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Heritage Railway is the definitive news source for the UK heritage railway scene. With its extensive network of contacts, Heritage Railway brings you amazing exclusives every month - along with features, stunning imagery, gala reports and much more.

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Flying Scotsman becomes first steam on repaired St Blazey depot turntable

Flying Scotsman a sell-out for RTC

Moorsline reprises opening train 50 years to the day

Park authority ‘pulls the chain’ on Bala Lake extension

SVR launches premium on-train dining experiences following trial lunch

Public backs Severn Valley £1.5 million survival appeal

Ecclesbourne and Peak Rail gala hailed a success

King’s brother-in-law takes on new role at Toddington

Spa Valley secures second ever-visit away for Bluebell’s SECR O1

Farewell to Southall’s Bob Gorringe

Lucie set to star at East Lancashire gala as small engines come to the fore

KESR boss calls for positive approach by heritage railways

Four-day-long celebration for Llangollen’s new terminus opening

Marking half a century working for La’al Ratty

Stainmore Railway welcomes £213k grant for S&DR bicentenary project

Newest steam loco named after Bodmin expert

Blow dealt to sector as council blocks UK’s last steam coal mine

Betton Grange passes hydraulic testing

Parents ‘shocked’ by children’s vandalism

Somerset’s spring steam success

Western pair for Mid-Hants gala – as Goliath starts summer visit

Farewell to No. 4 as Talyllyn Baguley pair turn 40

Express nameplate is set to support railway town’s youth

Sir Drefaldwyn back after 23 years at Welshpool gala

LSWR T3 boiler passes steam test

Private papers from ‘forgotten’ Stockton & Darlington pioneer

Darlington-built Edgar is running now on a heritage line... in France

Another young volunteer progresses to fireman role at Bodmin & Wenford

NVR begins work on Wansford signalbox

Swindon & Cricklade forges new security partnership

Historic dual voltage EMU is offered to a good home

First preserved Mk.3 EMU is destined for Harwich

IN BRIEF

Corris Falcon progresses as carriage departs

Sir Berkeley back in the colours when it helped build the GC

Bachmann shows its support for J72 overhaul with financial donation

Intruders vandalise Didcot offices after successful Easter

New members for Minehead board

Wartime bomb discovery fails to halt German steam gala

Where steam still runs on the railways in the Ukraine...

A4 visit a triumph – as Nene Valley brings home the goods

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£168k Euro grant for Tyseley facilities to meet demand boom

Meet Fran – the Worth Valley’s sole female steam driver!

Derelict East Midlands ironstone survivor restored as showpiece

New season, new terminus for Gwili

History of a county’s railways that goes back nearly two centuries from the 1830s to Privatisation

Judges faced a ‘challenge’ in railway research competition

MPs support campaign for Rugeley Miniature Railway planning reprieve

IN BRIEF

YouTuber’s appeal for locomotive smashes target in just two hours

Easter week sunshine sends Poppy Line numbers soaring

From Blaenavon to Beamish for ‘pit’ railway gala guest

New technology and sleeper campaign boost ‘secret’ railway

Rare haulage tops the bill at the Spa Valley

Rods arrive – but new wheel needed for G5 project

Upgrade at last for Strathspey ‘open’ crossing

LSWR ‘Ironclad’ tool coach is on the market

Double standards and a ‘U Boat’ cap off Cotswold gala...