Heritage Railway
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Santa train is coming to town!
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Steam into Christmas as the famously festive Santa Specials return to the East Lancashire Railway.
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Exclusive showing of wreckers film
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The organisers of the Cramlington Train Wreckers project have been given exclusive access to a 30-minute 1969 BBC film of interviews with the surviving four Northumberland miners who were imprisoned after accidentally derailing the Flying Scotsman during the 1926 General Strike.
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Coal: The complete story from start to finish
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Diminishing and ever more costly supplies of steam coal are threatening a major crisis in the heritage railway sector. A new book traces in depth the story of the fuel that fired the railway revolution, from early times to the present day.
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Step back in time with North Yorkshire Moors Railway with Through the Decades weekend
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Grab your dancing shoes and prepare for a weekend of nostalgia and timeless entertainment, with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s new weekend event, Through the Decades: 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, from Saturday, October 14 – Sunday, October 15 (with a Welcome Party on the evening of 13 October).
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Bachmann reveals plethora of models in summer announcement
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On August 2, Bachmann’s quarterly announcement and release schedule revealed an exciting mix of models across the manufacturer’s ranges and scales, due both imminently and over the coming months. With plenty to choose from, here are some of the highlights…
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Brighton’s Electric Railway – The seaside line that sparked a transport revolution
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To the untrained eye, Brighton’s Volk’s Electric Railway may appear to be just another seaside tramway, a relic from the resort’s Victorian heyday. However, it is no less than Britain’s first electric railway, and the oldest in the world to be still running, and therefore of paramount international importance. Magnus Volk did not invent the…
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Great Beeching Survivors
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While banner-waving protestors who gathered outside stations on the last day of services on their local line may have felt that they were wasting their breath against a Government ‘one size fits all’ policy, that the consultation procedures were purely academic, and that the Labour government which pledged to reverse the cuts re-engaged on that…
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Cheers to the Great Central Beer Festival
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The Great Central Railway’s annual beer festival takes place over four days this week.
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Issue 310
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A visit to a British heritage railway is a great day out for all the family! With Heritage Railway magazine, you can keep up to date with essential railway news, days out and lots more! You won’t want to miss issue 310 of Heritage Railway magazine.
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Blue Peter boiler passes hydraulic test
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On August 21, the boiler for A2 Pacific No. 60532 Blue Peter passed a significant milestone in its overhaul when the boiler successfully passed a hydraulic test at Locomotive Services Group’s Crewe works.
