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100 years of Mail Rail to be celebrated with programme of events
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The Postal Museum will celebrate 100 years of Mail Rail next year with a new exhibition.
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East Lancashire Railway puts lifesaving equipment on the move
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The East Lancashire Railway (ELR) has taken another important step towards enhancing emergency preparedness across the railway with the arrival of a new portable Automated External Defibrillator (AED), secured through fundraising with the support of national defibrillator charity AEDdonate. The new defibrillator will ultimately be deployed as a mobile unit travelling onboard ELR trains, meaning…
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New station at Bradford Interchange ‘will transform travel across North’
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A new train station will be opened at Bradford Interchange which will “transform how people travel across the North”, the Government has said.
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From the 1937 Archives: How a Forgotten Railway Station Became Will Hay’s Buggleskelly
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In October 1937, The Railway Magazine reported how Cliddesden station on the abandoned Basingstoke and Alton line had been used in Will Hay’s film Oh, Mr. Porter!. The contemporary account introduces the fictional Buggleskelly station and the elderly locomotive Gladstone, before recounting the film’s story. “Oh, Mr. Porter” Cliddesden becomes Buggleskelly CLIDDESDEN station on the…
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November 2026
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Rail Express is essential reading for today’s rail enthusiasts and photographers; and the November issue brings you the latest news, headlines, images and features from across the entire rail network.
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All Aboard for Christmas! Kent & East Sussex Railway Announces Santa Special Steam Trains for 2026
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A festive steam train journey, a visit from Father Christmas and a Winter Wonderland await families at the Kent & East Sussex Railway this November and December. The Kent & East Sussex Railway is preparing to welcome families aboard its Santa Special Steam Trains for 2026, offering a seasonal experience filled with festive entertainment, traditional…
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From the 1995 Archives: Merseyrail in Chaos – Tunnel Flooding, Signal Failures and Service Disruption
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Merseyrail services were thrown into chaos during July and August 1995 when Railtrack imposed restrictions on train operation through the Liverpool tunnels. In this special report from the October 1995 issue of The Railway Magazine, Colin J. Marsden and Fred Kerr describe the signalling problems, water ingress and disruption to passengers. Merseyrail services disrupted MERSEYRAIL…
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From the 1983 Archives: The North Express – C. Hamilton-Ellis Recalls a Forgotten Railway
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In this archive article, C. Hamilton-Ellis recalls the Midland & South Western Junction Railway and its North Express service. Drawing on his own memories of the railway, he describes its history, locomotives and the journey through the Wiltshire countryside, accompanied by his railway painting. The North Express and its origins SUCH a title as the…
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RAILWAY ARCHIVES 1972: Quarter-mile siding laid in just one week at Invergordon
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From the October 1972 issue of The Railway Magazine: A quarter-mile railway siding was laid in one week at Invergordon, with the project commissioned within three weeks of a meeting to discuss its feasibility. The development served the MK-Shand pipe-coating plant, marking a step forward in British Railways’ involvement with North Sea oil industry traffic.…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Lottery-funded Hunslet Brookes No. 1 returns to passenger service in 2017
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From the October 2017 issue of The Railway Magazine: The Middleton Railway’s Hunslet 0-6-0ST Brookes No. 1 made its post-overhaul passenger debut on August 28, following a Heritage Lottery-funded purchase and overhaul project lasting more than four years. The locomotive returned to service in a lined version of Hunslet’s standard green. The Middleton Railway’s Hunslet…
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