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34067 Tangmere
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The story of ‘Battle of Britain’ Class Pacific No. 34067 is a remarkable one.
Left for dead at Woodham’s scrapyard at Barry following its withdrawal in 1963, Tangmere was rescued from the ‘graveyard of steam’ in January 1981 and initially taken to the Mid-Hants Railway for restoration.
The locomotive was then transferred to the old railway works at Swindon where a great deal more restoration took place. To speed up the restoration to main line condition, No. 34067 was moved again to the workshops of Riley & Co at Bury where a huge amount of work took place making it one of the most complex and expensive restorations of a Barry locomotive to date.
Finally, in 2003, Tangmere emerged from the works resplendent in its BR green with nameplates and shield attached. There then followed a series of test trains on the East Lancs Railway where the locomotive was put through its paces before leaving via the main line link at Castleton for its test run on Network Rail. With light test runs and a loaded test run completed, Tangmere began its new career on the main line and made its way south to its new base at the Old Oak Common depot in west London.
We see many of its first passenger turns out of London Victoria which took it to various south eastern coastal locations. The British Pullman hired Tangmere on many occasions – we see it with the Pullman coaches at various points.
The locomotive was also hired to take a series of trains to and from Penzance, the first time that an original Bulleid Pacific had been into Cornwall since 1964.
We end with the now-closed Folkestone branch and see Tangmere tackle the 1 in 31 climb.
Approximately 2 hours duration
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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. 43
£14.95Contents
Modern News: Diesel Gala at the Severn Valley Railway with Deltic No. 55015 (as 55001 St Paddy)
D1062, 31206, 37107, 50044, 50031 and D5410.
East Lancs Railway – Diesel gala included, D5054, D172, 31101, 40145, D832, 20188,
D8031 and 47117.
Cab Ride – Perth to Inverness through the stunning scenery of the Highlands.
Guildford Engines Weekend at the Bluebell Railway: A special line-up of steam locomotives
with some association with operating around Guildford. Engines included – ‘C’ Class No. 592, C1
(33001) and S15 847.
Great Central Railway 25th anniversary Jubilee: This feature starts with a triple-header out of
Loughborough with Nos. 5224, 7029 and Jubilee No. 5593, running as classmate 5552 Silver Jubliee.
Added to these engines were Nos. 45231 and 34039 from the home fleet.
Paignton & Dartmouth Railway: Feature with ‘Hall’ Class No. 4920 Dumbleton Hall between
Paignton and Kingswear.
Didcot – Oxford 150 Years: ‘Castle’ Class No. 5029 Nunney Castle operated five services between
Didcot and Oxford on the day to celebrate 150 years of the route. A special event at the GWS
Didcot Railway Centre witnessed BR Pacific No. 70000 Britannia on the demonstration line and
Bulleid MN No. 35005 Canadian Pacific.
D-Day 50th anniversary: Special commemorations were held at the beginning of June for the 50th
anniversary of the D-Day landings in northern France. A special train was commissioned to take
veterans to Weymouth and along the quay tramway which was site of much activity in 1944.
Class 33 D6535 hauled the train tailed by Class 73 73109 which was named Force ‘O’ Weymouth for
the occasion at Weymouth Quay Station. The 73 then reverted to its original name Battle of Britain.
As part of the D-Day events, S15 No. 828 operated a series of shuttles between Southampton’s QE2
Terminal and Salisbury. We see views of 828 during its journey. Also present in the docks were
‘B4’ Dock tank No. 30096 and No. 777 Sir Lamiel.
Main Line Steam: ‘A2’ Pacific No. 60532 Blue Peter on the climb to Ais Gill summit, 6024 King
Edward Ist from Gloucester to Swansea, 5029 Nunney Castle from Didcot to Worcester and
70000 Britannia on the North Wales Coast.
Approximately 90 minutes duration
