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Leighton Buzzard Railway announces a diesel gala with a hint of steam!

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Alex Bestwick

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23rd April 2024

Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway’s upcoming Diesel Gala next month will also feature a hint of steam.
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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 7

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Alex Bestwick

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10th April 2023

Our latest book of the week is the upcoming Diesel Dawn 7 – pre-order today! DIESEL DAWN 7 – WESTERN REGION CLASS 14 Diesel Hydraulic 0-6-0s D9500-D9555 By John Jennison These locomotives enjoyed striking ‘continental’ good looks with, strangely, more than a nod to preceding steam design; for this they were regarded fondly by enthusiasts…
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Chasing the Castle sets

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Richard Clinnick

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3rd April 2023

GWR is withdrawing its popular Castle HST fleet this year. Rail Express provides the diagrams the remaining sets will operate until May for those wishing to ride on, view or photograph the trains
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Full circle for last British Rail train to Wareham passenger returning as driver

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Alex Bestwick

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3rd April 2023

A Swanage Railway volunteer who travelled on the last British Rail train from Swanage to Wareham as a child in 1972 will be the conductor driver on the first Swanage Railway passenger train into Wareham using the heritage line’s 1950s diesel train.
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Swanage Railway to operate trial train service from Wareham into Purbeck

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Alex Bestwick

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9th March 2023

The Swanage Railway is to operate a trial heritage diesel train service from the main line at Wareham into the heart of the Isle of Purbeck.
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Another guest announced for SVR’s Spring Diesel Festival

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Alex Bestwick

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23rd February 2023

Another high-profile guest announced has been announced for the Severn Valley Railway’s bumper Spring Diesel Festival.
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‘Absolute cracker’ guest announced for the SVR’s Spring Diesel Festival

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Alex Bestwick

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16th February 2023

The Severn Valley Railway has revealed that Class 58 No 58023 will make its first-ever appearance in preservation at the SVR’s forthcoming Spring Diesel Festival between 18th and 21st May.
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Snowdon Mountain Railway to return to the summit for the first time since 2019

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Alex Bestwick

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9th January 2023

The railway’s summit service will recommence and Hafod Eryri, the summit visitor center, will reopen later this year.
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Here today, Gronk tomorrow – 70 years of English Electric

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Alex Bestwick

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16th December 2022

To celebrate 70 years of the British Railways’ English Electric diesel electric shunters (later designated Class 08) we present a selection of images of these heroic machines.
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Second SVR Autumn Diesel Bash guest confirmed

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Alex Bestwick

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2nd September 2022

The Severn Valley Railway will welcome a Class 56 locomotive from the main line to its Autumn Diesel Bash, courtesy of GB Railfreight.
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