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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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Heritage Railway magazine strengthens editorial team

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Sam Hewitt

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25 May 2021

Heritage Railway magazine, the trackside companion for preservationists and all-round rail enthusiasts has a new deputy editor.
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National Railway Museum & Locomotion welcome first visitors of the year

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Sam Hewitt

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19 May 2021

The National Railway Museum in York and Locomotion in Shildon have reopened for the first time this year.
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Poignant memoir tells of steam’s twilight years

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El Armstrong

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1 April 2021

The humorous and often poignant experiences of a trainspotter-turned-booking clerk during steam’s twilight years are told in a new memoir by Barry Allen.
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Colonel Stephens: Celebrating a light railway legend

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Sam Hewitt

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31 March 2021

The life and work of an ingenious engineer who inspired Britain’s preserved railway sector is celebrated in a new publication written by Heritage Railway magazine editor Robin Jones.
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UK railway news roundup

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Sam Hewitt

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5 February 2021

This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
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What is the royal train? Your questions answered

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Sam Hewitt

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7 December 2020

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are setting off on a festive morale-boosting tour around the country on the Royal Train.
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Heritage Railway

Starmer challenged on taking railways back into public ownership

Three new railway titles available on Mortons Books

Book of the Week: The Rise and Fall of King Coal

Puffing Billy – the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive

Heritage Railway magazine strengthens editorial team

National Railway Museum & Locomotion welcome first visitors of the year

Poignant memoir tells of steam’s twilight years

Colonel Stephens: Celebrating a light railway legend

UK railway news roundup

What is the royal train? Your questions answered

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