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  2. Mainline steam trains in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Duchy train, hauled by Tangmere, along the Dawlish sea wall in 2015. Although steam locomotives were withdrawn from normal railway service in Great Britain in 1968, due to sustained public interest including a locomotive preservation movement, steam hauled passenger trains can still be seen on the mainline railway (i.e. Network Rail owned tracks as opposed to heritage railways) in ...

  3. List of railway museums in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The National Railway Museum, York is the largest railway museum in the United Kingdom ... Head of Steam) Hopetown Carriage Works; Locomotion Museum, Shildon, (free ...

  4. Hopetown Darlington - Wikipedia

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    Hopetown Darlington, previously known as Head of Steam and formerly known as the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, is a railway museum located on the 1825 route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which was the world's first steam-powered passenger railway. It is based inside the former station building at the North Road railway station.

  5. List of steam fairs - Wikipedia

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    List of UK Steam Fairs; UK Traction engine rallies; Live listings of UK Steam and Vintage Events (Visitors may also submit to this Events Guide) "Old Glory" Online Guide to UK Events including steam rallies and fairs (dynamic list) - from the Old Glory magazine (Old Glory also publishes a 'Free' paper version at the start of each year listing ...

  6. Steam locomotives of British Railways - Wikipedia

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    ex-Great Western Railway No. 6833 Calcot Grange, a 4-6-0 Grange class steam locomotive, at Bristol Temple Meads railway station. The steam locomotives of British Railways were used by British Railways over the period 1948–1968. The vast majority of these were inherited from its four constituent companies, the "Big Four".

  7. Tyseley Locomotive Works - Wikipedia

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    Tyseley Locomotive Works, formerly the Birmingham Railway Museum, is the engineering arm of steam railtour promoter Vintage Trains based in Birmingham, England. It occupies part of the former Great Western Railway 's Tyseley depot , built in 1908 to accommodate expanding operations in the West Midlands, particularly the opening of the North ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Beamish Museum transport collection - Wikipedia

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    Beamish hired in Andrew Barclay, Works No. 1147 of 1908 vintage, 0-4-0ST John Howe from Ribble Steam Railway, Preston Docks to operate steam trains on weekends and school holidays in 2014. The following year in 2015, Avonside Works No. 1764 of 1917 vintage, 0-6-0ST No. 34 Portbury was on hire from Bristol

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