News
‘Duchess’ to star at Mid-Norfolk steam gala
17 May 2013
We can exclusively reveal that one of the biggest and most popular main line locomotives, Stanier ‘Coronation’ class No. 46233 Duchess of Sutherland is to be the star engine at the Mid-Norfolk Railway’s steam gala.
Big transport bash at estate open weekend
29 April 2013
MEGA-enthusiast Sir William McAlpine and his wife Judy are throwing open the doors of their Berkshire home for the Fawley Hill Steam and Vintage Weekend on May 18-19.
Bittern heads three 90mph Main Line trips
24 April 2013
MARKING the 75th anniversary of sister A4 streamlined Pacific No. 4468 Mallard’s world record steam run, No. 4464 Bittern has been given special dispensation by Network Rail to run three trips at 90mph over the East Coast Main Line.
5642 returns to steam after 17 month overhaul
10 April 2013
The Furness Railway Trust’s Great Western Railway 0-6-2T No. 5643, is back in action after the completion of its first heavy general overhaul in preservation.
Other News
- Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway Steam 150 UK Tour continues
- 'The Elizabethan' express recreated to celebrate 60th anniversary of HM Queen's coronation
- Golden weekend as Llanfair line marks 50 years of preservation
- Bluebell opening: The essential videos to watch
- Beeching: find out what really went on!
- Vintage Trains to recreate the 'Cheltenham Flyer' - Saturday, May 11
- Remembering the last Heaton tram
- Take a trip down memory lane this Easter at Great Central Railway's vintage festival
Feature Articles
History of the H class
8 May 2013
Following the non-appearance of Britannia for the East Grinstead opening, the Bluebell Railway’s own fleet came to the fore, including H class 0-4-4T No. 263. In issue 176 of Heritage Railway Don Benn recounts the story of this locomotive.
For Bluebell read... British!
12 April 2013
The entire heritage sector is celebrating after one of its biggest obstacles of all has been overcome, and Bluebell Railway trains are at last plying their trade in and out of East Grinstead. In a special landmark feature, Robin Jones looks at the fruits of a 54-year determination that the line should never die, and the opening of the £12 million northern extension.
Other Feature Articles
Competitions
Win! two great new railway titles!
CLOSING DATE: Friday, 31st May 2013
TWO superb new railway books are on offer in this issue's star prize competition. We have five copies each of Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway by Andy Stansfield, and that enthusiast's bible, the 2013 edition of Railways Restored, for you to win in our easy-to-enter competition.
Videos
London's steam Olympics: the perfect day - Met 150
17 January 2013
Two years of meticulous planning finally bore fruit on Sunday, January 13 when a complete Victorian teak train was hauled by Metropolitan Railway E class 0-4-4T No. 1 from Kensington Olympia to Moorgate. The seven-and-a-half-mile trip exclusively carrying VIP guests was the first of a series of groundbreaking public steam trips through the London Underground tunnels, marking the 150th anniversary of the world’s first tube network, as Robin Jones reports, in the second part of a feature which began in Heritage Railway issue 172, on sale on January 17.
Steam on the Metropolitan railway tunnels
19 December 2012
A steam-hauled passenger train ran through part of the Metropolitan Railway tunnels for the first time since 1905.
Other Videos
Current Issue: May 9, 2013
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