The Railway Magazine
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From the archive: The big bird that flew too far
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As the most powerful single-engine diesel locomotive in the world at the time, Kestrel promised a motive power revolution… but it turned out to be ‘too good for its own good’!
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From the archive: The treasures of Beamish
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Mark Smithers visits Beamish Museum, one of the North East’s leading regional heritage attractions, featuring several unique railway exhibits.
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Rail passengers warned as new timetable comes into effect across UK
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Cancellations and delays are causing havoc for rail commuters as the new railway timetable comes into force.
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Hull Trains release virtual walkthrough tour of new Paragon Trains
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Hull Trains have released a 360 virtual tour of inside its new Paragon Trains, and are inviting customers to take a look.
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Happy campers as Royal Scot returns to Skegness – in steam!
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LMS 4-6-0 No. 46100 Royal Scot, which owes its survival in 1962 to holiday camp magnate Sir Billy Butlin, is returning to the East Coast resort of Skegness next autumn after a 48-year absence – and for the first time in steam. The engine is making a special railtour visit on September 26, close to the…
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Four centuries on… Mayflower to honour the Mayflower
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DAVID Buck’s Thompson ‘B1’ 4-6-0 No. 61306 Mayflower will pay homage to the ship of the same name next September when it heads a commemorative railtour from London to Plymouth and Penzance to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers to the Americas. Steam Dreams’ ‘Mayflower 400’ will leave London Paddington at…
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Check before you travel: 20,000 staff to work on 380 rail projects over Christmas
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Passengers “will benefit from a better, more reliable railway in 2020” according to Network Rail – with upgrades taking place over Christmas and New Year.
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UK railway news round-up
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It’s been a busy week on the UK’s railways as the election race heats up. Labour and the Conservatives clash over the Tory pledge to spend £4.2 billion on a local public transport fund.
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A Cumbrian Coast ‘Jubilee’
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STANIER ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 No. 45690 Leander winds its way southbound along the Lakeland coast at St Bees with the return leg of the Railway Touring Company’s ‘Cumbrian Coast Express on September 28. The BR black-liveried ‘Jub’ had left Carlisle at 13.32 and stuck to within four minutes of the timetable through Workington and Whitehaven, being just…
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Rare outing for Middleton’s tiny Hunslet
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FORMER brewery 4wD Courage (Hunslet 1786 of 1935) made a rare outing during the Middleton Railway’s Work’s Outing gala on September 14-15. The locomotive was operated on the rarely used Balm Road branch. Here, it leads a demonstration goods train over Moor Road level crossing on the first day of the event. A wide variety…
