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Book of the Week: The Last Days of BR Steam in Wessex Vol 1. Western Region
By the early 1960s, BR’s aim to eliminate steam traction was all too evident. The author, therefore, decided to try to record these changes pictorially, initially using his Box Brownie camera.
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UK railway news roundup
This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
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Rail industry urges workers to return to commuting by train
There could be long-term damaging effects on city centres and High Streets unless workers return to commuting by train, new research warns.
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Noise from traffic and trains linked to higher risk of dementia – new study
A new study from Denmark has suggested road traffic and railway noise is associated with an increased risk of dementia.
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Book of the Week: Locomotive Recollections 46233 Duchess of Sutherland
After an active mainline career of 27 years, Princess Coronation Class 4-6-2 No. 46233 Duchess of Sutherland could be found languishing on the condemned siding at Liverpool’s Edge Hill Depot in February 1964.
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Train passengers offered journey updates via WhatsApp
Rail passengers in the UK can now receive alerts by WhatsApp when their train is delayed or cancelled.
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UK railway news roundup
This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
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Demand for rail travel back to two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels
Demand for rail travel has reached two-thirds of normal levels for the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, new figures have revealed.
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Book of the Week: One young lad’s later trainspotting trips with a camera 1961 – 1964
Like so many youngsters in the 1950s and 1960s, Alan Clarke was a keen railway enthusiast and spent a number of years out and about with his ABC Combined Volume and his camera at various rail-related locations up and down the country.
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Book of the Week: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire Steam Railway Journey
In a new publication which celebrates 40 years the since the formation of Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Plc, steam locomotive department volunteer and cameraman Paul Stratford has produced a stunning record of the rebirth of operations.
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