Avocet rises

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Coinciding with the impending return to the main line of the real locomotive, Accur

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Railways Illustrated Magazine

04 November, 2025

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The preservation files: main line locos

The growth in the ‘fleet’ of preserved ex-main line loco seems to have slowed down in recent years due to a number of factors: fewer locos becoming available, a possible saturation of the fleet, and d

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Heljan br/brcw class 104 dmu

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Hornby ‘tt:120’ four-wheel coaches

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Heljan br class 121 & 122 railcars

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The swinging sixties

1M86, the 09.35 Glasgow Central-St Pancras, was the famous Up Thames Clyde Express and ran via the Glasgow Sou’ Western route, then the Settle and Carlisle line to Leeds, and then took the Midland Mai

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What’s happening to…

D4107 – Williton: Although out-stationed at Bishops Lydeard in support of WSR operations, the Class 09 will move to Williton at the end of the operating season so bodywork repairs started last winter

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The preservation files: main line locos

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Heljan br/brcw class 104 dmu

♦ GAUGE ‘OO’ ♦ MODEL Heljan ...

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Hornby ‘tt:120’ four-wheel coaches

♦ GAUGE ‘TT:120’ ♦ MODEL ...

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Heljan br class 121 & 122 railcars

♦ GAUGE ‘O’ ♦ MODEL ...

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