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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 20, 20212 min read
Fundraiser for campaign to reinstate Aberystwyth-Carmarthen rail line
A campaign group calling for the reintroduction of the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen railway line has launched a fundraising bid. Traws Link...
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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
Former Railway Shed Celebrates 10 years as a Brewery!
Anniversary celebration for Ludlow Brewing Company 10 years after transforming railway shed Owners of a brewing company are celebrating a...
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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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rodneypitt9
Mar 31, 20212 min read
Tidenham Tunnel to open as Wye Greenway Work concludes
Tidenham Tunnel (Forgotten Relics) A long-running project to build a pedestrian and cycle path on a disused railway line in the Wye...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 26, 20213 min read
Queen Victoria’s Railway
An abandoned Hampshire railway line that was built for Queen Victoria is still visible running through Gosport. The railway line on the...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20211 min read
7822 Foxcote Manor on her way back
7822 ‘Foxcote Manor’ arrives at Carrog on the Llangollen Railway (Pictures of Wales / Steam Trains) The West Somerset Railway PLC,...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Progress for Good Manors!
Bradley Manor - 7802 The replacement cylinders and valve liners have now arrived at Tyseley Locomotive Works, have been unwrapped and...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Great Western Railway ‘Large Prairie’ 2-6-2T Locomotive 5164
(Martin Creese) The Erlestoke Manor Fund is delighted to announce that it is in discussion with the 5164 Preservation Group and the...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20211 min read
Heritage railway ahead of schedule with modern toilet system
According to a report in The Northern Echo, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is nearing the end of a £1m project to install...
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rodneypitt9
Mar 25, 20212 min read
It's All Going Fair for Scarborough!
A North Yorkshire heritage railway has been acquired by new owners, supported by advisers from law firm Wake Smith. John Kerr and Peter...
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