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18/04/2025

We’re enjoying the action at Kidderminster for the first of four busy days at the Severn Valley Railway gala. We’re here with the stand all weekend so come and say hello!

12/04/2025

Issue 46 is out now!

Inside the new issue…

- Canadian Pacific is back after 19 years - we tell the story of the ‘Merchant’s’ massive rebuild
- Mallard appears at Grosmont, but it’s not all that it seems!
- He guarded N**i prisoners and fired ‘Duchesses’. This is the life of Great Central volunteer Bill Gwilt
- Fancy a ride in a clerestory coach in the heart of London? Find out how the London Transport Museum’s ‘Q’ stock project is making history
- Great British Railways is coming, it’s time for the railtour market to stake its claim
- Gwili reprises Aberystwyth to Carmarthen locals with a very special visitor…
- Keighley stages the biggest gala of Rail 200 - so far.
- Even after 1968, there was still plentiful standard gauge steam to be enjoyed, as master photographer Harvey Scowcroft discovered
- and much more!

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14/03/2025

TRACKSIDE issue 45 is out now!

On the roster board this month:

- Why Locomotion’s once-forgotten numberplates are to be sold and the tale of their disappearance in the 1960s

- A day in the life of a fireman on new-build Betton Grange

- How the Hastings DEMU is being split into two different units

- The story behind Bo’ness’ striking blue and yellow release

- A Weymouth quay pannier goes back to the water’s edge

- NRM launches ‘Scotsman’ archaeological survey…

- … But still no main line tour plans for ‘A3’ in 2025

- Time for line to share resources? ‘Yes’ says heritage consultant Matt Green

- Uniform appearance – why volunteers dressed in authentic attire does matter

- Bin the top hat! Jim Rees corrects early railway re-creations

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11/03/2025

Stuck for something to do this weekend?

You could do a lot worse than head to Bury!

07/02/2025

The new issue is here!

A peek inside Issue 44…

- Somerset & Dorset special focus, including:
Why a ‘9F’ for Midsomer Norton, but not a ‘Jinty’
Where next for centenarian ‘7F’ 53809 as its ticket runs out
Rebuilding Shillingstone station - and a future running line

- Four new-builds for Bluebell ‘Giants of Steam’

- Riding the Ffestiniog’s unique gravity train

- The remarkable Colonel Stephens museum

- Jim Rees gazes into his 2025 crystal ball

- Capturing Birmingham’s vanishing viaduct views

- Main line 4-4-0s swap places in Dublin

- The story for the Churnet Valley’s extension to Leek

- 100 years of Calbourne on the Isle of Wight

- West Coast says no to operating Flying Scotsman

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12/01/2025

Flying Scotsman to Nene Valley in February and March

Details of the Gresley 'A3's' first public runs of 2025 have been revealed.

Says the NVR: "Flying Scotsman will be hauling passenger trains on 22nd 23rd of February 1st, 2nd 8th and 9th March. Static visits to the Footplate and meet the Locomotive Crew, Three evening dining trains are also planned as well as a Photographic Charter day. Tickets will be on sale from 3pm on Thursday 16th January. The visit of Flying Scotsman is made possible thanks to the National Railway Museum, part of the Science Museum Group, and Northern Steam Limited."

See https://nvr.org.uk/product.php/563/flying-scotsman

03/01/2025

TRACKSIDE ISSUE 43 WELCOMES IN THE NEW YEAR!

Just some of what’s inside:

- Exclusive: Darlington Borough Council plans steam gathering for ‘Rail 200’

- ‘14XXs’ are the ultimate branch line machines – we take stock as THREE are brought back to life

- Steam in the snow: a selection of ‘golden oldies’, from Tenterden to Newcastle

- Ahead of ‘Peak’ No. 45118’s return to St Pancras, we present a selection of previously unpublished Midland Main Line scenes

- Ever heard of the Glasgow-built Victorian locomotives that ran on ice? It’s true… Jim Rees rediscovers a Victorian oddity

- Shildon’s historic Stockton & Darlington Railway buildings have been given a new lease of life – and soon you’ll be able to stay in Timothy Hackworth’s house

- Evening Star ‘Pines’ crew to drive and fire Midsomer Norton’s Morning Star in 2029

- Lifelong volunteer and safety management specialist Matt Green explains why sharing best practice across railways is essential

- Churnet Valley extension reaches Leek, creating preservation’s first passenger ‘triangle’

- The Fife Heritage Railway is expanding – and has big plans for the future

- Clun Castle to haul first departure from Paddington for 60 years – and is off to Newcastle too

Plus lots, lots more!

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09/12/2024

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