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HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION CHIEF EXEC STEVE OATES TACKLES STEAM’S BURNING ISSUES

An envelope of old pictures has turned Chris Leigh ’s thoughts to narrow gauge and how times have changed where ready-to-run narrow gauge is concerned.

The second railway age…

THE MUCH-MISSED Somerset & Joint Dorset Railway, between Bath and Bournemouth, might have closed on March 7, 1966, but a part of it is being revived at Shillingstone station, writes John Stretton. The

JUNE SAW a number of diesel galas staged at some of the established heritage lines, with a number of visiting locomotives providing enticing line-ups for modern traction followers. The West Somerset R

Overhauls, restorations and running notes