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  • No. 828 arrives at Tunbridge Wells

    No. 828 arrives at Tunbridge Wells

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    As the Spa Valley Railway’s 2022 operating season gets underway, Caledonian Railway 0-6-0 No. 828 has arrived this morning at Tunbridge Wells – its furthest southern holiday since being built.

  • Steam trains are back in Minehead

    Steam trains are back in Minehead

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    Train travellers returned to Minehead at the weekend as the West Somerset Railway celebrated running passenger services for the first time in well over a year.

  • Severn Valley Railway latest heritage line to  implement coal-saving measures

    Severn Valley Railway latest heritage line to implement coal-saving measures

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    The Severn Valley Railway has announced some changes to its operations in the coming months, as part of a drive to conserve its stocks of coal.

  • Charity railtour from Crewe to Windsor to mark Platinum Jubilee

    Charity railtour from Crewe to Windsor to mark Platinum Jubilee

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    The Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) have organised a charity railtour from Crewe to Windsor on June 3, supported by Locomotive Services Limited.

  • National Railway Museum’s receives £2.5m in largest single donation

    National Railway Museum’s receives £2.5m in largest single donation

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    The National Railway Museum in York has received £2.5m from The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation to fund a new interactive gallery for families called Wonderlab.

  • SVR is latest line to cancel wartime events

    SVR is latest line to cancel wartime events

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    The Severn Valley Railway has cancelled its two 1940s-themed weekends later this year in the light of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

  • 60007 joins SVR’s gala line-up

    60007 joins SVR’s gala line-up

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    LNER Class A4 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley has been confirmed as the third guest locomotive at the Severn Valley Railway’s upcoming Spring Steam Gala.

  • Delayed start to Mid-Norfolk services

    Delayed start to Mid-Norfolk services

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    Over-running engineering works have seen a delay to the planned start of passenger services on the Mid-Norfolk Railway.

  • Looking both ways: When Robert Fairlie ‘Double Up’ Steam

    Looking both ways: When Robert Fairlie ‘Double Up’ Steam

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    The Ffestiniog Railway is famous as the only place in the world where the legendary double Fairlie articulated ‘back-to-back’ steam locomotives can be seen in action…

  • Mother’s Day at the Mid Norfolk Railway

    Mother’s Day at the Mid Norfolk Railway

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    The Mid Norfolk Railway is running a static Mother’s Day event this year at Dereham station, as unfortunately, over-running engineering works mean that the planned start of passenger services has had to be delayed.


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