Heritage railway launches hydrogen-powered train

Severn Valley Railway (SVR) launched HydroShunter, a hydrogen-powered shunting engine, developed from the body of a disused Class 08. Built in Derby in 1959 it was being used for spare parts and was ...
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Heritage locomotives help GWR and Network Rail examine train stabling locations

Class 50 and Class 40 borrowed from Locomotive Services Ltd for senior staff to examine sites in Somerset and Devon.
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Wensleydale Model Railway show to return with heritage diesel engines

A popular model railway show is set to return in May, accompanied by heritage diesel trains on a real-life track. Wensleydale Railway will host the event on May 10 and 11 at Leeming Bar Station. The ...

Tiny train station prepares for 'busiest ever time'

Severn Valley Railway (SVR) said for most of the year passenger trains pass through Eardington, which reopened in 2023, ...
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Get on board with the volunteers keeping steam locomotives alive in Portland

On Saturday, May 13, visitors to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Southeast Portland can take a ride on an 111-year-old steam locomotive. Nowadays, most trains are electric or diesel-powered, but ...

Travel across Calgary’s Heritage Park aboard a 1950s locomotive this spring

All aboard! Heritage Park's newest addition, the Springtime Express, is inviting guests for a ride on a 1950s locomotive.
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Oregon Rail Heritage Center trying to morph from workshop to museum

Bill Habjan, a retired doctor from Lebanon, Oregon, makes the 160-mile round trip to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland’s Central Eastside twice a week to work on an old engine. “When a steam ...