Heritage Railway

  • Step back in time at the Watercress Line

    Step back in time at the Watercress Line

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    Vintage vehicles will be on display at the Watercress Line later this month.

  • Summer 2022 at the Middy 

    Summer 2022 at the Middy 

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    Suffolk’s only standard gauge preserved railway and winners of 2021 Heritage Railway Association’s Restoration Award, the ‘Middy’ will operate steam trains on summer Sundays and Bank Holidays until 4th September.

  • Preview: Issue 293 of Heritage Railway magazine

    Preview: Issue 293 of Heritage Railway magazine

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    Colne Valley Railway in ‘explosive’ Bollywood blockbuster; Harbour Hopes development could impact Bristol Harbour Railway; and Vintage Trains to replay 1972 ‘Return to Steam’ railtour to Didcot. You don’t want to miss Issue 293 of Heritage Railway magazine.

  • Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay to visit heritage railways

    Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay to visit heritage railways

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    The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay will visit heritage railways – and travel on a steam train – on its final journey through England this summer.

  • Book of the Week: The Rise and Fall of King Coal

    Book of the Week: The Rise and Fall of King Coal

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    This week’s Book of the Week tells the fascinating story of the UK’s ‘black diamonds’ from their origins to their role as the fuel that fired the Industrial Revolution: The Rise and Fall of King Coal…

  • General Manager vacancy at Kent and East Sussex Railway

    General Manager vacancy at Kent and East Sussex Railway

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    The Kent and East Sussex Railway is hiring for a full-time General Manager to be based at the Railway’s office at Tenterden, Kent.

  • New prizes added to railway auction

    New prizes added to railway auction

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    The Railway Benefit Fund’s Auction of Rail Experiences for its Railway Family Week fundraising event draws to a close on Thursday.

  • Popular event returns to Swanage Railway for first time since 2019

    Popular event returns to Swanage Railway for first time since 2019

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    Eight heritage diesel locomotives are to feature in the railway’s eagerly awaited first Diesel Gala and Beer Festival since 2019.

  • Surprise guest at SDR’s 150th celebrations

    Surprise guest at SDR’s 150th celebrations

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    1924 Swindon-built Prairie tank No 4555, the first locomotive to arrive on the then Dart Valley Railway in 1965, is the surprise star guest at the South Devon Railway’s 150th anniversary celebrations this weekend.

  • Seven locos to steam at SWR gala

    Seven locos to steam at SWR gala

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    Staff and volunteers on the West Somerset Railway are gearing up for their biggest special event for almost three years – with seven steam locomotives in operation.

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