 years between
The Railway Magazine9 min read
Bridging The Past And Present
IN all my years of visiting organisations, I have found one can quickly sense an atmosphere. Yes, there will always be the odd person who is clearly not having a good day, but people tend not to laugh and joke together unless they are happy. It is cl
The Railway Magazine2 min read
THEN & NOW: RYDE PIER
This 1964 shot (right), is taken looking at Pier Head from about three-quarters of the way along the pier where a steam crane is at work. Note the worker with no fall-arresting safety equipment as is mandatory today, and he is standing on point roddi
The Railway Magazine8 min read
Readers’ Platform
YOUR article on the last 12 Beeching closures (April issue) unaccountably has omitted Haltwhistle to Alston, which closed on May 3, 1976, having been proposed for closure in 1969, and so after the Bridport branch but before the Kilmalcolm service. Th
The Railway Magazine6 min read
Meetings
Bradford Railway Circle. Bradford Mechanics’ Institute Library, 76 Kirkgate, Bradford BD1 1SZ. 14.00. ‘My Footplate Experiences’: Granville Dobson. Pennine Railway Society. Doncaster Town Fields Sports Club, Bennethorpe, Doncaster DN2 6AA. 19.30. ‘Th
The Railway Magazine3 min read
From The Railway Magazine Archives
ILLUSTRATED right is one of the Lancia armoured cars that have been converted for use on the railways in Southern Ireland. The cars are worked by men in the Labour Corps of the Irish National Army. They are used chiefly for protecting workmen engaged
The Railway Magazine3 min read
The RCTS: Then And Now
ONE of the most interesting and yet neglected aspects of Britain’s railway history previously reported in the Railway Observer is that of its people. Without the nation requiring their service for the transport of passengers or goods, there would be
The Railway Magazine1 min read
Panorama
Porterbrook – delivering a safe, reliable and sustainable railway www.porterbrook.co.uk ■
The Railway Magazine8 min read
Positive Gala Figures
TWO key players in the heritage rail sector have reported successful spring steam galas that surpassed expectations and drew in the crowds, aided by visiting locos from other corners of the country. Although the weather was mixed across the three day
The Railway Magazine8 min read
£2 Million Grant Boost
FOUR heritage railway attractions in England have secured a total of £2,243,255 as part of the latest round of the Government’s Cultural Investment Fund. Delivered by the Arts Council England on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (
The Railway Magazine4 min read
Bulleid To Headline Gala
THE Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR) launched its 2023 season in style when the largest ever loco to operate on the line, Bulleid Pacific No. 34072 257 Squadron made its inaugural public appearance on Good Friday (April 7). Visiting from the Spa Val
The Railway Magazine2 min read
A Positive Move
THE North Tyneside Steam Railway (NTSR) wagon collection has been boosted by the addition of six historic vehicles that will further the aim of re-creating the typical coal and oil trains, which regularly operated over the line during its working lif
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Chappel Loco Round-up
GOOD progress is being made on the restoration of Bagnall 0-6-0ST Lamport No. 3 (2670/1942) at the East Anglian Railway Museum (EARM), Chappel and Wakes Colne station, Essex. The chassis has been completely restored, apart from the vacuum braking sys
The Railway Magazine6 min read
Change Of Strategy For L&BR Revival?
FOLLOWING expiry of Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust’s (L&BRT) planning permission to rebuild the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway between its present Killington Lane terminus and Blackmoor (RM Headline News, April), the focus rapidly switched to Blackmo
The Railway Magazine4 min read
Heritage Heavyweights Behind DHR B-class Bid
FOLLOWING news of the effort to secure the late Adrian Shooter’s Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) Sharp Stewart B-Class 0-4-0STT (3518/1888) No. 19B (RM Headline News, April) it can be confirmed that the founding trustees of The Darjeeling Tank Loc
The Railway Magazine2 min read
Barton House Railway Reaches Its Diamond Anniversary
BARTON House Railway, in Hartwell Road, Wroxham, was founded by Paul Bower, father of the current owner Peter. A circular 7¼in gauge track was completed in 1962, and officially opened on April 28, 1963, with the first public running that July. The la
The Railway Magazine3 min read
Milestone Anniversaries For Southampton Trams
JUNE’S annual Tram Event at Solent Sky will include the marking of major birthdays for two of the tram cars located at the Southampton museum. Having been completed by Hurst Nelson in 1903, open-top double-decked Southampton Corporation No. 38 (siste
The Railway Magazine5 min read
Diesel Railbus Appeal Exceeds KESR’s Target
VOLUNTEERS working on the Kent & East Sussex Railway’s (KESR) historic GWR single-unit diesel railbus No. 20 are celebrating two milestones. First, former GWR AEC railcar No. W20 (RM November p78) has returned to the carriage & wagon shed at Tenterde
The Railway Magazine5 min read
Future Assured For Only Wisbech & Upwell Loco
THE sole-surviving former Wisbech & Upwell Tramway (W&UT) loco, Class 04 No. 11103 put up for sale at the Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (RM April p68) has been acquired and moved to a most appropriate railway. The 0-6-0DM has joined the Mangapp
The Railway Magazine5 min read
All Set For ‘Mazey Day’
AS PART of marking 50 years of Pathfinder railtours, this year’s ‘Mazey Day Special’ from the Midlands to Penzance will feature a pair of GB Railfreight Class 69s, creating a first for the class visiting Cornwall. This year’s trip, in which the Mazey
The Railway Magazine8 min read
Brigg Line Set To Switch To Weekday-only Service
THE one-day-per-week rail service which has been a feature of the line between Gainsborough Central and Brigg for 30 years is to cease at the end of the current timetable. This Saturday-only service of three round trips running between Sheffield and

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