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This latest agreement reinforces the strong collaboration between VTG Rail UK and Tarmac while highlighting both companies’ dedication to advancing innovation and sustainability within the rail freight industry.

The JGA-M wagons have a gross laden weight of 101.6 tonnes and are used to transport powdered cement from Tarmac’s cement plant at Dunbar in Scotland and Tunstead Quarry at Buxton in Derbyshire.

Tarmac has over 60 sites throughout the UK connected to Britain’s rail network.

It is one of the country’s largest users of rail freight, and each year, it transports approximately nine million tonnes of high-quality construction materials to support regional and national infrastructure projects.
 
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Features of the iWagon


By retrofitting VTG’s iWagon technology, Tarmac has taken a major step forward in integrating smart systems into its rail operations.

Last year, it was a key partner in a four-month trial where three modified VTG JPA tank wagons underwent testing on Tarmac’s daily service from Dunbar to its Seaham depot in County Durham.

With rail freight being central to Tarmac’s efforts to drive sustainability and reduce carbon emissions, renewing the lease and retrofitting wagon technology will help it improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of its rail operations.

Tarmac currently has a five-year contract with GB Railfreight to transport its aggregate materials by rail, including the supply of hopper and box wagons.

“The renewal of this lease demonstrates the value of the long-standing partnership between VTG Rail UK and Tarmac. Retrofitting these wagons with iWagon technology reflects our shared commitment to innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence in rail freight.”
Marc Hurn, Interim Managing Director of VTG Rail UK
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27th December, 2024

Steam locomotive 45596 Bahamas set for West Somerset Railway visit​

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The West Somerset Railway has announced that LMS Jubilee No. 45596 Bahamas will visit them for their Spring Steam Gala.

Taking place between the 2nd and 5th May 2025, the gala will play a part in the Railway 200 Celebrations, showcasing Victorian locomotives right up to the 2004 built No. 9351.

45596 appears thanks to the Bahamas Locomotive Society and will be the first visit of a Jubilee to a WSR Gala and the first time the class has worked on the Minehead branch past Bishops Lydeard.

More visitors are planned, but tickets are already available over on the West Somerset Railway website.
 
28th December, 2024

Steam railway awarded £410,000 grant for building repairs​

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Endangered buildings at Llanfair Caereinion


The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway has been awarded a grant of £410,000 to enable it to make essential repairs to three endangered buildings at Llanfair Caereinion station.

The grant, awarded by the UK government under the Community Ownership Fund, is to cover the cost of repairing three industrial units at Llanfair Caereinion Station that were built by the local council in the 1970s and currently house two museums and their associated collections, and the railway’s archives and engineering stores.
 
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Getting ready for this year’s Santa Specials


Although a grant of up to £410,000 has been offered in principle to cover the cost of building repairs and staff support, it is subject to detailed negotiations with the Community Ownership Fund team.

Two units are in very poor condition and need a new roof, and the railway was contemplating having to demolish all three, which would render the current inhabitants homeless.

The grant will enable the roof to be repaired, as well as fund improvements to the museums and provide space for increased community activities.

By repairing rather than demolishing the industrial buildings, they also safeguard the site for future developments, including upgrading the workshop facilities where its historic rolling stock is repaired and restored.
 
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Santa welcoming a Santa Special


As well as running train services, the railway is an educational charity.

One of the buildings houses the railway’s main museum, ‘Llanfair Connections’, that describes the railway’s heritage and links with countries worldwide including Austria, Hungary, Taiwan, and Sierra Leone.

Also housed in the building is Wales’ premier collection of model motor vehicles, ‘Cloverlands’ Model Car Museum.

To enable the railway to continue educating and engaging the public, it is essential that the collections are preserved.

Since the collection moved to Llanfair Caereinion in 2022, it has experienced a substantial increase in footfall.

Repairing the units will be of particular benefit to Llanfair Caereinion Town Council as there is currently no suitable venue in the town for community events.
 
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Onboard a Santa Special


“This is great news. Saving this building means that we can go ahead with our plans to become an Accredited Museum, can continue to host Cloverlands Model Car Museum and have a dry safe place for our engineering stores. We hope to expand our museum with a recently donated model rail layout depicting our line, and to welcome local residents for community events. I thank the Ministry of Housing and Local Government for their offer, and pay tribute to our former MP Craig Williams, our current MP Steve Witherden, and Llanfair Caereinion Town Council for their support”.
Iain McLean, Director and Vice-Chairman of the Railway
 
Monday 30 Dec 2024
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Network Rail completes festive engineering work in the Thames Valley​

Region & Route: Wales & Western | Wales & Western: Western

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Old Oak Common Dec 2024


Network Rail is thanking passengers for their patience and understanding over the Christmas period as train services resumed this morning after engineering work was completed between Reading and London Paddington.
 
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Old Oak Common Dec 2024


No services called at London Paddington between Tuesday 24 and Sunday 29 December while Network Rail carried out a vast range of improvement and enhancement works, including new signalling, drainage, and track equipment; upgraded track and overhead power cables; as well as other maintenance activities and preparatory work that will improve the reliability of all train services that use London Paddington station.
 
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Old Oak Common work Dec 2024


Much of this programme of work is needed to bring trains in the future to HS2’s Old Oak Common station in west London, which will be the UK’s largest new station built in the past 100 years and will provide unrivalled connectivity for passengers, forming an interchange between GWR, the Elizabeth line, Heathrow Express and high-speed services to the West Midlands and beyond.
 
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Old Oak Common Dec 2024


Elsewhere, engineers are still working on the railway through Westbury in Wiltshire, which remains closed.

The team has been working 24/7 since Christmas Eve and will remain on site until the early hours of Friday 24 January, when train services are due to resume.

The work involves fully replacing the track and ballast stone to update worn components.

The team is also fine-tuning signalling in the area and making adjustments to the platform edge stones at the station.

Trains are being diverted while some are replaced by buses.
 
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Old Oak Common Dec 2024


Marcus Jones, route director for Network Rail’s Western region, said: “The essential work our engineers completed over the festive period will help us to continue to run a safe and more reliable railway for years to come and will eventually enable trains to serve Old Oak Common, connecting Britain’s busiest cities via high-speed rail.

“Undertaking this work when there are fewer people travelling helps to keep disruption for passengers to a minimum. However, we are grateful to passengers and local residents living near to our worksites for their patience and understanding as we worked around the clock while trains were not running.

“The festive period is a really critical time for us to make vital upgrades to the railway and completing this volume of engineering work is no mean feat, so I’d also like to thank the many colleagues from Network Rail who gave up Christmas with their friends and families so we could complete these upgrades for the benefit of our passengers.”
 
30th December, 2024

Swanage Railway to open 2025 season with four historic locomotives​

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T3 Class No. 563 at Corfe Castle


Over the first weekend in January, the Swanage Railway will hold a ‘Winter Warm Up’ weekend starring four historic locomotives from the 1890s to the 1960s.

Locomotives appearing will include London and South Western Railway T3 Class steam locomotive No. 563, ex-Southern Railway 1940s rebuilt Battle of Britain Class Bulleid Pacific No. 34070 Manston, Southern Railway U Class No. 31806, and ex-British Railways Class 33 diesel-electric No. D6515 Lt Jenny Lewis RN.

T3 Class The oldest locomotive will be T3 Class No. 563, which was built in 1893 and has been restored by the Swanage Railway Trust after the National Railway Museum donated it to the railway in 2017.
 
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U Class No. 31806


U class No. 31806 was built in the late 1920s, and was also a familiar sight on the line to Swanage during the 1950s.

Earlier this year it helped the Kent and East Sussex Railway to celebrate its 50th Anniversary Gala.
 
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Class 33 D6515 Lt Jenny Lewis RN on the Swanage Railway


Classic heritage diesel traction is represented by D6515 Lt Jenny Lewis RN, which hauled trains from London to Swanage during the summer of 1966.

It was also the last locomotive to run from Poole to Broadstone and Wimborne when that line between Southampton and Dorchester closed in May 1977.

As well as passenger services, the weekend will also see a re-creation of a nostalgic freight train of wagons and box vans similar to those used across the south of England, including the Swanage branch, up to the 1960s.

The event takes place on Saturday and Sunday, 4th and 5th January 2025, and is the Swanage Railway’s first event to mark the start of the national Railway 200 celebrations.

At Corfe Castle, it is hoped the goods shed museum and the station’s ‘have a go’ signal box museum will be open throughout the weekend.

At Norden, the Purbeck Mining Museum that celebrates the 2,000-year-old history of ball clay mining will also be open, and provided that volunteers are available, the Swanage station shop will be open.

“The ‘Winter Warm Up’ will be wonderful and nostalgic weekend celebrating the best of steam and diesel trains with the undoubted star of the show being the Swanage Railway Trust‘s unique and delightful Victorian T3 class London and South Western Railway steam locomotive No. 563 built in 1893. Freight trains, like those we will be re-creating during our ‘Winter Warm Up’ event, ran across the south of England for decades reliably delivering goods and farm produce. British Railways stopped running freight trains to Corfe Castle and Swanage in 1965, a year before steam trains were replaced by diesel trains on the Swanage branch and six years before the line was controversially closed and demolished in 1972.”
Alex Atkins, driver Swanage Railway Trust deputy chair Winter Warm Up event organiser, and volunteer driver
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31st December, 2024

Bahamas announced as first guest locomotive for railway’s Spring Steam Gala​

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45596 Bahamas heads away from Damems Junction, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway


The Severn Valley Railway is making preparations for one of the highlights of its 60th anniversary year – the Spring Steam Gala.

Taking place from Friday, 18th to Monday, 21st April, the Spring Steam Gala will feature locomotives from the railway’s home fleet as well as several guest locomotives.

The first guest locomotive to be announced is London, Midland & Scottish Railway Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No. 45596 Bahamas, which is attending the gala thanks to the Bahamas (LMS) Locomotive Society.

Tickets for the gala allows visitors to travel on as many trains as they like and spend time viewing the exhibits in The Engine House at Highley.

Working services alongside 45596 Bahamas will be the following locomotives from the home fleet:
  • GWR Autotank, 1450, which the railway hopes will be fully painted in time for the gala.
  • GWR Hall, 4930 Hagley Hall
  • GWR Pannier Tank, 7714
  • GWR Manor, 7802 Bradley Manor
  • GWR Manor, 7812 Erlestoke Manor
  • LMS Mogul, 13268
  • BR Standard, 75069
  • Bradley Manor has recently undergone a major overhaul, so this will be a welcome return to service where it will star alongside classmate 7812 Erlestoke Manor.
 
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Arley Station, Severn Valley Railway


As well as the locomotives themselves, the variety of services will include:
  • Double-headed trains;
  • Freight trains;
  • Local passenger services, with trains stopping at the recently re-opened Eardington station;
  • Early morning and late evening services.
Full details of the weekend are still in the planning stage, and the railway will release further details as they become known.

Further information about the gala is at https://svr.co.uk/event/spring-steam-gala-2025/

Alongside other heritage railways and the national railway network, the Severn Valley Railway is taking part in a nationwide ‘whistle off’ at noon on Wednesday, 1st January to celebrate the start of Railway 200 celebrations.
 
31st December, 2024

Welsh heritage railway joins New Year’s Day ‘whistle-up’​

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Lilla, Linda and Blanche at Porthmadog


The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways (F&WHR) will be taking part in the worldwide whistle-up to mark the first day of the railway’s bicentenary year.

On Wednesday (1 January, New Year’s Day) at noon, the Railways will be ‘Whistling for Wales’ as their contribution to the ‘steamy salute’.

Initially planned as a national UK event, the Whistle-Up has been joined by overseas heritage railways to become a global event.

The F&WHR have arranged for enthusiasts to join in the celebration either in person or online.

Hunslet locomotives 2-4-0STT ‘Linda‘ and No. 589 ‘Blanche’ will sound their whistles.

Linda benefitted from an overhaul a year ago.

Passengers on the morning ‘Christmas Mountain Spirit‘ will hear the whistles as the train passes round the Dduallt spiral.
 
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Palmerston at Porthmadog


The F&WHR will be live streaming on their Facebook page from Rhyd Ddu.

General Manager Paul Lewin will welcome viewers to watch locomotive NG/G16 No.143, as it hauls the ‘Christmas Cwellyn’ train from Caernarfon.

The Welsh Highland Railway is the UK’s longest heritage railway, running for twenty-five miles from Caernarfon to Porthmadog.

The Ffestiniog Railway also runs from Porthmadog, along a thirteen-and-a-half-mile route to the slate-quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog.
 
1st January, 2025

Steam locomotive driver leaves footplate after 55 years​

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73156 stands at Rothley, Great Central Railway


A steam train driver on the Great Central Railway has retired after 55 years of life on the footplate.

David Thompson is now aged 80, and one of the Great Central Railway’s longest-serving drivers.

He has decided now is the right time to hang up his overalls despite, as he says, “steam being driven into my soul”.
 
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David’s last locomotive, No. 73156


David joined British Railways at Toton engine shed near Nottingham in 1960 when he was 15.

His first job was cleaning engines.

Because of a shortage of manpower, he was soon promoted to be a fireman, firing engines shunting in Toton’s huge marshalling yard, but soon found himself firing trains on the mainline.

Rising through the ranks, David eventually passed out as a driver.

After he left British Rail, he continued to drive steam trains on the main line as a driver of steam-hauled rail tours throughout the country, from Aberdeen in northeast Scotland to Plymouth in southwest England.
 
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73156 at Rothley


Nearly 30 years ago, David became one of the Great Central Railway’s dedicated drivers, and his last duty was driving Standard Class 5 No. 73156, which was built in 1956, just four years before he started his life on the railways.

David’s last duties were on the 28th of December when he worked his final two passenger trains, with his family joining him on the footplate to mark the moment.

Malcolm Holmes, Great Central Railway General Manager, said they were sorry to see David retire, as his service to Britain’s Railways is tremendous, his legacy is a passion for steam and a deep experience of the job, and he’s taught a whole new generation of volunteers.

In 2024, the Great Central Railway also said farewell to other long-serving footplate staff who have retired, including drivers Bill Gwilt and Pete Maynard and firemen Ron Mason and Grenville Myles.
 
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73156 is steamed up following Repairs


Twelve months ago, the Great Central Railway reluctantly announced a voluntary redundancy scheme in order to save around £250,000 because while most of the railway is run by volunteers, some positions are filled by paid staff, and it was those who were offered the chance to apply for redundancy.

For the month leading up to Christmas Eve, the railway ran its annual Santa Express steam-hauled trains, including a special stop on Swithland Viaduct so passengers could enjoy the view from the viaduct over the reservoir.

“It was my choice. I have passed the exams and the medical to continue but I wanted to make 80 and I’m going happily by my choice. I’m not quite as strong as I used to be. Overall, the job hasn’t really changed, it’s still physical and dirty. Steam must be driven into my soul. It’s never left me.”
David Thompson
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2nd January, 2025

Special trains to run with Welsh steam locomotive ahead of overhaul​

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Russell rests at Beddgelert after arriving from Pont Croesor. Welsh Highland Railway


The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway has announced that one of its flagship locomotives, Russell, will be withdrawn from service on Saturday, 19th April for its ten-yearly overhaul.

Before its withdrawal, Russell will be diagrammed to haul services from Porthmadog Harbour to Beddgelert on Saturday, 5th April, departing from Porthmadog Harbour at 11.25 and 15.00 and on Saturday 12th April departing from Porthmadog Harbour at 10.55 and 13.30.

On Friday, 18th April, Russell will operate over the complete length of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways from Porthmadog Harbour to Caernarfon, departing from Porthmadog at 11.10.
 
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Russell next to Gertrude on the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway


Russell is a 2-6-2 side tank locomotive ordered in 1906 for the planned Portmadoc, Beddgelert & South Snowdon Railway Company, which was never fully completed.

t was later used by the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Company until 1922 when it merged with the Portmadoc, Beddgelert & South Snowdon Railway Company to form the Welsh Highland Railway.

In 1923, Russell was modified to suit the Ffestiniog Railway’s restricted loading gauge, but the modifications not successful as it was still too large to work Ffestiniog Railway trains to Blaenau Ffestiniog.
 
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Russell on the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway


In 1942, Russell was requisitioned for the War effort and after being overhauled at the Brymbo Steel Company it worked at an opencast ironstone site near Hook Norton in Oxfordshire.

After the War, Russell was sold to the Norden Clay Mines at Corfe in Dorset, but because of the poor state of the track, it was eventually withdrawn from service in 1953.

It was later purchased by the Birmingham Locomotive Society for £70 and transferred it to the Talyllyn railway at Towyn, and after being overhauled it worked at Kinnerley, Carnforth, Llanberis, and finally to Gelerts Farm Works near Portmadog.
 
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Russell at Dinas on the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway


Russell’s original restoration was completed in 1987, and it operated service until being withdrawn again in 2003 for another major overhaul.

That was completed in August 2014, since when it has been a regular performer on the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway from Porthmadog.
 
2nd January, 2025

Northern Belle plans eighteen steam train trips for 2025​

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34067 Tangmere heads The Northern Belle through Oxenholme Lake District


Northern Belle has chosen the New Year to announce the highlights of what to expect in 2025 for tours on its iconic luxury train.

Spearheading the excursions will be eighteen steam-hauled trips over the spectacular Settle-Carlisle railway line, proclaimed by Channel 5 in its eponymous programme as one of the world’s most scenic railway journeys, and prompted Bill Nighy to describe the Northern Belle as “the Grand Dame of luxury travel”.
 
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6201 Princess Elizabeth hauling The Northern Belle to Carlisle


Travelling in 1930s luxury, the Pullman-style train will take champagne-sipping racegoers on slap-up excursions to the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Ladies Day at Royal Ascot, and Glorious Goodwood.

For history buffs, destinations include historic cities such as Edinburgh, Chester, and York, and coastal resorts like Torquay, Llandudno and Oban.

In 2024, among other tours, there were trips to Edinburgh, Weymouth, Dawlish, and Oban.
 
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Class 57 57313 Scarborough Castle with The Northern Belle


A new tour this year will be a special Mother’s Day Lunch trip on Sunday, 30th March 30 from Crewe, Warrington and Liverpool, and a visit to King Charles’ official Scottish residence at Holyrood Palace from Manchester, Preston, and Lancaster on Thursday, 25th September.

The train has seven hand-decorated carriages, each named after a stately home or castle, and one of which used to be part of the late Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Train.

It is reputed to contain the favourite seat of the late Queen Mother, from where she would wave to excited onlookers and sip her gin and tonic as the train passed by.

Among the train’s special attractions are its own resident musicians and an onboard magician.
 
2nd January, 2025

53 years after last BR train, Swanage driver takes charge of heritage train​

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T3 Class No. 563 at Corfe Castle


On New Year’s Day, the driver of a Swanage Railway train was the same man who drove trains to the town in the years before British Rail withdrew services along the branch.

The driver was Mel Cox, who joined British Railways in 1964 aged 15 as a steam locomotive cleaner at Bournemouth.

By the late 1960s, he had been promoted to become a driver and was driving diesel-electric multiple unit trains on the line from Wareham to Swanage until British Rail ran its last passenger trains on the branch line on Saturday, 1st January 1972.
 
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Driver Mel Cox is reunited with signalman Bob Richards


53 years later, on Wednesday, 1st January 2025, Mel, a Swanage Railway volunteer driver, drove T3 class steam locomotive No. 563 with a rake of heritage carriages on return trips between Swanage and Corfe Castle.

At last year’s Heritage Railway Association‘s Annual Awards, the Swanage Railways gained two awards for its restoration of 563.

At Corfe Castle station, Mel was welcomed by the station’s last British Rail signalman, Bob Richards, who signalled the last British Rail train through to Swanage on the last day of service.

While discussing old times, Mel and Bob were reunited with the staff used by the Corfe Castle signalman to grant permission to train drivers to travel along the single track from Corfe Castle to Swanage and back to Corfe Castle
 
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Driver Mel Cox and signalman Bob Richards with the train staff


Bob said it was strange to hold the staff again as it brought back many happy memories of the branch, the railway staff, and the train drivers.

The staff is an engraved steel tube dating from the late 1960s.

It is a historic item that was used to prevent two trains from running on the same track and is preserved in the Swanage Railway Trust‘s museum at Corfe Castle station.

Bob Richards transferred to Wareham when the Swanage branch line closed, where he continued working as a signalman at Wareham station signal box until he retired in 2007 after 45 years working on the railways.
 
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Signalman Bob Richards in Corfe Castle signal box


The Swanage Railway has occasionally run trains through to Wareham, but has shelved plans for permanent services as they are not commercially viable.

“It doesn’t seem like 53 years since the last British Rail trains ran from Wareham down to Corfe Castle and Swanage – driving them through the lovely Isle of Purbeck was like entering a more leisurely and friendly world. It was great to meet Bob Richards again at Corfe Castle station. Some drivers at Bournemouth didn’t like branch line work but I loved it because it was different from the hustle and bustle of the main line at Bournemouth and trains to London Waterloo. The Swanage branch staff were like a family and it was a slower pace of life. It was very sad when the line was closed and the tracks were lifted six months later. Like myself, most of the other train drivers and guards at Bournemouth never thought the Swanage Railway would or could be rebuilt – because the task seemed so huge but several generations of dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers have proved us very wrong.”

Mel Cox
 
3rd January, 2025

Steam locomotive Merddin Emrys receives new livery for anniversary year​

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Merddin Emrys in its new livery


The Ffestiniog Railway has unveiled a new look for Double Fairlie, Merddin Emrys.

The new green livery reflects the livery worn in the 1950s and 60s by Talliesin.

George England, Prince, will also join Merddin Emrys in a new green livery, with Palmerston and David Lloyd George remaining in red liveries to reflect the 1990s.

Welsh Pony and James Spooner will continue to sport their lined plum livery.

It is hoped that the first chance to see Merddin Emrys and Prince in their new liveries will likely be as part of the Snowdonian in April 2025.
 
4th January, 2025

New £2 coin marks Railway 200​

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Commemorative Railway 200 Coin


Following on from the Whistle-Up which took place across the globe on New Year’s Day, on the second day of the New Year, the Royal Mint has unveiled a new £2 coin to mark 200 years since passengers first travelled by train.

The coin featuring ‘Locomotion’ pulling a train of wagons loaded with passengers will no doubt be a hit with railway enthusiasts and coin collectors.

The design encapsulates “a journey that changed the world forever” when the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) opened in 1825.

The £2 coin will be available to collect later in the year.

It is one of five styles of coins the Royal Mint produce annually celebrating milestones and anniversaries across the Commonwealth.
 
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Commemorative Railway Coin 1825 – 2025


“Coming down the tracks this year is a bumper programme of exciting initiatives and shared storytelling for everyone to get involved with and enjoy.

Railway 200 represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the railway, its people and communities to shout long, loud and proud about rail’s many achievements and plans for a more sustainable future.

It will cover the past, present and future of the railway.

As well as showcasing rail’s pioneering pedigree, it will excite and invite more people to consider a career in the railway.”

Emma Robertson, programme manager for Railway 200, a cross-sector, partner-led campaign
 
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David Lloyd George whistles to depart Porthmadog


The commencement of the railway’s double centenary celebrations took place on New Year’s Day.

A global Whistle-Up featuring 200 locomotives across five continents took part sounding their whistles and horns.

There are many more activities taking place around the globe this year related to this milestone achievement.

Here in the UK, a regularly updated interactive map on https://railway200.co.uk/search-for-activities-and-events/ shows where and when in the country various events, exhibitions, and seminars are taking place relating to Railway 200 Anniversary celebrations.

People are also being asked to share their stories for a project called ‘Railway 200’s Great Rail Tales’.

Anyone can submit a story, whether it’s from those who have worked in the railway industry to those who are enthusiasts who enjoy a particular journey or have taken an unforgettable trip by train.

These will be kept and will be shared with the many generations to come when they take a look back at the railways of the past.

Finally, with such a big gathering it’s important to take a moment to highlight the many railway charities that do unbelievable work behind the scenes to help those who have fallen on hard times.

A charity collective made up of Alzheimer’s Research UK, Railway Children, Transport Benevolent Fund, Rail Benefit Fund and the Railway Mission will be working to raise £200,000 this year, to help continue their efforts and help others.

For those who want to get involved with Railway 200 celebrations, there is still time. www.railway200.co.uk has a toolkit and materials for those who want to celebrate or hold their celebrations in style.
 
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