Heritage Railway
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Plans for new £5.9m collection building go on display at Locomotion in Shildon
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The public are being invited to have their say on plans for a new £5.9m collection building at Locomotion in Shildon at a free exhibition being displayed this month.
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Raising the roof at Bridgnorth
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Fifty-one years after it launched its first public services, the Severn Valley Railway has been meticulously planning a civil engineering operation that is essential to keep one of the world’s leading heritage lines at the forefront of steam locomotive maintenance and operation for the next half century. John Titlow reports on the planned operation to…
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PREVIEW: ISSUE 288 OF HERITAGE RAILWAY MAGAZINE
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Top national awards for Cholsey and Lynton & Barnstaple; and Big Dave is Britain’s newest steam locomotive. You don’t want to miss the latest Issue 288 of Heritage Railway magazine.
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Special 50th anniversary train service at Swanage Railway
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A Swanage Railway volunteer who rode on the last British Rail train from Wareham to Corfe Castle and Swanage as a young teenager in 1972 is to drive a special 50th anniversary train service.
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Heritage Railway Association Awards looking for 2022 nominations
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The Heritage Railway Association Annual Awards event is looking for nominations to help celebrate the successes of restoration and preservation.
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Severn Valley Railway loco to be renamed for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
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The Severn Valley Railway has launched a competition to find a new name for one of its heritage steam locomotives, in honour of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year.
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Swanage Railway launch £25k appeal to restore Victorian T3 class locomotive tender
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A £25,000 appeal has been launched to help fund the restoration of the tender belonging to a unique Victorian T3 class locomotive to assist its return to steam.
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End of the line for ‘Number Nine’
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LNER A4 Pacific No. 60009 Union of South Africa was set to appear in the East Lancashire Railway’s 2021 Autumn Steam Gala but fate stepped in. The 4-6-2 was withdrawn from traffic less than a week before. Cedric Johns and Robin Jones look back at its illustrious history.
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PREVIEW: ISSUE 287 OF HERITAGE RAILWAY MAGAZINE
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Commuter train proposal ‘could force East Lancs Railway to close’ and Wells Harbour miniature railway closes after 45 years. You don’t want to miss the latest Issue 286 of Heritage Railway magazine.
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Railway family’s 100-year-old photo collection donated to National Railway Museum
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A 100-year-old photo collection showing a family of railway workers in the West Midlands has been donated to the National Railway Museum in York after being found in the back of a wardrobe.
