Branch Line News for 11/5/19 Rapido Trains New Alco PA, Hattos Bargains & CVR Fundraiser (+Story Follow Ups)
By Patrick Webb
Welcome to Branch Line News, your occasional summarized news source on all train topics. In today’s Branch Line News we go smaller and look at recent model train news and a fundraiser for a British Heritage Railway following a tragic washout.
Rapido Trains Announces New Alco PA
Rapido Trains, a Canadian based model train company who do models in HO, OO and N scale (referring to the size of the models, HO for reference is 1:87 to real life, while N scale is 1:148-1:160) recently announced a new HO scale PA model.
The basis, the PA’s were built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) as competition for EMD's popular E series of diesel locomotives. According to American-Rails.com, the first Alco PA was built in 1946 for passenger trains. The Alco PA's are held to be one of the most beautiful American diesel locomotive (held in as high regard as the Class 43's, which The Occasional Express discussed in our last article) and were even given the rank of honorary steam locomotive!
Unfortunately for Alco, the PA's were not good sellers, due to problems with the PA's prime movers, as Alco rushed to catch up to EMD who began building diesels in 1937. General Electric's Ray Patten is credited with the PA's famous square shape.
The most famous PA was No. 1776, which pulled the original American Freedom train, painted in a special red white and blue livery. 1776 was later sold to the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad and became their number 292. It was unfortunately not preserved.
Only two full PA's have been preserved. The Delaware & Hudson was the last US railroad to use PA's in service (both former Santa Fe locos) that were rebuilt into PA-4's and sold to a railroad in Mexico. In 2002, both locomotives returned to the US.
One was restored as Nickel Plate Road 190 by renown Doyle McCormak, who rebuilt the engine (which was just a shell) to operational order in 2013. The other preserved PA being restored as Santa Fe No. 59. No. 59 was owned by the Smithsonian but was donated to Museum of the American Railroad in Texas. The goal for No. 59 is to be restored to operation like No. 190, and donations can be made on the PA59 website via PayPal.
Rapido Trains claims that their new PA model will be "the first mass-produced plastic HO scale model of the PA series to feature completely accurate contours and road-specific details. Carbody contours have been generated using a 3-D laser scan of Doyle McCormack’s preserved unit."
PA models will be provided with different set ups: ones with a single cab PA and a PAB (another diesel locomotive without a cab controlled by the front, called a "B" unit) known in service as PA-1/PB-1 and PA-2/PB-2 (which has two cabbed PA's).
Rapido Trains' PA's will be DCC ready, so if you want sound on your PA's for your layout, you will be able to do so, if you are ready to pay more. The cost for a PA with DCC sound is $385 Canadian dollars or $335 US with DCC sound fitted, and $265 Canadian and $225 US without, respectively.
While the price may be daunting for some buyers, it should be noted that this is standard in the hobby. The high price tag is likely due to production costs in China, which John Shron, President of Rapido Trains, wrote about in 2012, explaining that production has to be completed in Ontario, Canada, where the company is based. Another factor is the US's trade war with China, which you can learn more about by watching this video from New China TV:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFb_LvMjwWM
Mr. Shron's post explaining the cost of production can be found in the Sources page below. Rapido's Alco PA's will be painted in liveries for several railroads:
Santa Fe
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Lehigh Valley
New Haven
New York Central
The Nickel Plate Road
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southern Pacific (with two livery variants)
The 1947 American Freedom Train
Undercoated.
Preoders can be made right now on Rapido Train's website link below:
https://rapidotrains.com/products/ho-scale/diesel-locomotives/ho-scale-alco-pa-pb/?fbclid=IwAR0byC_JWQEVNDauKsRJwIP6IDaKxiiWhO-6dCb5Vrhi3hkQQZxcDZsIlvQ
Hattons Bargains
Our next story continues our theme of model trains, but with slightly smaller prices. Hattons, a UK based model train seller (who also have their own line of original models) recently announced a bargain sale on several UK models.
Hattons' "Giants of Steam" bargain sale, according to an email announcement, includes the LMS 4-6-2 Coronation class (for streamlined and nonstreamlined versions of the class) and the Southern Railway Lord Nelson class of 4-6-0's.
The Coronation Scots, also known as "Duchesses," were built by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway for passenger service. Designed by William Stanier, according to rail.co.uk, the 4-6-2 Pacifics were the most powerful steam locomotives in the UK to work on passenger trains.
The prototype, No. 6220 Coronation Scot was streamlined, according to archive footage of an LMS promo video made in 1938. The video can be watched online here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmXxIe_WQvI
Coronation Scot set the LMS and world speed record for steam when she reached 114 mph. The record would stand until the LNER's Mallard set the world speed record, and the record for the LMS held until 1947, according to rail.co.uk.
The Coronation Scots would all lose their streamlining during and after WWII, according to Sam'sTrains, a YouTuber who did a review of the new Hornby Coronation Scot, which you can watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUUswGsqwvE Only three Coronation Scots are preserved, one, Duchess of Hamilton, has been restreamlined, and is currently on static display in the National Railway Museum. The other preserved Coronations are Duchess of Sutherland and City of Birmingham.
A streamlined Coronation on Hattons' from Hornby usually costs £189.99 ($245.88 US currency), but is currently on sale for £159.50 ($206.42 US currency), with an older version on sale for £139.50 ($180.54 US currency). Non streamlined versions which usually sell for £204.99 ($265.29 US currency) are on sale for £144 and £169.50 ($186.36 and $219.36 US currency).
The Coronation Scot's can be found on the Hattons website here.
The Southern Railway Lord Nelsons was a class of 4-6-0 tender engines built 500 ton trains at speeds up to 55 mph, according to the Mid Hants Railway Watercress line. The prototype, No. 850, was built in 1926, and is also the only survivor of the class, and a part of the UK's National Railway Museum collection.
Hattons' Lord Nelson class sale brings the price down £40-£70, the cheapest Lord Nelson class is selling for £124 new ($180.54 US Currency) and £115 used ($148.83 US currency). The Lord Nelson bargains can be found on the Hatton's website here.
The other sales Hattons' has are on the Class 121 and 122 Diesel Multiple Units's from Dapol, which depict one of the longest surviving classes of DMU's to remain in service, with some working from 1960 to 2017, according to Hattons' announcement. The Class 121's were built from 1960-1961 and the 122's in the 1950's, according to Hattons.
A variety of liveries are available for sale for the 121's and 122's, which you can find below in the sources page.
The last locomotives currently on sale are the Heljan 009 Lynton & Barnstaple 2-6-2T prairie tank engines. The Lynton & Barnstaple ordered 3 2-6-2T's from Manning Wardle & Co. in the late 1890s, and a fourth in 1925, according to Hatton's website. None of the L&B engines were preserved, but several replicas have been built, such as 2-6-2T "Lyd," finished in 2010 for the Ffestiniog Railway.
The Lynton & Barynstaple Railway was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1923, and was sadly dismantled in 1935, but in 1979 the line was rebuilt by the Lynton & Barnstaple Society, which runs trains today, according to the L&B Railway website.
The L&B 009 models portray several liveries: L&B, Southern Railway and British Railways (the latter is fictional, but Lyd did wear the livery in preservation as a fun what if). The prices for the L&B 009 models vary, some are on sale for £149 or £154 ($192.75 US and $199.21 US respectively) and can be found here.
Update: While working on this article Hatton's announced their Winter Bargains for 2019. The Winter Bargains includes the previously mentioned models and also the Hornby LNER J36 0-6-0 goods engine. You can view the entire list of bargain sales here.
Update 2: The sales will last as long as stock lasts, according to Rikke Svartangen, Hattons Digital Manager, so anyone interested in these sales should hurry or risk the items selling out.
Churnet Valley Railway Announces Fundraiser
Our next story, while not breaking news (and has been covered by other news sources) is one which we feel still deserves to be included.
The Churnet Valley Railway in the UK recently faced some flooding from the Caldon Canal, which runs alongside the railway, and are now asking for donations to help repair their line. According to the CVR's website, the line is expected to stay closed until November 30th, 2019, while they work to repair their line.
The CVR is hoping to reopen their line so that they can have their regular scheduled Santa and Steam event, which will begin on November 30th, 2019. Donations can be made online here: www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/donations
Story Follow Ups
(Writer's Note: This last section is a bit of an experiment, where we provide small updates to earlier stories. If you like this format, let us know. Please note we will leave the sources for these follow ups underneath the follow ups so they can be found easier).
To conclude this issue of Branch Line News we will be looking at updates from previous stories.
S&D Donation Movement Update
First, the Somerset & Doreset Joint Railway's efforts to move recently donated track material (which you can read about in the 10/14/19 Branch Line News) continues. The S&D are posting updates on their Facebook page showing their efforts to move the donated materials, the most recent move happened on October 30th, 2019. According to a volunteer commenting on the post, 45% of the material has been moved.
You can see the photos of the movement here: www.facebook.com/somersetanddorsetrailway/posts/3685540194805225
L&N 152 Boiler Removed
Continuing our story from our last Branch Line News (published on 10/21/19) the Kentucky Railroad Museum recently announced they have completely removed 4-6-2 Pacific Louisville & Nashville 152's boiler from the frame, and now have the boiler loaded on a flatcar.
With L&N 152's boiler removed, restoration work can continue. As discussed in the last Branch Line News, L&N 152's boiler will be sent to the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania where it will be restored and then returned to Kentucky, where the rest of 152's restoration will be continued.
You can see the photos of 152's frame and boiler here: www.facebook.com/LouisvilleandNashville152/posts/1733624970104174
That's all for this week's Branch Line News. Which model are you most excited for? Do you model a certain gauge? Let us know on Twitter, @OcasionalExp, or on Facebook @TheOccasionalExpress.
For more writing from me (the General Manager) follow my other Blog Tug & Tram Blogging (on Facebook as Patrick Webbs Tug & Tram Blogging (no apostrophe) or on twitter, @ConductorPat.
Special thanks to Rikke Svartangen, Hattons Digital Manager, for her clarification and for the permission to use the above graphic showing Hattons Winter Bargain sales.
Sources:
"850 SR Lord Nelson Class Lord Nelson." Mid Hants Railway Watercress Line.
www.watercressline.co.uk/article.php/29/850-sr-lord-nelson-class-lord-nelson
"Alco PA." American-Rails.com www.american-rails.com/90778.html
"Bargain Dapol OO Gauge Class 121." Hatton's.
www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail.aspx?utm_campaign=Hattons%20OO%20Gauge%20Mailing%20List%20-%2029th%20October%202019%20%28QeCbw8%29&utm_medium=email&id=507&utm_source=Newsletter%20-%20OO%20Gauge&_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJtci5wYXRyaWNrdGhvbWFzd2ViYkBnbWFpbC5jb20iLCAia2xfY29tcGFueV9pZCI6ICJKR1FlWGgifQ%3D%3D
"Bargain Dapol OO Gauge Class 122." Hatton's.
www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail.aspx?utm_campaign=Hattons%20OO%20Gauge%20Mailing%20List%20-%2029th%20October%202019%20%28QeCbw8%29&utm_medium=email&id=462&utm_source=Newsletter%20-%20OO%20Gauge&_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJtci5wYXRyaWNrdGhvbWFzd2ViYkBnbWFpbC5jb20iLCAia2xfY29tcGFueV9pZCI6ICJKR1FlWGgifQ%3D%3D
"Heljan 009 L&B 2-6-2T's." Hatton's.
www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail.aspx?utm_campaign=Hattons%20OO%20Gauge%20Mailing%20List%20-%2029th%20October%202019%20%28QeCbw8%29&utm_medium=email&id=445&utm_source=Newsletter%20-%20OO%20Gauge&_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJtci5wYXRyaWNrdGhvbWFzd2ViYkBnbWFpbC5jb20iLCAia2xfY29tcGFueV9pZCI6ICJKR1FlWGgifQ%3D%3D
"Hornby Class 8P Coronation 4-6-2." Hatton's.
www.hattons.co.uk/stocklist/siteresults.aspx?utm_campaign=Hattons%20OO%20Gauge%20Mailing%20List%20-%2029th%20October%202019%20%28QeCbw8%29&pageid=1&searchfield=Hornby%20Class%208P%20Coronation%204-6-2&showpreowned=false&utm_source=Newsletter%20-%20OO%20Gauge&utm_medium=email&_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJtci5wYXRyaWNrdGhvbWFzd2ViYkBnbWFpbC5jb20iLCAia2xfY29tcGFueV9pZCI6ICJKR1FlWGgifQ%3D%3D
"Hornby Lord Nelson Class 4-6-0." Hatton's.
www.hattons.co.uk/stocklist/siteresults.aspx?utm_campaign=Hattons%20OO%20Gauge%20Mailing%20List%20-%2029th%20October%202019%20%28QeCbw8%29&searchfield=hornby%20lord%20nelson%20class%20ln%204-6-0&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter%20-%20OO%20Gauge&_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJtci5wYXRyaWNrdGhvbWFzd2ViYkBnbWFpbC5jb20iLCAia2xfY29tcGFueV9pZCI6ICJKR1FlWGgifQ%3D%3D
"HO Scale Alco PA and PB." Rapido Trains. https://rapidotrains.com/products/ho-scale/diesel-locomotives/ho-scale-alco-pa-pb/?fbclid=IwAR0byC_JWQEVNDauKsRJwIP6IDaKxiiWhO-6dCb5Vrhi3hkQQZxcDZsIlvQ
"L&B History." Lynton-Rail.co.uk www.lynton-rail.co.uk/page/lb-history
"LMS Princess Coronation Class." rail.co.uk.
www.rail.co.uk/locomotives-and-engines/steam-engines/lms-princess-coronation-class
Morgan, Jack. "Winter Bargains 2019 from Hattons Model Railways." Hattons. 1 November, 2019.
www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail.aspx?utm_campaign=Hattons%20OO%20Gauge%20Mailing%20List%20-%205th%20Nov%202019%20%28QruTan%29&utm_medium=email&id=600&utm_source=Newsletter%20-%20OO%20Gauge&_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJtci5wYXRyaWNrdGhvbWFzd2ViYkBnbWFpbC5jb20iLCAia2xfY29tcGFueV9pZCI6ICJKR1FlWGgifQ%3D%3D
"New Tarrifs on China Would Sink US Model Train Industry." New China TV. 23 June, 2019.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFb_LvMjwWM
"PA 59." www.pa59.org
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https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Rapido-News-39---Production--Packaging--Shipping-Updates.html?soid=1101318906379&aid=rKlzwCqHp4U#anchor7
"Washed Out Event Reveals Repairs Needed to Save Annual Santa & Steam Event." Churnet Valley Railway.
www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/news/washed-out-event-reveals-repairs-needed-to-save-our-annual-santa-and-steam-event?fbclid=IwAR1ce7916-fYMpWP-OuQ1g8KNi5pA90jDSaBY3Uyzx_SXTv6FU61QErDdMU
Welcome to Branch Line News, your occasional summarized news source on all train topics. In today’s Branch Line News we go smaller and look at recent model train news and a fundraiser for a British Heritage Railway following a tragic washout.
Rapido Trains Announces New Alco PA
Rapido Trains, a Canadian based model train company who do models in HO, OO and N scale (referring to the size of the models, HO for reference is 1:87 to real life, while N scale is 1:148-1:160) recently announced a new HO scale PA model.
The basis, the PA’s were built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) as competition for EMD's popular E series of diesel locomotives. According to American-Rails.com, the first Alco PA was built in 1946 for passenger trains. The Alco PA's are held to be one of the most beautiful American diesel locomotive (held in as high regard as the Class 43's, which The Occasional Express discussed in our last article) and were even given the rank of honorary steam locomotive!
Unfortunately for Alco, the PA's were not good sellers, due to problems with the PA's prime movers, as Alco rushed to catch up to EMD who began building diesels in 1937. General Electric's Ray Patten is credited with the PA's famous square shape.
The most famous PA was No. 1776, which pulled the original American Freedom train, painted in a special red white and blue livery. 1776 was later sold to the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad and became their number 292. It was unfortunately not preserved.
Only two full PA's have been preserved. The Delaware & Hudson was the last US railroad to use PA's in service (both former Santa Fe locos) that were rebuilt into PA-4's and sold to a railroad in Mexico. In 2002, both locomotives returned to the US.
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| NKP 190 when undergoing restoration. Source: By Steve Morgan - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21740190 |
One was restored as Nickel Plate Road 190 by renown Doyle McCormak, who rebuilt the engine (which was just a shell) to operational order in 2013. The other preserved PA being restored as Santa Fe No. 59. No. 59 was owned by the Smithsonian but was donated to Museum of the American Railroad in Texas. The goal for No. 59 is to be restored to operation like No. 190, and donations can be made on the PA59 website via PayPal.
Rapido Trains claims that their new PA model will be "the first mass-produced plastic HO scale model of the PA series to feature completely accurate contours and road-specific details. Carbody contours have been generated using a 3-D laser scan of Doyle McCormack’s preserved unit."
PA models will be provided with different set ups: ones with a single cab PA and a PAB (another diesel locomotive without a cab controlled by the front, called a "B" unit) known in service as PA-1/PB-1 and PA-2/PB-2 (which has two cabbed PA's).
Rapido Trains' PA's will be DCC ready, so if you want sound on your PA's for your layout, you will be able to do so, if you are ready to pay more. The cost for a PA with DCC sound is $385 Canadian dollars or $335 US with DCC sound fitted, and $265 Canadian and $225 US without, respectively.
While the price may be daunting for some buyers, it should be noted that this is standard in the hobby. The high price tag is likely due to production costs in China, which John Shron, President of Rapido Trains, wrote about in 2012, explaining that production has to be completed in Ontario, Canada, where the company is based. Another factor is the US's trade war with China, which you can learn more about by watching this video from New China TV:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFb_LvMjwWM
Mr. Shron's post explaining the cost of production can be found in the Sources page below. Rapido's Alco PA's will be painted in liveries for several railroads:
Santa Fe
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Lehigh Valley
New Haven
New York Central
The Nickel Plate Road
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southern Pacific (with two livery variants)
The 1947 American Freedom Train
Undercoated.
Preoders can be made right now on Rapido Train's website link below:
https://rapidotrains.com/products/ho-scale/diesel-locomotives/ho-scale-alco-pa-pb/?fbclid=IwAR0byC_JWQEVNDauKsRJwIP6IDaKxiiWhO-6dCb5Vrhi3hkQQZxcDZsIlvQ
Hattons Bargains
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| A picture showing the items on sale at Hattons. (C) Hattons. Special thanks to Rikke Svartangen for permission to use this image. |
Our next story continues our theme of model trains, but with slightly smaller prices. Hattons, a UK based model train seller (who also have their own line of original models) recently announced a bargain sale on several UK models.
Hattons' "Giants of Steam" bargain sale, according to an email announcement, includes the LMS 4-6-2 Coronation class (for streamlined and nonstreamlined versions of the class) and the Southern Railway Lord Nelson class of 4-6-0's.
The Coronation Scots, also known as "Duchesses," were built by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway for passenger service. Designed by William Stanier, according to rail.co.uk, the 4-6-2 Pacifics were the most powerful steam locomotives in the UK to work on passenger trains.
The prototype, No. 6220 Coronation Scot was streamlined, according to archive footage of an LMS promo video made in 1938. The video can be watched online here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmXxIe_WQvI
Coronation Scot set the LMS and world speed record for steam when she reached 114 mph. The record would stand until the LNER's Mallard set the world speed record, and the record for the LMS held until 1947, according to rail.co.uk.
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| An LMS Coronation Scot running at high speed. Source: By Agence de presse Meurisse - Bibliothèque nationale de France, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22576991 |
The Coronation Scots would all lose their streamlining during and after WWII, according to Sam'sTrains, a YouTuber who did a review of the new Hornby Coronation Scot, which you can watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUUswGsqwvE Only three Coronation Scots are preserved, one, Duchess of Hamilton, has been restreamlined, and is currently on static display in the National Railway Museum. The other preserved Coronations are Duchess of Sutherland and City of Birmingham.
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| The Preserved Duchess of Hamilton in re-streamlined form at the NRM. Source: By David Ingham from Bury, Lancashire, England - IMG_0247, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9570988 |
A streamlined Coronation on Hattons' from Hornby usually costs £189.99 ($245.88 US currency), but is currently on sale for £159.50 ($206.42 US currency), with an older version on sale for £139.50 ($180.54 US currency). Non streamlined versions which usually sell for £204.99 ($265.29 US currency) are on sale for £144 and £169.50 ($186.36 and $219.36 US currency).
The Coronation Scot's can be found on the Hattons website here.
The Southern Railway Lord Nelsons was a class of 4-6-0 tender engines built 500 ton trains at speeds up to 55 mph, according to the Mid Hants Railway Watercress line. The prototype, No. 850, was built in 1926, and is also the only survivor of the class, and a part of the UK's National Railway Museum collection.
Hattons' Lord Nelson class sale brings the price down £40-£70, the cheapest Lord Nelson class is selling for £124 new ($180.54 US Currency) and £115 used ($148.83 US currency). The Lord Nelson bargains can be found on the Hatton's website here.
The other sales Hattons' has are on the Class 121 and 122 Diesel Multiple Units's from Dapol, which depict one of the longest surviving classes of DMU's to remain in service, with some working from 1960 to 2017, according to Hattons' announcement. The Class 121's were built from 1960-1961 and the 122's in the 1950's, according to Hattons.
A variety of liveries are available for sale for the 121's and 122's, which you can find below in the sources page.
The last locomotives currently on sale are the Heljan 009 Lynton & Barnstaple 2-6-2T prairie tank engines. The Lynton & Barnstaple ordered 3 2-6-2T's from Manning Wardle & Co. in the late 1890s, and a fourth in 1925, according to Hatton's website. None of the L&B engines were preserved, but several replicas have been built, such as 2-6-2T "Lyd," finished in 2010 for the Ffestiniog Railway.
The Lynton & Barynstaple Railway was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1923, and was sadly dismantled in 1935, but in 1979 the line was rebuilt by the Lynton & Barnstaple Society, which runs trains today, according to the L&B Railway website.
The L&B 009 models portray several liveries: L&B, Southern Railway and British Railways (the latter is fictional, but Lyd did wear the livery in preservation as a fun what if). The prices for the L&B 009 models vary, some are on sale for £149 or £154 ($192.75 US and $199.21 US respectively) and can be found here.
Update: While working on this article Hatton's announced their Winter Bargains for 2019. The Winter Bargains includes the previously mentioned models and also the Hornby LNER J36 0-6-0 goods engine. You can view the entire list of bargain sales here.
Update 2: The sales will last as long as stock lasts, according to Rikke Svartangen, Hattons Digital Manager, so anyone interested in these sales should hurry or risk the items selling out.
Churnet Valley Railway Announces Fundraiser
Our next story, while not breaking news (and has been covered by other news sources) is one which we feel still deserves to be included.
The Churnet Valley Railway in the UK recently faced some flooding from the Caldon Canal, which runs alongside the railway, and are now asking for donations to help repair their line. According to the CVR's website, the line is expected to stay closed until November 30th, 2019, while they work to repair their line.
The CVR is hoping to reopen their line so that they can have their regular scheduled Santa and Steam event, which will begin on November 30th, 2019. Donations can be made online here: www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/donations
Story Follow Ups
(Writer's Note: This last section is a bit of an experiment, where we provide small updates to earlier stories. If you like this format, let us know. Please note we will leave the sources for these follow ups underneath the follow ups so they can be found easier).
To conclude this issue of Branch Line News we will be looking at updates from previous stories.
S&D Donation Movement Update
First, the Somerset & Doreset Joint Railway's efforts to move recently donated track material (which you can read about in the 10/14/19 Branch Line News) continues. The S&D are posting updates on their Facebook page showing their efforts to move the donated materials, the most recent move happened on October 30th, 2019. According to a volunteer commenting on the post, 45% of the material has been moved.
You can see the photos of the movement here: www.facebook.com/somersetanddorsetrailway/posts/3685540194805225
L&N 152 Boiler Removed
Continuing our story from our last Branch Line News (published on 10/21/19) the Kentucky Railroad Museum recently announced they have completely removed 4-6-2 Pacific Louisville & Nashville 152's boiler from the frame, and now have the boiler loaded on a flatcar.
With L&N 152's boiler removed, restoration work can continue. As discussed in the last Branch Line News, L&N 152's boiler will be sent to the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania where it will be restored and then returned to Kentucky, where the rest of 152's restoration will be continued.
You can see the photos of 152's frame and boiler here: www.facebook.com/LouisvilleandNashville152/posts/1733624970104174
That's all for this week's Branch Line News. Which model are you most excited for? Do you model a certain gauge? Let us know on Twitter, @OcasionalExp, or on Facebook @TheOccasionalExpress.
For more writing from me (the General Manager) follow my other Blog Tug & Tram Blogging (on Facebook as Patrick Webbs Tug & Tram Blogging (no apostrophe) or on twitter, @ConductorPat.
Special thanks to Rikke Svartangen, Hattons Digital Manager, for her clarification and for the permission to use the above graphic showing Hattons Winter Bargain sales.
Sources:
"850 SR Lord Nelson Class Lord Nelson." Mid Hants Railway Watercress Line.
www.watercressline.co.uk/article.php/29/850-sr-lord-nelson-class-lord-nelson
"Alco PA." American-Rails.com www.american-rails.com/90778.html
"Bargain Dapol OO Gauge Class 121." Hatton's.
www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail.aspx?utm_campaign=Hattons%20OO%20Gauge%20Mailing%20List%20-%2029th%20October%202019%20%28QeCbw8%29&utm_medium=email&id=507&utm_source=Newsletter%20-%20OO%20Gauge&_ke=eyJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJtci5wYXRyaWNrdGhvbWFzd2ViYkBnbWFpbC5jb20iLCAia2xfY29tcGFueV9pZCI6ICJKR1FlWGgifQ%3D%3D
"Bargain Dapol OO Gauge Class 122." Hatton's.
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