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EVENT REPORT -  REDHILL DREAM CRUISE
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EVENT REPORT - REDHILL DREAM CRUISE

Redhill town centre August 22, 2020

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November 2020
1970 Oldsmobile 4-4-2
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1970 Oldsmobile 4-4-2

Tony turns his attention to the legendary muscle car which became known by the moniker of ‘The thinking man’s muscle car’: The Oldsmobile 4-4-2…

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November 2020
Second Vanguard for Stoke Works
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Second Vanguard for Stoke Works

RSS has bought a backup 4wDH for shunting duties at the Axiom wagon plant.

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November 2020
The final slam
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The final slam

It is now 15 years since the ‘Sussex Slammer’ tour ran, marking the official end of mainline slam-door EMU operation.

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November 2020
LSL launches ambitious programme for reincarnated ‘Midland Pullman'
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LSL launches ambitious programme for reincarnated ‘Midland Pullman'

All parts of the country are to be visited by Locomotive Services’ Nanking Blue HST set.

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November 2020
Super-detail ‘OO' gauge MGR
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Super-detail ‘OO' gauge MGR

CAVALEX MODELS has announced a brand-new ‘OO’ gauge model of the once numerous Merry Go Round (MGR) wagon in collaboration with Trains4U and KMS Railtech.

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November 2020
Original look for Tube trailer
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Original look for Tube trailer

Northern Line 1959 Stock No. 2044 is being restored at the Mangapps Railway Museum.

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November 2020
In the frame
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In the frame

Tim Helme looks at the humble ground frame, once ubiquitous but now becoming increasingly rare.

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November 2020
Long lost freight: Cattle trains
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Long lost freight: Cattle trains

November 30 marks the 45th anniversary of the last cattle train to run in the UK. Steve Morris takes a look back at these interesting workings, with a focus on the trains operating out of Holyhead, the last part of Britain to be involved in such traffic.

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November 2020
1980s ‘Seacow' ballast hopper wagons
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1980s ‘Seacow' ballast hopper wagons

CONSTRUCTION of the last series of‘Seacow’ 40t ballast hopper wagons was shared between Ashford and Shildon works, with 251wagons being constructed in 1981 and 1982.

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November 2020
Muscle By The Numbers
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Muscle By The Numbers

Editor Ben Klemenzson takes a look at one of the General's rarer and most under-appreciated muscle cars, the 1966 4-4-2, with the W-30 fresh air package...1966 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W-30

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November 2020
Services Restart On Two Secondary Lines
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Services Restart On Two Secondary Lines

Passenger trains return after more than five months.

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November 2020
Lance & Lisa Beaver tell the story of their...‘Old School' Westfalia Bay
Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Lance & Lisa Beaver tell the story of their...‘Old School' Westfalia Bay

The history of our bus is varied. I heard that it used to belong to a soccer player who lived in it for a while, and a tale of a cross country trip that was taken in it. Since we’ve owned it, we have been to numerous car shows with our car club Kahiko Kula and enjoy that immensely, but taking it camping is our joy.

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Issue 156
Messing About in Boats
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Messing About in Boats

“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

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Issue 156
Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Hector A Cautionary Tale.

We’d wanted a splitscreen bus for years. And first got the bug, after hiring one for a holiday in Cornwall in 2009.

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Issue 156
Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Ruby Red

Since the tender age of just 3, Joanne Dix has been into splitscreen Volkswagens.

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Issue 156
Playing with Fire
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Playing with Fire

‘There we were, all just sitting around the campfire...’

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Issue 156
Four lads take on Le Mans
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Four lads take on Le Mans

We’d had the Le Mans 24 hour race on our bucket list for a long, long time...

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Issue 156
Happy 70th Birthday, Miss Sofie!
Volkswagen Camper and Commercial

Happy 70th Birthday, Miss Sofie!

This T1 Bulli from 1950 is the world’s oldest street-legal VW bus and is kept in VWCV’s Classic Vehicles collection in Hannover.

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Issue 156
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay…
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Sitting on the Dock of the Bay…

Lockdown Projects.

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Issue 156
California Dreamin'
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California Dreamin'

The beginning of our second week and we were being treated to a day out...

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Issue 156
Brochure Line - A 2.6 litre T3!
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Brochure Line - A 2.6 litre T3!

Taking a peep at a highly desirable VW Bus few of us will ever see in its ‘Exclusiv’ finery

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Issue 156
Racecar Engineering

Stardate 2022

How Peugeot Sport is approaching its LMH programme

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10 mins  |
November 2020
Racecar Engineering

Inch pincher

With partner, Interscope Racing, Porsche entered the 1980 Indy 500 to win it, but a matter of inches dictated it never even made it to the grid

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November 2020
Racecar Engineering

Power games

There was some flesh added to the bones of the LMDh regulations at Le Mans, but the picture is by no means final

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November 2020
Prep school
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Prep school

How condensed schedules are putting added pressure on teams

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November 2020
Racecar Engineering

Gold standard

Toyota took its third win at Le Mans, but not without drama, while United Autosport triumphed in LMP2 and Aston Martin in the GTE Pro and Am classes

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November 2020
Racecar Engineering

Sunshine on leaf

Hop, squat, lift, wrap and other issues in leaf spring, live axle rear suspension

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November 2020
Beauty in the beast
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Beauty in the beast

Aesthetics aside, are F2 and F3 drivers being set a bad example?

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November 2020
The World On Your Doorstep
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The World On Your Doorstep

International adventure at the heart of the Lake District

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