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Man who won £1m on lottery phone game may buy steam train with winnings
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A man who won £1 million on the National Lottery says he is hoping to buy a steam train with his life-changing winnings.
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Jacobite service could be halted amid health & safety row
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The popular ‘Hogwarts Express’ service could be at the end of the line as it awaits a ruling after challenging a safety rule.
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From the archive: The Glory Years of BR Steam
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From The Railway Magazine, December 2005: At Nationalisation, the GWR feared it would lose its unique character, but as it turned out, those worries weren’t to be realised for more than a decade and the 1950s and early ‘60s thus proved to be the era of the ‘Great Western Region’!
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From the archive: The suppression of smoke
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From The Railway Magazine, August 1963 – The Hunslet Engine Co. develops an underfeed stoker and gas producer system which completely eliminates the emission of dark smoke.
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Investigation launched into Flying Scotsman crash
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An investigation has been launched into the Flying Scotsman crash last month which left two people in hospital.
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T3 class No. 563 engine hauls carriages for the first time in 78 years
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A Victorian steam locomotive has hauled carriages for the first time in 78 years following a six-year renovation.
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Flying Scotsman will carry out tours after passing inspection
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Flying Scotsman will carry out rail tours this weekend after passing a mechanical inspection following a slow-speed crash last week.
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Valuation day this Sunday!
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Antiques Roadshow expert Paul Atterbury is the star valuer at a special railwayana valuation day.
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County Durham station now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station
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A County Durham railway station has been found to be older than first thought and is now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station, new research has discovered.
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The Railway Children train line among sites protected with funding
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A train line featured in The Railway Children film is among a number of “cherished” UK institutions to receive protection with government funding.
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