Mark Lancaster
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East Lancashire Railway volunteers win Community Hero Award | Railways Illustrated Magazine (opens the original)
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The East Lancashire Railway has won a Roch Valley Radio Community Hero Award in recognition of the work of its volunteers. The heritage railway was nominated for the award in recognition of the contribution made by its volunteers to the railway and the communities it serves. The Roch Valley Radio Community Hero Awards celebrate people, groups, charities and businesses which support others and strengthen their local communities. The East Lancashire Railway says its volunteers play a vital role in
Northern Rock set for first-ever visit to Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway | Railways Illustrated Magazine (opens the original)
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Absolutely — clean copy/paste version, no reference links: The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway will welcome Northern Rock from the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway for the first time during its Autumn Gala Weekend on October 17-18, 2026. The locomotive will be the star visitor at the two-day event, marking its first appearance on the RH&DR since it was built 50 years ago. Northern Rock was constructed at Ravenglass in 1976 and has been celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2026. The locomoti
From the archive: graffiti, ‘jumbo’ steam trains and £25 fares – railway concerns in 1989 | The Railway Magazine (opens the original)
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From the September 1989 issue of The Railway Magazine, Peter Kelly considered the growing graffiti problem on the railway and the economics of main line steam excursions. The piece also looked at a proposed 488-seat train over the Settle & Carlisle line and the costs involved in operating steam-hauled services. PERHAPS the morons who disfigured the two DVTs pictured above might like to know that the cost of repainting them will run into thousands, not just hundreds, of pounds. The graffiti probl
From the archive: Inside Crewe’s railway power control centre in 1962 | The Railway Magazine (opens the original)
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In September 1962, The Railway Magazine examined the power control centre at Crewe as work advanced on the Crewe to Stafford section of the London Midland Region electrification scheme. The centre already supervised power feed to the Manchester-Crewe and Liverpool-Crewe sections and was the first of four centres intended eventually to cover the entire electrification scheme to Euston. CONTROL and supervision of the power feed for any main-line electrification scheme poses its own peculiar proble
From the archive: Inside Healey Mills marshalling yard in 1963 | The Railway Magazine (opens the original)
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In September 1963, The Railway Magazine took a detailed look at Healey Mills, the new marshalling yard four miles west of Wakefield on the Calder Valley route to Manchester. The article described a yard capable of handling 4,000 wagons a day, with 120 sidings totalling 57 miles of track. HEALEY MILLS, four miles west of Wakefield on the Calder Valley route to Manchester, is the natural concentration point for east-west freight traffic between the highly industrial West Riding of Yorkshire with t
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