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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Clan Line makes a surprise appearance on Bluebell Railway service train – for one day only
BULLEID ‘Merchant Navy’ Pacific No. 35028 Clan Line made a surprise appearance on Bluebell Railway services on August 27 during a break from its busy main
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Standard fayre at Poynton
MOST of the Big Four’s flagship express locomotives were handsome beasts.
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Plaque unveiled for Railway Touring Club founder
NIGEL Dobbing, the founder of the Railway Touring Company, whose vision pioneered the ‘Great Britain’ steam tours, was remembered with the operation of a memorial
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Unusual pairing sparkles in sunshine and snow
THE rare combination of a Thompson ‘B1’ 4-6-0 and a rebuilt ‘Merchant Navy’ was the highlight of February 2’s ‘Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express’. No. 61306 Mayflower
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No. 10000 and the ‘Royal Wessex’
The recent photos in The RM of No. 10000 working the ‘Royal Wessex’ (and the Up express at Bournemouth Central) reminded me of the problems
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Layouts we love: ‘O’, what an amazing sight!
If you want to watch something truly incredible, make yourself comfortable, open the video link at the end of this feature.
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Coming up in Issue 251 of HR: Life in the Booking Office
Adam Carpenter shares his experiences of volunteering as a booking clerk and porter at the Epping Ongar Railway on the increasingly-popular Essex heritage line. My
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Two weeks on and the tills ring at Stoneleigh
Just two weeks after GW Railwayana achieved a world record £64,500 for a nameplate from LNER No. 60103 Flying Scotsman, as reported in last month’s
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