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  • More ‘Patriot’ progress as 2020 target date looms

    More ‘Patriot’ progress as 2020 target date looms

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    The LMS-Patriot Project is picking up the pace of construction of its Fowler ‘Patriot’ 4-6-0 No. 5551 The Unknown Warrior across three fronts as the November 2020 steaming target draws closer.

  • From the archive: Golden Jubilee

    From the archive: Golden Jubilee

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    50 years ago, the last regular expresses hauled by pre-Nationalisation express steam engines ended; the LMS Jubilee’s last regular turns being on the Settle & Carlisle line. It was 13 years before the line saw the return of a Jubilee… but 50 years on from the withdrawal of the last three of the class, this…

  • Retaining heritage skills for the future

    Retaining heritage skills for the future

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    In our latest visit to the Severn Valley Railway (SVR), The Railway Magazine meets its youngest apprentice.

  • Spring Gala report: Severn Valley becomes Welsh Valleys

    Spring Gala report: Severn Valley becomes Welsh Valleys

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    Dubbed a ‘Great Western tank fest’, 10 locomotives steamed for the Welsh-themed Severn Valley Railway March 15-17 spring steam gala.

  • 1960s Railtours with a difference

    1960s Railtours with a difference

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    Keith Farr takes a nostalgic look at some notable steam rail tours from the 1960s

  • Cavalcade tops off ‘8F’ return at GCR’s goods gala

    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.

  • The ‘Big Boy’ returns in style!

    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.

  • The South Tynedale Railway

    The South Tynedale Railway

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    It may well be England’s highest narrow gauge railway, and has deep-seated aspirations to return to Haltwhistle.

  • Swanage Railway prepares to undertake governance review

    Swanage Railway prepares to undertake governance review

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    Dorset’s Swanage Railway is following in the steps of the West Somerset Railway by undertaking a complete governance review.

  • Blatant trespass incidents mar ‘Great Britain XI’ finale

    Blatant trespass incidents mar ‘Great Britain XI’ finale

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    Some of the worst trespass incidents seen since ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman returned to the main line in 2016 occurred on May 5 as the Pacific was returning from York to London Paddington on the final day of the Railway Touring Company’s ‘Great Britain XI’ nine-day tour.  Trespass was most evident between Burton-on-Trent and Tamworth,…

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