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THREE heritage railways have won prestigious prizes in this year’s National Rail Heritage Awards. The Supporters Award for the best small project went to The New Glyn Valley Tramway & Industrial Heritage Trust for its conservation and restoration of the original Glyn Valley Tramway locomotive shed at Glyn Ceiriog. Volunteer input is essential for the…

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A PAIR of TV engineering detectives are on the hunt for forgotten and hidden treasures tucked away in the sheds of Britain. Travel Channel presenters Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove are about to film their next series and while in previous series they’ve concentrated on classic motorcycles and vehicles, now they are widening their search…

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The former Carnforth steam depot has been added to Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register, in a bid to protect steam-era buildings on the site. The Carnforth Conservation Area is said to contain “a remarkably intact collection of railway buildings” including the engine shed and also the concrete ash plant and a coaling plant, built…

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THE Great Central Railway has chosen a very modern design for its new national-standard railway museum at Leicester North. The striking design by architects WilkinsonEyre came top out of a shortlist of six, as featured in last month’s issue. The selection panel chose the design after carrying out due diligence procedures, to ensure that the proposed…

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A MEMORIAL to London Transport chief executive officer Frank Pick’s iconic designs, which have influenced London travel since 1906, was unveiled at Piccadilly Circus station on November 7. BAFTA-winning and Turner Prize-nominated artist duo Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell were commissioned to produce the new large-scale contemporary artwork, called Beauty Immortality, by Art on the Underground…

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AFTER 20 years of trying, the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust has bought a house which blocks its way to the west. The trust has just completed the purchase of Fairview, a three-bedroom detached house, which stands at Parracombe Halt, and is the key piece of the land acquisition jigsaw in the planned extension to Blackmoor. The…

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Exclusive: By Geoff Courtney THE innovative and eagerly awaited Mail Rail project in central London took a major step forward at the end of October, with the delivery of new trains, which next year will take visitors for the first time through the subterranean depths of a former railway that linked the west of the…

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Leading steam and diesel photographer Norman Preedy is celebrating the acquisition of what he describes as one of the most significant collections ever to have come onto the market. Norman, 73, has bought about 25,000 negatives from renowned photographer Brian Green, who photographed lineside scenes over more than six decades, from Nationalisation until three years…

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One of the Guild of Railway Artists most successful annual exhibitions closed its doors at the Severn Valley Railway on October 2. It followed five weeks of substantial public interest and buoyant sales of the works on display, which culminated in two paintings being sold even as the exhibition was being dismantled. The positive vibes…

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