From the archive

From the archive: Open day at Barrow Hill

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Alex Bestwick

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3 May 2023

As printed from the January 1972 edition of The Railway Magazine, take a look at this story by Peter A Hogarth about the Barrow Hill roundhouse.
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Lion roars

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Alex Bestwick

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22 February 2023

BR celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opening with a number of events throughout 1980, including the ‘Rocket 150’ cavalcade at Rainhill in the May that featured replicas of Rainhill Trials locos Novelty, Sans Pareil and Rocket. Also taking part in that event was L&MR loco Lion – not a replica,…
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The Aln Valley Railway – then and now

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Sam Hewitt

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14 June 2022

Alan Barnes is a regular visitor to the North East. Here, he takes a look at the history of the Aln Valley Railway and its progress in extending one of Britain’s newest heritage lines, a project which has not had the easiest of starts. VERY little evidence remains of the railway lines which once served…
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In pictures: Railways during World War II

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Sam Hewitt

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5 June 2022

Here are a selection of World War II advertisements that appeared in The Railway Magazine in 1940.
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