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3922 Class O2/4 Tango 2-8-0 63975 in BR black late crest flush tender (RRP £184.95). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . .£89
Bachmann Branchline - Steam locos
31-128 Class 30xx 2-8-0 ROD 3036 in BR black early emblem weathered (RRP £142.95). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . £72
H4-AB16-002 Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 16” 2043 'No 6' in NCB green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £99
R3086 Class A1 4-6-2 4472 "Flying Scotsman" in LNER apple green - Railroad Range (RRP £110.99)BARGAIN . . £55 3923 Class O2/4 Tango 2-8-0 63982 in BR black late crest R3060 Class A1 4-6-2 60163 "Tornado" in British Railways Apple Green flush tender (RRP £184.95) . . . . . . . . . .BARGAIN. . . . . £89 (Railroad Range) (RRP £100.99) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . £68 3921 Class O2/4 Tango 2-8-0 63983 in BR black early crest flush tender (RRP £184.95). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . .£89
32-227DS Class 3F Jinty 0-6-0T 7365 in LMS black - DCC sound fitted NEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £182.71
Diesel locos
H4-AB16-003 Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 16” 2226 “Katie” in lined maroon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £99
2503 Class 05 Hunslet shunter "Cider Queen" green wasp stripes (RRP £129.95). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . .£69 2500 Class 05 Hunslet shunter D2574 BR green (RRP £129.95)BARGAIN £69
R3676 Class A4 4468 "Mallard" in LNER garter blue - as preserved NEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£152
32-860 Class 9F 2-10-0 92211 in BR black late crest NEW .£161.46
R3338 Class B1 4-6-0 61310 in BR Apple Green (RRP £155.99)BARGAIN £87 R3171 Class P2 2-8-2 2001 'Cock O' The North' LNER Green (Railroad range)£84 R3419 Drummond Class 700 0-6-0 693 Southern Railway black (RRP £124.99). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . £69
2520 Class 05 Hunslet shunter D2592 in BR green wasp Diesel locos H4-AB16-001 Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 16” 2244 ‘No.10’ in stripes (RRP £129.95). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BARGAIN. . . . . £69 R3392TTS Class 40 40164 in BR blue - TTS sound fitted - Railroad Range (RRP £99.99). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . £74 NCB lined black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £99 2521 Class 05 Hunslet shunter D2600 BR green wasp stripes (RRP £129.95). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . .£69 R3491 Class 42 Warship D805 "Benbow" BR green - Railroad Range (RRP £64.99). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . £39
DMUs
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32-360A Standard Class 4MT 2-6-4T 80104 in BR lined black late crest £114.71
Diesel locos
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EMUs
32-377A Class 37/4 37401 "Mary Queen Of Scots" in BR large logo blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £117.26
R3341 Class 2-HAL 2 Car EMU 2677 in BR blue (RRP £130.25)BARGAIN £62
32-983 Class 66/7 66779 "Evening Star" in BR green GBRF branding . £144.46
Train sets - digital
R1126 Mixed Freight DCC digital train set Class 08 0-6-0 BR diesel electric loco, steam loco & 4 wagons (RRP £264.99)BARGAIN . . . . £170
H4-P-012 SECR P Class 0-6-0T 323 “Bluebell” in Bluebell 2911 Class 07 shunter 07005 in BR blue wasp stripes and Wagons Railway lined blue (2010s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £99 air brakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £111 R6884 Pack of three 6-wheel Milk Tanks "Express Dairy" . . . . . . . . . . £38
H4-P-002 SECR P Class 0-6-0T 753 in SE&CR full lined green (with brass) £99 H4-P-004 SECR P Class 0-6-0T A325 SR lined Maunsell green Maunsell lettering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£99
Oxford Diecast - Commercial vehicles
76ATKL004 Atkinson Cattle Truck - "J Haydon and Sons" NEW . . . . £13
Wagons
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DMUs
OR763FO002B Mk3a FO first open 11046 in Intercity Swallow NEW . £29 OR763RM002B Mk3a RFM Restaurant First Modular 10242 Intercity Swallow NEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £29
yellow "Stratford Shark" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£43 H4-BH-007 Beilhack snow plough (ex Class 40) ZZA ADB965580 Railtrack Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£43
Heljan - Steam locos
O Gauge (1:43 Scale)
2901 Class 07 shunter D2990 in BR green wasp stripes £111
Corgi Collectables - Cars
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Dapol - Steam locos
4780 Class 47xx 2-8-0 "Night Owl" 4704 in GWR green shirtbutton emblem£154 1409 Class 14 D9531 in BR green - as preserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£110 VA12611 Ford Escort Mk2 1.6 Harrier, Strato Silver NEW . . . . . . . . . £24 4000 Hawker Siddeley Brush HS4000 "Kestrel" prototype diesel electric loco (RRP £155) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . .£129 VA11509 Triumph TR5 - Jasmine Yellow NEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £24 7700 Class 77 EM2 Woodhead electric 27000 "Electra" in BR black early emblem - gloss finish - Ltd Ed for Olivias Trains (RRP £165)BARGAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£129
30-425 Class 251 Midland Pullman train pack in Pullman nanking blue - Collectors Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£490
Dapol - Diesel locos
4781 Class 47xx 2-8-0 'Night Owl' 4705 in GWR green Great Western lettering NEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £154 7S-007-002 Class 57xx 0-6-0PT pannier 5700 in Great Western Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £199.75 7S-007-003S Class 8750 0-6-0PT pannier 9659 GWR green - DCC sound
4D-012-009 Class 22 D6322 in BR green small yellow panels and disc headcodes NEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £127.46 4D-012-004 Class 22 D6325 BR green no yellow panels and disc headcodes NEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £127.46
fitted NEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £357.60 7705 Class 77 EM2 Woodhead electric E27003 "Diana" in BR green half yellow panels - Ltd Ed for Olivias Trains Heljan - Diesel locos (RRP £165). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BARGAIN. . . . £129
Class 77 EM2 Woodhead electric E27005 "Minerva" in BR green 4783 Class 47xx 2-8-0 'Night Owl' 4706 in BR black early 7701 half yellow panels - Ltd Ed for Olivias Trains (RRP £165)BARGAIN. .£129 emblem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £154 7706 Class 77 EM2 Woodhead electric E27006 "Pandora" in BR electric blue - Ltd Ed for Olivias Trains (RRP £165) . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . .£129
2012 Class 20 in BR blue full yellow ends; pre-TOPS style double arrows on the cabsides and 4-character 4D-012-006 Class 22 D6327 in BR blue small yellow 4782 Class 47xx 2-8-0 'Night Owl' 4707 in GWR green headcodes (RRP £599). . . . . . . . . . . . . .BARGAIN. . . .£360 panels and headcode boxes NEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . £127.46 post-war GW lettering NEW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £154 9007 Metropolitan Bo-Bo electric 11 "George Romney" in London Transport maroon (RRP £139.95)BARGAIN. . . £74 9009 Metropolitan Bo-Bo electric 12 "Sarah Siddons" in London Transport/ Metropolitan (1990s preserved condition) (RRP £139.95)BARGAIN . .£74 9008 Metropolitan Bo-Bo electric 12 "Sarah Siddons" in Metropolitan (As currently preserved) (RRP £139.95). . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . .£74
DMUs
4D-012-008 Class 22 D6332 in BR blue NEW . . . . . £127.46
EFE - Buses
8921 Class 128 parcels DMU 55992 Royal Mail Letters red (RRP £119.95). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . .£59
3912 Class O2/3 Tango 2-8-0 63948 in BR black early crest stepped tender (RRP £184.95) . . .BARGAIN. . . . . £89
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2013 Class 20 in BR blue full yellow ends; TOPS style double arrows on the bodysides and 'domino' headcodes (RRP £599). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BARGAIN. . . .£360
34112 AEC RT Bus 'London Transport' NEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £29.71 3911 Class O2/3 Tango 2-8-0 63954 in early British Railways black stepped tender (RRP £184.95). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARGAIN . . . . . .£89
Hattons - Steam locos
R3619 Class 4073 'Castle' 4-6-0 5013 "Abergavenny Castle" in BR green late crest NEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £136 R3313 Class 4F 0-6-0 4323 in LMS Black (RRP £99.99)BARGAIN . . .£58
2010 Class 20 in BR green small yellow panels and 3920 Class O2/4 Tango 2-8-0 3962 in LNER black flush H4-AB14-004 Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST 14” 1863 in R3617 Class 8P Rebuilt Merchant Navy 4-6-2 35030 "Elder Dempster Caledonian Railway lined blue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£99 tender (RRP £184.95) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BARGAIN. . . . . £89 Lines" in BR green late crest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .£136 4-character headcodes (RRP £599) . . .BARGAIN. . £340
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OPINION LNER A4 Pacific No.60009 Union of South Africa joined in the 100th birthday celebrations of the RAF by hauling UK Railtours’ RAF100 special from Lincoln via Sleaford and Peterborough to King’s Cross on Tuesday, July 10. The tour was organised by The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust as it was hoped that No. 60163 Tornado would head it, but repairs to the A1 following its breakdown on the 90mph ‘The Ebor Flyer’ in April were not completed in time. No.60009, the repairs to which were recently completed, stepped in, assisted by Class 66 No. 66009 due to the dry conditions in the heatwave. The RAF100 special is seen emerging from Copenhagen Tunnel into King’s Cross. Passengers were able to join in the centenary celebrations, which included a flypast of nearly 100 aircraft over The Mall to mark the occasion. GRAHAM NUTTALL
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The long-forgotten ‘missing link’ runs again
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HE weeks ahead will see several special events and railtours to mark the 50th anniversary of the last steam train run over the main line by BR, the‘Fifteen Guinea Special’on August 11, 1968, and to mark the occasion, our special issue this month contains two features from photographers who were there to witness it. We also have two features on the rebirth of steam half a century ago – that magnificent eight-day gala at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, and the opening in September 1968 of the marvellous main line in miniature system that is the Great Cockcrow Railway in leafy Surrey. Of course celebrating half centenaries is one thing, but September is also set to see a phenomenal part of world railway history being remade. It is then that we are likely to see the rebuilt North Eastern Railway petrol-electric autocar being relaunched. The body was sold for use as a holiday home near Kirkbymoorside on the NorthYorkshire Moors Railway, and was forgotten for decades, its colossal importance in the evolution of railways overlooked. Yet it is this vehicle and its long-scrapped twin that form the bridge link between the steam era and that of modern traction.They were developed around the same time that other railways were introducing steam railmotors as a means of running branch line trains as economically as possible by eradicating the need for locomotives to run round. The NER’s assistant chief mechanical engineer Vincent Raven took this concept one stage further. He looked at the electric trams making their debut on city streets and saw the concept’s advantages over those of steam. However, instead of taking a power supply from overhead lines, his autocars carried their own power plant with them, in the form of a petrol engine driving a dynamo which supplied power to the electric motors. They were the world’s first passenger-carrying trains
powered by internal combustion, and paved the way for DMUs, which today comprise a sizeable slice of the world’s everyday trains. In this respect, the NER autocars are in terms of historical landmarks easily as important as Stephenson’s Rocket. Just as Rocket was by no means the world’s first steam locomotive but set the blueprint for the development of steam locomotive technology, so the NER autocars were the roots of modern traction, half a century ahead of their time, as BR did not introduce DMUs until the 1950s. It is impossible to praise enough the efforts of coach restorer extraordinaire Stephen Middleton and the 1903 AutocarTrust which he set up in their efforts to bring this priceless piece of world transport historic back into the public glare and use.Those who watched Channel 4’s Great Rail Restorations will be familiar with Stephen’s work on historic carriages – but as the saying goes, you ain’t seen nothing yet. So in this year that we are remembering the end of BR standard gauge steam haulage, we will also be marvelling at a vehicle which sounded the death knell for steam 65 years before! On another tack, I am delighted to hear that fellow Beach Boys fan David Buck is now the owner of Steam Dreams, one of Europe’s top railtour companies. It seems just like yesterday when, a few months before the first issue of Heritage Railway, I discussed the firm’s founder Marcus Robertson’s vision for walk-on steam trips from London with him. Steam Dreams and its ‘Cathedral Expresses’went on to be a rip-roaring success story and acquired a reputation for style, comfort and reliability second to none, and now Mayflower owner David is at the helm, who knows to what further heights it will ascend? Never mind August 11, 1968, steam is still very much here, and going from strength to strength. Robin Jones Editor Heritagerailway.co.uk 3
CONTENTS ISSUE 244
July 27, 2018 – August 24, 2018
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Headline News
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Flying Scotsman nameplate for auction; North Yorkshire Moors Railway to star in a second TV series; Middleton Railway hit by warehouse 'arson'; new Southwold Railway 2-4-0 to be built in Darlington; diesels replace steam over lineside fires fear in heatwave; and Amberley’s Bagnall Peter celebrates 100th birthday.
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Action from the Track to the Trenches Armistice centenary gala at Apedale; final push to complete Princes Risborough track changes in time for August 15 main line interchange opening; Cleethorpes Coast announces southern extension; council tourism chief slams Kent & East Sussex-Rother Valley link project; world’s first preserved locomotive Invicta given new Whitstable home; ladies handed top posts at Bluebell and Llangollen; Aln Valley bags £146K grant; Leighton Buzzard marks its 50th anniversary; and steam inside Rutland's Ketton Cement works.
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Railwayana
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Centre
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Main Line Itinerary
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Platform
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Up & Running
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Geoff Courtney’s regular column.
Main Line News
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Mayflower owner David Buck acquires Steam Dreams; ashes of Flying Scotsman saviour Alan Pegler to be thrown into its firebox on Stoke Bank; Scotsman heads into Cornwall; and Vintage Trains on verge of obtaining TOC licence.
With Full Regulator
Don Benn reports on heavy loads, including some recent notable performances by 'Black Five' No. 45212.
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Mark Wilkins' panorama of the 'Blue King' passing Waterside on the Dartmouth Steam Railway. Steam and heritage diesel railtours. Where your views matter most.
Features
Hunslet 125 highlights
Autocar - The first modern traction
The redisdcovered 115-year-old ‘missing link’ between the steam and diesel ages will debut in the coming weeks with the culmination of a ground-breaking 15-year project, reports Andrew Rapacz.
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The Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway celebrated the 125th birthday of two members of its popular steam locomotive fleet in style with a special three-day gala event, which brought together a large gathering of Hunslets, engaging them on a host of duties in what is a narrow gauge paradise. Gareth Evans reports.
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Guide to heritage railways running in August.
The Month Ahead
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CONTENTS: Spending the summer on hire from Tyseley Locomotive Works, GWR London Transport-liveried pannier tank no. L94 runs above the beach huts at Goodrington Sands with the 10.45pm to Kingswear on July 14. KARL HEATH COVER: GWR 4-6-0 No.6023 King Edward II climbs the bank at Goodrington on the Dartmouth Steam Railway, working the 4.30pm Paignton-Kingswear service during the KingsBeer Festival on July 14. COLIN WALLACE
1T57: The fabled final curtain!
Sunday, August 11, 1968, marked the end of British Rail steam haulage on the national network, when the legendary ‘Fifteen Guinea Special’ was immortalised by the headcode 1T57. Trevor Gregg, who was there to record it on camera, continues his story about the demise of main line steam.
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1T57: In search of that last steam photo
Maurice Burns remembers in words and pictures the day when he visited the Settle and Carlisle line to record the end of an era which had transformed our modern global society, and also looks at subsequent anniversary runs leading up to this August’s major Great Central Railway End of Steam Gala.
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50 years since the return of steam!
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While steam was fast disappearing from the main line in early summer 1968, it was returning with a vengeance to a Yorkshire branch. The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway held a stunning eight-day gala to celebrate its half century. Report by Robin Jones and Gareth Evans.
Surrey’s steamy wonderland main line is 50!
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Withdrawn Flying Scotsman nameplate returns to market EXCLUSIVE By Geoff Courtney AN original nameplate from No. 60103 Flying Scotsman that was controversially withdrawn from sale by leading auction house Bonhams in 2016 after an intervention by the late SirWilliam McAlpine, a former owner of the legendary locomotive, is returning to market. The plate was carried by the 1923-built Pacific until 1996, when both nameplates were removed by new owner DrTony Marchington prior to the start of a major £1 million restoration. On completion of the work three years later, the locomotive was fitted with replica plates that remain on the engine today. Dr Marchington, who died in 2011, sold both the original plates to a railwayana collector and dealer who, in turn, sold them on within the railwayana movement. It was one of these plates, the right-hand example, that was due to be sold by Bonhams in February 2016 and at one stage there was talk within railwayana circles that the world record of £60,000 for a nameplate, from Gresley A4 No. 60030 Golden Fleece, could be under threat. However, that possibility never came to fruition following an intervention by Sir William, who owned the locomotive for 23 years until selling it to Dr Marchington in 1996 and was unaware, until publicity about the proposed nameplate sale in 2016, thatTony had fitted replica plates prior to its return to service in 1999. SirWilliam said at the time that, although the plate had been bought from the dealer in good faith and that it was authentic, it should not be auctioned but instead reunited with the Pacific, “where it belongs”. He subsequently wrote to a number of high-profile people within the railway heritage movement and also at board level to Bonhams, and the plate was withdrawn just five days before the auction. Following its decision not to put the plate under the hammer – a move which caused considerable debate within the preservation and railwayana movements
Flying Scotsman arrived at the Locomotion museum in Shildon on July 9. It will be on show there until August 1, as part of Locomotion’s Steam Season. NRM – the auction house released few details about why it had been withdrawn, saying only that it was felt more investigative work needed to be carried out on the plate, which might take some time, and that the prudent thing was therefore to remove it from the auction. Since then the plate has once again changed hands into another private collection and the new owner has asked GW Railwayana to sell it at its next auction in Pershore on November 17.The auction house’s director and auctioneer, Simon Turner, said:“I am absolutely delighted and proud that we have been asked to sell such a prestigious nameplate. “Flying Scotsman is the one steam
locomotive that is known literally the world over, and to own one of its original plates must be the ambition of many collectors. It will surely create interest, not only within the railwayana movement, but also among non-enthusiasts and historians both in the UK and overseas, who will be able to take part through live internet bidding. “It is also the first time either nameplate has been on public sale, which makes it even more special. “I am greatly looking forward to putting it under the hammer.” Simon said that a second nameplate rarity would be appearing in the auction – ManchesterCity, from an LNER B17
‘Footballer’that entered service in May 1937 as No. 2870.This nameplate was carried by the locomotive for just a few days before it was replaced by Tottenham Hotspur, but the following month it found its way onto the next member of the class to be built, No. 2871 (BR No. 61671). In August 1945, No. 2871 became the first B17 to be rebuilt as a B2, and in April 1946 the ManchesterCity name was replaced by Royal Sovereign after the 4-6-0 became a royal train locomotive. The‘Footballer’name had been carried by two locomotives for a total period of nine years and was never reallocated to a third engine. “With Manchester City being the current Premier League champions, the nameplate has an added significance, which may appeal to collectors who are also football enthusiasts,” said Simon, who added that GW Railwayana held the current record price for the class, NottinghamForest from No. 61666, which sold for £43,000 in November 2007.
Hollycombe launches £25k appeal to steam Caledonia AN appeal for £25,000 has been launched to return a narrow gauge former North Wales slate quarry steam locomotive to action. Hollycombe Steam in the Country wants to overhaul Caledonia, a Barclay 0-4-0WT No. 1995 of 1931. “Caledonia requires serious work to the firebox,” said SimonWildgust, the
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museum manager.“Dismantled in 2007, work was paused when the extent of the task became clear and resources were targeted at other parts of the collection. “The frames and motion are all in good condition.The firebox work will be outsourced to a specialist contractor and the remainder undertaken by volunteers. New volunteers are welcome to assist us.”
Located near Liphook, Hampshire the steam museum’s 1½-mile circular Quarry Railway is home to another former Dinorwic Quarry veteran, Hunslet 0-4-0ST JerryM, which attended the recent Ffestiniog &Welsh Highland Railway’s Hunslet 125 gala (feature, page 50). Simon added:“Having two steam locomotives available for service will
offer greater flexibility for us and provide variety for visitors. “It will also allow us to engage more widely in the narrow gauge community without having to substitute a diesel for our own duties.” Details of how to support the appeal can be found at https://www.gofundme. com/restoring-caledonia
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Tyseley to mark 50 years of open days
Arson attack spreads to Middleton Railway
By Robin Jones TYSELEY Locomotive Works – a rare and precious bolthole for standard gauge steam following its end on the national network in 1968 – is to celebrate 50 years since its first open day. On September 29, 1968, Tyseley Depot opened its doors to the public for the very first time with a display of steam locomotives, traction engines and the like. Now exactly half a century later, over September 28-29, the venue is aiming to recreate the atmosphere of that original event. Back in 1968, the first steam locomotive preserved at Tyseley, 4-6-0 No. 7029 Clun Castle was in operation. Having returned to steam last year, it will again be a star attraction at the
Replica Beyer Peacock works engine Tali will make its public debut at Tyseley’s 50th anniversary open weekend on September 28-29. MICHAEL WHITEHOUSE anniversary event. There will be a host of additional attractions, including historic miniature railway locomotives rarely seen in public and fairground rides, such as a steam-powered carousel built in 1893. A 10¼in gauge miniature railway will feature locomotives John Terence built at Broome Hall by engineer Grimshaw in 1908 and Tali, a two-thirds scale replica of the Beyer Peacock works locomotive that was built in 1887. Tali was completed in 2017 and resides at a private railway. The open
weekend will be its first and a very rare appearance in public. Former Fairbourne Railway 15in gauge Bassett Lowke Count Louis will also attend. Drivers and passengers of pre-September 29, 1968 vehicles can register in advance to park at the event depot and get discounted admission. Visitors are encouraged to dress in 1960s fashion and enter into the spirit of the event. The event is open from 10am to 5pm on both days.
Replica 3ft Southwold tank within two years? A NEW-build working replica of one of Southwold Railway’s original locomotives is set to be built in Darlington – and it could bring steam to the Suffolk resort within two years. As we closed for press, NBR Engineering Services, the engineering arm of Scarborough’s North Bay Railway, was set to sign a contract to finish the building of the replica of 3ft gauge Sharp Stewart 2-4-0 No. 3 Blyth. One of three sister engines supplied to the line when it opened in 1879, Blyth was the only original locomotive that was in service throughout the entire 50 years of the legendary railway’s operation until it ceased operations in 1929. The Southwold Railway Trust has already built several components for the locomotive in the main frames, buffer beams and frame stretchers, footplating, footplate brackets, cab floor, motion brackets, chimney, and smokebox door, and has completed much of the design work. The trust is now busy developing its Southwold Railway Steamworks visitor centre in Blyth Road, on a former gasworks site next to the original formation of the line, and which includes a 7¼in gauge miniature railway. NBR Engineering Services, which has moved to Darlington, the town where A1 Pacific Tornado was built and where P2 No. 2007 Princes of Wales is rapidly taking shape, has an established track record of its own in building replica steam locomotives. For the North Bay Railway, it turned out Georgina, a full-size replica of a Bagnall Sipat class 0-4-0ST, based on an
A section of a general arrangement drawing of the new Blyth. NBR ENGINEERING LIMITED original built in 1909 for the Sipat Water Works in India. The firm was formed specifically for that project by railway owner David Humphreys. It has also built a replica Decauville 0-4-0T, a type that back in the Sixties was modelled by Playcraft in 009 scale. The Decauville, Edgar, was shown at last year’s Warley Model Railway Exhibition and, recently completed, has been sold to private buyer John Sutton, with the possibility of further examples being built to order if required.
Major boiler work
The firm has constructed new boilers for railway locomotives and traction engines. The Isle of Man’s Groudle Glen Railway’s original steam locomotive, Bagnall 2-4-0T Sea Lion of 1896, has been sent to the firm to be reassembled. It was discovered at the end of the 2017 season that Sea Lion required major, unexpected work to its boiler caused by issues with boiler water quality.
Its boiler departed the island earlier in the year, but further work was required to replace its side tanks with new stainless steel ones, the replacement of its back cab sheet and further work to its frames. It was decided that this was a job for specialist works, and so it was shipped to the mainland. Southwold Railway Trust chairman John Bennett said: “Hopefully we can agree with North Bay Railway Engineering for them to build Blyth for us, and at the moment we are tying up loose ends. It is all subject to contract. “It would be great to have it steam in Southwold within two years.” The trust already has a 3ft steam locomotive, Peckett 0-6-0ST No. 1316 of 1913 Scaldwell, which was given to it by Amberley Museum, but which needs extensive restoration to run again. Despite planning setbacks, the trust’s ultimate aim is to restore as much of the original eight-mile line to Halesworth as possible.
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MIDDLETON Railway sustained an estimated £30,000 worth of damage after a fire that gutted a nearby builders’ merchant spread to the attraction. Having cancelled its steam operations because of the heatwave, the second day of the line’s July 14/15 Leeds Diesels on Display gala was cancelled on police advice, as 100 firefighters tackled a blaze at the Jewson store in Lake Terrace, from where occupants of around 30 terraced houses were evacuated. The blaze, believed to have been arson, spread to the railway where a Palvan, a four-wheeled box van, was destroyed, the exterior of the main building was scorched and the outdoor PA speaker ruined.
£30,000 worth of damage
The heat from the fire was so intense that a plastic bin on the Moor Road station platform at Middleton Railway melted, despite being more than 10 yards from the fence with Jewson. Horrified railway officials were told of the fire in the early hours. Vice president Ian Smith said: “We understand there were at least three separate fires set and that this was deliberate. The absolute devastation in there is unbelievable. “All the tools, including a generator, in our tool van are useless. There’s probably £1213,000 worth of damage just in the tools that have gone, but we are probably talking £25-30,000 easily (in replacement costs).” A spokesman for West Yorkshire Fire Service said that the cause was under investigation.
The gutted Palvan with most of the contents destroyed. MR
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Diesel power replaces steam as heatwave hits heritage railways and main line tours By Robin Jones THE heatwave in late June and early July has hit the heritage sector on both the national network and preserved lines with diesel traction replacing steam because of ‘tinderbox’ conditions on the lineside. On all routes affected by the dry weather, a Network Rail protocol has come into force whereby a steam locomotive must have a diesel positioned behind the tender and, in effect, doing all the work, ironically echoing the end of BR steam in 1968. One exception has been West Coast Railway’s ‘Scarborough Spa Express’, where the diesel was allowed to go at the back of the train. The protocol, it is understood, has prevented A1 Pacific No. 60163 Tornado, which has been undergoing repairs since its April 14 failure on the 90mph ‘The Ebor Flyer’ trip, from being driven off the Nene Valley Railway for an essential main line test run. Network Rail’s London North Western network has gone one stage further than the fire risk protocol by banning steam altogether on certain routes like the West Coast Main Line. Accordingly, trains like Statesman Rail’s July 10 ‘The Fellsman’ were diesel-hauled between Lancaster and Hellifield on the outward and return journeys, with Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 45690 Leander backed by a diesel coming on at Hellifield. Steam was temporarily banned on Severn Valley Railway services following a spate of lineside fires. Fire crews from Kidderminster and Bewdley were called out to embankment fires at Eardington station, Chelmarsh, Kinlet and Cankhorn on Sunday, July 8.
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Trains were placed on proceed with caution and slowed down while the fire crews were working near the running line. The railway subsequently issued a notice saying that all trains would be diesel-hauled, at least until July 18. Locomotives used included WR Class 42 D821 Greyhound, Class 50 No. 50035 and Class 14 D9551. General manager Nick Ralls said: “Despite the best efforts from our volunteers and staff on the railway to work appropriately for the dry conditions, the fire service was called out to a number of fire incidents along the line. “We must consider the added pressure on an already stretched fire service during this extended dry spell, as well as the disruption to our neighbours and this
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In a year in which we are commemorating the 50th anniversary of diesel and electric traction replacing steam on the main line, diesels are taking over from steam on both the national network and heritage lines because of the fire risk. Due to the steam ban in place on the East Lancashire Railway, there has been the rare sight of diesel-hauled dining trains. Class 40 No. 40106 Atlantic Conveyor is seen passing through Irwell Vale with the ‘Lancastrian Lunch’ diner on July 1. EMMA SEDDON is why these measures have been taken. This really is an exceptional occurrence.” To avoid disappointing visitors who had travelled in search of steam, GWR 2-8-0 No. 2857 was giving footplate rides at Bewdley station on July 14/15, while Ivatt 2-6-0 No. 43106 was doing the same at Bridgnorth station. Around 150 Vale of Rheidol Railway passengers were rescued by coach after a large grass fire brought services to a halt. Smoke from the fire near Devil’s Bridge on June 26 was visible as far away as Aberystwyth. All trains were stopped and passengers returned to Aberystwyth by road. The railway remained closed until July 11 after fires swept through one-and-a-half miles of valley above the line due to the heatwave. A section of track was damaged in the fire. A railway spokesman said: “We have worked hard to repair the track. It has been a difficult few weeks for us, but we are looking forward to welcoming visitors and locals on the railway once again.” Around 4.20pm on June 23, a fire on the embankment around the Two Hedges Road bridge in Woodmancote stopped services on the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway too. Among the services stopped were several headed by Thomas the Tank Engine. The heatwave also halted Snowdon Mountain Railway steam trains until further notice after they “sparked several fires” on the mountain in later June and early July.
However, diesel services continued to run. The railway deployed more staff to extinguish fires as quickly as possible. Because of ‘tinderbox’ conditions in Snowdonia, the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways also took additional precautions. General manager Paul Lewin said: “F&WHR locomotives are fitted with the highest specification ‘Master Mechanics of North America’ spark arresting equipment. We also have sealed ash pans and ash drench systems. “We have a fire risk monitoring programme and modify the loadings and speeds of trains according to risk. Additionally, we have water tankers available on the railway to support the fire service should moorland fires occur.”
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The East Lancashire Railway slapped a ban on steam from Sunday, July 1, due to the dry conditions. However, following heavy rainfall overnight and the fitting of ashpan guards to some locomotives, steam services were reinstated for July 14-15, some being hauled by WR 4-6-0 No. 6990 Witherslack Hall visiting from the Great Central Railway and others by GWR/Port Talbot Railway 0-6-0STNo. 813 from the Severn Valley Railway. In early July, the Middleton Railway stopped running steam trains until the heatwave cools or rain comes. Railway chairman Charles Milner said: “The railway recognises that it is part of the community and that to run steam
locomotives in this hot weather could possibly cause grass fires, which would not only require the attendance of the emergency services, but would also ruin the local parkland for some time to come.” Due to fire risk, the Great Central Railway operated its regular steam services the same day behind Class 37 No. 37714. On July 14, Isle of Wight Steam Railway crews, who are trained to deal with trackside blazes, dealt with two small fires. The Nene Valley, Chinnor & Princes Risborough, Telford Steam, and the Downpatrick & County Down were also among many other lines that quickly substituted diesels for steam engines on several services in early July. Services were delayed by an hour following a trackside fire at the halfway point of Santon on the Isle of Man Railway on July 1, and days later there was a similar blaze at Colby. Staff have been equipped with backpacks and the permanent way team operates a fire train that is now based at Santon to speed up response times. Teams have been tasked to ‘shadow’ any particularly heavy trains with a correspondingly higher potential risk of fire. An Isle of Man Railways spokesman said: “These additional measures and the close working relationship with the fire service help to reduce the incidence of lineside fires and to minimise the impact on customers, staff and the general public.”
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The weekend of July 14/15 saw the Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre in West Sussex hold 100th birthday celebrations for Bagnall 0-4-0ST No. 2067 of 1918 Peter, which has been carrying visitors around the site since 1994. Peter was originally commissioned by the War Office for forestry operations in Cumbria, and was purchased by the Cliffe Hill Quarry, Leicestershire in 1922, where it is believed that it was named after the owner’s son. In 1954, Peter was acquired by the Narrow Gauge Railway Society and eventually joined the Brockham collection in 1965. It moved to Amberley in 1982 and after a lengthy restoration project led by Doug Bentley and members of the Amberley rail group, Peter became operational 24 years ago. Peter now needs a new boiler and a full service, and a fundraising campaign has been launched to meet the estimated £40,000 cost. NICK GILLIAM
NYMR booked for second TV series By Robin Jones A SECOND series of the highly-acclaimed fly-on-the-wall TV documentary on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway has been commissioned. Darlow Smithson Productions Ltd is to return to the Moorsline to film series two in the form of six episodes for Channel 5, which will air in 2019. Filming began on Friday, July 13. Last March the programme reached over 3.5 million viewers over three episodes, with 1.5m viewers tuning in to episode one and again over a million in episode two – amounting to around £20m worth of free national advertising, according to informed estimates. Again, the series will include the railway’s favourite characters, major events and everyday running. NYMR general manager Chris Price said: “The NYMR is currently having an exceptionally busy season and we are pleased to announce that we are 13% up compared with last year. The increase in passengers travelling along the line has been a combination of the television programme and the recent great weather. “The railway is a not-for-profit charity and every passenger that travels along the line is helping to preserve the railway for future generations to enjoy.”
B1 No.1264 leaves Grosmont with a Whitby-Pickering train. MATTHEW DITCH June’s figure was up 16%, equating to around 9000 extra passengers, with the biggest growth area being in internet bookings. It is hoped that the new series will further boost the line’s Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey appeal, which aims to raise £2.5m to help maintain the railway’s infrastructure and rolling stock. Unlike some heritage railways, the NYMR has continued to run steam locomotives in the heatwave whenever it can, but has been using Class 25
D7628 and Class 26 No. 26038 Tom Clift to provide assistance. The small number of usable diesels in the NYMR fleet is being partially addressed by efforts to return Class 37 No. 37264 to traffic. The diesel has been lifted in New Bridge Yard to allow two traction motors to be replaced by two examples removed from a spare bogie and refurbished at Grosmont. The NYMR has also hired an extra pair of Class 20s, Nos. 20142 and 20189, to provide extra cover.
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A BLUE plaque has been unveiled in the booking hall of Tonbridge station to honour light railway empire builder Colonel Holman F Stephens. At a ceremony on July 10, supported by Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council, speeches were made by David Wornham, passenger services director of Southeastern Railway; Ian Legg, chairman of the Kent & East Sussex Railway and former Colonel Stephens Society chairman Les Derbyshire. After their speeches they unveiled the plaque. A society spokesman said: “Colonel Holman F Stephens now has recognition for his work in the town where he established his headquarters.” CSS
It’s 1948 again at GCR gala THE Great Central Railway will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Locomotive Exchange Trials at its October 4-7 autumn steam gala. The B1 Locomotive Trust has agreed to send LNER B1 4-6-0 No.1264 from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for the event. No. 1264 will run in the guise of long-scrapped sister No. 1251 Oliver Bury, which took part in the trial alongside 1948-built GCR resident WR 4-6-0 No.6990 Witherslack Hall. East Lancashire Railway-based Bulleid West Country light Pacific No.34092 City of Wells will also star in the gala, making its first-ever visit to the GCR.
West Coast helps Wensleydale NER J27 0-6-0 No. 65894 is to spend the summer on the Wensleydale Railway, along with another main line registered locomotive from West Coast Railways, its identity unannounced as we closed for press. The railway is also adding a Mk.1 SK coach to strengthen its vacuum-braked set. The vehicle was made famous as part of the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter films. Heritagerailway.co.uk 9
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Undoubtedly the star of the show was the War Office Locomotive Trust’s newly restored Hunslet 4-6-0 No. 303. The charming-looking tank locomotive has been fitted with air and vacuum brakes, opening up the possibility of visits to other 2ft gauge lines.
Tracks to the Trenches!
By Gareth Evans
IN A YEAR in which the centenary of the Armistice is being marked, it’s easy to forget the pivotal role transport played in the conflict – particularly railways. “Most people have a vision of mud, horses and men – the missing aspect is railways. The problem was the last 20 miles from the storage depots to the front line, as Sir Eric Gedes discovered
when he investigated the reasons for the shortages at the front,” explained Phil Robinson, chairman of the Moseley Railway Trust. The MRT organised the third Tracks to the Trenches event over the weekend on July 13-15 at the Apedale Valley Light Railway near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. A sight to behold was the presence of three of the key British military
locomotives of the First World War all in operation – the Greensand Museum Trust’s Leighton Buzzard Railway-based Baldwin 4-6-0 No. 778, Apedale resident Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T No. 104 and the War Office Locomotive Trust’s Hunslet 4-6-0 No. 303. The latter, an iconic locomotive, was launched the previous weekend at the Statfold Barn Railway for those who had supported its restoration following its repatriation from Australia
The youngest locomotive present was Edgar, recently built new by North Bay Engineering. The Decauville Type 1 replica, which will now be based at Apedale, attracted much attention over the weekend. Also pictured is Motor Rail LR2573.
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in 2005. Two years in the making, and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the event provided for the first time – and probably not to be repeated again for a considerable period – the sight and sounds of authentic steam locomotives from the conflict all in action against a back drop of a sea of living history groups and displays that included a cavalry, field guns, diminutive internal combustion locomotives and more authentic First World War rolling stock than can normally be found at any one place in the British Isles. Road transport present included a van, a traction engine and the London Transport Museum's B-type bus No. B2737, restored to troop carrier condition. A model railway exhibition was also held in one of the sheds. Other heritage lines supported the event too – such as the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway, which loaned its historic wagons and a 20hp ‘Bent-Frame’ Motor Rail Tractor – and the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, which lent a 10hp ‘McEwan-Pratt’ Baguley tractor and a 20hp ‘Bent-Frame’ Motor Rail Tractor. The event was sponsored by Heritage Railway and its sister title, The Railway Magazine. Phil Robinson concluded: “The event was attended by thousands of people. I was on the gate in the afternoons and I was delighted to receive so many positive comments as people were leaving. I would also like to thank Heritage Railway and The Railway Magazine for generously supporting us.”
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Hauling a freight train on the running line, Baldwin 4-6-0T No. 778 passes Kerr Stuart Joffre class 0-6-0T No. 3014 and Henschel Brigadelok 0-8-0T No. 1091, built in 1918 for the German army. ALL PHOTOS: GARETH EVANS
An interesting unveiling at the event was this recreation of a WW1 gun transport wagon for the WDLR. The vehicle was demonstrated carrying an 18 pounder over the weekend on the field railway.
LR2478, a 20hp ‘Bent-Frame’ Motor Rail Tractor (No. 1757 of 1918) demonstrated the movement of supplies close to the front line. It is seen here with a drinking water wagon on the field railway.
Visiting from across the Channel, this Fairbanks-Morse ‘speeder’ was built for the US Army Light Railways.
Apedale Valley Light Railway-based Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0WT (No. 1238 of 1916) looks the part on the front of the passenger train.
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