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Locomotion No.1 replica to run on Stockton & Darlington Railway line this weekend

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Alex Bestwick

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25 September 2025

A replica of a historic steam locomotive will re-enact the birth of the modern railway this weekend – however Network Rail has issued a safety reminder ahead of the event.
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Flying Scotsman to appear at Greatest Gathering event

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Alex Bestwick

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23 June 2025

Flying Scotsman will appear at the world’s largest gathering of historic and modern railway vehicles in August, Alstom has announced.
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Betton Grange running at last!

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Robin Jones

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12 April 2024

New-build GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange ran for the first time when it was steamed in the yard at Tyseley locomotive Works on Thursday, April 11 – opening a new chapter in Great Western Railway history.
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Betton Grange heads for Severn Valley – but only after the spring gala!

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Robin Jones

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9 April 2024

New-build GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange – which, as reported in Heritage Railway issue 317 had been booked to feature in the Severn Valley Railway’s April 18-21 Spring Steam Gala – will no longer take part in the event, it has been announced.
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Search for Flying Scotsman’s next custodian begins

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Alex Bestwick

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7 March 2024

The Science Museum Group has published an Invitation to Tender (ITT) to find Flying Scotsman’s new custodian.
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B12 painting by award winning artist James Green

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Alex Bestwick

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24 January 2024

A stunning painting depicting B12 8572 as it climbs Bethnal Green bank in 1932 has just been released by by artist James Green. The original painting took several months for James to complete and was produced entirely by hand using watercolours and acrylic inks, the level of detail is just breathtaking. Unsurprisingly, the original painting…
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Flying Scotsman plans for 2024 announced

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Alex Bestwick

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22 January 2024

The National Railway Museum has announced that, after a busy centenary year in 2023, Flying Scotsman will start 2024 on static display at the museum in York.
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Jacobite service could be halted amid health & safety row

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Alex Bestwick

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29 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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County Durham station now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station

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Alex Bestwick

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28 September 2023

A County Durham railway station has been found to be older than first thought and is now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station, new research has discovered.
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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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19 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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