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  • 4079 Pendennis Castle to visit Epping Ongar Railway in June

    4079 Pendennis Castle to visit Epping Ongar Railway in June

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    Epping Ongar Railway has announced that Great Western Railway Castle class steam locomotive 4079 Pendennis Castle will visit its Steam Gala in June.

  • From the archive: A curious railway accident

    From the archive: A curious railway accident

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    A curious railway accident, as reported in The Railway Magazine, March 1900.

  • From the archive: Stockton and Darlington Railway

    From the archive: Stockton and Darlington Railway

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    Read this fascinating archive article on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, with words and photography as originally printed in the July 1925 issue of The Railway Magazine.

  • From the archive: Open day at Barrow Hill

    From the archive: Open day at Barrow Hill

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    As printed from the January 1972 edition of The Railway Magazine, take a look at this story by Peter A Hogarth about the Barrow Hill roundhouse.

  • Spring Steam Gala ‘a triumph’, says SVR

    Spring Steam Gala ‘a triumph’, says SVR

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    The Spring Steam Gala, held last weekend, was a huge success for SVR, exceeding its budget for paying passengers by almost 18%.

  • Watercress Line welcomes Castle to spring gala

    Watercress Line welcomes Castle to spring gala

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    Visitors to the Watercress Line’s Spring Steam Gala will have the opportunity to get up close to a very special locomotive. 

  • New show steams onto screens this spring

    New show steams onto screens this spring

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    A new four-part television show, Britain By Steam, will broadcast on Channel 5 this spring.

  • From the archive: The Fishguard Boat Express

    From the archive: The Fishguard Boat Express

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    The Fishguard Boat Express service on the Great Western Railway (GWR) between Fishguard Harbour in Wales and Rosslare in Ireland began in the early 1900s. The service was designed to provide a faster and more convenient way for passengers and goods to travel between the two countries. The first service operated between Fishguard and Rosslare…

  • Historic locomotive to star in spring steam gala

    Historic locomotive to star in spring steam gala

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    An historic locomotive that hauled the funeral train of King George VI is to star in the Swanage Railway’s Spring Steam Gala.

  • Leighton Buzzard Railway Reopens for 2023

    Leighton Buzzard Railway Reopens for 2023

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    The Leighton Buzzard Railway celebrated the opening of a new season last weekend.


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