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  • From the archive: 42 years ago, Arthur Miller looked back on three decades of railway enthusiasm

    From the archive: 42 years ago, Arthur Miller looked back on three decades of railway enthusiasm

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    In the August 1984 issue of The Railway Magazine, Arthur Miller’s “Thirty Years On” looked back to the dawn of his railway enthusiasm. Having travelled over all the British Railways passenger lines in Great Britain then carrying a regular timetabled service, he reflected on the journeys, changes and experiences of the previous three decades. A…

  • Rare look inside Margate’s vast new 1:1 railway museum collection

    Rare look inside Margate’s vast new 1:1 railway museum collection

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    Part of the former Hornby factory in Margate has been transformed into a railway museum featuring many iconic steam, diesel and electric locos on display. David Staines was afforded a rare look round By the mid-1960s, as the 1955 modernisation plan started to take effect, thousands of steam locomotives were heading to the grave. Enthusiastic…


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