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Category: Features

Book of the Week: STRATFORD DEPOT LOCOMOTIVES

1st August 2022 Alex Bestwick Diesel, Electric, Features
Stratford Depot Locomotives by Roger Rounce is this week's book of the week.

Photographer Roger Rounce’s Stratford Depot Locomotives is packed with stunning images and a must-read for rail enthusiasts.

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The Railway Magazine’s editors meet for the 125th anniversary of the first issue

8th July 2022 Ben Stockdale Features, Podcasts, World

This month marks 125 years since the first issue of The Railway Magazine was published in July 1897. In this special podcast episode, we reunite every living editor and the current deputy editor of The

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The story of Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society’s LMS10000 project

8th July 2022 Sam Hewitt Advertisement Feature, Features

The Ivatt Diesel Recreation Society was formed in 2011 with the aim of producing a recreation of the lost pioneer mainline diesel loco, 10000, which, along with its twin 10001, was scrapped in 1968, long before the diesel preservation movement got off the ground.

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B17 Steam Locomotive Trust (B17 SLT) 61673 ‘Spirit of Sandringham’ update

6th July 2022 Sam Hewitt Advertisement Feature, Features

The project is progressing well building 61673 ‘Spirit of Sandringham’ which is a missing link in the evolution of the UK.

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Book of the Week: Railways and Recollections

27th June 2022 Sam Hewitt Features

The Nostalgia Collection expands with this book from Will Adams, exploring from Hendon to St Pancras before electrification.

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Book of the Week: Young Railway Photographer of the Year 2022

13th June 2022 Shannon Butcher Features

In 2018 the Rail Camera Club organised the ‘Rail Cameraman’ exhibition at Locomotion, Shildon, showcasing the work of the club’s members.

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Book of the Week: The Railway Magazine Archive 1930s

6th June 2022 Sam Hewitt Features

The last great age of steam in Britain is revisited in this new collection of superb photographs from the extensive archive of the Railway Magazine.

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Book of the Week: Railways & Recollections: The Midland Mainland in London 1974-80

25th April 2022 Shannon Butcher Features

The Midland Railway’s extension to London from Bedford to St Pancras opened fully on 1 October 1868 (local trains had run via St Pancras Tunnel to Moorgate from 13 July).

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Book of the Week: The Midland Mainline in London 1974-80

28th March 2022 Shannon Butcher Features

The Midland Railway’s extension to London from Bedford to St Pancras opened fully on 1 October 1868 (local trains had run via St Pancras Tunnel to Moorgate from 13 July). From then on, improvements and widenings were undertaken through to 1905.

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Unboxing ‘Flash’ the Local Express Train from Hornby

23rd March 2022 Ben Stockdale Features, Modelling, Reviews, Video

Today we’re unboxing a recent model train from Hornby called ‘Flash’ the local express train. It’s a remote-controlled battery train set targeted at the younger train enthusiast. It’s a great starting point for someone new

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