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  • Summer 2022 at the Middy 

    Summer 2022 at the Middy 

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    Suffolk’s only standard gauge preserved railway and winners of 2021 Heritage Railway Association’s Restoration Award, the ‘Middy’ will operate steam trains on summer Sundays and Bank Holidays until 4th September.

  • Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay to visit heritage railways

    Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay to visit heritage railways

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    The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay will visit heritage railways – and travel on a steam train – on its final journey through England this summer.

  • Book of the Week: The Rise and Fall of King Coal

    Book of the Week: The Rise and Fall of King Coal

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    This week’s Book of the Week tells the fascinating story of the UK’s ‘black diamonds’ from their origins to their role as the fuel that fired the Industrial Revolution: The Rise and Fall of King Coal…

  • Popular event returns to Swanage Railway for first time since 2019

    Popular event returns to Swanage Railway for first time since 2019

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    Eight heritage diesel locomotives are to feature in the railway’s eagerly awaited first Diesel Gala and Beer Festival since 2019.

  • Surprise guest at SDR’s 150th celebrations

    Surprise guest at SDR’s 150th celebrations

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    1924 Swindon-built Prairie tank No 4555, the first locomotive to arrive on the then Dart Valley Railway in 1965, is the surprise star guest at the South Devon Railway’s 150th anniversary celebrations this weekend.

  • Seven locos to steam at SWR gala

    Seven locos to steam at SWR gala

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    Staff and volunteers on the West Somerset Railway are gearing up for their biggest special event for almost three years – with seven steam locomotives in operation.

  • West Somerset Railway gearing up for Spring Steam Gala

    West Somerset Railway gearing up for Spring Steam Gala

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    Staff and volunteers on the West Somerset Railway are gearing up for their biggest special event for almost three years.

  • Visitors return to Yorkshire Wolds Railway

    Visitors return to Yorkshire Wolds Railway

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    The Yorkshire Wolds Railway’s 2022 operating season has begun – and continues until October 30.

  • Hornby launches limited edition model of SVR’s ‘purple loco’

    Hornby launches limited edition model of SVR’s ‘purple loco’

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    On the day the Queen celebrates her 96th birthday, the Severn Valley Railway announced that it is partnering with leading British model company Hornby to produce a limited edition collector’s model of a locomotive with a very special royal connection.

  • Celebrate inaugural World Wickham Day

    Celebrate inaugural World Wickham Day

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    The Rail Trolley Trust is launching World Wickham Day on April 22, celebrating all things Wickham in the UK and around the world.


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