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  • Excursions and Adventures: Unforgettable Experiences For Active Recreation in Spain

    Excursions and Adventures: Unforgettable Experiences For Active Recreation in Spain

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    Creating a detailed to-do list can help you make the most out of your trip to Spain. In this post, we have covered the key excursions and adventures that should definitely be a part of your travel agenda.

  • Looking forward to Leven’s reopening

    Looking forward to Leven’s reopening

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    This year’s reopening of the Levenmouth line follows the opening of a new station and electrification of a suburban route from Glasgow. Richard Clinnick reports.

  • Book of the Week: Talyllyn Railway Recollections Part 3

    Book of the Week: Talyllyn Railway Recollections Part 3

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    Our latest book of the week is Talyllyn Railway Recollections Part 3 by Nigel Adams & Bob Cambridge.

  • The future of Great Western Railway

    The future of Great Western Railway

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    Mark Hopwood has been managing director of Great Western Railway for almost 16 years, during which time there has been significant change. As the operator looks to the future, he talks to Richard Clinnick about those plans.

  • A closer look at a battery-powered Class 08 prototype

    A closer look at a battery-powered Class 08 prototype

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    Trials are underway using a battery-powered Class 08. Richard Clinnick attended the launch of the locomotive at Barrow Hill.

  • Book of the Week: The Fairbourne Railway

    Book of the Week: The Fairbourne Railway

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    Our latest Book of the Week is the fascinating The Fairbourne Railway by Nigel Adams, available now!

  • Book of the Week: Flying Scotsman – 100th Anniversary

    Book of the Week: Flying Scotsman – 100th Anniversary

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    By Brian Sharpe & Robin Jones It has now been a century since arguably the most famous steam locomotive in history, No 1472 Flying Scotsman, left the Doncaster Works where it was made. It was the third of a class of steam locomotives that would eventually number 79 engines, and did not originally even carry…

  • 100 tours with the Class 50 Alliance

    100 tours with the Class 50 Alliance

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    On September 16, Class 50 Alliance locomotives powered their 100th tour on the main line. C50A chairman Tony Middleton tells Richard Clinnick how this milestone was achieved.

  • From the archive: Leeds and its railways

    From the archive: Leeds and its railways

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    A detailed look at Leeds and its railways by S P Thompson from The Railway Magazine, July 1915.

  • 10 years since the Dawlish sea wall collapse: what has changed?

    10 years since the Dawlish sea wall collapse: what has changed?

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    The collapse of the sea wall at Dawlish in February 2014 brought to the fore the need to protect the railway from the sea. Richard Clinnick reports on the subsequent project which has transformed Dawlish.


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