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Severn Valley withdraws GWR coaches over snap lock concern
Perrygrove gala will feature UK’s newest steam engine
Trial photographic charters are back on Severn Valley line
Fifty wagons for 50 years – Great Central Railway plans longest rake
Unique Class 17 for GCR and Swanage
Foxfield partners with heritage YouTube favourite for Knotty 100
Shunter Wren moved to new home in Lancashire
S&D on the move – to S&D!
Board games... all aboard a steam train!
New set-up for Locomotion’s APT-E
Travel to Swanage diesel gala aboard heritage traction
£1.5m SOS appeal for urgent repairs to Stanway Viaduct
Poppy Line volunteers are rewarded with royal accolade
Third visitor announced for SVR spring steam gala
Darjeeling tank in Adrian Shooter collection sale
Isle of Wight takes top honour in the 2023 heritage Oscars
Lord Hendy takes on the chairman’s role at association
Western exchanges at Minehead and Ongar galas set for this April and June
£1.2m grant aid boost for Nene Valley, Amberley and West Shed
A Class 57 and a 60 to join SVR diesel festival
Lowry railway painting sells for £1 million in top London auction
Return to Dublin for GNR 4-4-0 – following 60 years
Doncaster visit added to Flying Scotsman’s 2023 itinerary
Historic headboard reunited with Western Ranger
Swanage spring gala comeback stunner!
Schoolboys to the rescue as arsonists target signalbox
Thornbury Castle’s future fate is still in the balance
Safety notice issued after passenger injury at GCR
A County revelation at Didcot
KESR celebrates a top award, a Pacific visit and appeal success
Tanks a lot – four-wheel TTAs move to Lydney in their final main line journey
Statfold enthusiast gala launches new line – and a crane tank, too
A day out at the races – as steam beats the queues!
Pendennis Castle is set to replay the day that its firebars melted at 97mph!
Celebrate 1960s BR green in the Cotswolds!
Through travel by regular services to Swanage is back – after 51 years!
The King succeeds The Who at Fawley Hill’s transport extravaganza in May
Lynton & Barnstaple revivalists buy Blackmoor station
Steam shed and signalbox tours in Spa Valley volunteer drive
Heritage-era debut for 100 thloco rescued from Barry • Word and pictures by JohnTitlow
Revised Corwen extension opening date is announced
60mph licence for East Lancashire
Barry locomotive restoration gains charitable status
Mid-Hants Railway CEO steps down
Wisbech’s last joins Mangapps collection
Alycidon completes testing for return to the main line
Race to complete Coronation tram for coronation is called off
Rhiw Valley assets on the market
Rat race for Epping’s diesel gala this autumn
Appeal launched for Peak’s main generator
Trackbed greenway plan could threaten Donegal revival or exist alongside
Steam and art combine at ‘Middy’ bank holiday gala
Going even greener at Talyllyn
Children can now travel free as Moorsline marks 50 years
May will see a Baldwin tank steam in Welsh Highland service – 87 years on!
IN BRIEF
Hunslet Arthur back on its wheels at Quainton
Poppy Line’s Quad-Art set is back
The Railway Children star’s overhaul underway after 24-year...