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National Railway Museum’s Station Hall to close temporarily for £10.5m refurbishment 

16 November 2022 Arianne Davey News

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

14 October 2022 Arianne Davey News, Steam, Trackside

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

2 September 2022 Sam Hewitt News, Railtours, Steam

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

26 July 2022 Alex Bestwick Industrial, News
Dorothy breaks through the wall of the reception box at the South Portal site on Friday 22 July.

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

25 July 2022 Alex Bestwick Industrial, News

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

22 June 2022 Arianne Davey News

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

11 May 2022 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Features, Steam

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

18 January 2022 Robin Jones Features, Steam
Puffing Billy – the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive

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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Vacancy: Deputy editor/writer

6 December 2021 Andy Hill Advertisement Feature, Jobs, News

If you can be specific about Pacifics, know you’re A2s from your M62s and always mind your Manors, then we could have the job you’ve always been looking for. Mortons Media Group has an opportunity

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Go green, go digital, with this one-off discount!

5 November 2021 Arianne Davey News
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With climate change at the very top of the world’s agenda, and thousands of delegates in Glasgow for the COP26 talks, we all have a responsibility for our environment and the future.

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