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Delivering on freight expectations
Despite the railways being built for goods, representation of this traffic is often overlooked by our heritage lines. Owen Hayward visits some of those responsible for the restoration of freight vehicles to find out what their presence can bring to their railway – providing the right approach is there to support them. Here, in part one, he focuses on two of the most recently revived groups.
Main line and British steam locomotives preserved in Japan
John Titlow continues his journey through the Land of the Rising Sun to find as many British-built steam locomotives in the areas he visited, discovering some unexpected surprises along the way.
That 1980s look for Bluebell’s Big Diesel Dash
It may have ended its BR days as a Southern Region station in 1963, but for one weekend only, Horsted Keynes took a modern look as the Bluebell Railway celebrated the 40th anniversary of Network South East.
New Middleton museum manager will show ‘Leeds was first’
The Middleton Railway has appointed a museum manager to oversee a development which will help emphasise its place in the origin of the development of steam.
