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Search for Sir Vincent Raven relatives for North Eastern Railway celebrations
Sir Vincent Raven was an English railway engineer and chief mechanical engineer of NER from 1910 to 1922.
Read moreRestoration of former Barry Prairie continuing at Barry
The project originally began at Llangollen, but the loco moved with Mr Pearce when he relocated to South Wales.
Read moreAdams ‘Radial’ delights at Bluebell branch weekend
IT may have been largely on static display only, but the Bluebell Railway’s newly repainted Adams ‘Radial’ 4-4-2T No. 30583 still managed to steal the show at the railway’s Branch Line Weekend on March 15-17.
Read more‘Jubilee’ and ‘2MT’ treble bring gala success to the KWVR
THE Keighley & Worth Valley Railway witnessed a 20% year-on-year increase in visitor numbers to its Spring Steam Gala over the weekend of March 8-10, with almost 3,000 passengers travelling over the three days. There
Read moreFirst steam over Cawledge Viaduct in preservation era
HISTORY was made at the Aln Valley Railway on March 15 when the first steam-hauled train of the preservation era worked across Cawledge Viaduct on the former Alnwick to Alnmouth branch. Hudswell, Clarke 0-6-0T Richboro
Read moreFinal push for Llangollen Railway’s £10,000 appeal to fill the Corwen ‘gap’
THE Llangollen Railway’s appeal to raise £10,000 to help fund the infilling of the ‘Gap’ in the embankment at its new Corwen Central station site had reached the £7,800 mark by mid-March. Support has come
Read more1501 and Barclay heading to west country for golden celebration gala
Outside-cylindered Hawksworth pannier No. 1501 is making its first visit to the South Devon Railway.
Read more‘B1’ and ‘Caley’ tank add Northern Soul to Gloucestershire Warwickshire festival
REPRESENTATIVES from each of the ‘Big Four’ railway companies will make up an eight-engine line-up at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s Cotswold Festival of Steam on May 25-27. The RM-sponsored event has been given the theme
Read moreWales, wind and the Western dominate SVR’s spring gala
THE Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR)season-opening Spring Steam Gala took place over the three days of March 15-17 It brought together a variety of tank engines of predominantly, but not exclusively, GWR origin with links to
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