Robin Jones
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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 running at the head of its demonstration goods train.
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Full steam ahead for GCR’s 125th anniversary weekend
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The Great Central Railway will be reunified with Great Central Railway Nottingham for the first time in more than 50 years as part of a major weekend of events in March to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the line.
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Downpatrick Railway takes a trip to Buggleskelly
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The Downpatrick & County Down Railway and the Strand Arts Centre have teamed up for a special screening to help raise funds for the flood stricken line’s relief efforts.
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‘Royal Scot’ to replace ‘Britannia’ for NYMR half-term services
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The iconic No. 46100 Royal Scot will now be the guest locomotive during February half-term at the NYMR.
