Rail Express

The Great Central Railway gala on March 18-19 featured shunter shuttles on both days between Loughborough Central and Quorn, formed of two coaches ‘top and tailed’ by Nos. 08480+08694 and 08907+08528 (D3690) – seen at Loughborough Central on the first day. No. 08480 was made available by RSS, the shunter being at the line for…

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THE Class 47 Preservation Project’s No. 47771 left the Colne Valley Railway, where it had been located since June 2003, on March 20, moving by road to Southampton Maritime to allow transfer by rail to Eastleigh Works. The loco is to be restored to working order and will, in due course, move to a new base…

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AN agreement has been reached for the BRC Workgroup’s No. 33201 to be based at the Spa Valley Railway for the next five years. The ‘Crompton’ is particularly appropriate on the line, as it was one of the 12 members of the class built to the slimmer ‘Hastings’ line loading gauge – and, as such,…

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Another Pathfinder tour, ‘The Waste Train’ on March 11, reached the unlikely location of Knowsley Freight Terminal, which is accessed off the Wigan-Kirkby line on Merseyside. The train is pictured at the bufferstops there behind DB Cargo’s No. 66125, ‘top and tail’ with No. 66002. The tour then went on the visit Bredbury Waste Terminal,…

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