THREE heritage railways have won prestigious prizes in this year’s National Rail Heritage Awards. The Supporters Award for the best small project went to The New Glyn Valley Tramway & Industrial Heritage Trust for its
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A PAIR of TV engineering detectives are on the hunt for forgotten and hidden treasures tucked away in the sheds of Britain. Travel Channel presenters Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove are about to film their
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The former Carnforth steam depot has been added to Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register, in a bid to protect steam-era buildings on the site. The Carnforth Conservation Area is said to contain “a remarkably
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THE Great Central Railway has chosen a very modern design for its new national-standard railway museum at Leicester North. The striking design by architects WilkinsonEyre came top out of a shortlist of six, as featured in
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A MEMORIAL to London Transport chief executive officer Frank Pick’s iconic designs, which have influenced London travel since 1906, was unveiled at Piccadilly Circus station on November 7. BAFTA-winning and Turner Prize-nominated artist duo Ben
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AFTER 20 years of trying, the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust has bought a house which blocks its way to the west. The trust has just completed the purchase of Fairview, a three-bedroom detached house,
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Exclusive: By Geoff Courtney THE innovative and eagerly awaited Mail Rail project in central London took a major step forward at the end of October, with the delivery of new trains, which next year will
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Leading steam and diesel photographer Norman Preedy is celebrating the acquisition of what he describes as one of the most significant collections ever to have come onto the market. Norman, 73, has bought about 25,000
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One of the Guild of Railway Artists most successful annual exhibitions closed its doors at the Severn Valley Railway on October 2. It followed five weeks of substantial public interest and buoyant sales of the
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The First World War military role of one of the UK’s most prolific and famous locomotive builders has come under the spotlight after the unearthing of rare photographs of the factory manufacturing tanks and munitions
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Due to Covid isolation issues at the finishing house, the next issue of Heritage Railway 288, will be arriving with you slightly later than planned. We apologise for this but ensure you it will be worth the wait.
Dear Reader,
Unfortunately, due to circumstances out of our control with the printing/finishing of Heritage Railway issue 284, the latest issue is running two days behind schedule. We promise it will be worth the wait!
Many thanks,
The Heritage Railway Team
