Diesel Locomotive Weekend Sat 17th & Sun 18th March 2012 A weekend of running with main line Diesel Locomotives operating all services on both the Duffield and Ravenstor lines. There will be four return trips between Wirksworth and Duffield and … Continue reading
A new two part documentary about rebuilding the Welsh Highland begins on BBC2 Wales this week. Also available on iPlayer for viewers in the rest of the UK. In April 2011 Wales’s newest and most ambitious railway – the Welsh … Continue reading
Saturday December 10th is another historic date in the 35 year history of the revived West Somerset Railway with a special pre-Christmas First Great Western train running from the West Somerset Railway to the popular shopping cities of Bristol and … Continue reading
The Launceston Steam Railway has publically announced its withdrawal from the TRAC (Tourism and Rural Access in Cornwall) Project – a scheme led by Cornwall Council to build a new multi-use trail between Launceston and Egloskerry. As part of the project … Continue reading
Christmas shopping and sightseeing in London is on offer for residents local to the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway with a special train service between Wirksworth and London. On Saturday 26th November, the Thames-Ecclesbourne Express will provide special train services from Wirksworth … Continue reading
Plans to safeguard Britain’s railway signalling heritage are being drawn up as part of a thirty-year proposal to modernise and consolidate the activities of hundreds of signal boxes into regional control centres. Network Rail’s operating strategy, announced in July, would … Continue reading
Radio 1 DJ Sara Cox and Comedian – and Celebrity Juice panelist – Rufus Hound will be embarking on an epic week-long campervan tour of the UK, The North Yorkshire Moors Railway needs your help to get the celebrity pair … Continue reading
A famous wrought iron bridge at King’s Cross station which appeared on cinema and television screens worldwide, featuring in the Harry Potter films, is retiring to Hampshire this Christmas as part of the £500m redevelopment of the station. Network Rail … Continue reading
Preparatory work has started at the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway Station at Porthmadog for its major Cob widening project. The work is needed in order to improve the historic station – which dates from 1863 – to enable it … Continue reading
Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers are staging their Autumn half-term Family Fun Week for children and adults between Saturday 22 October and Sunday 30 October, 2011. There will be regular steam and diesel train services, brake van rides at Swanage, face … Continue reading
