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INE years after Network Rail needlessly demolished three redundant signalboxes to the chagrin of local conservationists and Solihull’s then MP, the powers that be have now woken up to the fact that the North Warwickshire Line is a major asset to the local economy just waiting to be switched on.

I lived near theTyseley to Stratford-upon-Avon route for much of my life, and before I moved into railway magazine editing in Lincolnshire, spent 10 happy years living within earshot ofThe Lakes Halt.

Long used as the route of the‘Shakespeare Express’, the line somewhat miraculously evaded a postBeeching attempt at total closure in 1969 and then survived moves to close it south of Henley-in-Arden in 1984.The northernmost half in particular has become a thriving and essential commuter route for Birmingham.

Not only is this line still double track throughout, it retains most of the original structures built by the GWR for its opening in 1908 – only a few years after that of the Great Central Railway’s London Extension. Serving a series of rural villages in beautiful unspoilt rolling Forest of Arden countryside, it has so much in common with rural routes lost forever in the swathe of Sixties closures.

Now a ground-breaking partnership deal struck by the West Midlands Rail Executive with VintageTrains will see steam recognised as having the ability to become a significant player in the region’s tourist trade, with much focus on the Shakespeare Line.

More paths for steam will be created not just on summer Sundays but on weekdays too, and there will be golden opportunities to attract more visitors by rail not only to and from Stratford but to gems like Henley, Earlswood Lakes,Tanworth-in-Arden and Wilmcote, home of Mary Arden, the great playwright’s mother.

With Shropshire’s redundant branch from Madeley Junction to Ironbridge now coming under the microscope for revival, as featured on pages 49-55

in this issue, there is talk about ferrying international visitors to Stratford behind steam to one of the great cradles of the Industrial Revolution and its magnificent series of museums.

Sadly, all this comes too late for Earlswood station, demolished half a century ago, and the ’boxes at Henley, Bearley Junction and Shirley – now replicated at Broadway on the award-winning Gloucestershire Warwickshire Line, which also has the footbridge from Henley and Hall Green signalbox at Winchcombe, two other classic North Warwickshire treasures.Thankfully, it appears that there will be no further rail architectural sacrilege and the dormant potential of this magnificent route will be realised at last.

Elsewhere, I was absolutely delighted to view the current progress on new P2 2-8-2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales at Darlington Locomotive Works in mid-June.

Visibly oozing star quality from every orifice, the new P2, representative of a class once hailed as the most powerful express passenger locomotive in this country, has every chance of coming to be regarded as somewhat of a UK equivalent of a Union Pacific Big Boy in the USA. Now’s your chance to get on board this ultimate new-build project for your own slice of the big action by becoming a regular donor: visit www.p2steam.com I travelled with others part the way to Darlington aboard the Belmond British Pullman, which comprised ‘TheYorkshire Pullman’hauled by Tornado – and have nothing but the utmost praise for this operation, not only in terms of the standard of preservation of its exquisite Pullman fleet but the quality of on-board service.This particular train is a dimension of the heritage sector to be richly cherished, and is an unforgettable experience which everyone should take the opportunity to enjoy when they can.

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CONTENTS ISSUE 256

July 5, 2019 – August 1, 2019

News

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Headline News

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■ New boilers ordered for P2 and

Tornado – and one for V4 planned

■ SVR general manager Nick Ralls to

take up Ironbridge Museums post ■ Infrastructure upgrade to continue at West Somerset this winter ■ Russell hauls scheduled passenger train to Beddgelert at Ff&WHR gala ■ Bluebell Railway general manager quits and plc chairman stands down

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■ History made as steam disappears

forever from Underground tunnels

■ West Somerset chairman Jonathan

Jones-Pratt buys 0-6-0PT No. 9466 ■ House of Lords debate sparks fresh hope for young volunteers ■ Three locomotive classes star at Didcot Railway Centre gala ■ Gas main leak results in Churnet Valley track catching fire ■ Urie S15 No. 506 returns to action at Mid-Hants after 18-year overhaul ■ NER J21 rebuild starts at Locomotive Maintenance Services ■ Three ‘forgotten’ engines to be unveiled at Rheidol gala

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■ Clun Castle celebrates Didcot-

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Oxford 175 after new record set ■ Steam Dreams reveals WaterlooWindsor trains will run again in 2020 ■ RTC announces another packed Christmas period tour programme

With Full Regulator

Don Benn describes assaults on Sapperton bank by No. 7029 Clun Castle and ‘Black Five’ No. 44871

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CONTENTS: The prairie-like poppy fields on the approach to the Severn Valley Railway’s Bewdley Tunnel have become one of the most stunning sights on any stretch of UK railway this year. A service train hauled by BR Standard 4-6-0 No. 75069 is seen passing on June 22. ANDREW BELL COVER: Likely to become a seminal image of the last steam to run through the Underground tunnels of central London, Metropolitan Railway E class 0-4-4T No. 1 is seen departing Kensington High Street with the late-running first ‘District Pioneer’ special on Saturday, June 22, part of London Transport Museum’s District Line 150 anniversary event. JOHN TITLOW

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No. 7029 Clun Castle climbs over the 1-in-50 Coalbrookdale viaduct with Vintage Trains’ first of two shuttle runs along the Madeley branch on June 9.

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Steaming back to where it all began

The two Vintage Trains shuttle trips from Wellington to Coalbrookdale on June 9, were billed as the last steam train on the branch line to Ironbridge.

However, the railway is now at the centre of ambitious plans to turn it into one of Britain’s premier heritage lines serving the World Heritage Site where so much of the Industrial Revolution, including the age of the steam railway, had its beginnings.

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Spring in the Valley

The West Somerset celebrated a major landmark with its June 8/9 gala, held 40 years to the day when the UK’s longest standard gauge heritage line reached Bishops Lydeard – and is closer than ever to operating into Taunton, writes Robin Jones

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Seasoned lineside photographer John Titlow revels in the green magic that comes alive once winter lifts itself from the Severn Valley Railway. Based on his many years of experience, he shares some helpful hints on how to make the most of light at key locations.

Great steam engineers of the nineteenth century part eight: The 1890s

The last decade of the 19th century saw far-reaching changes to Britain’s railway system, which as Brian Sharpe outlines, were reflected in quite fundamental changes in the steam locomotives being designed by Britain’s engineers.

Churston Works: holding the keys to Dartmouth of the future

The Dartmouth Steam Railway is making big strides to have more of the essential maintenance and repair work done in-house at an enlarged and modernised Churston Works, reports Roger Melton.

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Welshpool & Brechin volunteers honoured

by Queen’s Award

By Robin Jones TWO heritage railways have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade that a voluntary organisation can receive in the UK. Awards have gone to the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway and the Caledonian Railway at Brechin, it was announced by Buckingham Palace on June 2, the anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation.

The citation for the WLLR read that it is being honoured for “operating an eight-mile steam railway to demonstrate how it served its rural MidWales community from Edwardian times.”

The Caledonian Railway is likewise honoured “for the ongoing work over many years by many volunteers to keep the railway in Brechin.”

Volunteers reopened the 2ft 6in gauge WLLR, fondly known locally as the Llanfair Ginny, as a heritage railway in 1963, seven years after the line was closed by BR, and have now been running the railway for longer than all of its previous operators combined.

Even today the line has only five salaried staff so crewing of the trains, staffing the stations, maintenance and restoration of the rolling stock and track, and keeping the lineside vegetation at bay are duties all principally carried

out by a team of around 290 volunteers.

They are backed up by nearly 2000 company members who support the line by such means as donating to restoration appeals.

The railway was nominated for the award

by Welshpool mayor Stephen Kaye who highlighted the educational value of the railway’s activities and the number of visitors (more than 26,000), which the line brings to the region each year.

Two long-standing volunteers were advised of the impending award in confidence and invited to a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace on May 21. John Jacobs, a duty manager who volunteers on the line four days a week, said: “The railway draws volunteers from all walks of life, and it was an honour for steam fireman John Meekums and me to represent all of them on this very special occasion.”

WLLR chairman Steve Clews, said: “This is a real honour for all those volunteers who have worked so hard over the last 60 years to make the railway what it is today.”

Tia C Jones, the Lord Lieutenant of Powys, will present the award to WLLR representatives at the line later in the year.

BR withdrew passenger services from the

Veteran Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway volunteers John Jacobs and John Meekums were told about the impending award when they attended a Buckingham Palace garden party on May 21. WLLR Brechin to Bridge of Dun line in 1952 and freight in 1981. However, in 1979, enthusiasts set up the Caledonian Railway (Brechin) Ltd in conjunction with the Brechin Railway Preservation Society in a bid to save the branch. The first heritage passenger services were operated within the Brechin station limits not long after the departure of BR, and in 1993, a Light Railway Order allowed the revivalists to run trains along the entire length of the line to Bridge of Dun. The heritage line is still entirely run by volunteers.

Duke of Kent learns about his family’s Bahamas link WHEN he visited the Keighley &Worth Valley Railway on Friday, June 1, the Duke of Kent took a footplate ride on a locomotive which was a member of a class designed to celebrate his grandfather King GeorgeV’s silver jubilee.

The Duke, a first cousin of the Queen, was introduced to LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 45596 Bahamas when he visited Ingrow West station.

The locomotive has recently returned to the main line after a lengthy overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive works with the aid of a £775,800 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Over the course of the day, the Duke visited St John’s Church, Ingrow, which was built by the local mill owners who supported the railway’s original construction; met members of the Bahamas Locomotive Society; and travelled in a 1912-built Lancashire & Yorkshire luxury club car from Ingrow West to Keighley, where he boarded the footplate

and rode in the cab to Oxenhope.

There, the Duke, who is president of Scouts UK, was greeted by members of the 14th Keighley (Haworth) Scout Group.

Society chairman Keith Whitmore

said that the Duke was impressed and surprised when told about the history of the Jubilee class and its strong connection to his family: “He said he was most impressed with the turnout of the locomotive and that

Keith Whitmore, chairman of the Bahamas Locomotive Society (second right) introduces the Duke of Kent (right) to Frank Galvin, society vice chairman; David Guest, financial director; and Brenda Southwell, education facilitator. BLS

his grandfather King George V would have been very satisfied with the way in which the society had looked after it for over 50 years and indicated he would like to have a ride behind the loco.”

In steam for the royal visit: Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 45596 Bahamas alongside BR Standard 4MT 4-6-0 No. 75078. BLS

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Out-of-ticket Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T No. 1704 of 1938 Nunlow returned to its original home, the G&T Earle Cement Manufacturers works at Hope in Derbyshire, for the site’s June 1 open day marking its 90th anniversary. It was accompanied by Bahamas Locomotive Society shedmate LNWR 0-6-2T Coal Tank No. 1054. BRIAN SHARPE

Little trains bring bumper numbers to big railway

A TOTAL of 16,507 passenger journeys were made on the Great Central Railway during the line’s June 14-16 Model Event, sponsored by Heritage Railway publisher Mortons.

Such a figure vastly exceeds passenger numbers at many heritage railways’premier galas and special events. An intensive timetable featured eight-coach trains, plus DMUs. The big railway was used by

visitors travelling between the three exhibitions, garden rail at Loughborough, model railways at Quorn & Woodhouse and model engineering at Rothley. At Quorn, around 70 layouts were displayed, some being brought from Scotland for the first time. There were more than 50 trade stands at Loughborough and Quorn.

A GCR spokesman said that takings were up by 3-4% compared to the same event last year.

Severn Valley Railway-based Port Talbot Railway/GWR 0-6-0ST No. 813 was back in to the North East 85 years since Backworth Collieries first brought the locomotive to Northumberland, one of several second-hand pre-Grouping locomotives from the Swindon empire which ended up in the region. It played a starring role in the Tanfield Railway’s June 14-16 Legends of Industry steam gala and is seen passing the site of the old shed at Bowes Bridge with an empty stock working from Andrews House to Sunniside on June 16. The other guest was Seaham Harbour Dock Company No.18 Lewin from Beamish Museum.

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MAIN LINE NEWS

‘Shakespeare Express’ team could serve 2022 Commonwealth Games and more in future

By Robin Jones

THE NorthWarwickshire Line is set to be developed as a main line heritage railway under the terms of a ground-breaking new partnership withTyseley-based VintageTrains.

On June 12, theWest Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) andVintageTrains (VT) launched a new partnership deal after theTrain Operating Company’s flagship WR 4-6-0 No. 7029 Clun Castle rolled into Birmingham Moor Street station.

The partnership will seeVT and steam traction play a greater part in pushing tourism, with services across the region’s network provided for Coventry’s City of Culture year in 2021 and the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Vintage Trains chairman Michasel Whitehouse signs the partnership agreement in the present of WMRE chairman Coun Roger Lawrence. WMRE

However, much emphasis will be placed on promoting the Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon route via Shirley and Henley-in-Arden, which is already marketed as the Shakespeare Line.

VT has for two decades run the summer Sunday‘Shakespeare Express’ along the route, noted for its many original stations and buildings dating from the construction of the line by the GWR in 1908.

West Midlands mayor Andy Street said: “VT does a wonderful job in bringing the age of steam to thousands of visitors each year. Riding a steam train through theWarwickshire countryside is certainly a deeply exciting and nostalgic experience and I would urge everyone to give it go.

“However, this partnership is also looking to the future. It is about how we make the most of this valuable asset, grow theVT network and encourage more community volunteers as well as create more jobs and more apprenticeships.”

WMRE is the partnership of 16West Midlands Local Authorities co-managing theWest Midlands Railway (WMR) franchise with the Department for Transport, and planning the strategic future of the region’s network in conjunction with rail industry and local authority partners.

VintageTrains Community Benefit Society chairman MichaelWhitehouse said:“We will continue to provide exciting tourism experiences on the Shakespeare Line; create more jobs; teach and retain skills at ourTyseley depot; and involve the communities along the route in all that we do, so that everyone who joins in can be proud of their contribution.

The mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street with Vintage Trains managing director Cath Bellamy at Moor Street station on June 12. WMRE “WMRE wishes to ensure express steam trains continue to run in the region for the long-term, particularly on the Shakespeare Line to Stratford which it seeks to develop as Britain’s premier main line heritage railway, so that franchise and heritage trains can run seamlessly together in the timetable for the benefit of the community.

Sustainability

“Of course, everyone has an eye towards the 2022 Commonwealth Games to be held in the city, but not only that; this is a project for long-term sustainability for main line steam in the region.

“WMRE will set the passenger specification forWMR in the future as part of railway regional devolution. In 2021 the timetable forWMR will be enhanced to provide a seven-days-a-week service, i.e. abandoning the Sunday timetable.

“The plan is to create‘Shakespeare Express’paths from then which can be used daily as market conditions require.

This will enable us to augment the service and forward sell to the national and international market which plan considerably ahead.

“Currently running only on summer Sundays, we cannot do this and we are also unable to run on weekdays due to insufficient platform capacity in the city.

The plan is to create this capacity, most

probably at Moor Street from 2021.

Bear in mind that the Shakespeare Line currently has three million passengers per year and Moor Street station currently has an annual footfall of seven million.

“As aTOC, we will now be invited to stakeholder meetings so we can be included in discussions on planning network enhancements and timetables.

We have already been included in the Moor Street station development group and we are a founder member of the Heart of England Community Rail Partnership which will cover the Shakespeare Line and the Coventry to Nuneaton line at least.The journey to secure main line steam in the region for the future has begun.”

It is estimated that up to 50 jobs including conductors, drivers and maintenance staff needed to run the trains will be created atVT as a result of the partnership.

VT said it aims to identify additional opportunities for heritage services on the main line to provide further value to theWest Midlands network, and integrate itself into the work of the wider rail industry in the region. It will become involved in the future plans for Moor Street station and open up a waiting room/café and a small museum atTyseley’s main line station opposite its headquarters.

National award for Aberdeen main line turntable project THE Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust has carried off a major award for returning the Aberdeen depot’s 1906-built Ransomes & Rapier turntable to service last summer following years of disuse.

The trust won the Preserving the History of the Railway category at the Rail Partnership Awards, sponsored

by Network Rail.

The prize was presented to the group’s chairman, Dr Jon Tyler, at the awards ceremony at the Vox Arena in Birmingham, hosted by TV presenter Julia Bradbury on June 5. It was

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made in recognition of the lengthy renovation and refurbishment project and beat off competition from seven other contenders.

He said:“This award, the first to be received by the trust, demonstrates the recognition the project has received in reviving steam charter trains to Aberdeen.

“The volunteers at Ferryhill deserve to have their hard work recognised in this way. Aberdeen’s tourism offer has been given a big boost by the additional visitors who now arrive in the city by steam train.”

Alan Ross, director of route sponsorship at the ScotRail Alliance, said:“What a fantastic result. It just shows what we can do when we all pull together.”

The turntable will next be used by trains hauled by A1 Peppercorn Pacific No. 60163 Tornado to Aberdeen and can be seen working when the trust opens its doors to the public on August 1, 8 and 31 and September 7. As previously reported, on those dates the A1 Pacific will be hauling the‘The Aberdonian’trains from Edinburgh.

Dr Jon Tyler receiving the trophy from TV presenter Julia Bradbury.

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West Coast Railways is again operating its Scarborough Spa Express on selected Thursdays this summer. Starting in Carnforth, the trains operate to Scarborough and York via Skipton and Leeds or via Preston and Wakefield. Pictured hauling the first SSE of the season away from York station on Thursday, June 20 is LMS Jubilee Class No. 45699 Galatea. MICHAEL ANDERSON

BLS to run‘tractor’trips in August

By Gareth Evans THE Branch Line Society (BLS) is running two day excursions hauled

by Class 37s – better known by fans of the English Electric diesel locomotives as‘tractors’.

On Saturday, August 10 three West Coast Class 37s are set to work ‘Type 3 to the Sea’from Crewe to Portsmouth and return.

In familiar BLS style, unusual track has been requested (including the Baker-level Coventry NorthYard No. 1 Road). A number of optional extra excursions are also being offered – one of which even involves ‘rare water’– thanks to ferry operator Hovertravel. A hovercraft charter will be going off the booked service route to provide a connection to Lee-on-the-Solent and the Hovercraft Museum.

The‘Growler’fun does not end there, however.Taking advantage of the presence of three Class 37s and Mk1 coaching stock at Crewe from the previous day’s tour,‘TheTri CountyTripleTractor’ trip will offer the opportunity of riding behindType 3s from Crewe to Lancaster, taking in Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire.

Passengers will also be able to pick-up and set-down atWarrington, Wigan, Preston and Lancaster.

Three Class 37s hauling a

passenger train together is a rare sight of course – and is sure to create welcome sounds for those with an appreciation of‘tractors’.

Profits from both trains will be donated to Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

Thunderer For Haulage

Another BLS tour of interest to those who enjoy the sight and sound of heritage diesel traction on the main line is the opportunity to ride behind Class 50 Thunderer. Built by English Electric atVulcan FoundryWorks, Newton-le-Willows in 1968 as D408, No. 50008 is last recorded as working a main line passenger charter in November 1991, not long before withdrawal in June 1992.

In partnership with Hanson & Hall Rail Services Solutions, the much anticipated main line return of the ‘Hoover’will see it haul‘The Return ofThunderVac’charter from Derby to Carlisle on Saturday, July 27. A DB Cargo Class 67 will be attached to the rear for ETS purposes.

The train’s routing will see it head via Sheffield, Leeds,York, Durham and Haltwhistle before arriving at Carlisle. After a three-hour layover, the excursion will operate via Garsdale – where a photo stop is due to be made – before continuing via Skipton, Leeds, Hambleton South Junction, Doncaster and Sheffield.

Holyhead was the destination for Steam Dreams’s excursion from London Euston on Thursday, June 6. LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 45690 Leander is seen here cutting through Conwy Castle walls. The 4-6-0 worked the charter between Crewe and the Irish sea port and return. RODNEY TOWERS

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