Sam Hewitt

The premier heritage festival in the southern hemisphere – Stars of Sandstone 2019.

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd July 2018

There is truly nowhere else on earth quite like Sandstone – a large agricultural estate with its own 26km private railway line and the largest collection of 2ft narrow gauge steam locomotives in the world. There are more than 50 restored and unrestored locomotives, of which 25 are fully operational. The Sandstone Heritage Trust is…
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UK Railtours: ‘Cradle of a Nation’

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd July 2018

Saturday, September 29, 2018 This is an ideal late-summer day out, offering you a choice of three top-notch destinations, namely Shrewsbury, the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway or Ironbridge and Blists Hill Museum. If there was ever a tour that could claim to offer something for everyone, surely this is it! There is a wide range…
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Follow Michael Portillo Down Under on an Antipodean odyssey

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd July 2018

An escorted tour of Australia and New Zealand is one of three enticing long-haul itineraries that Ffestiniog Travel will be running in 2019. You can also join them on a tour to Japan and India. Having explored the Great Railways of the UK, United States, Europe and India in his popular BBC series, Michael Portillo…
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Great days out by rail with Tornado in August and September 2018

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd July 2018

Take a tour with the UK’s only new-build mainline steam locomotive in its 10th anniversary year. Book your tickets to travel with Tornado and be a part of this iconic locomotive’s history. All of our railtours provide a nostalgic journey back in time, where passengers can enjoy the beautiful scenery as plumes of steam drift…
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Branch Line Focus – Regattas, donkeys and Royals

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd July 2018

For more than 150 years, the three Thames Valley branch lines have been vital commuter and leisure routes serving Windsor, Marlow, Bourne End and Henley-on-Thames. Facing modernisation, Stuart Warr looks at the fascinating history of these branches and what the future holds. THE Thames Valley branch lines to Henley-on-Thames, Bourne End, Marlow and Windsor are…
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Budapest-based Class 47 conquers the world-famous Semmering Pass

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd July 2018

THE Austrian Alps echoed to the sound of a Brush/Sulzer Type 4 for the first time on June 9-10 when Continental Rail Solution’s No. 47375 Falcon hauled a unique railtour from Budapest to the world-famous Semmering Pass. Around 50 visitors from the UK enjoyed the ex-Tinsley, ex-Fragonset Class 47/3 performing faultlessly throughout the 430-mile round…
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Huge 2018 increase in Gloucs Warks numbers after just six months

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd July 2018

THE opening of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway’s (GSWR) extension to Broadway at Easter must surely rank as one of modern preservation’s greatest achievements, not only in terms of physical construction, but also for the effect it has already brought to the Cotswold line. Up until the end of May the GWSR had carried 42,000…
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Derby station gears up for big changes

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd July 2018

By Richard Tuplin THE final piece of the electrification jigsaw of the Derbyshire area in general, and the Midland Main Line in particular, will see Derby station and its approaches controlled by the East Midlands Control Centre (EMCC) from mid-August, as track rationalisation and improvements works close Derby Power Signalbox (PSB). Resignalling work in the…
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Historic EMUS now safe, secure and in the dry

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd July 2018

By Peter Nicholson Following closure of the Electric Railway Museum in October 2017 considerable effort has gone into securing the long-term future of all of the vehicles in the collection – and by the end of June clearance of the site was finally coming to an end. Among the last items remaining at the Coventry…
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West Coast provides free Lakes line service

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd July 2018

NEWS that Windermere would be without its regular train service for several weeks as a result of the Northern Rail timetable crisis has led to the West Coast Railway Company (WCRC) stepping in to provide a free service. Growing local concern that since the timetable change on May 20 use of buses rather than trains…
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