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PETE WATERMAN LAUNCHES £1m EMERGENCY APPEAL TO REPAIR GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAILWAY EMBANKMENT COLLAPSE
THIEVES TARGET £4,000 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY BENCH CASTINGS FROM CHELTENHAM RACECOURSE STATION
RAILWAY’S BAD LUCK TAKES A SERIOUS TURN FOR THE WORSE
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On this day...
posted on 30/06/2011
On 30th June 1952, the Wolverhampton to Penzance dining car train was named 'The Cornishman'
Five minutes with…Andy Beale
posted on 29/06/2011
Here is our latest ‘Five Minutes With’, introducing Andy Beale, the 2011 Chairman of the Steam Locomotive Department.
Bid on a footplate pass for the diesel gala
posted on 20/06/2011