The first photograph of the holidays as LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 45593 Kolhapur storms out of Carlisle with the 12.09am to Leeds on Saturday July 2 1966. Fifty years ago, a remarkable variety of steam
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Rippendale station for sale – includes engine!
Avonside 0-4-0ST No. 1865 of 1922 Elizabeth alongside Rippingale station. HURFORDS A CLASSIC GNR country station is being offered for sale – complete with a steam locomotive alongside the platform. Rippingale station in Lincolnshire is
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Hudswell-Clarke 0-6-0ST Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons No. 81 heads a passenger train on Sir William McAlpine’s private standard gauge line at Fawley Hill near Henley-on-Thames, during the May 20-22 Fawley Hill vintage weekend. JOHN
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Issue 226
NEWS Headline News David Smith’s Bulleid Merchant Navy Pacific No. 35018 British India Line to become next main line star; Lynton & Barnstaple turn a major obstruction into profit; ‘Great Britain X’ line-up
Read morePodcast: Southern Steam Revival
Editor Brian Sharpe and Steam newbie Ian Mills join Alex Lewczuk for another Railway Hub Podcast, featuring comment on photography, Darjeeling and Winston Churchill amongst many other delights.
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Welcome to episode three of The Railway Hub podcast. In this episode, Alex Lewczuk speaks to Geoff Thompson, Brian Sharpe and Robin Jones about the hype surrounding the Great Goodbye at Locomotion – The National
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Welcome to episode two of The Railway Hub podcast. In this episode, Alex Anthony-Lewczuk speaks to Editor of Heritage Railway Robin Jones at Barrow Hill Roundhouse. Joining us to discuss the East Coast Giants is Tim Godfrey,
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Welcome to episode one of The Railway Hub podcast. In this episode, Deputy Editor of Heritage Railway Brian Sharpe along with Alex Anthony-Lewczuk and Geoff Thompson discuss the history of the Settle & Carlisle line.
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