Gareth Evans recalls his half-day footplate experience course on the Severn Valley Railway.
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Tag: MK1
Vandals hit West Somerset Railway
Estimated £1,000 worth of damage caused by smashed windows in Mk.1 carriage.
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First steam over Cawledge Viaduct in preservation era
HISTORY was made at the Aln Valley Railway on March 15 when the first steam-hauled train of the preservation era worked across Cawledge Viaduct on
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Swindon & Cricklade launches appeal to refurbish Mk.1 disabled coach Laura
THE Swindon & Cricklade Railway has launched an appeal for funds to renovate one of its most important and popular Mk.1 carriages. For many years,
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Major improvements at Dawlish to reduce sea wall disruption
Network Rail has spent months compiling a detailed report on the options for the future of the famous sea wall railway at Dawlish.
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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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‘071s’ take RPSI to the south-west for latest No. 134 fundraiser
HUNDREDS of passengers braved inclement conditions to join the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland’s (RPSI) ‘South Western Railtour’ from Dublin to Cork and Limerick on
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