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  • Take your passion to the great outdoors with garden railway modelling

    Take your passion to the great outdoors with garden railway modelling

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    Railway modelling is a rich, creative and varied hobby — and for those with the space and the passion to take things outside, there are few more satisfying ways to enjoy it than with a garden railway. A garden railway combines the enjoyment of model trains with the creativity of outdoor landscaping, giving modellers the…

  • CrossCountry told to improve after being ranked Britain’s worst train operator

    CrossCountry told to improve after being ranked Britain’s worst train operator

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    Train operator CrossCountry has been told to improve after receiving the worst score in a new passenger survey.

  • West Midlands railwayman celebrates 50 year career milestone

    West Midlands railwayman celebrates 50 year career milestone

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    A Black Country man who started his railway career in June 1976 has celebrated a milestone anniversary at Birmingham New Street.

  • A magical family experience comes to Seaton Tramway from 3–9 August

    A magical family experience comes to Seaton Tramway from 3–9 August

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    The Moomins are coming to Devon this summer – and tickets are now on sale for the brand-new Moomin Summer Adventure at Seaton Tramway. From 3rd to 9th August, families experience the enchanting world of the Moomins as they board a specially themed tram and set off on a magical journey through the beautiful Axe Valley. Along the…

  • Anti-social behaviour crackdown will ban repeat offenders from rail stations

    Anti-social behaviour crackdown will ban repeat offenders from rail stations

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    A new approach to tackling anti-social behaviour at railway stations will see repeat offenders banned from specific stations for up to a year.

  • Celebrate an iconic locomotive with the new coin from the Royal Mint

    Celebrate an iconic locomotive with the new coin from the Royal Mint

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    Duchess of Hamilton, one of the United Kingdom’s most striking high-speed locomotives, makes its first appearance on an official UK coin. 

  • Defibrillator installed at station after cadet who saved child’s life there launches petition

    Defibrillator installed at station after cadet who saved child’s life there launches petition

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    A defibrillator has been installed at a Glasgow railway station after a “heroic” army cadet who helped a child struggling to breathe there launched a petition.

  • DBC sends first of 25 Class 66s to Romania

    DBC sends first of 25 Class 66s to Romania

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    THE FIRST of 25 Class 66s that Romania Operator Grup Feroviar Roman (GFR) has bought from DB Cargo has made its journey to the continent. 66035 Resourceful moved 66014 from Toton to Dollands Moor in April ready for its transfer through the Channel Tunnel. Like 66014, 66006/024/040 have all been repainted in GFR’s blue while…

  • Arlington repaints LSL 37/5 in ‘Blackberry’ black

    Arlington repaints LSL 37/5 in ‘Blackberry’ black

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    THE FIRST Locomotive Services’ Class 37 to be painted in its favoured blackberry black livery, 37521, was outshopped from Arlington Fleet Services in early April. 37667 Flopsie is also at Eastleigh and expected to emerge in the same livery. Both were in BR Green with their D6817 and D6851 numbers. The livery has already been…

  • New generation of steam drivers qualify at Llangollen and Corwen Railway

    New generation of steam drivers qualify at Llangollen and Corwen Railway

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    Two of the next generation of heritage railway volunteers have officially qualified as Steam Locomotive Drivers at the popular Llangollen and Corwen Railway following more than a decade of hard work, training and dedication. Matthew Carty, 27, from Chester, and Tim Hines, 27, from Llangollen, both achieved the prestigious qualification over the Bank Holiday weekend…


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