Heritage Railway

Go behind the scenes at Swanage

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Robin Jones

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29th January 2023

A community engagement weekend is being held at the Swanage Railway to encourage more volunteers to help run and maintain the line.
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Issue 302

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Arianne Davey

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24th January 2023

Sir Nigel Gresley and Webb Coal Tank to visit Nene Valley Railway; West Somerset’s race to recover from ‘potato field’ landslip; and Historic England finds Shildon coal drops may be ‘first in the world’. You don’t want to miss issue 302 of Heritage Railway magazine.
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Mid Hants marks 45 years with documentary series

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Robin Jones

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21st January 2023

As the Mid Hants enters its 45th year, an entertaining documentary series has been produced.
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Britain’s Got Talent stars are heading to East Devon

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Robin Jones

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19th January 2023

Dinomania from Britain’s Got Talent is returning to Seaton Tramway in February.
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Celebrating the world’s first locomotive works

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Robin Jones

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17th January 2023

Special events are being held to celebrate the bi-centenary of the opening of the world’s first locomotive works, Stephenson’s works in in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Lancashire Glory: ELR’s autumn steam gala 2022

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Alex Bestwick

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17th January 2023

The East Lancashire Railway outdid itself by going one step further for its end-of-year steam event.
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Celebrity steam locomotive to visit NNR

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Robin Jones

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16th January 2023

Visitors to the North Norfolk Railway will have the opportunity to travel on special trains hauled by No. 60163 Tornado.
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Managing director to leave Severn Valley Railway

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Robin Jones

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13th January 2023

The Severn Valley Railway has announced that its managing director is leaving.
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Issue 301

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Arianne Davey

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12th January 2023

Bluebell approves DEMU and Class 73 to join growing diesel fleet; Talyllyn Railway general manager announces February departure; and Duke of Kent retraces grandfather’s footsteps at STEAM. You don’t want to miss issue 301 of Heritage Railway magazine.
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Voluntary redundancies among cost-cutting measures announced by SVR

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Robin Jones

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12th January 2023

Voluntary redundancy is one of the measures being implemented by The Severn Valley Railway to ‘survive and thrive’.
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