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  • ISSUE 260 ON SALE NOW!

    ISSUE 260 ON SALE NOW!

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    Returning Can Pac to the Alps, Churnet Valley lays first stretch in 48 hours, plus we cover the Belles of St Trinian’s! Issue 260 has got the lot, including a secret underground unmasked in Covent Garden!

  • 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.

  • Pacer trains to remain in service in 2020

    Pacer trains to remain in service in 2020

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    Northern had pledged to phase out the Pacer trains by the end of 2019, but they will remain in service into early 2020.

  • 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 –…

  • New 2019/2020 Mortons Books catalogue released

    New 2019/2020 Mortons Books catalogue released

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    The Mortons Books catalogue showcases a wide range of topics from railway, military and aviation history to consumer issues, hobbies, crime and politics.

  • 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.


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