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‘P2’ fundraising receives two-thirds of £5m target
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THE A1 Steam Locomotive Trust (A1SLT) has announced it has received pledges for more than two-thirds of the £5million required to complete its new-build Gresley ‘P2’ 2-8-2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales. Since its launch in late-September 2013 around 930 supporters have signed up to the ‘P2 for the price of a pint of beer per…
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Video: The Rolling Stock Preserved in Minehead at the West Somerset Railway
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We recently visited a selection of the rolling stock that is being kept at the Minehead engine shed, a part of the West Somerset Railway. Guiding us around is Jake Genge who explains how some of the locomotives are preserved over winter.
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Five things you may not know about British Rail freight
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Here’s a few things you may not have known about British Rail freight…
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Order Your Copy of The Changing Face of Railfreight
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The Changing Face of Railfreight looks back over this period to chart both the physical changes to the network and the organisational changes which have had such an impact on this vital aspect of Britain’s rail network.
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Virgin celebrates over 20 years at the helm of West Coast rail franchise
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20 years on Virgin Trains has transformed travel but for the first 10 years it was a tumultuous ride.
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The Ones That Got Away – On sale now!
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Some of Britain’s finest locomotives were unceremoniously scrapped long before anyone thought to preserve them. The Ones That Got Away tells their story.
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Rail workers to stage second Saturday strike in row over staffing
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Rail workers will stage the second in a series of strikes on Saturday in a dispute over staffing on trains.
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Something ‘Wightwick’ this way comes as Bosworth line celebrates 50 golden years
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“OVERWHELMED” and “speechless” were just two of the words used by Battlefield Line director Adrian Lock to describe the success of the Leicestershire line’s 50th anniversary gala on October 18-20. The Shackerstone Railway Society had wanted to mark its five decades of operations at Shackerstone with something special, and this it achieved by securing ‘Modified…
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Morpeth crash: I helped two survivors
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THE feature by Fraser Pithie on the Morpeth Curve (RM Sept) was a fascinating read, which allowed me to re-live my involvement in the 1984 crash. We lived at 45 Low Stobhill at the time of the 1984 crash. I loved the fact there were trains at the bottom of my garden, and my son and…
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Early Experiments in Steam
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In less than 30 years at the beginning of the 19th century, steam engine technology went from stationary mining machines to powering the world’s first inter-city railway.
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