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Betton Grange running at last!
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New-build GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange ran for the first time when it was steamed in the yard at Tyseley locomotive Works on Thursday, April 11 – opening a new chapter in Great Western Railway history.
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What’s inside the May issue of Rail Express?
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Richard Clinnick shares what’s coming up in the May issue of Rail Express when it hits shelves next week.
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All aboard the Asparagus Express!
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The British Asparagus Festival begins on St Georges Day with an aspara-tastic steam train journey on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway.
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Betton Grange heads for Severn Valley – but only after the spring gala!
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New-build GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange – which, as reported in Heritage Railway issue 317 had been booked to feature in the Severn Valley Railway’s April 18-21 Spring Steam Gala – will no longer take part in the event, it has been announced.
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Glenfinnan Viaduct to undergo £3.4 million repair work
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Network Rail has announced it will spend £3.4 million on repairs to the Glenfinnan Viaduct.
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MPs voice support for ‘The Jacobite’ service
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MPs have asked Rail Minister Huw Merriman to help West Coast Railways (WCR) secure permission to run its ‘The Jacobite’ service. WCR has operated the heritage service for more than 30 years. For almost 20 of those years, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has granted it an exemption to operate with hinged-door carriages…
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No train services to run in parts of country on Friday as drivers strike
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Parts of the country will have no train services on Friday as drivers at five train operators strike.
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Network Rail announce £2.8b investment to protect railway from climate change and extreme weather
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Network Rail has announced it intends to invest around £2.8 billion over the next five years on protecting the railway from climate change and extreme weather.
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Wensleydale Railway to feature in TV documentary
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Wensleydale Railway will feature in the TV documentary series Great British Railway Journeys this Friday.
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£36k fundraiser launched to return W24 Calbourne to service
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The Isle of Wight Steam Railway has launched a fundraising appeal to fit new tyres on its flagship steam locomotive Calbourne.
