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Thomas steams again at the Nene Valley Railway

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Sam Hewitt

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12th October 2018

Thomas has returned to steam at the Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough.
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Should Britain’s heritage railways embrace digital age?

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Sam Hewitt

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10th October 2018

Britain’s heritage railways may set out to recreate the experience of a bygone age but they still have to interact with the digital age.
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Join Dennis Howells memorial trip to Risborough

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Sam Hewitt

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8th October 2018

Seats are still available for a special main line steam train from London to Princes Risborough to say a final farewell to locomotive owner Dennis Howells MBE.
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Signalling a special success: Swindon Panel now working at Didcot centre

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Sam Hewitt

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5th October 2018

Didcot Railway Centre’s new signalling centre exhibition is already proving a big hit with visitors since it opened on June 23.
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Brecon Mountain Railway & its transatlantic flavour

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd October 2018

Narrow gauge heritage lines run on former standard gauge trackbeds in many parts of Britain.
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Bitesize Driving: Our list of top low-cost driver experience courses

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd October 2018

Gareth Evans talks to eight heritage railways operating low-cost driver experience courses for £20
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Railway provides volunteers with home from home

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Sam Hewitt

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25th September 2018

It may not be the Ritz or have been awarded any stars
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Top railway museum to reopen after rescue by new owners

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Sam Hewitt

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25th September 2018

One of Australia’s leading railway museums, which was for many years home to a number of British-built steam locomotives including one of the world’s largest operational preserved engines, has been saved nearly two years after its dramatic and unexpected closure.
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VIDEO: Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Garratt No. 87

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Sam Hewitt

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20th September 2018

Check out this exhilarating ride behind Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Garratt No. 87
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Farewell to steam owner extraordinare Dennis!

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Sam Hewitt

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19th September 2018

Dennis Howells’ name will be familiar to all Heritage Railway readers. This is the mark of the man, who is possibly best known today for his go-anywhere WR Hawksworth-design 0-6-0PT No. 9466, which he owned for 41 years, restoring it from a Barry scrapyard to concourse condition, operating across swathes of the national and preserved…
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