Steaming Through Wessex Volume 2
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Railway Round Up No. 17
£9.95Railway Round Up No. 17
This latest edition is packed with steam and some heritage diesel footage.
* First DMU services between Swanage and Wareham * Galas at Mid-Hants featuring Nos. 4079 Pendennis Castle, 5329, 53808 and 506 and launch of Peckett Kilmersdon * Winter gala at the Great Central featuring
Nos. 73082 and 506 as guest engines plus the railway’s fleet and overhaul
progress on No. 34039 Boscastle * main line steam over Shap and Settle-Carlisle featuring Nos. 34046, 34067, 35018, 44932, 45690 and 70000. Also Class 50s ‘Hoovers’ 50049 and 50007 double-heading over Shap and Deltic * SVR galas with No. 2999 Lady of Legend, 7714, 506, 43106, 34027, 75069 * update
on progress with conversion to original condition of MN No. 35011 at Swindon & Cricklade with boiler and components being lifted off * Last workings with No. 34092 City of Wells at the East Lancs Railway
* No. 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley on its first outing in BR blue livery – at the
Nene Valley Railway * Swanage Railway galas featuring 70000 and 76084 * West Somerset galas
with Lady of Legend, 34027, 7812 Erlestoke Manor and 9466 * Launch of No. 4110 at the East
Somerset Railway * Heritage diesel galas at the SVR and Swanage * Gloucester Warwickshire
Steam Railway hosting Pendennis Castle, 75014, 78018, L&Y Pug, 31806 plus main fleet of 7820,
35006 and 7903 * Clan Line’s last tours and much, much more.
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Railscene No.41
£14.95Contents
Dover Western Docks: Preparations for the introduction of Eurostar services with the
closure of Dover Western Docks and driver training with Unit 931001.
Waterloo Station: Completion of the new Eurostar Terminal in the old Windsor platforms
and guests depart on new service via the temporary route before HS1 is completed.
Cab Ride – Glasgow Queen Street to Crainlarich.
Modern news: Launch of newly painted two-tone green Class 47 No. 47004
Old Oak Common Depot. Line-up of Class 47s in all liveries for the special event.
Preparations for test runs of D172 Ixion from Crewe to Derby. Interview with Tony Moseley
of Waterman Railways regarding the newly overhauled diesel.
Last main line run of two Class 50s in blue liveries. Nos. 50033 and D400 head to Glasgow
from Crewe and via the Settle-Carlisle line.
Final runs of the two remaining 4TC sets. We see No. 33116 providing traction for the
Hertfordshire Railtours special from Waterloo to Exeter, Weymouth and up to
Yeovil and Bristol.
Steam News: Great Central Railway Winter Gala with Nos. 44767, 45231, 34039,
34101, 4498 and 7029.
Winter Gala at the Mid-Hants Railway with Nos. 76017, 92203, 34105 and the first
appearance of an LMS type in preservation with No. 5593 Kolhapur.
Bluebel Railway with a Wainwright Weekend to celebrate the return of No. 593
accomapanied by the H class and visiting M7 tank No. 30053.
Driver experience with 4472 Flying Scotsman at Tyesley.
East Lancs Railway sees the introduction of LMS ‘Crab’ No. 42765 with Nos. 5407
and S&D 13809.
A launch of the Royal Mail new selection of railway stamps was held at Quorn on the GCR.
A4 No. 4498 produced run pasts to show the mailbag collection procedure at speed.
Main Line Steam: Locomotives include 46203 bound for Holyhead, 71000 south from
Carlisle, 6024 from Didcot to Cardiff, 34027 speeds through Whitchurch for Yeovil and 60009
on tours in Scotland. Finally, No. 75069 departs Brighton Depot for a working to Victoria.
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Strictly Bulleid Gala II – DVD
£12.95The 7th to 9th June 2024, saw the Swanage Railway hold their second ‘STRICTLY BULLEID’ gala event following the success of the first event in 2017 which hosted 5 of the locomotives to celebrate 50 years since the End of Steam on the Southern Region in 1967.
Eight of Oliver Bulleid’s 4-6-2 machines were gathered from across the country for the Dorset gala. The line-up featured the –
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Biggest gathering of Bulleid Pacifics in preservation
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Biggest gathering of locomotives from one designer
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First time two ‘Merchant Navy’ locomotives have run simultaneously in preservation
Locomotives featured during the event included
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34028 “Eddystone”
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34053 “Sir Keith Park” fresh from a 10 year overhaul
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34070 “Manston”
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34072 “257 Squadron” visiting from the Spa Valley Railway
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34081 “92 Squadron” visiting from the Nene Valley Railway
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34092 “City of Wells” visiting from the East Lancashire Railway
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35006 “Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co.” visiting from the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
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35018 “British India Line” visiting from West Coast Railways
Before the big three-day event, the railway held a ‘STRICTLY D-Day’ preview day on June 6th to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Normandy landings during the Second World War in 1944, used during the day were the recently restored LSWR ‘T3’ No. 563 and Bulleids 34070, 34072 and 34081.
This programme covers all four days of the gala and some of the guest locomotives arriving and departing via road and rail from various locations around the country.
65 minutes duration £12.95
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Returned to East Grinstead – update on the Bluebell Railway re-opening extension
£12.95Now fully connected to the main line at East Grinstead, we take a visual journey on the epic operation to get the Bluebell Line from Sheffield […]