Heritage Railway

  • Model Railway Show returns to Wensleydale

    Model Railway Show returns to Wensleydale

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    Wensleydale Railway is once again hosting its three-day Model Railway Show over the May Bank Holiday weekend.

  • The ‘Wansbeck Piper’: A 1960s steam tour

    The ‘Wansbeck Piper’: A 1960s steam tour

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    Discover the Wansbeck Valley Railway in rural Northumberland, 57 years ago, on the ‘Wansbeck Piper’, the final train to travel over the route.

  • Betton Grange running at last!

    Betton Grange running at last!

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    New-build GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange ran for the first time when it was steamed in the yard at Tyseley locomotive Works on Thursday, April 11 – opening a new chapter in Great Western Railway history.

  • Issue 318

    Issue 318

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    With Heritage Railway magazine, you can keep up to date with essential railway news, days out and lots more!

  • All aboard the Asparagus Express!

    All aboard the Asparagus Express!

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    The British Asparagus Festival begins on St Georges Day with an aspara-tastic steam train journey on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway.

  • Betton Grange heads for Severn Valley – but only after the spring gala!

    Betton Grange heads for Severn Valley – but only after the spring gala!

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    New-build GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange – which, as reported in Heritage Railway issue 317 had been booked to feature in the Severn Valley Railway’s April 18-21 Spring Steam Gala – will no longer take part in the event, it has been announced.

  • MPs voice support for ‘The Jacobite’ service

    MPs voice support for ‘The Jacobite’ service

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    MPs have asked Rail Minister Huw Merriman to help West Coast Railways (WCR) secure permission to run its ‘The Jacobite’ service. WCR has operated the heritage service for more than 30 years. For almost 20 of those years, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has granted it an exemption to operate with hinged-door carriages…

  • Wensleydale Railway to feature in TV documentary

    Wensleydale Railway to feature in TV documentary

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    Wensleydale Railway will feature in the TV documentary series Great British Railway Journeys this Friday.

  • East Coast Freight Storm photo charter

    East Coast Freight Storm photo charter

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    The Nene Valley Railway Wagon Group is offering a unique opportunity to join it for a photographic charter with A1 Class No 60163 Tornado.

  • Your gallery: 46100 & 48305 at GCR Steam Gala

    Your gallery: 46100 & 48305 at GCR Steam Gala

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    Take a look at Alec Waddington’s photographs from GCR’s Winter Steam Gala. We’d love to see and feature your photography. Fill out the form here to submit yours.

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