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  • Government supports reversing Beeching railway closures

    Government supports reversing Beeching railway closures

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    Many small stations and railway lines closed under the Beeching cuts of the 1960s should be reopened, according to the Transport Secretary.

  • Expansion work at Leeds station this weekend

    Expansion work at Leeds station this weekend

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    Platform 0 is expected to come into use in 2021.

  • Heaton Park seeks expansion to display second-generation Manchester ‘T-68’ tram

    Heaton Park seeks expansion to display second-generation Manchester ‘T-68’ tram

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    THE story of the pioneering role played by Manchester’s Metrolink in the revival of modern tramways in the UK is to form a major part of a proposed expansion of the Heaton Park Tramway. The plans are centred on the Manchester Transport Museum Society’s (MTMS) preserved AnsaldoBreda ‘T-68’ articulated tram No. 1007 East Lancashire Railway, which…

  • TMS marks six decades of operations at Crich museum

    TMS marks six decades of operations at Crich museum

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    THE Tramway Museum Society (TMS) celebrated the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the museum in the old Cliff Quarry at Crich in 1959 with a special celebratory weekend on September 21-22. One of the star attractions was the return of 1914-built Blackpool & Fleetwood Electric Tramroad ‘Box’ car No. 40 after its summer loan to…

  • A1 Steam Locomotive Trust celebrates No. 60163 Tornado anniversary

    A1 Steam Locomotive Trust celebrates No. 60163 Tornado anniversary

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    It’s 25 years since the construction of 101mph Peppercorn A1 Pacific No. 60163 Tornado.

  • Kidbrooke and Rishra visit Statfold road and rail event

    Kidbrooke and Rishra visit Statfold road and rail event

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    BAGNALL 0-4-0ST Kidbrooke (2043/1917) from the Yaxham Light Railway and Leighton Buzzard Railway’s Baguley 0-4-0T Rishra (working on the ‘Garden’ line) appeared at Statfold Barn Railway’s September 7 event, which featured 15 locomotives in steam plus ex-Burton & Ashby 3ft-gauge tram and ‘Goose’ railcar. Read more in the October 2019 issue of The RM –…

  • Should passengers be compensated for travelling on outdated Pacer trains?

    Should passengers be compensated for travelling on outdated Pacer trains?

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    Political leaders are demanding Northern Rail compensates passengers who are forced to use outdated Pacer trains.

  • Zillertal makes its UK debut at W&LLR gala

    Zillertal makes its UK debut at W&LLR gala

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    ‘U’ CLASS 0-6-2T No. 2 Zillertal, from Austria’s Zillertalbahn line, made its debut in Mid-Wales as the star of the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway’s (WLLR) August 30-September 1 steam gala. Newly overhauled in Austria, Zillertal arrived at Llanfair on August 13. A detailed boiler examination to satisfy the WLLR’s boiler inspectors was required, necessitating a…

  • Good craic on Steam Dreams’ ‘Emerald Isle’ luxury charter

    Good craic on Steam Dreams’ ‘Emerald Isle’ luxury charter

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    BRITISH railtour operator Steam Dreams returned to Ireland during September with its multi-day ‘Emerald Isle Craic Express’. The charter was operated in conjunction with the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI). The RPSI’s Dublin-based Cravens set was given the luxury treatment to bring it up to Pullman standards, including carpets, curtains, table lamps and antimacassars.…

  • UK Railway News Round-up

    UK Railway News Round-up

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    This week, Extinction Rebellion come under fire after causing disruptions at Canning Town station in east London, and a child dies from serious injuries on railway tracks in Merseyside.


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