By Cedric Johns News that West Coast has been using Merchant Navy 4-6-2 No. 35018 British India Line over the Settle & Carlisle route to avoid taking water at Appleby appears to be something of
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Glasgow Queen Street roof arch on view again
By Hugh Dougherty THE historic southern aspect of Glasgow’s Queen Street station roof arch is on view again for the first time in over 50 years, as demolition of Consort House, once the headquarters of
Read moreSir Haydn back in service again after six years
TALYLLYN Railway 0-4-2ST No. 3 Sir Haydn returned to passenger service on May 14, the 67th anniversary of the line becoming the world’s first preserved line. No. 3 was built at Henry Hughes’ Locomotive &
Read more‘Last’ loose-coupled freight engine has centenary at big Severn Valley gala
TWO significant centenaries and a railway birthday will be at the centre of the Severn Valley Railway’s June 2-3 goods gala. The event will see up to two goods trains in operation alongside passenger services
Read moreProtest angers officials and throws spotlight on closed heritage line
By Geoff Courtney An enthusiast’s novel protest that involved him running a home-made steam-powered trolley on a world-famous heritage line has reignited a fierce debate about the future of the route, which was operated by
Read moreCourt sentences NYMR teak train vandals
By Roger Melton NORTH Yorkshire Moors Railway members have expressed disappointment at ‘lenient’ sentences handed out to eight teenagers who trashed carriages on a historic train and caused £27,000 damage. The group broke into carriages
Read moreSea journey nets railwayana collection of a ‘real character’
By Geoff Courtney VICTOR Goudie was one of the railwayana movement’s real characters, a collector who embraced what has been described as an “alternative lifestyle”. He was unmarried, didn’t work, lived with his mother until
Read more£300k challenge as fundraisers bid to reopen railway path
By Geoff Courtney CAMPAIGNERS who are central to the bid to have part of the former Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway reopened to walkers after it was ravaged by floods more than two years ago,
Read moreFamily reunited at First World War commemoration
Distant cousins met for the first time on Butterley station platform on May 12 when the Midland Railway – Butterley held a special ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Sapper Alfred
Read moreTarka Valley Railway moves forward at last
THE Tarka Valley Railway has been granted a lease by Devon County Council to occupy the first quarter mile of the former Southern Railway trackbed from Torrington towards Bideford. The lease, signed after many years
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