Features
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From the archive: Colossus of conservation
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The world has been in mourning for East Somerset Railway founder David Shepherd, who died aged 86 on September 19 2018, after losing a 10-week fight in hospital with Parkinson’s Disease.
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From the archive: The Cold North Wind
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The autumn of 1967 saw the end of steam on the Eastern Region and at the great railway centre of Crewe.
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District Line 150
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Christopher Westcott looks back over the complicated history of London Underground’s District Line, which is celebrating 150 years of operation.
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How To: The secrets of basic model detailing
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When you buy a new model, do you ignore those little plastic bags of extra detailing parts that you are invited to fit yourself or – with the help of the right tools, of course – happily take on the challenge?
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From the archive: Golden Jubilee
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50 years ago, the last regular expresses hauled by pre-Nationalisation express steam engines ended; the LMS Jubilee’s last regular turns being on the Settle & Carlisle line. It was 13 years before the line saw the return of a Jubilee… but 50 years on from the withdrawal of the last three of the class, this…
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Retaining heritage skills for the future
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In our latest visit to the Severn Valley Railway (SVR), The Railway Magazine meets its youngest apprentice.
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A railway in BARBADOS AGAIN
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The tiny independent nation of Barbados has an operating railway once more after a gap of more than 80 years. Keith Fender and Glen Beadon look at the Caribbean island’s troubled railway history and the development of the latest venture. BARBADOS’ first female Prime Minister, the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, opened a rebuilt railway on the…
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Spring Gala report: Severn Valley becomes Welsh Valleys
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Dubbed a ‘Great Western tank fest’, 10 locomotives steamed for the Welsh-themed Severn Valley Railway March 15-17 spring steam gala.
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1960s Railtours with a difference
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Keith Farr takes a nostalgic look at some notable steam rail tours from the 1960s
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Fleet Focus: Britain’s new trains
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Exciting times are ahead as the first trains of two new fleets entered service during April and May.
