Steam
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Vandals hit West Somerset Railway
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Estimated £1,000 worth of damage caused by smashed windows in Mk.1 carriage.
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Your Gallery | Union of South Africa
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Brian Newton sent in this photo of A4 Pacific No. 60009 “Union of South Africa”.
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Ron Buckley, Britain’s oldest railway photographer
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Chris Milner met centenarian Ron Buckley, a railway photographer with a fascinating past, who took his first railway picture in the 1930s, but also spent more than 40 years employed by both the LMS and BR.
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Your Gallery | Jubilee 45690 at Ribblehead
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Jubilee 45690 “Leander” coasts across the viaduct at Ribblehead.
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‘Lizzie’ returns to main line following Carnforth boiler repairs
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Stanier ‘Princess Royal’ Pacific No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth is back and ready for a return to main line duties.
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National Railway Museum to uncover truth about the ‘Hetton Lyon’
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The National Railway Museum has begun an investigation into the true origins of the Hetton Colliery loco Lyon of 1855.
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Contrasting locos debut at Norwich club track
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The builder is unknown, but it is possibly of pre-Second World War origin.
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Heritage Railway ‘gem’: North Tyneside Railway
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Mark Smithers visits the North Tyneside Railway and its associated Stephenson Railway Museum – and finds an interesting attraction in an area that played a vital role in the dawn of the railway.
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UK Railtours partners with Locomotive Services Ltd for summer steam tours
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UK Railtours is teaming up for the first time with Locomotive Services Ltd on one of three recently announced steam tours operating this August. On August 3, the ‘Irish Mail’ will run from London Euston to Holyhead, celebrating one of the world’s earliest and longest-running named trains. Starting from Euston with diesel or electric haulage,…
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Final preparations under way for ‘Big Boy’ No. 4014 debut in USA
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The Union Pacific Steam Team is busy making final preparations for the May 4 debut.