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  • SVR warns its future is at risk as it launches £1.5 million Survival Fund

    SVR warns its future is at risk as it launches £1.5 million Survival Fund

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    The Severn Valley Railway have warned that a viable future for the railway is at risk without an urgent injection of cash and are appealing to supporters for help.

  • Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 7

    Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 7

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    Our latest book of the week is the upcoming Diesel Dawn 7 – pre-order today! DIESEL DAWN 7 – WESTERN REGION CLASS 14 Diesel Hydraulic 0-6-0s D9500-D9555 By John Jennison These locomotives enjoyed striking ‘continental’ good looks with, strangely, more than a nod to preceding steam design; for this they were regarded fondly by enthusiasts…

  • Watercress Line welcomes Castle to spring gala

    Watercress Line welcomes Castle to spring gala

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    Visitors to the Watercress Line’s Spring Steam Gala will have the opportunity to get up close to a very special locomotive. 

  • New show steams onto screens this spring

    New show steams onto screens this spring

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    A new four-part television show, Britain By Steam, will broadcast on Channel 5 this spring.

  • Rail workers begin voting on continuing industrial action

    Rail workers begin voting on continuing industrial action

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    Railway workers start voting on Thursday on whether to continue taking industrial action in the long-running dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.

  • The National Railway Museum to host launch of ‘Flying Scotsman in America’

    The National Railway Museum to host launch of ‘Flying Scotsman in America’

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    The National Railway Museum is pleased to host the launch event of Flying Scotsman in America written by Richard Hinchcliffe and Bill Wagner.

  • Standards at the double for flagship GWSR gala

    Standards at the double for flagship GWSR gala

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    A popular 69-year-old British Railways mixed traffic 2-6-0 steam locomotive will join the roster for the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway’s (GWSR) Cotswold Festival of Steam.

  • Operators reveal their plans following Vivarail collapse

    Operators reveal their plans following Vivarail collapse

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    The future of the various train fleets affected by the collapse of Vivarail has been clarified in recent weeks as administrators work to wind up the affairs of the failed train builder and battery technology company.

  • Train cleaners to strike in dispute over pay

    Train cleaners to strike in dispute over pay

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    Cleaners working on trains across the country are to stage a 48-hour strike in a long-running dispute over pay.

  • May issue

    May issue

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    Grab the brand-new May issue of Railways Illustrated magazine for the best coverage of today’s railway scene.

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