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The relocation of the late Peter Rampton’s ‘Collection X’ by custodian the Vale of Rheidol Railway has continued, and one of the latest locomotives to leave the Surrey farm in which the collection was housed for more than 40 years departed in...

Ffestiniog’s Bygones beats Storm Amy

The Ffestiniog Railway was the venue for another successful Bygones weekend on 3rd-5th October, despite the best efforts of the weather to disrupt the event. The weekend which traditionally sees the line celebrating its heritage with the likes of...

Steam on the Waldenburgerbahn

In 1971 I flew to Switzerland to see the Rigibahn, which had been celebrating its centenary as the first mountain rack railway in Europe with a major display in the Verkehrshaus der Schweiz, the Swiss Museum of Transport, in Lucerne. After recovering...

Hejaz Railway south of Syria

Waite’s World Hejaz Railway south of Syria

Ffestiniog’s remarkable celebration

This month will see what many consider the major event of a year of celebration for ‘Railway 200’, marking the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, widely recognised as the first public railway in the world. ‘The...

NG joins the Greatest Gathering

Two narrow gauge locomotives will play their part in ‘The Greatest Gathering’ being staged in August by Alstom, Britain’s largest supplier of new trains, signalling and infrastructure as a major event in the year-long ‘Railway 200’ celebrations. The...

NG Modelling

Peco’s 7mm Penrhyn/Talyllyn carriage

Steam on the Sussex border

Of all the narrow gauge pleasure lines in South-East England, Hollycombe is probably the one that makes fewest headlines in the enthusiast press. The reason we read so little about it is quite simple – not much changes. My only experience of the 2ft...

Ffestiniog plans 200-wheel event

The Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway’s 2025 events programme will include the national celebrations of ‘Railway 200’ – the 200th anniversary of the opening of the world’s first public railway between Stockton & Darlington. The north Wales line will...

Macedonia’s war-surplus network

Prior to its abrupt closure in 1966, the Gostivar to Ohrid line through the rugged Macedonian mountains provided an unforgettable experience. Keith Chester describes an idyll that could not last and photographs of a 1959 journey capture one of the...

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