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A Royal visit to Swindon’s STEAM Museum

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Alex Bestwick

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8 December 2022

His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent visited the award-winning displays at STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway on Wednesday.
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Heritage railway suspends steam trains after fire caused by locomotive

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Alex Bestwick

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12 August 2022

A heritage railway has suspended its steam trains after a fire caused by a locomotive.
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Mother’s Day at the Mid Norfolk Railway

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Shannon Butcher

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17 March 2022

The Mid Norfolk Railway is running a static Mother’s Day event this year at Dereham station, as unfortunately, over-running engineering works mean that the planned start of passenger services has had to be delayed.
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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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Pioneers of steam power celebrated in ‘Before Rocket’

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Sam Hewitt

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20 March 2021

When most people think about the birth of the steam locomotive, they think of Robert Stephenson’s famous Rocket – but that engine followed more than 20 years of development during the late Georgian era.
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Colonel Stephens: Celebrating a light railway legend

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Sam Hewitt

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10 November 2020

The life and work of an ingenious engineer, Colonel Stephens, 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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steam

Heritage railway suspends steam trains after fire caused by locomotive

by

Alex Bestwick

–

12 August 2022

A heritage railway has suspended its steam trains after a fire caused by a locomotive.
Continue reading »
Mother’s Day at the Mid Norfolk Railway

by

Shannon Butcher

–

17 March 2022

The Mid Norfolk Railway is running a static Mother’s Day event this year at Dereham station, as unfortunately, over-running engineering works mean that the planned start of passenger services has had to be delayed.
Continue reading »
National Railway Museum & Locomotion welcome first visitors of the year

by

Sam Hewitt

–

19 May 2021

The National Railway Museum in York and Locomotion in Shildon have reopened for the first time this year.
Continue reading »
Pioneers of steam power celebrated in ‘Before Rocket’

by

Sam Hewitt

–

20 March 2021

When most people think about the birth of the steam locomotive, they think of Robert Stephenson’s famous Rocket – but that engine followed more than 20 years of development during the late Georgian era.
Continue reading »
Colonel Stephens: Celebrating a light railway legend

by

Sam Hewitt

–

10 November 2020

The life and work of an ingenious engineer, Colonel Stephens, who inspired Britain’s preserved railway sector is celebrated in a new publication written by Heritage Railway magazine editor Robin Jones.
Continue reading »