Heritage Railway

New routes to explore on the Great Central Railway for a few weekends only!

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Arianne Davey

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1 March 2023

The Great Central Railway is offering visitors the chance to experience something new in March, with trains making a journey they rarely have before!
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Nation celebrates 100 years of Flying Scotsman, world’s most famous steam locomotive

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Arianne Davey

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28 February 2023

Friday, February 24 marked 100 years since Flying Scotsman set off on its first journey from the sheds at Doncaster Works.
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National Railway Museum’s Station Hall to close temporarily for £10.5m refurbishment

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Arianne Davey

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16 November 2022

The National Railway Museum’s historic Station Hall will close temporarily in the New Year to enable urgent structural repairs to take place as part of the museum’s ambitious redevelopment plans.
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Flying Scotsman centenary celebrations launched at London King’s Cross on station’s 170th birthday

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Arianne Davey

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14 October 2022

Flying Scotsman – the world’s most famous steam locomotive – made its first appearance in a year-long national programme of events to mark its centenary today at London King’s Cross Station.
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First public event to mark Flying Scotsman centenary announced

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Sam Hewitt

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2 September 2022

The world’s most famous steam locomotive, Flying Scotsman, is being prepared for its centenary celebrations next year.
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HS2 tunnelling machine ‘Dorothy’ becomes first to complete its journey

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Alex Bestwick

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26 July 2022

One of the giant machines digging the tunnels for HS2 has become the first on the project to complete the full journey underground.
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Starmer challenged on taking railways back into public ownership

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Alex Bestwick

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25 July 2022

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was questioned on whether he still intended to take railways back into public ownership.
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Three new railway titles available on Mortons Books

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Arianne Davey

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22 June 2022

Three new railway titles are now available to buy on the Mortons Books website – Railwaymen of the Welsh Valleys 1914-1967 Vol 2; More Memories of a Didcot Apprentice; and Stratford Depot Locomotives in the Eighties and Nineties
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Book of the Week: The Rise and Fall of King Coal

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Sam Hewitt

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11 May 2022

This week’s Book of the Week tells the fascinating story of the UK’s ‘black diamonds’ from their origins to their role as the fuel that fired the Industrial Revolution: The Rise and Fall of King Coal…
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Puffing Billy – the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive

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Robin Jones

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18 January 2022

It is not often the name of a railway locomotive becomes adopted as an everyday saying in the English language, but many believe that happened in the case of the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive. Heritage Railway editor Robin Jones has the story.
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