Steam Nostalgia and Railway History at its best
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Sam Hewitt
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A classic 1940s express steam locomotive has returned to the Swanage Railway after an extensive three year £350,000 overhaul by its owners.
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The first visitors to Locomotion in Shildon can now book their tickets online ahead of the museum’s reopening on Wednesday 19 May.
Families and rail enthusiasts will soon be able to visit the National Railway Museum, as free tickets are released from today (April 26).
This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
Steam services have resumed across the Dorset countryside with reopening of the popular Swanage Railway.
We have a host of amazing subscription offers across our huge range of railway magazines this Spring!
Shannon Butcher
The Churnet Valley Railway has announced plans to reopen the line to Leek after more than 40 years.
El Armstrong
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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