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Amazing Black Friday sales on all your favourite Railway titles at Classic Magazines!

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Shannon Butcher

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29th November 2021

It’s the time of the year you can’t ignore even if you tried – the Black Friday Classic Magazines sale is upon us all and it’s here for the week!
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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 The 4-6-2 was withdrawn from traffic less than a week before.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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Government accused of a ‘betrayal’ of the North over revised rail plan

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Shannon Butcher

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18th November 2021

The Government has been accused of a “betrayal of trust” as it set out its long-awaited revised plans for Northern England and the Midlands.
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Passenger trains to run on Dartmoor Line for first time in 50 years

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Sam Hewitt

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17th November 2021

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will dispatch the first passenger train to run on the Dartmoor Line for over 50 years.
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Railway family’s 100-year-old photo collection donated to National Railway Museum

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Sam Hewitt

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16th November 2021

A 100-year-old photo collection showing a family of railway workers in the West Midlands has been donated to the National Railway Museum in York after being found in the back of a wardrobe.
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Bodmin & Wenford Railway reopen buffet after lengthy closure

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Sam Hewitt

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15th November 2021

Bodmin & Wenford Railway has announced the buffet at Bodmin Parkway station is due to reopen on November 19.
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Book of the Week: Lament for a Branch Line

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Shannon Butcher

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15th November 2021

As a born and bred Prestonian, young David took the opportunity to go train spotting at Preston station, within sight and sound of the much-lamented Southport branch line.
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HRA President secures Government’s support for future of heritage steam

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Shannon Butcher

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9th November 2021

The Heritage Railway Association (HRA) President, Lord Faulkner has secured Government’s assurances that the Environment Bill will have no direct impact on the heritage steam sector.
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Christmas services selling fast at the Severn Valley Railway

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd November 2021

The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has revealed its range of Christmas experiences, starting from November 19 through until Christmas Eve.
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