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The Stourbridge Lion: The First Roar Of Steam… Stateside
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The United States is renowned as a world leader in technology, and sent the first manned space missions to the moon half a century ago. Yet the first steam railway locomotive to run in the US was built in Britain – at a foundry in the West Midlands.
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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 5
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Increasing affluence and a second-hand car allowed the author a geographical range previously denied to him and with various pals he embarked in the 1970s and 1980s on a number of expeditions.
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Six fantastic volunteering opportunities across UK railways
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Each of us can appreciate the amazing work of the staff who care for and run the UK’s many railway’s, from the popular heritage lines like North Yorkshire Moors Railway to the smaller, light railway’s like Sittingbourne & Kemsley.
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Book of the Week: Settle & Carlise Revival
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The Settle & Carlisle railway runs across the roof of England, reaching the highest point on any mainline railway in the country, and carries both passenger services and freight traffic.
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From the archive (1982): Westbury Signalbox “topped out”
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A NEW signalbox at Westbury, Wiltshire, which will control 144 miles of track and replace 12 lever-frame boxes was topped-out on December 9 by William Kent, Deputy General Manager of British Railways, Western Region. The ceremony, when Mr. Kent poured the last shovelful of concrete, was organised by contractors, A. Roberts (Civil Engineering) Limited, of…
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The Rocket Fleet
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How much further can a locomotive go in terms of acquiring ‘legendary’ status than having a succession of full-size replicas built?
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From the archive (1980): Portico for Posterity
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STONEWORK of the impressive former entrance building of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham, is being restored and cleaned as part of a six month programme of renovation under the direction of City of Birmingham Planning Department. The contractor, R. Bridgeman & Sons Limited (Lichfield-based member of the Linford Building Group), is replacing mouldings and making-good stone…
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Book of the Week: Model Railways Explained Beyond the Beginning
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My hobby has been model railways for many years since I was given a Tri-ang Princess Elizabeth train set for Christmas as an eight-year-old schoolboy.
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London Transport Museum reveals exhibition to celebrate Caribbean contribution to transport history
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A new exhibition Legacies: London Transport’s Caribbean Workforce will open at London Transport Museum, Covent Garden on 11 February where visitors will learn about the huge contribution that people of Caribbean heritage have made to transport history and present-day London.
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Fifty years ago: New trains for the Northern and Piccadilly lines
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From the January 1972 edition of The Railway Magazine Authority has been given to London Transport by the Greater London Council to place orders for 121 new Underground trains of a total cost of nearly £39m. The order should qualify for a Government infrastructure grant of 75 per cent., with the remaining 25 per cent.…
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