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Jacobite service could be halted amid health & safety row

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Alex Bestwick

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29th November 2023

The popular ‘Hogwarts Express’ service could be at the end of the line as it awaits a ruling after challenging a safety rule.
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Britain’s Steam Locomotives: 100 of the best from Penydarren to Tornado

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Alex Bestwick

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19th September 2023

It is now over 200 years since the world’s first steam railway locomotive made its maiden voyage along a primitive plateway in South Wales – in 1804 Richard Trevithick’s high-pressure steam locomotive successfully hauled a loaded train a distance of nine miles at an average speed of two mph.
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Fundraising bid to get steam locomotive back on track after 75 years

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Alex Bestwick

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23rd June 2023

Railway fans have launched a £40,000 fundraising appeal to see a Victorian steam locomotive hauling passenger carriages for the first time in 75 years.
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Overnight running returns to the SVR’s Autumn Steam Gala

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Alex Bestwick

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19th June 2023

The Severn Valley Railway will reintroduce overnight services as part of its Autumn Steam Gala this September.
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4079 Pendennis Castle to visit Epping Ongar Railway in June

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Alex Bestwick

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16th May 2023

Epping Ongar Railway has announced that Great Western Railway Castle class steam locomotive 4079 Pendennis Castle will visit its Steam Gala in June.
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Spring Steam Gala ‘a triumph’, says SVR

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Alex Bestwick

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19th April 2023

The Spring Steam Gala, held last weekend, was a huge success for SVR, exceeding its budget for paying passengers by almost 18%.
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Book of the week: More memories of a Didcot Steam Apprentice by Patrick Kelly

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Alex Bestwick

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27th February 2023

Our latest book of the week is a follow up to Kelly’s memoir published in 2008 and digs even deeper into the day-to-day details of an unexperienced 15 year old thrown into the uncompromising world of working men.
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Simon Armitage writes new poem to mark Flying Scotsman centenary

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Alex Bestwick

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24th February 2023

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage has written a poem in honour of 100 years since the Flying Scotsman first entered service.
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Lion roars

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Alex Bestwick

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22nd February 2023

BR celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opening with a number of events throughout 1980, including […]
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A Royal visit to Swindon’s STEAM Museum

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Alex Bestwick

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8th December 2022

His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent visited the award-winning displays at STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway on Wednesday.
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Jacobite service could be halted amid health & safety row

Britain’s Steam Locomotives: 100 of the best from Penydarren to Tornado

Fundraising bid to get steam locomotive back on track after 75 years

Overnight running returns to the SVR’s Autumn Steam Gala

4079 Pendennis Castle to visit Epping Ongar Railway in June

Spring Steam Gala ‘a triumph’, says SVR

Book of the week: More memories of a Didcot Steam Apprentice by Patrick Kelly

Simon Armitage writes new poem to mark Flying Scotsman centenary

Lion roars

A Royal visit to Swindon’s STEAM Museum

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