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  • From the archive: Cannon Street Station 1866-1966

    From the archive: Cannon Street Station 1866-1966

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    Originally published in two parts in The Railway Magazine – August and September 1966

  • RAILTRAIL TOURS: Focus on Steam – Europe & Worldwide 2023/24

    RAILTRAIL TOURS: Focus on Steam – Europe & Worldwide 2023/24

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    Railtrail Tours www.railtrail.co.uk offers a superb programme of fully escorted steam tours in the UK, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland all including a variety of steam lines, beautiful scenery and a plethora of differing gauges, locomotives and rolling stock!  From extended weekends to longer adventures, enjoy your holiday with like-minded friends, great value fares…

  • From the archive: Fifty years a “King”

    From the archive: Fifty years a “King”

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    In this article drawn from The Railway Magazine archive, K. S. Farr extols, at the time of its golden jubilee, the first of a great class.

  • SCOTSMAN, SCOTLAND, SWITZERLAND AND SRI LANKA – step on board with The Railway Touring Company

    SCOTSMAN, SCOTLAND, SWITZERLAND AND SRI LANKA – step on board with The Railway Touring Company

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    Winner of the British Travel Award for ‘Best Small Travel Company for Rail Holidays 2021/22’, The Railway Touring Company applies over 25 years expertise to create a varied, and often innovative, choice of rail-themed tours. 

  • Ffestiniog Travel – 50 years of touring the world by train!

    Ffestiniog Travel – 50 years of touring the world by train!

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    In October 1974 Ffestiniog Travel ran its very first escorted rail tour – the destination was Switzerland, and the purpose was to ride its majestic Alpine railways. It proved a very popular choice as the company escorted 70 people on not one but two inaugural tours that year!  Fifty years on, Switzerland continues to be…

  • Enthusiast Holidays – steam and classic traction for the 21st Century gricer!

    Enthusiast Holidays – steam and classic traction for the 21st Century gricer!

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    Enthusiast Holidays can trace its origins back to 1975, as the “Magic of Steam in Poland” – part of the émigré Polish travel organization “Fregata” – running trips to that country at a time when photographing trains, or even writing down their numbers, without the necessary permission – could get you arrested!

  • Memorable day trips by luxury train

    Memorable day trips by luxury train

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    At UK Railtours we’re justly proud of being family owned since 1978. Many people associate a train journey with their daily commute to work, very much a ‘grudge purchase’ and hardly a memorable experience. We’re here to show that on board a private excursion train with like-minded travelling companions, things are very different. There really…

  • How the Class 777 will help transform Merseyrail

    How the Class 777 will help transform Merseyrail

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    Stadler ‘777s’ have begun entering traffic with Merseyrail. Richard Clinnick asks Merseytravel rolling stock programme director David Powell about the roll-out and the possibility of even more new trains.

  • From the archives: Air raid damage and British non-stop runs in wartime

    From the archives: Air raid damage and British non-stop runs in wartime

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    These images from the November/December 1942 edition reveal bomb damage in London and York

  • From the archive: A curious railway accident

    From the archive: A curious railway accident

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    A curious railway accident, as reported in The Railway Magazine, March 1900.

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