Steam is back for the summer! Inside our brand new issue of Heritage Railway magazine, we take a look at railways restarting in time for the high season after months of closures.

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The Line You Have All Loved For 50 Years
In the 50th anniversary year of the big-screen dramatisation of The Railway Children, which was filmed on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, the line is fighting a survival battle, and desperately needs donations from well-wishers to help it meet day-to-day overheads, writes Robin Jones.

Beeching: a man of his time - or ahead of it?
After running test trains with BR2MT 2-6-0 No.78018 on May 22 , nine days later the Great Central Railway staged are peat, as a precursor to reopening after lockdown. No 37714 Cardiff Canton joined the proceedings.

Back for the summer!
Dartmouth leads the way out of lockdown as steam back for summer!
 
PLUS! All the main line news, your headlines, Platform shows off your views and check out our guide to railways running this season!