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New set of stamps celebrates British steam locomotives

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Alex Bestwick

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18th September 2025

Steam locomotives including Locomotion No. 1, Rocket, Mallard and Evening Star will appear on a new set of stamps celebrating the history of the UK’s railway network.
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Steaming Through the Yorkshire Dales

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Web Editor

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28th May 2024

Ray Fincham takes a look over the history of steam transportation in the Yorkshire Dales. The topography of the Yorkshire […]
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Your gallery: 5428 ‘Eric Treacy’

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Alex Bestwick

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6th February 2024

5428 departs Ruswarp with an NYMR Whitby Winter Excursions train. 04/01/2024 Jack Lord We’d love to see and feature your […]
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Your gallery: 6990 – Witherslack Hall

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Alex Bestwick

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5th February 2024

Photo taken of 6990 – Witherslack Hall pulling freight near Rabbit Bridge GCR during winter steam gala Saturday 27th January […]
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B12 painting by award winning artist James Green

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Alex Bestwick

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24th January 2024

A stunning painting depicting B12 8572 as it climbs Bethnal Green bank in 1932 has just been released by by […]
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Jacobite service could be halted amid health & safety row

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Alex Bestwick

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29th November 2023

The popular ‘Hogwarts Express’ service could be at the end of the line as it awaits a ruling after challenging a safety rule.
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Coal: The complete story from start to finish

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Alex Bestwick

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19th September 2023

Diminishing and ever more costly supplies of steam coal are threatening a major crisis in the heritage railway sector. A new book traces in depth the story of the fuel that fired the railway revolution, from early times to the present day.
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Britain’s Steam Locomotives: 100 of the best from Penydarren to Tornado

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Alex Bestwick

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19th September 2023

It is now over 200 years since the world’s first steam railway locomotive made its maiden voyage along a primitive plateway in South Wales – in 1804 Richard Trevithick’s high-pressure steam locomotive successfully hauled a loaded train a distance of nine miles at an average speed of two mph.
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Fundraising bid to get steam locomotive back on track after 75 years

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Alex Bestwick

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23rd June 2023

Railway fans have launched a £40,000 fundraising appeal to see a Victorian steam locomotive hauling passenger carriages for the first time in 75 years.
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Overnight running returns to the SVR’s Autumn Steam Gala

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Alex Bestwick

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19th June 2023

The Severn Valley Railway will reintroduce overnight services as part of its Autumn Steam Gala this September.
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