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The ‘Wansbeck Piper’: A 1960s steam tour
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Discover the Wansbeck Valley Railway in rural Northumberland, 57 years ago, on the ‘Wansbeck Piper’, the final train to travel over the route.
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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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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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£36k fundraiser launched to return W24 Calbourne to service
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The Isle of Wight Steam Railway has launched a fundraising appeal to fit new tyres on its flagship steam locomotive Calbourne.
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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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Search for Flying Scotsman’s next custodian begins
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The Science Museum Group has published an Invitation to Tender (ITT) to find Flying Scotsman’s new custodian.
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New app turns train journeys into musical odysseys
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The developers of a new app hope to inspire rail travellers to learn more about Britain’s music scene both past and present.
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Major rail engineering work to be carried out on weekdays in trial
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Major rail engineering work will take place on two weekdays this month as part of a trial responding to a change in travel patterns.
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Great Western Railway develop charger which charges train batteries in under 4 minutes
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A rapid charger for battery-powered trains has been developed in an effort to help decarbonise Britain’s railways.
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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.
