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
A heritage railway has suspended its steam trains after a fire caused by a locomotive.
Read moreMother’s Day at the Mid Norfolk Railway
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.
Read moreNational Railway Museum & Locomotion welcome first visitors of the year
The National Railway Museum in York and Locomotion in Shildon have reopened for the first time this year.
Read morePioneers of steam power celebrated in ‘Before Rocket’
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.
Read moreColonel Stephens: Celebrating a light railway legend
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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