Features

Going behind the scenes

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Sam Hewitt

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14th November 2017

Most visitors to heritage lines see only their train, the buffet, shop and toilets, but there’s far more to see […]
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Steam over the fells farewell

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Sam Hewitt

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14th November 2017

As the clock ticked down to the end of BR steam, operations were now concentrated in the North West. The […]
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The last beasts of man – Craig Merthyr: Sadder, with other tales to tell…

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Sam Hewitt

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13th November 2017

The National Coal Board railway in the Dulais Valley was unique. Geoff Silcock recounts some of the incidents that punctuated […]
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With full regulator: LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW

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Sam Hewitt

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9th November 2017

By Don Benn I make no apologies for returning to the work of No. 35028 Clan Line again, for this […]
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Real steam days: The cold north wind

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Sam Hewitt

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9th November 2017

The autumn of 1967 saw the end of steam on the Eastern Region and at the great railway centre of […]
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Glorious sunrise for P&O at its official launch

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Sam Hewitt

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6th November 2017

By Ian Crowder THERE were jokes a-plenty about the weather as some 500 people gathered at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s […]
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Scotsman the Brave

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Sam Hewitt

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31st October 2017

It’s no secret – Flying Scotsman is back with a vengeance, and similar to when it snatched the official 100mph […]
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The last day of North Blyth steam

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Sam Hewitt

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12th October 2017

Fifty years ago, steam was in retreat and North East England witnessed the end of the steam era on Saturday, […]
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WITH FULL REGULATOR LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE THEN AND NOW

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Sam Hewitt

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12th October 2017

By Don Benn This time I am going to cover the work of two Pacifics recently returned to the main […]
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Narrow gauge revival – the Haltwhistle to Alston Railway

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Sam Hewitt

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5th October 2017

Forty years ago the last surviving rural passenger branch line in Northumberland closed. This was the Haltwhistle to Alston Railway, […]
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