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  • Severn Valley Railway launches ‘Adopt-an-Engine’ as it opens online shop

    Severn Valley Railway launches ‘Adopt-an-Engine’ as it opens online shop

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    The Severn Valley Railway has reopened its virtual doors with the launch of its online shop, featuring a range of gifts for railway enthusiasts of all ages. The heritage line has launched ‘Adopt-an-Engine’ packages which each come with a selection of exclusive merchandise alongside a certificate and glossy photograph of the chosen locomotive. With four…

  • Video: Stamford model railway show goes ‘virtual’

    Video: Stamford model railway show goes ‘virtual’

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    The Market Deeping Model Railway Club (MDMRC), which organises the Stamford model railway show, has gone ‘virtual’ this year with an online exhibition. MDMRC’s annual exhibition generated international headlines for the wrong reasons last year when four teenagers who had been drinking vodka in the build-up to their GCSE examinations broke into the venue, the…

  • Railways on TV – Paddington: A Year on the Tracks documentary series starts tonight

    Railways on TV – Paddington: A Year on the Tracks documentary series starts tonight

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    A special four-part Channel 5 documentary series starts tonight (Thursday, May 14) at 9pm and goes behind the scenes to show how Network Rail and train operators keep passengers moving at London Paddington station and across the west throughout the different seasons. The documentary, called Paddington: A Year on the Tracks, was filmed before the…

  • Severn Valley Railway issues trespassing warning

    Severn Valley Railway issues trespassing warning

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    Severn Valley Railway issues a second warning to the public to keep away from its line following reports that people are trespassing on railway property.

  • Severn Valley Railway lights up Kidderminster station for NHS

    Severn Valley Railway lights up Kidderminster station for NHS

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    Severn Valley Railway has lit up its flagship station with a spectacular light show to give thanks to NHS workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Design GWR train livery to support NHS & key workers

    Design GWR train livery to support NHS & key workers

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    Great Western Railway is asking members of the public to design their own special train livery showing support for the NHS and other key workers.

  • North Yorkshire Moors Railway to host auction in crisis appeal

    North Yorkshire Moors Railway to host auction in crisis appeal

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    North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR), the setting for Channel 5’s hit programme, The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard, is giving people the chance to win experiences through an auction.

  • Pete Waterman urges public to support East Lancashire Railway

    Pete Waterman urges public to support East Lancashire Railway

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    The president of the East Lancashire Railway Preservation Society, Peter Waterman is urgently appealing for the public to donate to the East Lancashire Railway Support Fund.

  • The story of London’s little-known narrow gauge underground line

    The story of London’s little-known narrow gauge underground line

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    Heritage Railway visited the latest and most unusual tourist attraction to open in the capital.

  • Railway landmarks lit up in support for NHS workers

    Railway landmarks lit up in support for NHS workers

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    Some of the best known railway landmarks across the UK were lit up in blue to show support for NHS and key workers during the coronavirus pandemic.


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