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26th September 2022​

Great Western Society to ‘consider’ offers for steam locomotive 7027 Thornbury Castle​

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The Great Western Society has held a board meeting over the weekend and has released a statement on the future of 7027 Thornbury Castle.

7027 Thornbury Castle, which is currently undergoing restoration at the Great Central Railway, was purchased earlier this year to help complete the Night Owl locomotive, 4709.

However, this caused a lot of comments on social media, with a petition being launched as well as previous owners releasing statements stating their desire to buy back the locomotive.

Clive Hetherington, Chief Executive of the Great Western Society has said that the board will hold the parts of 7027 Thornbury Castle that are in good condition for the next 6 months.

In this time, the society will consider offers from properly funded groups for all or parts of 7027 Thornbury Castle, which could enable a rebuild of Thornbury Castle if viable.

The GWS has also said that they have no plans to build a Star.

Work on 4709 Group, which 7027 was purchased to help build, is progressing well and an update is due soon.
 
In the full statement, Clive Hetherington said:

“The Great Western Society (GWS) continues to be committed to buying the remaining components of 7027.

The board of GWS agrees to hold those parts in good condition for 6 months.

During this time GWS will consider offers from properly funded groups for all or parts of 7027, to enable a rebuild of Thornbury Castle if viable.

The GWS have no plans to build a Star.”

7027 "Thornbury Castle", Buckfastleigh, Dart Valley Railway, 13 April 1990.

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"Castle" 4-6-0 no. 7027 THORNBURY CASTLE in the works yard at Swindon on completion a heavy intermediate overhaul and repaint on 11th. September 1955.

The loco also acquired a Collett 4000 gallon tender during this overhaul in place of the Hawksworth type to which it had been coupled for all but a few weeks since it was new in 1949.

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Standing proudly amongst the muck and grime that was typical of Stafford Road engine sheds at Wolverhampton is a ‘Castle’ class 4-6-0 No.7027 ‘Thornbury Castle’.
It is 1959 and 7027, an Old Oak Common engine at this time, has worked to Wolverhampton with a train from Paddington.
This fine locomotive is now preserved.
Painting by Philip Hawkins

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21st October 2022​

Derailed train likely to block lines for ‘weeks’​

Train services between Carlisle, Newcastle, Appleby and Skipton may be disrupted for weeks after a cement train was derailed at Petteril Bridge Junction, where the Settle and Carlisle line leaves the route towards Hexham and Newcastle.

The derailment was destructive. Several wagons left the track and came to rest on the embankment, and at least one landed in the River Petteril, according to Network Rail, which also said no-one was injured.

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Network Rail engineers and five RAIB inspectors have gone to the site since the incident, which happened soon after 20.00 on Wednesday.

The infrastructure was seriously damaged, including the track, a bridge, signals and other lineside equipment.

Network Rail has warned that the task of recovering the wagons and repairing the damage is expected to take ‘weeks rather than days’.

Replacement buses are running between Carlisle and Haltwhistle, and Carlisle and Appleby, and Northern warned that the bus journeys will take longer.

Trains on the nearby West Coast Main Line to Glasgow and Preston are not affected.

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Network Rail North West route director Phil James said:

‘On the rare occasions trains leave tracks like this it can cause extensive damage and unfortunately this incident is no exception.

‘I understand this will be extremely frustrating for passengers who rely on this crucial rail link from east to west linking Carlisle and Newcastle, as well as south to Skipton.

We’re working hard to keep people on the move through rail replacement buses while we work as fast as we can to restore the railway for passengers and freight.’

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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has now started the complex task of gathering evidence.

The RAIB said:

‘We are working in conjunction with other agencies to secure the vital evidence needed to help us understand what went wrong.

Our inspectors are in the process of reviewing digital material from on-train data recorders, CCTV and infrastructure monitoring systems, as well as collecting physical evidence from the train and track involved.

‘In accordance with our normal processes we have started releasing parts of the train.

We will continue to release parts of the train and track in stages at the earliest opportunity.’

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254mm (10in) Straight Template Tracksetta - Pre-owned - Good packaging

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Tracksetta for use with flexible track

  1. Place track and Tracksetta in required.
  2. Select one sleeper which lies under each of the marked slots marked 1 to 5 (see image 2) and pierce suitable track pins through each slot and sleeper and into the surface onto which the the track is to be fixed.
  3. With the five track pins in position lift the Tracksetta from the track.
  4. Drive home pins as required.
  5. Repeat operations 1 to 4 as necessary.
 

21st October 2022​

UPDATE

RAIB: False flange ‘almost certainly’ caused Carlisle freight train derailment​

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released an update on the derailment of a freight train in Carlisle.

At around 20:03 on the 19th October 2022, the 17:15 Clitheroe Castle Cement to Carlisle Yard derailed at Petteril Bridge Junction in Carlisle.

The train was formed of a Class 66 locomotive and 14 loaded cement wagons.

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Five of these wagons derailed and one wagon entered the river Petteril.

No injuries were caused by the accident but the railway infrastructure has been substantially damaged and the line from Newcastle to Carlisle has been blocked as a result of the accident.

Current evidence shows that the derailment was almost certainly caused by a wheelset with false flanges that passed over part of the junction.

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