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Cavalcade tops off ‘8F’ return at GCR’s goods gala
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Seven BR-liveried locomotives, from the humble ‘Jinty’ to the mighty ‘9F’, provided an impressive grand finale for the Great Central Railway’s Goods Galore gala on May 11-12.
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The ‘Big Boy’ returns in style!
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Michael Rhodes reports on ‘Big Boy’s steam comeback after a 60-year hiatus, as the famous locomotive spearheaded the ‘Golden Spike’ celebrations in Utah.
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The South Tynedale Railway
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It may well be England’s highest narrow gauge railway, and has deep-seated aspirations to return to Haltwhistle.
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Swanage Railway prepares to undertake governance review
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Dorset’s Swanage Railway is following in the steps of the West Somerset Railway by undertaking a complete governance review.
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Blatant trespass incidents mar ‘Great Britain XI’ finale
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Some of the worst trespass incidents seen since ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman returned to the main line in 2016 occurred on May 5 as the Pacific was returning from York to London Paddington on the final day of the Railway Touring Company’s ‘Great Britain XI’ nine-day tour. Trespass was most evident between Burton-on-Trent and Tamworth,…
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Urie Locomotive Society & the return of the S15s
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Gareth Evans talks to volunteers of the Mid-Hants Railway-based Urie Locomotive Society and learns about the group’s two S15s.
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Harness the power of steam this Father’s Day
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Sponsor a component and help to build Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive.
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Clun Castle to perform for Ironbridge branch farewell
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Two more opportunities to ride behind Tyseley’s restored No. 7029 Clun Castle on June 9.
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Ethiopia’s metre-gauge survivors
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DESPITE opening a new electrified main line in 2016, parts of the old metre-gauge Chemin de Fer Djibouto-Éthiopien still appear to have some operational trains, although passenger services on the full route ceased in 2008. The metre-gauge line was opened between Addis Ababa and Djibouti in stages from 1902, and completed in 1917. It was…
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‘Wonderful memories of a world famous railway’ – The Settle and Carlisle line
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The Settle and Carlisle line remains one of the great railway journeys in England and anyone who has been there will have their own memories.
