Railway Societies

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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Broad support for heritage steam exemption in the Lords’ Environment Bill debate

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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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Mini steam train event in Swanage for August bank holiday

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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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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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Network Rail Purchases Okehampton Line and Station

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Jul 9, 20213 min read

Network Rail Purchases Okehampton Line and Station

Another ‘key’ milestone in reopening the Dartmoor Line has been reached with the completion of the purchase of the railway and Okehampton...

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Jun 22, 20213 min read

3D Printing to aid P2 construction

Since Christmas 2020 the project’s engineering team have been working with WMG to create a one-third scale working model of the cambox...

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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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GWR steam locomotive 4144 arrives at the Nene Valley Railway

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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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Jun 21, 20212 min read

TfW says goodbye to last Pacer trains

Transport for Wales has said goodbye to the last Pacer trains after more than 30 years of service, marking the end of an era for...

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Jun 1, 20211 min read

Casting new Wheels!

The Churchward County Trust (CCT) has announced that the first set of coupled wheels have been cast for new build Great Western Railway...

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Southsea Model Village is trashed by vandals

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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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Swanage Railway's new innovative £223k system

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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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May update on GWR steam locomotive 3850 at Toddington

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Jun 1, 20212 min read

May update on GWR steam locomotive 3850 at Toddington

The ongoing 10-year overhaul of GWR heavy freight, 2-8-0, No. 3850 at Toddington on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, has,...

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GWSR volunteers take occupation of ‘The Goods Shed’

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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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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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Severn Valley Railway Class 50 Alliance wins HRA award

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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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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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Trevithick Anniversary to be Celebrated at Severn Valley Railway

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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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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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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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