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HOLLYCOMBE RAILWAY WEEKEND

This years event is a special WW1 themed weekend with a rare chance to see British and German war department locomotives together, accompanied by various ww1 road vechicles. There will also be a large photographic display of artifacts from the Longmoor military railway. Along with our own locomotives we will have visiting locos: the War Office locomotive societies Hunslet 4-6-0t no 1215, Barry Curls German Feldbahn 0-8-0t, ex Cadeby Bagnell 0-4-0t “pixie”, recently repainted Arn Jung 0-4-0WT. The tramway will feature the recently arrived Brindon familys 0-4-0 diesel loco which will be on loan to Hollycombe whilst their Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0t “Commander B” undergoes a overhaul. There will also be static display of peckett 0-4-0st “Victoria” (ex Cadeby) and ex Nine Elms steam crane which is also under going an overhaul. Many other visiting locos on the minature railway and model railway displays.

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