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Swanage-Wareham services may resume this year

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Sam Hewitt

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6th February 2019

Swanage Railway’s multiple award-winning diesel services to Wareham may resume this year.
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Severn Valley Railway’s ‘Phase One’ refreshment room complete

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Sam Hewitt

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6th February 2019

The building has been completed in an authentic GWR style.
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Rural East Anglian railway outpost identified by former Norwich driver

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Sam Hewitt

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6th February 2019

A former Norwich driver has identified the remote ‘mystery’ location of a 50-year-old photograph published in last month’s Heritage Railway that showed two diesel locomotives at a rural outpost – and he has even identified the driver. The photograph, from the Transport Treasury collection, accompanied a report of the recent purchase by Mangapps Railway Museum…
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Three new key appointments boost for A1 Tornado team

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Sam Hewitt

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6th February 2019

The key senior appointments will boost engineering and operations teams.
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Model LMS Princess Coronation Pacific to go to auction in March

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Sam Hewitt

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1st February 2019

The model is described as ‘one of the best railway models ever built’.
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Emergency Appeal launched to keep GWR prairie at Minehead

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Sam Hewitt

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1st February 2019

The appeal was launched by members of the line’s mechanical engineering department after it was offered for sale.
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Martello to attend Nene Valley’s Southern steam gala

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Sam Hewitt

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1st February 2019

The Southern Steam event has been boosted with the confirmation that LBSCR ‘Terrier’ Martello is to visit.
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Bumper year for Talyllyn Railway with passenger numbers up

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Sam Hewitt

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1st February 2019

Revenue in the cafe and shop also rose, approximately 20% and 7% respectively year-on-year.
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MBE for Barrow Hill saviour & OBE for Director of London Transport Museum

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Sam Hewitt

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26th January 2019

New Year’s Honours List include Mervyn Allcock and Sam Mullins
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Dean Forest Railway buys WR pannier No. 9682 at Southall

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Sam Hewitt

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25th January 2019

THE Dean Forest Railway has bought WR pannier No. 9682 from the GWR Preservation Group at Southall. 1940-built GWR Toad brake No. 17488 is also included in the deal. A team of members has been busy getting No. 9682, which is currently dismantled, ready to move to Norchard, where it will join classmate No. 9681…
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