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Category: Features

Douro Valley Steam Revival

22nd November 2016 Sam Hewitt Features, News

Always popular with British enthusiasts, the Douro Valley in Portugal has been without any working steam for some years. Lionel Price reports on the return of steam to this scenic route. Working steam has returned

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Banbury ’box closed

22nd November 2016 Sam Hewitt Features, News

Friday, July 29 saw the passing of another piece of history on Network Rail. Martin Creese reports on the closure of the two former Great Western Railway signalboxes at Banbury. The last mechanical signalling on

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NER 9F finale

22nd November 2016 Sam Hewitt Features, News

The 9F 2-10-0 was described as the best of BR’s Standard steam designs. Robert Anderson outlines the history of the class and relates the story of a ride on the last steam-hauled ore train to

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Llangollen Railway: Locomotive Building Centre of Excellence – four new builds on the stock

22nd November 2016 Sam Hewitt Features, News

In recent years the Llangollen Railway has developed a reputation as a centre of excellence for building new steam engines. Allan George investigates how the worshops have become the centre of new locomotive construction to

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Steam’s top ten

22nd November 2016 Sam Hewitt Features, News

Which are Britain’s top 10 steam engines? Brian Sharpe compares the history and performance of the 10 biggest currently working main line engines in roughly chronological order of the introduction of the class. Britain’s elite

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The Last Beasts of Man: Graig Merthyr – sadder, with other tales to tell…

1st November 2016 Sam Hewitt Features, News

The National Coal Board railway in the Dulais Valley was unique. Geoff Silcock recounts some of the incidents that punctuated the line’s last few years, including an encounter with a then unknown journalist… Into the 1970s

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Santa Specials: 20 of the best

1st November 2016 Sam Hewitt Features, News

Want to take the children to see Santa this year? Forget the sleigh – there is now no better way than by train! Here, Robin Jones looks at 20 of the best festive season offerings

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NELPG keeping North Eastern steam alive

1st November 2016 Sam Hewitt Features, News

As the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) celebrates 50 years since it was formed on October 28, 1966, its volunteers past and present can be proud of achievements in locomotive restoration beyond their wildest

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Better than BR

1st November 2016 Sam Hewitt Features, News

In the final part of our series marking 30 years since unique BR 8P Pacific No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester returned to steam, Ian Murray looks at the record-breaking performances of the locomotive beyond which

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Scotsman takes the West Midlands by storm

1st November 2016 Sam Hewitt Features, News

A record 45,000 people flocked to the eagerly awaited September 21-26 Pacific Power event which replaced the Severn Valley Railway’s traditional autumn steam gala, to watch the world’s most famous locomotive, Flying Scotsman, top the

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