Shannon Butcher

  • Rail safety warning issued as 2020 revealed to be worse summer in five years for trespass

    Rail safety warning issued as 2020 revealed to be worse summer in five years for trespass

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    Newly released figures from Network Rail and British Transport Police show that there were 5,100 trespass incidents over the summer months.

  • Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway receives lifeline grant from Culture Recovery Fund

    Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway receives lifeline grant from Culture Recovery Fund

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    Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway is one of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifesaving financial boost.

  • Railwayana Auction to support Rail Aid

    Railwayana Auction to support Rail Aid

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    Great Central Railwayana Auctions is hosting an online auction to support Rail Aid, a new initiative to help raise vital money for the life-saving work of Railway Children.

  • PREVIEW: NOVEMBER EDITION OF RAILWAYS ILLUSTRATED

    PREVIEW: NOVEMBER EDITION OF RAILWAYS ILLUSTRATED

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    Each issue of Railways Illustrated offers a comprehensive round-up of the latest news and topical events from the UK across the present-day railway, including heritage traction in operation on the main lines.

  • General Manager Full Time Position – Weardale Railway

    General Manager Full Time Position – Weardale Railway

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    We are looking for a General Manager who has commercial acumen, with a can-do attitude, who will take responsibility for getting jobs done.

  • The Joy of Railways: Remembering the golden age of trainspotting

    The Joy of Railways: Remembering the golden age of trainspotting

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    Journey back to the 1950s and ’60s with this nostalgic look at Britain’s railways in their glory days. Beautifully illustrated throughout with a unique collection of photographs, train spotting notebooks and railway ephemera.

  • The Worcester Locomotive Society

    The Worcester Locomotive Society

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    Rex Kennedy, a former member of the Worcester Locomotive Society, recalls long days and amusing stories from when the WLS ran regular coach trips.

  • The COVID Conundrum

    The COVID Conundrum

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    Editor Mark Nicholls ponders the serious issues surrounding coronavirus and the UK’s railways, in particular what can be done to bring passengers back.

  • Restoring Falling Sands

    Restoring Falling Sands

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    The Severn Valley Railway has undertaken a vast job in making repairs to the Falling Sands Viaduct, as Editor Mark Nicholls explains.

  • East Coast HST finale

    East Coast HST finale

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    After a remarkable 41 years of service, the HST is due to be taken out of use on the East Coast Main Line by its main franchisee on December 31, 2019.

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