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Book of the Week: Young Railway Photographer of the Year 2022

13 June 2022 Shannon Butcher Features

In 2018 the Rail Camera Club organised the ‘Rail Cameraman’ exhibition at Locomotion, Shildon, showcasing the work of the club’s members.

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Book of the Week: Railways & Recollections: The Midland Mainland in London 1974-80

25 April 2022 Shannon Butcher Features

The Midland Railway’s extension to London from Bedford to St Pancras opened fully on 1 October 1868 (local trains had run via St Pancras Tunnel to Moorgate from 13 July).

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Book of the Week: The Midland Mainline in London 1974-80

28 March 2022 Shannon Butcher Features

The Midland Railway’s extension to London from Bedford to St Pancras opened fully on 1 October 1868 (local trains had run via St Pancras Tunnel to Moorgate from 13 July). From then on, improvements and widenings were undertaken through to 1905.

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Book of the Week: Settle & Carlise Revival

14 February 2022 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

The Settle & Carlisle railway runs across the roof of England, reaching the highest point on any mainline railway in the country, and carries both passenger services and freight traffic.

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Book of the Week: Model Railways Explained Beyond the Beginning

1 February 2022 Shannon Butcher Features, Modelling

My hobby has been model railways for many years since I was given a Tri-ang Princess Elizabeth train set for Christmas as an eight-year-old schoolboy.

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Book of the Week: 50 Years of Railways Around Bristol

20 December 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

Telling the story of Bristol area railways over the last 50 years, this publication is lavishly illustrated, including many photos taken by rail employees that give a unique insight to railways around Bristol and the

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Book of the Week: Model Railways Explained

6 December 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

Author Brian Lamber writes: “My hobby has been model railways for many years since I was given a Tri-ang Princess Elizabeth train set for Christmas as an eight-year-old schoolboy.

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Book of the Week: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire Steam Railway Journey

22 November 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

The history and the remarkable rebuilding of the former section of the Great Western Railway from Broadway to Cheltenham Racecourse by the volunteer-led Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway has been well documented.

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Book of the Week: Lament for a Branch Line

15 November 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

As a born and bred Prestonian, young David took the opportunity to go train spotting at Preston station, within sight and sound of the much-lamented Southport branch line.

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Book of the Week: Loco Review Vol. 1 & 2

2 November 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

An illustrative account of the main changes to freight and loco-hauled passenger services between 2017 – 2021.

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