If you’ve watched our clip of the recent relaunch intro traffic of Urie S15 No. 506 at the Mid-Hants Railway, you may be interested to see what life is like on the 4-6-0’s footplate, as shown in this video.
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Category: Railtours
Luxury dining trains’ brief encounter in Kent
THERE was brief chance to see two of Britain’s luxury dining trains together on May 11, writes David Staines. ‘Black Five’ No. 44871 was recessed at
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Mayflower in the Highlands
‘B1’ No. 61306 Mayflower crosses the Beauly Firth at Invershin while working a day tour from Inverness to Dunrobin Castle during Steam Dreams’ mammoth ‘Highlands and
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UK Railtours ventures through Butterley
GB RAILFREIGHT No. 66753 EMD Roberts Road edges into Butterley loop with UK Railtours’ ‘Amber Valley Venturer’ tour from Euston on May 4, making for an
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Bahamas becomes part of Vintage Trains roster
‘JUBILEE’ No. 45596 Bahamas will return to Tyseley for the works open days on June 22-23. This comes only a few months after the completion of
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Type 4s deputise after Torbay steam failures
Steam Dreams’ ‘Cathedral Express’ trip from Slough to Kingswear was powered by two West Coast Railways Class 47s on May 4 after the booked steam
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‘Lizzie’ back on main line after repairs at Carnforth
STANIER Pacific No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth made its main line charter comeback on April 30 with a West Coast Railways ‘Dalesman’ outing over the Settle
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‘K1’ joins Stanier pair for ‘Jacobite’ summer season
APRIL 19 saw the start of the 2019 operating season for West Coast Railways’ ‘Jacobite’ trains. Two of Ian Riley’s Stanier ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0s moved
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SRPS Railtours: Forth Bridge and Borders Steam Specials
SRPS Railtours is organising steam specials on each Sunday in August 2019.
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From the archive: The Cold North Wind
The autumn of 1967 saw the end of steam on the Eastern Region and at the great railway centre of Crewe.
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