Steam

Betton Grange running at last!

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Robin Jones

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12th April 2024

New-build GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange ran for the first time when it was steamed in the yard at Tyseley locomotive Works on Thursday, April 11 – opening a new chapter in Great Western Railway history.
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Betton Grange heads for Severn Valley – but only after the spring gala!

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Robin Jones

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9th April 2024

New-build GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange – which, as reported in Heritage Railway issue 317 had been booked to feature in the Severn Valley Railway’s April 18-21 Spring Steam Gala – will no longer take part in the event, it has been announced.
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Search for Flying Scotsman’s next custodian begins

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Alex Bestwick

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7th March 2024

The Science Museum Group has published an Invitation to Tender (ITT) to find Flying Scotsman’s new custodian.
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B12 painting by award winning artist James Green

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Alex Bestwick

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24th January 2024

A stunning painting depicting B12 8572 as it climbs Bethnal Green bank in 1932 has just been released by by […]
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County Durham station now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station

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Alex Bestwick

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28th September 2023

A County Durham railway station has been found to be older than first thought and is now believed to be the world’s oldest railway station, new research has discovered.
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Britain’s Steam Locomotives: 100 of the best from Penydarren to Tornado

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Alex Bestwick

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19th September 2023

It is now over 200 years since the world’s first steam railway locomotive made its maiden voyage along a primitive plateway in South Wales – in 1804 Richard Trevithick’s high-pressure steam locomotive successfully hauled a loaded train a distance of nine miles at an average speed of two mph.
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Severn Valley Railway sells ‘Black Five’ 45110

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Alex Bestwick

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16th August 2023

The Severn Valley Railway has completed the sale of out-of-service locomotive LMS Stanier Class 5 45110 to an unnamed buyer.
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£300,000 track upgrade for North Norfolk Railway

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Alex Bestwick

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2nd February 2023

New pointwork costing over £300,000 is being installed at the eastern end of Weybourne Station on the North Norfolk Railway.
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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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A Royal visit to Swindon’s STEAM Museum

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Alex Bestwick

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8th December 2022

His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent visited the award-winning displays at STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway on Wednesday.
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