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rodneypitt9
Jul 30, 20212 min read
Talyllyn Railway is part of world heritage site in North Wales
The celebratory train (Barbara Fuller) Talyllyn Railway put on a special slate train to celebrate the announcement that the Slate...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 20, 20213 min read
Broad support for heritage steam exemption in the Lords’ Environment Bill debate
Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Heritage Railways during their historic visit to the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway as they...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 15, 20212 min read
Mini steam train event in Swanage for August bank holiday
SWANAGE Railway volunteers are set to stage a nostalgic 'Roads to Rail' mini-steam rally. The event, scheduled for a field next to Norden...
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rodneypitt9
Jul 12, 20213 min read
Llangollen Railway Back on Track!
Guard John Doyle shows the green flag to driver Graham Parkin for the 11am departure. According to a report in the Oswestry & Border...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20213 min read
Initial bio-coal trials show promise as HRA member railway takes the lead.
Heritage Railway Association member, the Bure Valley Railway has held the most extensive trials of bio– coal on a heritage steam line in...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 22, 20211 min read
GWR steam locomotive 4144 arrives at the Nene Valley Railway
The Nene Valley Railway (NVR) has announced that Great Western Railway (GWR) 5101 Class No.4144 has arrived at their heritage line on...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 1, 20212 min read
Southsea Model Village is trashed by vandals
(Above and Below) Damage at Southsea Model Village done at around 5am on May 23rd (Southsea Model Village) THE community has rallied to...
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rodneypitt9
Jun 1, 20212 min read
Swanage Railway's new innovative £223k system
Constantly updated live train information has come to the Swanage Railway in a first for a preserved railway – thanks to a grant from the...
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rodneypitt9
May 11, 20213 min read
GWSR volunteers take occupation of ‘The Goods Shed’
(Ian Crowder/GWSR) Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) volunteers have taken occupation of a new welfare building, which is...
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rodneypitt9
May 11, 20214 min read
Terrier Goes on Holiday to the Seaside
(Liam Head) Due to the pandemic, millions of holiday-makers will be enjoying a “staycation” this summer but a small steam engine from...
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rodneypitt9
May 11, 20211 min read
Severn Valley Railway Class 50 Alliance wins HRA award
Class 50 Alliance team. (Ted Dunster) Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR) Class 50 Alliance has won the first ever diesel preservation award in...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 21, 20211 min read
£300,000 Boost for Talyllyn
The complete original Victorian train hauled by locomotive No.1 ‘Talyllyn’.Photo (David Mitchell) A project by the world’s first...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 19, 20213 min read
Trevithick Anniversary to be Celebrated at Severn Valley Railway
It is full steam ahead for volunteers at the Severn Valley Railway as they prepare for the 250th birthday of the man who invented the...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 19, 20211 min read
Cultured Support for Dinmore Manor
(Ian Crowder) Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd is to receive £12,800 from the second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. It is...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 19, 20212 min read
Llangollen Auction Sale on May 12th
Railway coaches will be among the items going under the hammer when the administrators of the Llangollen Railway PLC auction off the...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 9, 20212 min read
SDR on the Move!
This photo at Buckfastleigh was taken on the first full training run for footplate staff and guards with an empty passenger train which...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 8, 20212 min read
Volunteers Hopeful at Cambrian Heritage Railway
Working on the railway line, are volunteers Nick Culliford, Joanne Knight, Anne Boden, and Norman Knight Volunteers are continuing to...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 8, 20211 min read
Government Fund Boosts Avon Valley Railway
The Avon Valley Railway has received a grant of £97,400 from the Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation...
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rodneypitt9
Apr 8, 20214 min read
South Devon Railway Fights back
(Andy Lock) After more than a year of being closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the South Devon Railway has announced a programme of...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 31, 20213 min read
Railway Museum Rises from the Ashes
The horrific scene that greeted enthusiasts 10 years ago! The small museum of the Bishops Castle Railway, which claimed to be...
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