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Beamish Museum tram fleet line-up in unusual photo shoot
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The parade was arranged in order to take a new crop of promotional photographs for use in future publicity material.
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Your Gallery | D832 Onslaught at Bury
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The purchase of Onslaught for preservation on 1 June 1979 was celebrated by all involved in the purchase, restoration and continuing maintenance of D832 over the past 40 years.
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Nearly 1.8 billion rail journeys in record-breaking year
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The number of rail passenger journeys in Britain reached a record high in the past year, new figures show.
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Cavalcade tops off ‘8F’ return at GCR’s goods gala
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Seven BR-liveried locomotives, from the humble ‘Jinty’ to the mighty ‘9F’, provided an impressive grand finale for the Great Central Railway’s Goods Galore gala on May 11-12.
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The ‘Big Boy’ returns in style!
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Michael Rhodes reports on ‘Big Boy’s steam comeback after a 60-year hiatus, as the famous locomotive spearheaded the ‘Golden Spike’ celebrations in Utah.
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May timetable brings more seats and trains – but no repeat of 2018 chaos
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New timetables came into force across the UK network on May 19, adding around 1,000 additional services.
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‘Azumas’ in service – LNER outlines service changes
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MAY 15 was an historic day for state-backed train operator LNER, which introduced the new Hitachi Class 800 ‘Azuma’ on its first revenue-earning service from London King’s Cross to Leeds and Hull. The previous day, LNER invited the railway press and other stakeholders on a trip to Peterborough to sample the train (see also feature…