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Posts by CSL Croydon and South London

21st March 2023: West from Paddington – A Broad Gauge Journey, by Brian Arman

By CSL Croydon and South London | 2023-04-10

Replica Great Western Railway broad guage 4-2-2 Iron Duke working on the demonstration line in front of the Albert Memorial in Spring 1985. Image Credit: Jeremy Harrison In March we…

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14th March 2023: Around the World with 155 Hunslet 4-6-0Ts, by Kim Winter

By CSL Croydon and South London | 2023-04-10

War Department Light Railways 4-6-0T No. 303 (Hunslet 1215 of 1916), as restored by the War Office Locomotive Trust, on its ‘(Re-)Commissioning Day’, 8th July 2018 at Statfold Barn. Image…

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14th February 2023: That Was the Year that Was – 1965, by Geoff Plumb

By CSL Croydon and South London | 2023-04-09

In the yard at York MPD (50A), a couple of engines are ready to go off shed for their next duties, both carrying pilot or trip headlamp codes. On the…

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10th January 2023: Railways at the Dawn of Nationalisation, 1946-49, from the Sutton Coldfield Railway Society’s Moseley collection

By CSL Croydon and South London | 2023-01-22

LMS ‘Princess Coronation’ Class No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland and LMS ‘Patriot’ (rebuilt) No. 45514 Holyhead. Whilst Holyhead has its new BR number, Duchess of Sutherland still has its old…

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13th December 2022: The Work of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch

By CSL Croydon and South London | 2023-01-22

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) was established in 2005, following a recommendation from the Cullen enquiry, as the independent body for investigating accidents and incidents on mainline railways, metros,…

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8th November 2022: Railways of the former USSR

By CSL Croydon and South London | 2023-01-22

The Beatles had a song entitled, ‘Back in the USSR’, and that’s where Jeremy Harrison took us at our meeting on the 8th November, with a presentation – all on…

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11th October 2022: The Masked Gricer

By CSL Croydon and South London | 2022-10-13

What did you do in Lockdown? We found out what Simon Colbeck had done at our meeting on 11th October 2022: he had spent quite a bit of his time…

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20th September 2022: 30850 Lord Nelson: its restoration & operation

By CSL Croydon and South London | 2022-09-20

Former Southern Railway 4-6-0 E850 Lord Nelson is part of the National Collection. Currently based on the Watercress Line awaiting a return to service, it was at one time a…

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13th September 2022: Remembering the end of Southern Steam – a personal view 50 years later

By CSL Croydon and South London | 2022-09-13

Our 21st season started on 13th September with our monthly evening meeting in Croydon, when Des Shepherd presented ‘Remembering the End of Southern Steam – a Personal View 50 Years…

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10th May 2022: Southern Steam 1897-1967 on Film

By CSL Croydon and South London | 2022-05-10

Southern Railway (ex LBSCR) D1 class 0-4-2T No. 2356 propels a Horsham train out of Shoreham-by-Sea, as filmed by Eric Sparks, ca. 1938. Image credit: Old Steam Railways, ca. 1938…

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