AGAINST a backdrop of a working steam loco, a large crowd, and a day when the rain mercifully kept away, railwayana collectors from far and wide attended a special one-off auction on June 19 in
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The legendary and perhaps too popular LNER A3 Pacific No. 60103 Flying Scotsman is now in its most intensive period of use since its return to steam at the end of last year, hauling sell-out
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Stanier 4-6-2 No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth suffered mixed fortunes during June 14-18 when having passed its main line tests, the 4-6-2 failed on its way to Derby. ‘Lizzie’ fails to make Derby railtour debut LMS
Read moreLEICESTERSHIRE County Council’s magnificent and visionary gesture of buying a million shares in the Great Central Railway is not just an endorsement of the success of Britain’s only double-track heritage trunk railway, but of the
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DESPITE repeated warnings about the dangers, a number of Flying Scotsman spectators have continued to ignored appeals by British Transport Police not to trespass trackside when the A3 is due to pass. Helicopter snaps Scotsman
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THE Lynton & Barnstaple Railway has been given the green light to rebuild more of the original railway. Rebuild green light for Lynton & Barnstaple Baldwin 2-4-2T Lyn taking water at Blackmoor station shortly before
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The spring gala on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway over the weekend of May 14/15 saw the unprecedented sight of no less than three steam engines working on the one-time Southern Railway 2ft gauge line.
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TWO heritage lines have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Queen’s Award for East Lancashire and Chasewater volunteers Barclay 0-4-0ST No. 1223 of 1911 Colin McAndrew shunts the Chasewater Railway’s latest acquisition,
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In an unusual move, Peppercorn A1 No. 60163 4-6-2 Tornado was set to work the York to King’s Cross leg of UK Railtours’ modern traction ‘The Diversionary Tactic’ on Saturday, June 11, which would have
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THE Great Central Railway’s ‘Bridging the Gap’ project has been given a £250,000 major vote of confidence by Leicestershire County Council. County council buys a million Great Central Railway shares! Visiting SDJR 2-8-0 No. 53808
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