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SVR warns its future is at risk as it launches £1.5 million Survival Fund
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The Severn Valley Railway have warned that a viable future for the railway is at risk without an urgent injection of cash and are appealing to supporters for help.
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Watercress Line welcomes Castle to spring gala
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Visitors to the Watercress Line’s Spring Steam Gala will have the opportunity to get up close to a very special locomotive.
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New show steams onto screens this spring
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A new four-part television show, Britain By Steam, will broadcast on Channel 5 this spring.
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Rail workers begin voting on continuing industrial action
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Railway workers start voting on Thursday on whether to continue taking industrial action in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
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The National Railway Museum to host launch of ‘Flying Scotsman in America’
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The National Railway Museum is pleased to host the launch event of Flying Scotsman in America written by Richard Hinchcliffe and Bill Wagner.
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Standards at the double for flagship GWSR gala
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A popular 69-year-old British Railways mixed traffic 2-6-0 steam locomotive will join the roster for the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway’s (GWSR) Cotswold Festival of Steam.
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Operators reveal their plans following Vivarail collapse
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The future of the various train fleets affected by the collapse of Vivarail has been clarified in recent weeks as administrators work to wind up the affairs of the failed train builder and battery technology company.
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Train cleaners to strike in dispute over pay
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Cleaners working on trains across the country are to stage a 48-hour strike in a long-running dispute over pay.
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Full circle for last British Rail train to Wareham passenger returning as driver
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A Swanage Railway volunteer who travelled on the last British Rail train from Swanage to Wareham as a child in 1972 will be the conductor driver on the first Swanage Railway passenger train into Wareham using the heritage line’s 1950s diesel train.
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RAIB releases report into tragic Carmont accident
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has released its report into the fatal derailment of a ScotRail Inter7City train at Carmont following torrential rainfall on August 12, 2020.
