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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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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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Saving a main line railway: a remarkable achievement!
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50 years ago this year, the first seeds were sown in a bid to save a section of the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire. Graham Oliver, the railway’s former chief executive, recalls those early days of an embryo scheme which has subsequently blossomed into the country’s only double-track main line preserved railway. As 1968 progressed…
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Saving a main line railway: a remarkable achievement!
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50 years ago this year, the first seeds were sown in a bid to save a section of the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire. Graham Oliver, the railway’s former chief executive, recalls those early days of an embryo scheme which has subsequently blossomed into the country’s only double-track main line preserved railway. As 1968 progressed…
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LOCAL LOCO TRIALS: 1931 style
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In this month’s Practice & Performance, John Heaton FCILT recalls loco trials undertaken by the LMS to assess locomotive coal consumption in a bid to discover whether trains of lower overall weight could cut costs on lesser used lines. Any casual lineside observers on September 9, 1931 at Chellaston (some four miles from Derby on…
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Cohen’s: A Northamptonshire railway graveyard
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The volume looks at one of the scrapyards which, sadly, locomotives did not get away to start a new life.
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‘I thoroughly enjoyed it’ says last-minute Talisman Railwayana stand-in
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Sandra Phipps delivered the goods at Talisman Railwayana’s November 24 auction at Newark.
