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  • New company formed to restore ‘forgotten’ Barry Standard 4MT

    New company formed to restore ‘forgotten’ Barry Standard 4MT

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    A NEW company has been formed to overhaul and ultimately operate the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway-based BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 No. 76077. Considered for a long time to be one of the ‘lost’ ex-Barry locomotives since it arrived at Toddington in 1987 when the engine was dismantled and some work was done, it had been stored…

  • New Broadway footbridge taking shape at fast pace

    New Broadway footbridge taking shape at fast pace

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    EXCLUSIVE By Ian Crowder PROGRESS at the award-winning Broadway station has just taken a big leap forward… at least visually. Platform 2 at the station, which remains out of use to passengers this year, has not only been cleared of the signalling and communications equipment stored on the platform, but the basic structure for the…

  • Soaraway Broadway success makes Glos Warks best in Britain

    Soaraway Broadway success makes Glos Warks best in Britain

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    REMARKABLE figures which showed that passenger numbers on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway rose by 42.5% in the wake of the Good Friday opening of the northern extension to Broadway have brought the coveted Heritage Railway Association’s Annual Award (Large Groups) 2019 to the Cotswold Line. The figures rose from 101,000 in 2017 to more than…

  • Issue 251 OUT NOW!

    Issue 251 OUT NOW!

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    Bahamas is back! Top Awards for top railways! Duchess of Sutherland to kickstart Great Britain XII! The 251st issue of Heritage Railway magazine has got the lot!

  • Your Gallery | Prince at Porthmadog

    Your Gallery | Prince at Porthmadog

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    Alan sent in this picture of Prince being prepared at Porthmadog.

  • Your Gallery | David’s trip to see the Bahamas

    Your Gallery | David’s trip to see the Bahamas

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    David Moyle headed to the much-anticipated Bahamas Renaissance railtour, and kindly sent in these great pictures.

  • Your Gallery | Garretts Works Engine

    Your Gallery | Garretts Works Engine

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    Julian Warner sent in this super photo from Garretts Works Engine.

  • Fife Council rejects Cameron’s museum plans on appeal

    Fife Council rejects Cameron’s museum plans on appeal

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    Having failed, John said he would meet with his fellow trustees to consider his next move.

  • Strathaven Miniature Railway celebrates 70 years of steam

    Strathaven Miniature Railway celebrates 70 years of steam

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    The 7¼in Strathaven Miniature Railway is marking seven decades of steam.

  • New-build Standard 3MT moves on to Severn Valley Railway metals

    New-build Standard 3MT moves on to Severn Valley Railway metals

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    Severn Valley Railway-based new-build BR 3MT No 82045 took a major step forward last month.


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