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Heritage Railway Association celebrates 60th anniversary

Strathspey gifted machines from National Railway Museum’s workshop

Ryde Pier tram launched at Wight anniversary event

Plans for all-new Locomotion collections building go on show

Severn Valley closed for major infrastructure works

257 Squadron and 4MT tank for Great Central gala

Britannia and Sir Nigel Gresley for Severn Valley Railway test runs

Festive bonanza for heritage lines

WSR to provide railtour support for Locomotive Services Ltd

Harry Potter and the cruise to Japan

Funding boost for Stockton & Darlington Rail Heritage Quarter

Didcot in £200k appeal for water tower and coaling stage

Bala Lake Railway seeks planning permission for extension into town centre

Pannier 6430 joins South Devon fleet

Thanks half a million! Horsted Keynes appeal hits target

Two more trackbed sections are bought for Lynton & Barnstaple

Final go-ahead for Churnet’s push to Leek

Severn Valley driver standing down after almost 60 years on the footplate

New cab is under construction for ‘Highland Hiker’

Rossendale Council remains determined to forge ahead with scheme for East Lancashire commuter train service

New Spanish railway museum

Wolverton Works demolition plans hit bufferstops – at least for now

Severn Valley gets £1m in second Culture Recovery Fund lifeline

Ecclesbourne funding will assist with track repairs

Three other railways are handed winter survival grants

Signalman and passenger – now a driver – reunited 50 years on for Swanage closure anniversary special

First engine out of Barry hauls its last train – for now

North Norfolk Railway to overhaul boiler from historic Swiss locomotive

The Lion, the Witch and the Saint

Talyllyn has bumper season despite postlockdown start

No trains to top of Snowdon

Help raise last £200k to steam T3 in 2023

New Gowrie carrier frame takes shape

Ring Haw overhaul underway at NNR

Analysis is needed after Bure Valley biocoal tests

IN BRIEF

Appeal for £250K to rebuild lost Chirk tramway station

New manager to boost NRM communication with heritage railway sector

Eddystone withdrawn with wheel flats

World’s oldest railway bridge and Dartmoor tramshed get listed status from Historic England

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Middleton Towers branch revival scheme gathers pace

NYMR collision occurred after Class 20 went too fast at 10mph – report

Historic North Shields tramlines uncovered by workers

World’s penultimate Garratt back in service at Sandstone

New tech director’s career was inspired by school-age trip to the Bluebell

More locomotives arrive at Sandstone

Chinnor gives 200 graduates a taste of railway operations

Top national accolade goes to storm-hit Wensleydale railcar

Driving wheels ordered for new-build Gresley B17

Hythe Pier Railway prepares for its centenary celebrations

Invasion of the ‘bogie men’

Coffee club whistles up a whistle for new-build 4-4-0 Ben Alder

RVR founder Mark Yonge dies at 77

Collection of 14 American locomotives to find new homes

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