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Main line Travelling Post Office run to mark 85th anniversary of Night Mail?

“THIS is the Night Mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order…” W H Auden’s opening lines
Pannier No. 4612 back in Bodmin & Wenford traffic

GREAT Western motive power returned to the Bodmin & Wenford Railway for the first time in 2019 when Collett ‘8750’
Duchess of Sutherland team to complete new-build ‘Patriot’

THE Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust (PRCLT) has been awarded the contract to complete Fowler ‘Patriot’ 4-6-0 No. 5551 The Unknown
‘8F’ 48642 bows out at Great Central

HEAVYFREIGHT 2-8-0 No. 48624 was withdrawn from service at the Great Central Railway (GCR) at the end of July pending
80151 return delayed at Bluebell Railway

RIDDLES ‘4MT’ 2-6-4T No. 80151 is back in operation following overhaul at the Bluebell Railway. The Brighton-built loco has not
Bo’ness line gets £740k lottery award for new engineering centre

THE Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) is erecting an all-new engineering facility at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway. The development
Great Western makes preparations for  ‘biggest timetable change in 43 years’

Peak time Cardiff to London ‘flyers’ taking just 102 minutes for the 131-mile journey are among the highlights of Great Western Railway’s new inter-city timetable.
UK railway news round-up

This week’s railway round-up is dominated with the story that the government is to launch a review into the costs and benefits of HS2, even after £7 billion has already been spent on the high speed rail project.