The Severn Valley Railway has reopened its virtual doors with the launch of its online shop, featuring a range of gifts for railway enthusiasts of
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Tag: Black Five
‘Black Fives’ back in the Hope Valley
IAN Riley’s Stanier ‘Black Five’ duo of Nos. 44871 and 45407 pass through the remains of the old Masborough station with the Railway Touring Company’s ‘South
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Shaw Savill to steam again after restoration begins at Heywood
ONE of preservation’s forgotten locomotives – ‘Merchant Navy’ Pacific No. 35009 Shaw Savill – is being restored for main line operation by owner Ian Riley at
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VIDEO: Hornby Margate open weekend
There were smiles all-round in a corner of Margate over the weekend of August 17-18 as the doors were opened to Hornby’s spiritual home.
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Main line Travelling Post Office run to mark 85th anniversary of Night Mail?
“THIS is the Night Mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order…” W H Auden’s opening lines to 1936’s evocative GPO documentary
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Luxury dining trains’ brief encounter in Kent
THERE was brief chance to see two of Britain’s luxury dining trains together on May 11, writes David Staines. ‘Black Five’ No. 44871 was recessed at
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‘K1’ joins Stanier pair for ‘Jacobite’ summer season
APRIL 19 saw the start of the 2019 operating season for West Coast Railways’ ‘Jacobite’ trains. Two of Ian Riley’s Stanier ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0s moved
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Telly alert – Moors on Channel 5
Channel 5’s television programme about the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) will air on Friday, May 17 at 8pm. Season two of ‘The Yorkshire Steam
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Limited-edition releases – there’s no limit in sight!
The plethora of limited-edition locomotives and rolling stock that’s now available from a growing variety of outlets both large and small is an unstoppable aspect
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‘Loco spotting’ at Forres West MPD
It takes only a strong sense of railway history and a little imagination to bring any layout to life, writes Ian Lamb as he gets
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