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Britain’s Steam Locomotives: 100 of the best from Penydarren to Tornado

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Alex Bestwick

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19 September 2023

It is now over 200 years since the world’s first steam railway locomotive made its maiden voyage along a primitive plateway in South Wales – in 1804 Richard Trevithick’s high-pressure steam locomotive successfully hauled a loaded train a distance of nine miles at an average speed of two mph.
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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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