Adam Carpenter shares his experiences of volunteering as a booking clerk and porter at the Epping Ongar Railway on the increasingly-popular Essex heritage line. My very first real railway memory involves heritage traction. In 1993,
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Don Benn describes the performance of Merchant Navy Pacific No. 35028 Clan Line.
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Heritage Railway magazine deputy editor returned ‘home’ to his native Mid Wales.
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Brian Sharpe outlines how the role of the chief mechanical engineer developed during the 1840s.
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The 1830s saw the railway building mania accelerate dramatically.
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In his latest column, Don Benn shares his experiences of main line steam tours behind No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell in 2012 – as well as a memorable trip in 1972 behind No. 45596 Bahamas and
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Mark Smithers pays a visit to the Timothy Hackworth Industrial Estate in Shildon to see a future star of the heritage railway movement taking shape – the new-build G5 0-4-4T. The north-east of England is
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If you fancy some extra steam and diesel rail interest after Christmas, why not attend one of the eight events we’ve found for you? See our separate list of regular services running this week here.
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We’ve put together a list of some of the railways running regular services this week up until December 31
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Bob Greenhalgh shares his experiences of 27 years of hands-on involvement with the Bala Lake Railway and describes what the line has to offer a would-bevolunteer. It started way back in 1991. I visited the
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