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

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Shannon Butcher

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13 June 2022

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

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Shannon Butcher

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25 April 2022

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

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Shannon Butcher

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28 March 2022

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

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Shannon Butcher

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14 February 2022

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

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Shannon Butcher

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1 February 2022

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

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Shannon Butcher

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20 December 2021

Telling the story of Bristol area railways over the last 50 years, this publication is lavishly illustrated, including many photos […]
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Book of the Week: Model Railways Explained

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Shannon Butcher

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6 December 2021

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

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Shannon Butcher

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22 November 2021

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

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Shannon Butcher

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15 November 2021

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

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Shannon Butcher

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2 November 2021

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