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Category: Features

From the archive: A narrow gauge railway under south London

17th June 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, From the archive

Keith Fender reports on the construction of the Northern Line extension to Battersea, which has necessitated the construction of a narrow gauge railway under south London – albeit a temporary one. MAJOR tunnelling projects are

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ARCHIVE: Getting Farringdon ready for the Elizabeth Line

10th June 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, From the archive

Keith Fender was given an exclusive tour of Farringdon, one of the major interchange points on the £16billion project.

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Heritage Profile: The Wensleydale Railway

5th June 2020 Sam Hewitt Features
Wensleydale Railway

Running through some of the best scenery North Yorkshire offers, the Wensleydale Railway is a relative newcomer to the heritage and tourist railway sector.

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From Ukraine with love? Railway photographer shadowed by the state

3rd June 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, From the archive

Mark Darby takes a trip to the former Soviet country of Ukraine – an adventure which presented him with more than a few problems, including the discovery he’d been under surveillance for days… as a suspected terrorist!

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Tragedy on the West Coast Main Line: Defining moment in level crossing use

14th May 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, From the archive

In the last part of our mini-series looking back to events of 50 years ago, The Railway Magazine considers a tragic accident that took place in early January 1968 on a section of the West Coast Main Line.

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The story of London’s little-known narrow gauge underground line

23rd April 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, From the archive, Narrow Gauge, Network, World

Heritage Railway visited the latest and most unusual tourist attraction to open in the capital.

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Here’s what you didn’t know about Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE

22nd April 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, From the archive

In a historical review of locomotive engineers, Heritage Railway magazine highlights the career of Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid – who passed away 50 years ago.

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Lenin’s journey that shook the 20th century

13th April 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, From the archive

A century ago this April, revolutionary politician Lenin embarked on a circuitous eight-day rail journey from Switzerland to Russia.

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The death of Sir Nigel Gresley

5th April 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, From the archive
Sir Nigel Gresley

The death of Sir Nigel Gresley at Hertford on April 5, deprived the railway mechanical engineering profession of one of its most distinguished personalities.

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UK railway news roundup

3rd April 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, News

This week, the focus very much turns to the heritage railway sector, as railways are forced to close and furlough staff. But, in a sharp turn, new emergency funds and fundraising by the public could mean the heritage railways have plenty of life yet.

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