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    Locomotion No 1: Museums' row over historic engine resolved
    rodneypitt9
    • 2 days ago
    • 2 min

    Locomotion No 1: Museums' row over historic engine resolved

    Locomotion No 1 was built in 1825 by George and Robert Stephenson A row between two railway museums over the future home of a famous loco...
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    Llangollen Railway Board vows to Fight for Line’s Survival
    rodneypitt9
    • 2 days ago
    • 2 min

    Llangollen Railway Board vows to Fight for Line’s Survival

    According to the latest report in the Shropshire Star, the trust behind Llangollen’s steam railway has pledged that it will try to work w...
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    Severn Valley Ends Lineside Passes and Photo Charters
    rodneypitt9
    • 3 days ago
    • 2 min

    Severn Valley Ends Lineside Passes and Photo Charters

    7812 “Erlestoke Manor” on the Severn Valley Railway // Credit Erlestoke Manor Fund website The Severn Valley Railway have confirmed that ...
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    Churnet Valley Delays Refunds
    rodneypitt9
    • 4 days ago
    • 2 min

    Churnet Valley Delays Refunds

    Churnet Valley Railway - According to a report by StokeonTrentLive, angry customers have called in trading standards after waiting weeks ...
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    Public Support Grows for Struggling Llangollen Railway!
    rodneypitt9
    • 4 days ago
    • 2 min

    Public Support Grows for Struggling Llangollen Railway!

    According to a report in the Shropshire Star, the public is rallying to support the debt-laden Llangollen Railway. News that the Llangoll...
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    Seaward Way Crossing MUST be Upgraded
    rodneypitt9
    • 4 days ago
    • 3 min

    Seaward Way Crossing MUST be Upgraded

    A Somerset MP says restoring train services between Bishop's Lydeard and Minehead should be an "absolute priority", as delays will cause ...
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    Kent & East Sussex Fundraising for its Future
    rodneypitt9
    • 4 days ago
    • 1 min

    Kent & East Sussex Fundraising for its Future

    Picture: Stuart Kirk An historic railway needs to raise £100,000 in four months in order to ensure its survival. The Kent and East Sussex...
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    Tanat Valley To Reopen This Year
    rodneypitt9
    • 4 days ago
    • 2 min

    Tanat Valley To Reopen This Year

    Adrian Semmence and Mark Hignett on one of the largest monorail engines in the collection... Although the Tanat Valley Light Railway near...
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    Good Manors for 2021!
    rodneypitt9
    • 7 days ago
    • 2 min

    Good Manors for 2021!

    The Erlestoke Manor Fund (EMF) has posted an update on the progress on their locomotives and announced a new appointment to their board o...
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    Llangollen Railway PLC asks Bank to Appoint Receiver
    rodneypitt9
    • 7 days ago
    • 2 min

    Llangollen Railway PLC asks Bank to Appoint Receiver

    Llangollen Railway has today, Monday 1st March 2021, issued a formal announcement about its future. It reads: "It is with great regret th...
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    Severn Valley Railway Postpones Opening
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 25
    • 1 min

    Severn Valley Railway Postpones Opening

    The Severn Valley Railway has said although it will not be open from April 2 as originally announced, its first planned event will take p...
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    Published for the first time in 50 years - images from a Heritage Railway
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 24
    • 4 min

    Published for the first time in 50 years - images from a Heritage Railway

    It’s a sunny June day in 1961 and the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway (LCLR) has been open for less than a year but is developing rapidl...
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    On track for County of Montgomery
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 24
    • 1 min

    On track for County of Montgomery

    The new nameplates have been generously sponsored by John Buxton of Cambrian Transport, and were produced by the Procast Foundry in Yorks...
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    Vale of Rheidol Railway to restore Victorian Locomotive
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 24
    • 2 min

    Vale of Rheidol Railway to restore Victorian Locomotive

    The Manning Wardle "Jubilee 1897" has been sold to the Vale of Rheidol Railway When a heritage railway reopens later this year, it will h...
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    More Pictures of 4709's First Cylinder
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 22
    • 2 min

    More Pictures of 4709's First Cylinder

    The new cylinder blocks have been redesigned and manufactured to bring the width and height within the current Network Rail Loading Gauge...
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    Lady of Legend Coming to the SVR
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 18
    • 2 min

    Lady of Legend Coming to the SVR

    The Lady of Legend will make an appearance at the event in April. (Photo: Frank Dumbleton) The Severn Valley Railway has confirmed a uniq...
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    3278 Arrives at the Churnet Valley Railway
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 18
    • 1 min

    3278 Arrives at the Churnet Valley Railway

    Credit: Dave Gibson Photography The Churnet Valley Railway has announced that their line is now home to three United States Army Transpor...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 27
    • 1 min

    Slough and Windsor Railway Society's Zoom Meetings

    Slough and Windsor Railway Society is currently holding its weekly Friday night meetings remotely by Zoom, starting at 7.45pm. Friday, Ja...
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