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Category: Features

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13th December 2021 Shannon Butcher Diesel, Electric, Features, Freight, News, Steam

Christmas is just around the corner, meaning it’s the perfect time to grab a last-minute gift for the Railway enthusiasts in your life, or even for yourself as an early Christmas treat!

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Book of the Week: Model Railways Explained

6th December 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

Author Brian Lamber writes: “My hobby has been model railways for many years since I was given a Tri-ang Princess Elizabeth train set for Christmas as an eight-year-old schoolboy.

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End of the line for ‘Number Nine’

24th November 2021 Robin Jones Features, Steam

LNER A4 Pacific No. 60009 Union of South Africa was set to appear in the East Lancashire Railway’s 2021 Autumn Steam Gala but fate stepped in. The 4-6-2 was withdrawn from traffic less than a week before. Cedric Johns and Robin Jones look back at its illustrious history.

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Book of the Week: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire Steam Railway Journey

22nd November 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

The history and the remarkable rebuilding of the former section of the Great Western Railway from Broadway to Cheltenham Racecourse by the volunteer-led Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway has been well documented.

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Book of the Week: Lament for a Branch Line

15th November 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

As a born and bred Prestonian, young David took the opportunity to go train spotting at Preston station, within sight and sound of the much-lamented Southport branch line.

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Book of the Week: Loco Review Vol. 1 & 2

2nd November 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

An illustrative account of the main changes to freight and loco-hauled passenger services between 2017 – 2021.

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HRH Prince Richard pays a visit to Crich Tramway Village

21st October 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

On Wednesday 20th October, HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester visited Crich Tramway Village, where he is Patron.

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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 4

5th October 2021 Shannon Butcher Diesel, Features

This account is intended to give an overview of the types of first-generation Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trains and railbuses that could be seen on BR from the 1950s to the 1980s.

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Book of the Week: Mallard – The Story of Britain’s Most Magnificent Locomotive

30th September 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

On July 3, 1938, LNER A4 streamlined Pacific No. 4468 Mallard reached 126mph, setting a world steam speed record that has never been broken.

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Book of the Week: The Last Days of BR Steam in Wessex Vol 2. Southern Region

20th September 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

By the early 1960s BR’s aim to eliminate steam traction was all too evident. The author therefore decided to try to record these changes pictorially, initially using his Box Brownie camera.

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