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Former Talyllyn Railway chief wins at Heritage Railway Association awards
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Talyllyn Railway’s former Chief Engineer, John Bate, was honoured in the recent Heritage Railway Association awards ceremony.
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Support Britain’s most powerful loco this Valentine’s Day
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Looking for something different for your train-loving Valentine? Hoping things will get hot and steamy this Valentine’s Day?
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Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas leaving Appleby
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February saw the first mainline run of LMS Stanier Class 6P Jubilee 4-6-0 No 45596 ‘Bahamas’ for 35 years.
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Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Darent to have new boiler built
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A new boiler barrel is being built for Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway’s (H&KWR) Darent.
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Russell steams to Beddgelert for first time since 1937
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The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway’s (WHHR) Hunslet 2-6-2T Russell made the historic trip.
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Hastings Miniature Railway celebrate 70th anniversary… again!
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The 10¼in-gauge Hastings Miniature Railway held its final 70th anniversary event last autumn.
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Southwold’s Blyth Valley Light Railway opens for passengers
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The 7¼in-gauge BVLR at Southwold Railway Trust’s ‘Steamworks’ has opened for passengers.
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What’s in the Shops: Another ‘Toad’ from Hornby
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Hot on the heels of Hornby’s excellent OO-scale ‘Toad E’ brake van comes a former LNER 20t ‘Toad B’ – and it’s another cracker, writes Nigel Burkin Hornby’s new OO-gauge NE ‘Toad B’ brake van made its arrival in the studio shortly after the BR version of the NE ‘Toad E’ was reviewed in the…
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Indian Railways agree GE deal for new diesel locos worth $2.5billion
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Indian Railways has ordered 1,000 of two types of new diesel locos from GE Transportation.
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Each a glimpse and gone for ever!
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Many years before W H Auden’s ‘Night Mail’, the rhythm of Robert Louis Stevenson’s celebrated 1885 children’s poem ‘From a Railway Carriage’ evoked the thrilling movement of a train. For me, though, it’s the final line that says it all. Since the demise of steam, so many fondly remembered locations along Britain’s railway system have…
