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Steaming Through the Yorkshire Dales
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Ray Fincham takes a look over the history of steam transportation in the Yorkshire Dales. The topography of the Yorkshire Dales has long made travel through the district problematic. Transport links have evolved slowly over millennia to serve locals and travellers from further afield, paths and tracks for those on foot and horseback, pack-horse trails…
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B12 painting by award winning artist James Green
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A stunning painting depicting B12 8572 as it climbs Bethnal Green bank in 1932 has just been released by by artist James Green. The original painting took several months for James to complete and was produced entirely by hand using watercolours and acrylic inks, the level of detail is just breathtaking. Unsurprisingly, the original painting…
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Jacobite service could be halted amid health & safety row
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The popular ‘Hogwarts Express’ service could be at the end of the line as it awaits a ruling after challenging a safety rule.
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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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Britain’s Steam Locomotives: 100 of the best from Penydarren to Tornado
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It is now over 200 years since the world’s first steam railway locomotive made its maiden voyage along a primitive plateway in South Wales – in 1804 Richard Trevithick’s high-pressure steam locomotive successfully hauled a loaded train a distance of nine miles at an average speed of two mph.
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Fundraising bid to get steam locomotive back on track after 75 years
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Railway fans have launched a £40,000 fundraising appeal to see a Victorian steam locomotive hauling passenger carriages for the first time in 75 years.
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Overnight running returns to the SVR’s Autumn Steam Gala
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The Severn Valley Railway will reintroduce overnight services as part of its Autumn Steam Gala this September.
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4079 Pendennis Castle to visit Epping Ongar Railway in June
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Epping Ongar Railway has announced that Great Western Railway Castle class steam locomotive 4079 Pendennis Castle will visit its Steam Gala in June.
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Spring Steam Gala ‘a triumph’, says SVR
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The Spring Steam Gala, held last weekend, was a huge success for SVR, exceeding its budget for paying passengers by almost 18%.
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Fantastic steam railway reads available at Mortons Books
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On Mortons Books there are lots of fantastic railway reads available, with many focusing on the history of steam rail.
