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From The Railway Magazine, August 1963 – The Hunslet Engine Co. develops an underfeed stoker and gas producer system which completely eliminates the emission of dark smoke.
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An investigation has been launched into the Flying Scotsman crash last month which left two people in hospital.
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A Victorian steam locomotive has hauled carriages for the first time in 78 years following a six-year renovation.
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Flying Scotsman will carry out rail tours this weekend after passing a mechanical inspection following a slow-speed crash last week.
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A County Durham railway station has been found to be older than first thought and is now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station, new research has discovered.
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A train line featured in The Railway Children film is among a number of “cherished” UK institutions to receive protection with government funding.
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Flying Scotsman will be displayed at the National Railway Museum this October half term as part of its centenary celebrations.
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The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an extra special steam gala this weekend.
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Diminishing and ever more costly supplies of steam coal are threatening a major crisis in the heritage railway sector. A new book traces in depth the story of the fuel that fired the railway revolution, from early times to the present day.
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It is now over 200 years since the world’s first steam railway locomotive made its maiden voyage along a primitive plateway in South Wales – in 1804 Richard Trevithick’s high-pressure steam locomotive successfully hauled a loaded train a distance of nine miles at an average speed of two mph.
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