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While it is relatively simple to re-purpose former stations, sheds and signal boxes into something else, other legacy structures are a bit more complicated. Just what do you do with a redundant railway bridge, for example? Steam Railway takes a look at a few notable examples to find out.

he British Transport Commission’s Modernisation of the Railway report was released on January 25, 1955, by its chairman, Sir Brian Robertson, and suggested a £1.24 billion spend on the railways to upd

When the owners of a 1930s detached house needed more light and space, the solution was an extension with a perpendicular placement

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A round-up of the latest self-build and home renovation news, products and events. By Jennifer Grimble

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