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Blatant trespass incidents mar ‘Great Britain XI’ finale
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Some of the worst trespass incidents seen since ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman returned to the main line in 2016 occurred on May 5 as the Pacific was returning from York to London Paddington on the final day of the Railway Touring Company’s ‘Great Britain XI’ nine-day tour. Trespass was most evident between Burton-on-Trent and Tamworth,…
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Urie Locomotive Society & the return of the S15s
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Gareth Evans talks to volunteers of the Mid-Hants Railway-based Urie Locomotive Society and learns about the group’s two S15s.
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Harness the power of steam this Father’s Day
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Sponsor a component and help to build Britain’s most powerful steam locomotive.
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Big new model railway show at the British Motor Museum
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It will feature up to 30 layouts and 25 trade stands supported by up to a dozen modelling demonstrations in a ‘Skills Zone’, along with society and club stands.
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Wrong IET set at Castle Cary for Glastonbury event founder naming
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Words: Peter Nicholson Castle Cary station, Somerset, on the GWR’s West of England Main Line, has new station signs reading ‘Castle Cary Station of the Glastonbury Festival‘. The signs were officially dedicated on the morning of April 9 by 83-year old Michael Eavis, the festival’s founder, who was included in a list of 100 Great…
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Remembering the ‘Clay Tigers’
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With the release of the Kernow model, David Ratcliffe profiles a career that spanned two decades.
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First Class 70 over Coalville branch
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THE freight-only Coalville line in Leicestershire has seen the passage of its first Class 70. No. 70802 became the first of the class over the line on April 1 when it was used on a Westbury to Stud Farm working to collect ballast. Colas is understood to have just taken over this working for Network Rail…
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Your Gallery | Departing Crèvecoeur-le-Grand
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One of our French followers, Janneau Olivier, has sent in these pictures of a locomotive La Ferté-Bernard, France.
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Class 390 ‘Pendolino’ No. 390039 named to mark Coventry as City of Culture 2021
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The name was chosen following a competition on BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire.
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