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This evening, thanks to the efforts of our locomotive engineering team, we’re pleased to report that by lunch time today (Sunday 25 May)… she returned to her scheduled roster, and is expected to be in traffic for tomorrow, the final day of our spring gala.
WHAT IS THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ASHEY? Ashey station was opened in 1875 as part of the Ryde and Newport Railway. At the time, it was the only intermediate station
Built 150 years ago in 1875 for the opening of the Ryde to Newport Railway, reduced to an unmanned halt in 1953 and sold into private ownership in 1968 when
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway (IWSR) is saying a fond farewell to one of its locomotives, which is going to a new home near Northampton.
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