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Category: Features

Why does snow prevent rail services from running?

15th February 2022 Shannon Butcher Features, Network

In years gone by the UK has faced some relatively heavy snowfall, leaving passengers asking the question: Why does snow stop trains running?

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Book of the Week: Settle & Carlise Revival

14th February 2022 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

The Settle & Carlisle railway runs across the roof of England, reaching the highest point on any mainline railway in the country, and carries both passenger services and freight traffic.

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The Rocket Fleet

3rd February 2022 Sam Hewitt Features, Steam
The Rocket Fleet

How much further can a locomotive go in terms of acquiring ‘legendary’ status than having a succession of full-size replicas built?

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From the archive (1980): Portico for Posterity

1st February 2022 Darren Hendley Features, Network

STONEWORK of the impressive former entrance building of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham, is being restored and cleaned as part of a six month programme of renovation under the direction of City of Birmingham Planning Department.

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Book of the Week: Model Railways Explained Beyond the Beginning

1st February 2022 Shannon Butcher Features, Modelling

My hobby has been model railways for many years since I was given a Tri-ang Princess Elizabeth train set for Christmas as an eight-year-old schoolboy.

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Fifty years ago: New trains for the Northern and Piccadilly lines

26th January 2022 Darren Hendley Features, Metro

From the January 1972 edition of The Railway Magazine Authority has been given to London Transport by the Greater London Council to place orders for 121 new Underground trains of a total cost of nearly

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Puffing Billy – the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive

18th January 2022 Robin Jones Features, Steam
Puffing Billy – the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive

It is not often the name of a railway locomotive becomes adopted as an everyday saying in the English language, but many believe that happened in the case of the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive. Heritage Railway editor Robin Jones has the story.

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Book of the Week: 50 Years of Railways Around Bristol

20th December 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

Telling the story of Bristol area railways over the last 50 years, this publication is lavishly illustrated, including many photos taken by rail employees that give a unique insight to railways around Bristol and the

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National Railway Museum Appoints Railway Partnerships Manager

17th December 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

The National Railway Museum in York has appointed Paddy McNulty as Railway Partnerships Manager.

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Fantastic Christmas subscriptions on all your favourite railway titles at Classic Magazines!

13th December 2021 Shannon Butcher Diesel, Electric, Features, Freight, News, Steam

Christmas is just around the corner, meaning it’s the perfect time to grab a last-minute gift for the Railway enthusiasts in your life, or even for yourself as an early Christmas treat!

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