Features

The Rocket Fleet

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd February 2022

How much further can a locomotive go in terms of acquiring ‘legendary’ status than having a succession of full-size replicas built?
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Book of the Week: Model Railways Explained Beyond the Beginning

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Shannon Butcher

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1st February 2022

My hobby has been model railways for many years since I was given a Tri-ang Princess Elizabeth train set for Christmas as an eight-year-old schoolboy.
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Puffing Billy – the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive

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Robin Jones

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18th January 2022

It is not often the name of a railway locomotive becomes adopted as an everyday saying in the English language, but many believe that happened in the case of the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive. Heritage Railway editor Robin Jones has the story.
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Raising the roof at Bridgnorth

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Robin Jones

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30th December 2021

Fifty-one years after it launched its first public services, the Severn Valley Railway has been meticulously planning a civil engineering operation that is essential to keep one of the world’s leading heritage lines at the forefront of steam locomotive maintenance and operation for the next half century. John Titlow reports on the planned operation to…
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Book of the Week: 50 Years of Railways Around Bristol

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Shannon Butcher

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20th December 2021

Telling the story of Bristol area railways over the last 50 years, this publication is lavishly illustrated, including many photos […]
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National Railway Museum Appoints Railway Partnerships Manager

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Shannon Butcher

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17th December 2021

The National Railway Museum in York has appointed Paddy McNulty as Railway Partnerships Manager.
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Fantastic Christmas subscriptions on all your favourite railway titles at Classic Magazines!

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Shannon Butcher

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13th December 2021

Christmas is just around the corner, meaning it’s the perfect time to grab a last-minute gift for the Railway enthusiasts in your life, or even for yourself as an early Christmas treat!
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Book of the Week: Model Railways Explained

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Shannon Butcher

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6th December 2021

Author Brian Lamber writes: “My hobby has been model railways for many years since I was given a Tri-ang Princess Elizabeth train set for Christmas as an eight-year-old schoolboy.
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End of the line for ‘Number Nine’

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Robin Jones

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24th November 2021

LNER A4 Pacific No. 60009 Union of South Africa was set to appear in the East Lancashire Railway’s 2021 Autumn Steam Gala but fate stepped in. The 4-6-2 was withdrawn from traffic less than a week before. Cedric Johns and Robin Jones look back at its illustrious history.
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Book of the Week: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire Steam Railway Journey

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Shannon Butcher

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22nd November 2021

The history and the remarkable rebuilding of the former section of the Great Western Railway from Broadway to Cheltenham Racecourse by the volunteer-led Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway has been well documented.
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