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‘Polar Express’ success spurs Vintage Trains to bigger things for 2019
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THE incredible success of running ‘Polar Express’ services on the main line between Birmingham Moor Street and Tyseley has led Vintage Trains (VT) to outline an ambitious programme of steam specials and other charter possibilities for 2019. What is also remarkable is just two months before the ‘Polar Express’ specials started, VT was granted its…
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Feature | Spotlight on Les Nixon’s 70 years behind the lens
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He took his first train photograph in 1949 and is still active on the lineside today.
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The Evans return to Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
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Heritage Railway magazine deputy editor returned ‘home’ to his native Mid Wales.
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Your Gallery | Double header steaming north at Tebay
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David Satterthwaite sent in this super picture of 61306 Mayflower & 35018 British India Line.
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WSR plc Prairie will be sold to WSRA after volunteer buyout plan is rejected
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HE West Somerset Railway plc has agreed to sell unrestored GWR 2-6-2T No. 4110 to the West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA), despite the latter not currently having the funds to pay for it. The move comes after rejection of a proposal to acquire the 1936-built Large Prairie made by a group of WSR staff and volunteers…
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Rossendale rail revival puts future of East Lancs Railway under threat
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By Ben Jones TWO proposals to improve public transport links between Rossendale and central Manchester have thrown the future of the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) heritage operation into doubt. Rossendale Borough Council (RBC) is one of three local authorities which own the ELR trackbed and is driving forward plans to introduce regular peak-period commuter trains…
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DfT decision on Island Line future deferred for three months
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By Phil Marsh THE Department of Transport has extended a deadline for South Western Railway’s (SWR) plan to transform the operation of the Island Line on the Isle of Wight (IoW). One of the franchise conditions of SWR taking over the loss-making Island Line was to work with the Isle of Wight Council and Isle…
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ODIN returns to Danish railways
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IN September the Danish National Railway Museum in Odense presented the new working replica of Denmark’s first steam loco – ODIN. The original was a 2-2-2, built in 1846 by Sharp Brothers and Company in Manchester, and named after the Norse God. ODIN was built for the opening of the line between Copenhagen and Roskilde…
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Emergency Appeal launched to keep GWR prairie at Minehead
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The appeal was launched by members of the line’s mechanical engineering department after it was offered for sale.
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Martello to attend Nene Valley’s Southern steam gala
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The Southern Steam event has been boosted with the confirmation that LBSCR ‘Terrier’ Martello is to visit.
