In the first of a new feature series focusing on volunteering, Gareth Evans shares his experience of his first day learning to drive a diesel locomotive at Cambrian Heritage Railways and also reflects on his
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Following a summer in which we have commemorated 50 years since the end of British Railways main line steam, Brian Sharpe looks back to the beginnings of steam traction. In the first of a new
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Check out the exclusive Heritage Railway Christmas Gift Guide!
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Steam-hauled journeys over the fabled Settle and Carlisle line, behind a variety of locomotives, are the main focus of this month’s column by Don Benn. Over the past year or more I have received from
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All 2,545 Great Western Railway workers who died during the war to be named on special train.
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Following a summer in which we have commemorated 50 years since the end of British Railways main line steam, Brian Sharpe looks back to the beginnings of steam traction.
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As a brief follow-up to Derrick Martin’s letter concerning his desire to see more vintage trains recreated, can I say how very fortunate I feel in the fact that I’ve just ridden on an excellently
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Heritage Railway readers are being invited to own a stunning new book showcasing some of the finest lineside photography of the past four decades – while helping an international charity which cares for homeless children
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Gareth Evans learns about Rocks by Rail-based Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST Singapore – a registered war memorial that saw active duty in the Far East in the Second World War – which the Rutland museum is
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Mark Smithers welcomes a distinctive addition to the ranks of Britain’s narrow gauge new-build steam locomotives – and also learns about the latest developments at North Bay Engineering Services. In issue 230 of Heritage Railway
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