Entries are still being accepted for the Rail Camera Club’s free competition for railway photographers aged under 26 to showcase their work.
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Category: Steam
Book of the Week: Bluebell Railway Recollections (2nd Edition)
The Bluebell Railway was one of the first preserved railways in the UK, beginning operations in 1960.
Read moreBook of the Week: Locomotive Recollections | No 7903 Foremarke Hall
1981 a rusty, beat-up locomotive was saved from Woodhams’ Scrapyard in Barry. The engine in question was the Great Western Railway Modified Hall Class No. 7903 Foremarke Hall.
Read moreHeritage Railway magazine strengthens editorial team
Heritage Railway magazine, the trackside companion for preservationists and all-round rail enthusiasts has a new deputy editor.
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.
Read moreGet your name in The North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the Esk Valley Line
Get your name in the limited edition copy of The North Yorkshire Moors Railway and the Esk Valley Line.
Read moreUK railway news roundup
Here’s this week’s news roundup.
Read moreUK railway news roundup
The coronavirus situation continues to cause chaos in the rail and transport industry as the UK faces lockdown. Services are slashed as demand collapses, social distancing measures are firmly in place and more events and runnings are postponed. Here’s this week’s roundup:
Read moreHeritage railways trade body welcomes today’s government support – but detail remains to be clarified
The Heritage Railway Association (HRA) has reacted warmly to the package of measures announced by chancellor Rishi Sunak (Conservative, Richmond (Yorks)) this afternoon.
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