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News Headline News       6 Steam opens Mid-Norfolk’s latest northern extension to Worthing; stricken Tornado “back in July”; another mile of trackbed for Lynton & Barnstaple; Severn Valley to hold big End of Steam 50th anniversary event on August 4 and Swanage Railway’s LSWR T3 dismantling begins at Flour Mill workshops. News  10 Isambard Kingdom Brunel…

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News Headline News       6 Examination indicates that ‘lubrication not speed’ caused 90mph Tornado’s April 14 failure on the East Coast Main Line; A4 misses ‘Great Britain XI’ tour; new Gresley P2 Prince of Wales donations pass £2 million mark, and Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway’s Samson returns – and the world watches online. News  10…

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News 6 Headline News Preservation giant Sir William McAlpine makes his final journey behind a steam locomotive after his death at 82; help save the 
Severn Valley Railway’s Falling Sands Viaduct; new operator 
Saphos runs first passenger train. 10 News First trains into Broadway run for Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway volunteers; Oliver Cromwell makes farewell main…

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News Headline News Oliver Cromwell stranded by snow at Norwich after main line failure; Tornado TPWS failure mystifies experts; Wensleydale ditches public transport goal and turns to heritage; new cylinders cast for Hagley Hall; Talyllyn Douglas turns RAF blue and new plan to take Churnet Valley into Leek. News Heritage Railway publisher to sponsor Gloucestershire…

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News Headline News Swanage Railway suspends Wareham services until DMUs are ready; RAIB issues maintenance warnings after toddler falls through hole in a coach toilet floor; Didcot’s blue King may not run on the main line, and the day classic cars rode up the Lynton & Lynmouth Cliff Railway. News Broadway extension progressing in leaps…

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News Headline News Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway runs first train into Broadway station; new P2 No. 2007 Prince of Wales to be wheeled in the spring; Severn Valley Railway to build five boilers for the Isle of Man Railway; new trust may take over WD 2-10-0 Dame Vera Lynn. News Battle to save £18 million Great…

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News Headline News Swanage T3 return to steam appeal raises £43K in just six weeks; Vintage Trains launches first publicly-owned railway company in a century to raise £3 million and bids for Train Operating Company status, and Metropolitan Railway E class No. 1 will head the last London Underground steam in the city centre tunnels…

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NEWS Headline News Steam driver shortage could hit tour operators; two major national awards for Barrow Hill roundhouse and its founder Mervyn Allcock; Severn Valley hits £2.5 million Bridgnorth share issue target with just hours to spare and WR 4-6-0 No. 7029 Clun Castle relaunched at Tyseley Locomotive Works. News Standard tank joins Severn Valley…

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News Headline News LSWR T3 gifted to Swanage Railway by National Railway Museum may steam again; new threat to Scarborough steam charters; entire stock from closed Electric Railway Museum finds new homes; Wensleydale in line for £380K Lottery grant and three Ivatts to reunite at Isle of Wight gala. News UK-built Garratt ‘no sale’ after…

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News Headline News After decades of deliberation, the bridge over the main line at Loughborough to link the Two Great Central railways is installed within two hours; Lottery gives Tyseley £90k to boost engineering; National Railway Museum buys hero driver’s George Cross for £60k and new Lyn all set for Lynton & Barnstaple debut. News…

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