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New law set to allow children to volunteer at heritage railways
Government agrees to amend Employment Rights Bill, allowing under-16s to volunteer on heritage railways like the Watercress ...
Heritage railways have been badly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Credit: Dan Shorthouse. When UK-based events company PNP Events decided to cancel its Polar Express trains running through the ...
Railroads transformed the world. They stitched together cities and continents, turning once-distant destinations into reachable places. While their role in daily transportation has diminished in many ...
The much-loved Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell on its first ever road trip in 1968 from Diss Station to Bressingham Steam Museum (Image: Ray King) He is a man who has spent much of his life on ...
The Branson Scenic Railway has a new owner. American Heritage Railways, a heritage tourism company, will take over operations of the Branson Scenic Railway on Sept. 1. The acquisition follows the ...
Because of operating difficulties caused by restrictions put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, American Heritage Railways has temporarily ceased operations of another one of its historical ...
Volunteers at the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society in Cumbria, England, are working hard to raise funds so that they can restore MLR-740, a steam locomotive that they recently bought in an ...
Twenty six of England’s rarest and best preserved signal boxes have been given Grade II listed status by the Department for Culture Media and Sport as a result of a joint English Heritage and Network ...
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