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  • Recreating the past

    Recreating the past

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Railway photography for me is about two things: a record for capturing a point in time to preserve a memory and an art form to create a great-looking image. Sometimes for me that is to recreate an essence of how things used to be. I’m always looking out for a composition that takes me back…

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  • Rare look inside Margate’s vast new 1:1 railway museum collection

    Rare look inside Margate’s vast new 1:1 railway museum collection

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Part of the former Hornby factory in Margate has been transformed into a railway museum featuring many iconic steam, diesel and electric locos on display. David Staines was afforded a rare look round By the mid-1960s, as the 1955 modernisation plan started to take effect, thousands of steam locomotives were heading to the grave. Enthusiastic…

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  • Fantastic February Fares: the £12 BR loophole that turned into an all-line adventure

    Fantastic February Fares: the £12 BR loophole that turned into an all-line adventure

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    Mark Lancaster

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    In February 1986, British Rail offered bargain saver fares which enabled the creative enthusiast the chance to travel all around the country for peanuts. I mean, you’d obviously go from Coventry to Thurso via Portsmouth, wouldn’t you? Pip Dunn did… Loopholes. I’m sure we’ve all exploited them at one time to another. Rail enthusiasts certainly…

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  • The Flying Scotsman visit is a flying success

    The Flying Scotsman visit is a flying success

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    Mark Lancaster

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    The East Lancashire Railway was excited to welcome the legendary Flying Scotsman back onto its track for an array of unique experiences at the beginning of June. Ever since the railway played a key role in her historic restoration, she has held a special place in the heart of the ELR. Her occasional visits are…

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  • Take your passion to the great outdoors with garden railway modelling

    Take your passion to the great outdoors with garden railway modelling

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    Mark Lancaster

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    Railway modelling is a rich, creative and varied hobby — and for those with the space and the passion to take things outside, there are few more satisfying ways to enjoy it than with a garden railway. A garden railway combines the enjoyment of model trains with the creativity of outdoor landscaping, giving modellers the…

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  • So you want to improve your photography?

    So you want to improve your photography?

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    Mark Lancaster

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    How to take better railway photographs – Pip Dunn explains Do you ever look at a picture in a magazine and think: “I wish I could take an image that good”? Here are a few basic tips on equipment, technique and approach to help you get that bit better at railway photography. Photography has come…

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  • Postman’s Pride returns to Parcels red at Lydney

    Postman’s Pride returns to Parcels red at Lydney

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    Mark Lancaster

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    FRESH from its hire period with RSS, No. 08888 has received attention at Lydney, this culminating with a repaint out of BR green and back into Parcels red, recreating its early-1990s look while based on Tyneside. The loco has also had its corresponding Postman’s Pride nameplates reapplied to complete the new look. Unveiled on March…

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  • NYMR propping up bridge to allow 2026 running

    NYMR propping up bridge to allow 2026 running

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    Mark Lancaster

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    The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is working to prop up Bridge 42 at Grosmont to enable trains to run the full length of the 18-mile line in 2026 before a long-term repair is implemented. Bridge 42 spans the River Murk Esk between the station and Grosmont Tunnel and has been closely monitored by NYMR engineers.…

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  • Hymek D7017 starring in 2026 WSR anniversaries

    Hymek D7017 starring in 2026 WSR anniversaries

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    Mark Lancaster

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    The DEPG’s Class 35 Hymek D7017 is featuring in several major events at the West Somerset Railway this year, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the reopening of the Minehead branch. After closure of the branch by BR in January 1971, the first public trains were run by the WSR on Saturday, March 28, 1976,…

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  • ‘Condor’ Co-Bo starred in East Lancs photoshoot

    ‘Condor’ Co-Bo starred in East Lancs photoshoot

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    Mark Lancaster

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    The sole-surviving Class 28 Metrovick Co-Bo, D5705, was extracted from the Baron Street shed at the East Lancashire Railway and taken to Bury Bolton Street for a night photoshoot on February 6, the day before the railway held its first diesel event of the year. For the event, the loco was positioned with a freight…

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