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British Heritage Railway to Offer Commuter Service
Britain’s Severn Valley Railway is conducting an eight-week trial with a local passenger operator to provide steam-powered commuter rail service. The arrangement is believed to be one of the first of its kind in the U.K., with main line rail ticket holders traveling over part of their journey on a heritage railway, hauled by heritage locomotives and operated by heritage railway staff.
The Severn Valley is a 16-mile heritage railway that has provided steam-powered excursion service since the 1960s. The commuter service test, which will sometimes be powered by historic diesels, will operate on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The service will connect with national network trains at Birmingham Snow Hill. There will be two morning departures and two evening departures. The service is expected to last until the end of October.
“This is a hugely exciting opportunity for the Severn Valley Railway. Not only does it allow us to support an important regional transport initiative, but it also sees our railway fulfilling the purpose it was originally built for by carrying everyday passengers between Bewdley and Kidderminster,” said SVR Chief Executive Officer Gus Dunster.
—Justin Franz
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Grand Canyon Completes Rebuild of 2-8-0
The Grand Canyon Railway has completed its restoration of 2-8-0 29, which had been out of service since 2019. The railroad announced on social media that the locomotive had made a successful test run on August 26.
Locomotive 29 was built by Alco in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1906, for Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad, an ore-hauling railroad in Michigan. After the locomotive was retired in the early 1960s, it was purchased along with several other LS&I steam engines by a new tourist railroad, the Marquette & Huron Mountain. Eventually, the engine was sold to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. In 1989, it was sold to the Grand Canyon, along with three other ex-LS&I 2-8-0s, Nos. 18, 19, and 20. Locomotive 29 was returned to service in 1990 and became a mainstay of the railroad into the 21st century. It was later joined by former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2-8-2 4960.
The Grand Canyon, which operates on a former Santa Fe branch line to the famed national park, operates steam on special occasions.
—Justin Franz
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