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Your Gallery | Garretts Works Engine
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Julian Warner sent in this super photo from Garretts Works Engine.
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Fife Council rejects Cameron’s museum plans on appeal
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Having failed, John said he would meet with his fellow trustees to consider his next move.
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Strathaven Miniature Railway celebrates 70 years of steam
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The 7¼in Strathaven Miniature Railway is marking seven decades of steam.
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New-build Standard 3MT moves on to Severn Valley Railway metals
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Severn Valley Railway-based new-build BR 3MT No 82045 took a major step forward last month.
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Project to re-create a D16/1 LMS 10000 after national appeal
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No. 10000 was one of a pair of locomotives designed and built by the LMS and English Electric.
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Throwback to a 1967 Cumbrian camping coach holiday
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Trevor Gregg’s 1967 holiday included visits to Lostock Hall, Wigan Springs Branch, Crewe South and Birkenhead sheds.
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Great Steam Engineers of the 19th century: Part Four
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In the 1850s, railway companies grew bigger through new construction and mergers.
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Coming up in Issue 251 of HR: Life in the Booking Office
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Adam Carpenter shares his experiences of volunteering as a booking clerk and porter at the Epping Ongar Railway on the increasingly-popular Essex heritage line. My very first real railway memory involves heritage traction. In 1993, at the age of seven, I attended an event to mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of the short…
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Feature | Re-creating Ivatt’s LMS diesel pioneer
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No. 10000 was withdrawn in 1963 and 10001 in 1966, and both were sent for scrapping in 1968.
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Heritage Explorer: Four lines in four days
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Last summer Robert Drysdale embarked on an 800-mile round trip to visit four heritage railways in four days using the national rail network and occasionally a local bus. His personal account provides some interesting observations and food for thought. On the morning of Friday, July 3, 2018, I arrived at Newark North Gate station to…
