Heritage Railway - 29 Aug 2025

Table of content - Heritage Railway (29 Aug 2025)

Camelot booked for Severn Valley ‘first’
S&DR200 main line itinerary for replica 1825 train confirmed
■ LISTED DEAN FOREST BRIDGE TOPPLED IN COLLISION
THE GREATEST GATHERING WINS WIDESPREAD ACCLAIM
■ GLYN VALLEY TRUST LAUNCHES NEWBUILD STEAM LOCOMOTIVE PROJECT
■ A YEAR OF CELEBRATIONS FOR NIGEL GRESLEY 150TH
■ ‘THUMPER’ MOVES TO KENT & EAST SUSSEX
1825 and all that!
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The Greatest Gathering: A Railway 200 labyrinth of history and marvels
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Doing things the South Devon way
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Model News
Sixty-five years of Steaming through Sussex
Cometh the hour, cometh Locomotion No.1!
Heritage line-ups and debuts at Manx transport festival
Triple-header 37s highlight at Cotswold summer diesel gala
A year of celebrations to mark Nigel Gresley 150th
Tyne & Wear Metrocar pair to be preserved
Forgotten artwork by renowned artist Cuneo displayed in Derby museum to celebrate Alstom’s The Greatest Gathering
Listed Dean Forest bridge damaged in collision
New-build steam project launched by Glyn Valley revivalists
Helston’s viaduct appeal’s early boost – but much more needed!
Tornado trips and Duke’s first passenger outing cancelled amid ongoing dry spell
Hastings Diesels hits main line tour centenary
The Polar Express returns to Birmingham main line
Bishops Lydeard main line services link talks planned
Castle, A4 and mogul among the line-ups unveiled for upcoming autumn gala season
Colliery days comeback for unique survivor after repair-induced absence
‘Spoons’ on the move in big summer of diesel festivals and relocations
From Cinderella into a princess: Dartmouth unveils newly-restored Class 37
Great Central delivers with annual step back to the 1960s
Coal tank steals the show at Peak Rail gala
Argentinian Potter fans invade Goathland!
Place a bid and help Moorsline overhaul The Green Knight
All for one: Severn Valley members back restructure
Nesta takes centre stage in annual charity steam fair!
Back in (BR) black: Mid-Hants’ Urie S15 returns to service
Talyllyn Tracksider team completes unusual 24-hour fundraising challenge
Awdry stories work magic for Talyllyn and community
Carriages destroyed in two separate fires at sidings within 13 days
Switching coasts: Ravenglass sells small locomotive pair
Public house miniature line vandalised in two attacks
Drink up! Brewery plans bright future for redundant Victorian signalbox
Own a piece of Clan Line – in miniature!
‘Yankee tank’ running again after 15 years at Shillingstone
Bala Lake gains a second (smaller) railway!
Golden moment at Shillingstone station as track extends
Somerset & Dorset coach recovered from back garden for restoration
VERA marks its 30th birthday
Llangollen volunteer honoured in Railway 200 musical celebrations
Two power units for new first diesel
Suffolk celebrations as extension opening doubles ‘Middy’s’ length
Basildon miniature line back in action after six-year wait
Setting records at the other end of the scale!
Two tramcars offered for free following Crich fleet review
Flying Scotsman comes out on top yet again... and again!
Project Octopussy: Nene Valley launches major partnership to empower future events
Flying Scotsman to star in Barrow Hill’s major Railway 200 celebration gala
Wensleydale launches £100k appeal to safeguard long-term future and steam
Unique Lincolnshire Wolds Peckett back running again
BBC Countryfile filmed at Wensleydale
Reunited: Penrhyn quarry pair meet again after 60 years
Donegal museum runs true to type with heritage stylised posters
End of the line for UK’s prototype hovertrain?
Didcot gets a second GWR lorry
Celebrating a ‘last’ in this year of the first
Gartell staff member injured after alighting from moving train
Mid-Hants ‘Sprints’ into the 1980s following ‘modern’ DMU acquisition
Hull Trains helping to look after the smaller side
Varied menu as Spa Valley welcomes autumn
Youngest guard on Buzzrail – and possibly in the country!
Little engines provide big entertainment at Amberley
‘Rocket’ replica in miniature: pioneer copy built at waterworks line for Railway 200
Wartime Drewry relaunched on Derwent Valley
Reunification progress at borehole stage!
Discover how Ironbridge paved the way for the railway revolution
Merlin gets carried banner high on Orange Lodge march
Buy tickets at SVR.CO.UK
SR DEMU’s relocation sees KESR gain a ‘Thumper’ unit!
Royal visit for repatriated Castle at Didcot Railway Centre
THE GREATEST GATHERING: A RAILWAY 200 LABYRINTH OF HISTORY AND MARVELS
Plaque marks society’s three Deltics attending gathering
HERITAGE RAILWAY
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COMETH THE HOUR, COMETH LOCOMOTION NO.1!
Last PCA wagons to be withdrawn may enter heritage sector
Rare metals and a seaside jaunt
Step aboard ‘The Peak Forester’ for a journey from London to Peak Rail!
LNER A3 Pacific No. 60103
Mermaid swimming again in Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway livery
Andania to head ‘The Oban Bucket’ outing from Carlisle
West Coast ends A1 Trust tours operating agreement
‘First’ train from Hexham to London
Listed Sydney Gardens footbridge needs more repairs, says Network Rail
Network Rail’s free Railway 200 photographic exhibition is open now at Liverpool Street
Bring the Borders Railway back to Carlisle?
Poor bookings see Forth circular axed
Enjoy a Castle over Shap this autumn
Steam shortage sees ‘Dorset Coast Express’ rescheduled
Three-day ‘Lord of the Isles Pullman’ trip on a luxury HST
August
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Regular Tours
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SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF STEAMING THROUGH SUSSEX
Portrush, Brisbane (and Evesham) in the spotlight
Missing SR Battle of Britain’s crests ‘did exist’
Signs provide a platform for success
Railwayana Auction Calendar
Then there were nine – and counting?
GWR eyes top spot with Castle leading the way
Rail and road combination to Cornwall heads sale
Live steam and electric dead-heat for top honours
DOING THINGS THE SOUTH DEVON WAY
Apedale Valley Light Railway
Bachmann unveils the tiny and the mighty in autumn model showcase
HERITAGE LINE-UPS AND DEBUTS AT MANX TRANSPORT FESTIVAL
TRIPLE-HEADER 37s HIGHLIGHT OF COTSWOLD SUMMER DIESEL GALA
The first coming of the railway to Broadway
The best a railway can do!
The Greatest Gathering shows support is there for the taking
A sonnet to Stepney
Don’t overlook the people!
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