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New locomotive destined for Groudle Glen Railway
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A new 2ft-gauge Bagnall ‘Sipat’-design 0-4-0ST locomotive is set for Groudle Glen Railway after its unveiling last month.
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First three-coach train as Somerset & Dorset gets £500k legacy
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The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust at Midsomer Norton has been left a legacy of more than £500,000 by one of its longest supporters.
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Confessions of a Railway Journalist
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After years in the finance industry, and in a complete change of career direction, Brian Sharpe became assistant editor of Heritage Railway in 2002.
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Watch the moment West Somerset Railway reopens for 2019 season
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VIDEO: Witness the opening of the West Somerset Railway following a 3-month absence.
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Search for Sir Vincent Raven relatives for North Eastern Railway celebrations
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Sir Vincent Raven was an English railway engineer and chief mechanical engineer of NER from 1910 to 1922.
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Restoration of former Barry Prairie continuing at Barry
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The project originally began at Llangollen, but the loco moved with Mr Pearce when he relocated to South Wales.
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Adams ‘Radial’ delights at Bluebell branch weekend
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IT may have been largely on static display only, but the Bluebell Railway’s newly repainted Adams ‘Radial’ 4-4-2T No. 30583 still managed to steal the show at the railway’s Branch Line Weekend on March 15-17. The former Lyme Regis branch loco has been restored back to its BR lined black guise by the team from…
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‘Jubilee’ and ‘2MT’ treble bring gala success to the KWVR
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THE Keighley & Worth Valley Railway witnessed a 20% year-on-year increase in visitor numbers to its Spring Steam Gala over the weekend of March 8-10, with almost 3,000 passengers travelling over the three days. There was a distinctly Midland Region feel to the locomotive line-up, with seven of the eight engines in steam having been…
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First steam over Cawledge Viaduct in preservation era
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HISTORY was made at the Aln Valley Railway on March 15 when the first steam-hauled train of the preservation era worked across Cawledge Viaduct on the former Alnwick to Alnmouth branch. Hudswell, Clarke 0-6-0T Richboro (1243/1917) was given the honour of being the first locomotive to travel over the full length of the restored railway…
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Final push for Llangollen Railway’s £10,000 appeal to fill the Corwen ‘gap’
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THE Llangollen Railway’s appeal to raise £10,000 to help fund the infilling of the ‘Gap’ in the embankment at its new Corwen Central station site had reached the £7,800 mark by mid-March. Support has come from all over the country as promotion of the appeal has spread, helped by a BBC news item on the…
