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  • HS2’s controversial clearance of ancient woodland halted by government amid review

    HS2’s controversial clearance of ancient woodland halted by government amid review

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    Clearances of ancient woodland for HS2 must be stopped while the project is reviewed, Grant Shapps has announced.

  • Dinmore Manor makes it a Western 4-6-0 pair for Battlefield Line’s October gala

    Dinmore Manor makes it a Western 4-6-0 pair for Battlefield Line’s October gala

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    LEICESTERSHIRE’S Battlefield Line has further cemented its reputation as an unofficial GWR outpost by securing a return visit from No. 7820 Dinmore Manor for its 50th anniversary gala on October 18-20. The ‘Manor’ becomes the second Western 4-6-0 confirmed for the event, joining ‘Modified Hall’ No. 6989 Wightwick Hall on its first post-restoration visit away…

  • Your Gallery | Big Boy 4014 & 844 on the main line, Utah

    Your Gallery | Big Boy 4014 & 844 on the main line, Utah

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    Adrian Brodie sent in this great photograph of the Big Boy at the Utah State Railroad Museum.

  • UK railway news round-up

    UK railway news round-up

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    Welcome to The Railway Hub’s weekly round-up of the latest railway news. It has been another week dominated by Brexit, Boris and HS2, all with the similar theme – uncertainty. This week we cover the tragedy in DR Congo where 50 people have been killed by a derailed train. Tube drivers are taking industrial action…

  • Oswestry group clears the way for Weston Wharf extension

    Oswestry group clears the way for Weston Wharf extension

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    CAMBRIAN Heritage Railways (CHR) at Oswestry has successfully overcome one of the most significant hurdles standing in the way of it extending south towards its other site at Llynclys. Gasworks Bridge, which carries the B4579 road over the railway, has stood in the way of any potential extension ever since the CHR took on the…

  • Your Gallery | Hymek D7018 at West Somerset Railway

    Your Gallery | Hymek D7018 at West Somerset Railway

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    Phil Clarke has sent in this picture taken at West Somerset Railway of Hymek D7018.

  • Weekend Read for 99p | Britain’s New Trains

    Weekend Read for 99p | Britain’s New Trains

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    Get your weekend read for just 99p and explore the entire digital edition of Britain’s New Trains for just 99p!

  • Grab yourself some Virgin Trains memorabilia

    Grab yourself some Virgin Trains memorabilia

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    Who fancies getting their hands on a Pendolino nameplate and raising money for the Severn Valley Railway and Kidderminster Railway Museum in the process?

  • Scores killed in horror train derailment in DR Congo

    Scores killed in horror train derailment in DR Congo

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    At least 50 people have been killed after a train derailed overnight in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s southeast Tanganyika province.

  • How Darlington became the centre of the railway universe

    How Darlington became the centre of the railway universe

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    Explore the story of how Darlington cemented its place in the history books as the world’s most important railway town.


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