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CONTENTS ISSUE 274
November 27, 2020 – December 22, 2020
News
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Headline News
■ North Yorkshire Moors gets £1.4m
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Culture Recovery Fund grant ■ Kent & East Sussex’s role in Unknown Warrior TV and radio shows ■ Wolverton Works may include new heritage railway engineering venue ■ £1.75m lifeline for London Transport Museum ■ East Lancs gets £641.6k to help deal with Covid-19 challenges
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News
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■ Princes Charles voices support for
Transylvanian steam line ■ GWR 4-6-0 No. 4079 Pendennis Castle has first fire lit in 21st century ■ Somerset & Dorset Trust in talks over new Washford lease ■ Bratton Fleming station bought for Lynton & Barnstaple Railway ■ Farewell to popular Jack the Station Cat creator ■ Great Western Society launches Diamond Jubilee Fund ■ Bodmin launches appeal to return flagship prairie No. 5552 for 2021 ■ Colour views of Lincolnshire Coast line's 1960 opening unearthed
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Steam & heritage diesel railtours.
Railwayana
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Geoff Courtney’s regular column.
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■ Flying Scotsman 2021 dates and
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tours announced ■ Braunton and Royal Scot repaired in Severn Valley workshop ■ Key components reunited on Duke of Gloucester at Tyseley ■ West Coast ‘Jacobite’ terminated early due to lockdown ■ Railway Touring Company ‘hopeful’ for December outings
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GWR 0-4-2T No. 1450 leads 0-6-0PT No. 7714 across the Severn Valley Railway’s Oldbury Viaduct.
Off the Shelf
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Platform
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Up & Running
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Next Stop
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Latest book and DVD releases.
Where your views matter most. Guide to railways running over the festive period.
A lighter, quirkier look at events.
Autumn breaks and back to winter!
Robin Jones and Gareth Evans present a stunning selection of autumn photographs submitted by readers, showcasing trains at work across the heritage railway sector, when steam locomotives performed in a changing, colourful landscape, in varying light and the wonderful effects a new season brings.
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CONTENTS: During an unpredicted, but very welcome and stunning sunset on October 23, LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No. 45596 Bahamas performs the second of four run pasts through Bishops Sutton on the Mid-Hants Railway. Caught on camera during a Mad Hants Charters photo charter, the train comprises vehicles restored by the line’s Wagon Group. The locomotive returned to its Keighley & Worth Valley Railway base under its own power six days later – see Main Line News. DAVE RYDING COVER: Bulleid West County light Pacific No. 34046 Braunton runs along Tenbury Wall while approaching Bewdley with a test train with Locomotive Services Ltd stablemate LMS 4-6-0 No. 46100 Royal Scot on the rear, on the autumnal Severn Valley Railway on October 28. See Main Line News, pages 54-59. JOHN TITLOW
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Keeping the quartet alive!
The North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group owns four engines, all of which are now unique. Gareth Evans learns about the organisation’s history and latest developments, as well as how it is setting itself up for the future. He also shares the recollections of one of the group’s longstanding members.
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See page 30 The next train to the Rainbow’s End!
The legendary Colonel Stephens built a mineral railway in the Peak District – and it was used to carry passengers to the Rainbow’s End! Today, a team of volunteers is working on two fronts to revive the Ashover Light Railway, writes Robin Jones.
Western poster haul discovered
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A collection of GWR and BR publicity material found in a west London attic.
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Pete Kelly examines some of the locomotives sent overseas during the First World War, before looking at some of the choice of OO-scale ready to run models available.
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With its boiler certificate expiring in December, popular GWR 0-4-2T No. 1450 leads 0-6-0PT No. 7714 with a train of GWR carriages across Oldbury Viaduct, south of Bridgnorth on October 9. Daniels Mill lies on the other side of the Severn Valley Railway. JOHN TITLOW
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