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Book of the Week: Locomotive Recollections | No 7903 Foremarke Hall

1981 a rusty, beat-up locomotive was saved from Woodhams’ Scrapyard in Barry. The engine in question was the Great Western Railway Modified Hall Class No. 7903 Foremarke Hall.
UK railway news roundup

This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
Tyne and Wear Metro to enforce wearing face masks on services

Passengers using the Tyne and Wear Metro must continue to wear face coverings when travelling on the system, unless they are exempt.
Shapps: London mask policy ‘in line with’ Government’s thinking

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has supported a decision to make masks compulsory on the London Underground, despite his own Government scrapping the mandatory wearing of face coverings.
Face masks to remain mandatory on London transport

Face masks must be worn on London’s transport network, even after the legal restrictions have been lifted on July 19.
No train operators will require masks in England from July 19

No domestic train operators will require passengers to wear face coverings on services in England from July 19, according to industry bodies.
Roads to Rail event set for August Bank Holiday at Corfe Castle

Swanage Railway volunteers are staging a steam rally next to Norden station near Corfe Castle to raise funds
Book of the Week: Passengers Once More Scotland

Passengers Once More is a series of books charting reinstated or new stations and lines on Britain’s rail network since nationalisation in 1948.