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From the archive: Five decades of the Foxfield Railway

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd December 2019

Picture the scene. You are standing in a Staffordshire field beneath an almost cloudless blue sky.
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From the archive: The big bird that flew too far

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Sam Hewitt

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17th December 2019

As the most powerful single-engine diesel locomotive in the world at the time, Kestrel promised a motive power revolution… but it turned out to be ‘too good for its own good’!
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From the archive: The treasures of Beamish

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Sam Hewitt

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16th December 2019

Mark Smithers visits Beamish Museum, one of the North East’s leading regional heritage attractions, featuring several unique railway exhibits.
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Four centuries on… Mayflower to honour the Mayflower

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Sam Hewitt

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10th December 2019

DAVID Buck’s Thompson ‘B1’ 4-6-0 No. 61306 Mayflower will pay homage to the ship of the same name next September when it heads a commemorative railtour from London to Plymouth and Penzance to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers to the Americas. Steam Dreams’ ‘Mayflower 400’ will leave London Paddington at…
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Check before you travel: 20,000 staff to work on 380 rail projects over Christmas

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Sam Hewitt

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10th December 2019

Passengers “will benefit from a better, more reliable railway in 2020” according to Network Rail – with upgrades taking place over Christmas and New Year.
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UK railway news round-up

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Sam Hewitt

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6th December 2019

It’s been a busy week on the UK’s railways as the election race heats up. Labour and the Conservatives clash over the Tory pledge to spend £4.2 billion on a local public transport fund.
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A Cumbrian Coast ‘Jubilee’

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Sam Hewitt

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6th December 2019

STANIER ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 No. 45690 Leander winds its way southbound along the Lakeland coast at St Bees with the return leg of the Railway Touring Company’s ‘Cumbrian Coast Express on September 28. The BR black-liveried ‘Jub’ had left Carlisle at 13.32 and stuck to within four minutes of the timetable through Workington and Whitehaven, being just…
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Rare outing for Middleton’s tiny Hunslet

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Sam Hewitt

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6th December 2019

FORMER brewery 4wD Courage (Hunslet 1786 of 1935) made a rare outing during the Middleton Railway’s Work’s Outing gala on September 14-15. The locomotive was operated on the rarely used Balm Road branch. Here, it leads a demonstration goods train over Moor Road level crossing on the first day of the event. A wide variety…
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Forget socks, Classic Magazines has a gift for everyone!

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Sam Hewitt

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5th December 2019

At Classic Magazines we’ve made your Christmas shopping simple and straightforward, with plenty of ideas for family and friends in our festive gift guide.
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The Railway Magazine Archive: 120 years of rail history…

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Shannon Butcher

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5th December 2019

The Railway Magazine’s entire archive has been scanned to give subscribers access to more than 120 years of Britain’s best-selling rail title.
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