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The Railway Children train line among sites protected with funding

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Alex Bestwick

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26th September 2023

A train line featured in The Railway Children film is among a number of “cherished” UK institutions to receive protection with government funding.
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Exclusive showing of wreckers film

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Robin Jones

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24th September 2023

The organisers of the Cramlington Train Wreckers project have been given exclusive access to a 30-minute 1969 BBC film of interviews with the surviving four Northumberland miners who were imprisoned after accidentally derailing the Flying Scotsman during the 1926 General Strike.
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Flying Scotsman to return to National Railway Museum in October

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Alex Bestwick

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21st September 2023

Flying Scotsman will be displayed at the National Railway Museum this October half term as part of its centenary celebrations.
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Celebrate 50 years of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway this weekend

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Alex Bestwick

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21st September 2023

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an extra special steam gala this weekend.
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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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Step back in time with North Yorkshire Moors Railway with Through the Decades weekend

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Arianne Davey

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15th September 2023

Grab your dancing shoes and prepare for a weekend of nostalgia and timeless entertainment, with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s new weekend event, Through the Decades: 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, from Saturday, October 14 – Sunday, October 15 (with a Welcome Party on the evening of 13 October).
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Which are Britain’s top 10 steam engines?

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Sam Hewitt

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8th September 2023

Which are Britain’s top 10 steam engines? Compare the history and performance of the 10 biggest working main line engines in roughly chronological order of the introduction of the class.
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First look at new designs for National Railway Museum’s Station Hall exhibition

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Alex Bestwick

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5th September 2023

The National Railway Museum has released details of its new permanent exhibition planned for Station Hall, including concept designs for York’s former goods station.
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Cheers to the Great Central Beer Festival

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Robin Jones

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5th September 2023

The Great Central Railway’s annual beer festival takes place over four days this week.
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Two more guest locos to join SVR’s gala line-up

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Robin Jones

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30th August 2023

The Severn Valley Railway has confirmed that USATC No. 2253 Omaha and LMS No. 41312 will join the exciting and varied line-up of guest and home locomotives at its forthcoming Autumn Steam Gala.
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