A FORMER Cambridge Street Tramways 4ft-gauge horse tram, which survived in Ely as a workshop for decades, has been returned to its former glory after
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Heritage profile: The Wensleydale Railway
Running through some of the best scenery North Yorkshire offers, the Wensleydale Railway is a relative newcomer to the heritage and tourist railway sector. Graeme
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Bahamas and Rocket take centre stage at open weekend
STANIER ‘Jubilee’ No. 45596 Bahamas will be returning to the Midlands this month as the star exhibit at the Tyseley Locomotive Works/Vintage Trains open weekend on
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Major lottery award for North Yorkshire Moors
THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR) £9.7million Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey (YMJ) project has been successful in its bid for Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) support. The
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Search for contractor delays J21 locomotive overhaul start
The Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust continues to search for a contractor to carry out the Heritage Lottery Fund-backed overhaul of NER J21 0-6-0 No.
Read moreAveling Sirapite makes Mid-Suffolk foursome
The Long Shop Museum at Leiston will be without its popular Aveling & Porter 4wWTG Sirapite this summer.
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Mansfield marks 200 years of England’s longest-running commercial line
An EXHIBITION celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Mansfield & Pinxton Railway – claimed to be England’s oldest continuously running commercial railway – is being
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Historic Springwell incline brakeman’s cabin restored
THE restoration of the self-acting incline brakeman’s cabin at the top of the Bowes Railway’s Springwell incline, supported by Heritage Lottery funding, has been completed.
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Lottery grant for GWR 2-8-0 heavy freight No. 2874
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £57,400 towards the restoration.
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J21 restoration project makes January start for 2022 target
NEARLY two years after announcing that it had secured Heritage Lottery Fund support to restore the now unique J21 0-6-0 No. 65033, its owners are
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