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2. Great Central Railway (heritage railway) - Wikipedia

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   The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway. It runs for 8.25 miles (13.28 km) [ citation needed ] between the town of Loughborough and a new terminus in the north of Leicester .

3. Locomotive Services Limited - Wikipedia

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   D1935 moving 34046 Braunton to the West Somerset Railway in 2018. Locomotive Services Limited [2] is a train operating company in Great Britain. The company operates rail tours using heritage steam, diesel and electric locomotives with support from associated companies and trusts.

4. Loughborough Central railway station - Wikipedia

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   All stations on the preserved Great Central Railway are set in a specific era; at Loughborough this era is the 1950s. Many artefacts around the station aid in this atmosphere, including original and recreated British Railways posters, British Railways totem poles, a 1950s TV showing 1950s transportation films in the general waiting room, and a ...

5. Railtour - Wikipedia

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   A railtour is a special train which is run in order to allow people to experience rail travel which is not normally available using timetabled passenger services. The 'unusual' aspect may be the route of the train, the destination, the occasion, specific sections of railway track (for example, freight-only lines), the locomotive hauling the train, the rolling stock (passenger carriages), or ...

6. Compass Tours - Wikipedia

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   A pro-rail company, Compass Tours heavily promoted the advantages of rail as a mode of transport, encouraging passengers to leave their cars and take the train. Nearly 300 tours were organised by the company, with many thousands of passenger journeys being taken. The tours were typically very popular, carrying 400–600 passengers in up to 13 ...

7. The Jacobite (steam train) - Wikipedia

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   The company running The Jacobite provided Warner Brothers with the train used as the Hogwarts Express in all of the films and allowed them use of the route of The Jacobite for filming. The locomotive used to pull the Hogwarts Express in the films, the GWR 4900 Class 5972 Olton Hall , is presently located at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The ...