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The Railways

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A LUXURIOUS rail tour will set off from Hereford, offering passengers the chance to travel behind a stunning steam engine.

The Lakelander will depart Hereford at 6.20am on July 5, before travelling to Leominster to pick up more passengers at 6.40am, and then Ludlow at 7am.

It will also stop at Craven Arms, Church Stretton, Shrewsbury, Whitchurch, Crewe, Warrington Bank Quay, and Preston.

Steam hauled from Preston, the train will reach Carlisle at 12.30pm, where passengers will have two hours to explore.

On the return journey, the train will travel along the scenic Cumbrian Coast, offering views of the Isle of Man and Morecambe Bay.

The train will return to Ludlow at 10.50pm, Leominster at 11.10pm, and Hereford at 11.30pm.

This train journey is an opportunity to travel on a steam locomotive from Saphos Trains' collection, including the world-famous LMS Royal Scot Class, No. 46100 ‘Royal Scot’, the West Country Class, No. 34046 ‘Braunton’, and the Britannia Pacific Class, No 70000 ‘Britannia’.

A spokesperson for Saphos Trains said: "Enjoy a fabulous steam-hauled day tour offering spectacular views of the Cumbrian mountains and high Pennines as we climb over the Lakeland fells to the historic border city of Carlisle for a lunchtime sightseeing break and return around the longest coastal line in Britain with splendid views across the Irish Sea and Morecambe Bay."

Tickets are on sale now, with various classes of travel available.

The priciest tickets are for Pullman Dining, priced from £425 per person, which includes a full English breakfast and a five-course dinner created by the executive chef, as well as wine, champagne, and canapés.
 
The image of the new viaduct at Duddeston shows the gradual construction of that structure before being moved into place. It is called the Bellingham Viaduct after the England Football player.
 
There is quite a very nice history of the railways on the Historic England Blog today. It talks about railway development and the other offshoots the railways bought about like social infrastructure, railway towns and holiday resorts.

I never knew that our beloved Weston-super-Mare was a product of the railways, despite going there on the train with a works outing myself.

Enjoy

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The History of the Railway in England

Discover when the first steam train was invented in England, and when the world's first public railway opened in Stockton and Darlington in 1825.
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The Stockton & Darlington was not the first public railway although from 1826 is credited with having the first public passenger time table for the service that was then horse worked. Steam locomotives on the Stockton and Darlington Railway hauled freight as a public railway, although the first public railways to carry goods were the canal tramways in South Wales and elsewhere. The Oystermouth Railway was the first to have a passenger service (25/03/1807) and the first steam locomotive service to carry fare paying passenger was the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway on May 3rd 1830. The Canterbury & Whitstable had inclines and so the steam locomotive only worked along a part of the route. In September 1830 the Liverpool and Manchester carried passengers from Edge Hill to Manchester, but the terminus at Crown Street required rope haulage up to Edge Hill. the 4 and three quarter mile long Warrington and Newton Railway that opened 25th July 1831 seems to have been the first to have steam locomotive haulage for the entire length of their passenger lines. the longer Leeds and Selby railway opened September 22nd 1834 was also in this latter category. On the opening day of the Stockton & Darlington Railway people were carried in the coal wagons and the same happened for the Shut End Railway in 1829 for the level intermediate section. The Shut End Railway only had freight traffic and was later incorporated into the Earl of Dudley's Pensnett Railway.

Richard Trevithick engineer had various trials with steam locomotives first on roads then on railways. He had circular railway in London that did carry passengers but that was a demonstration line and not a public railway. The engine for that experiment was erected at Bridgnorth Foundry
 
Heartland said:
The Stockton & Darlington was not the first public railway although from 1826 is credited with having the first public passenger time table for the service that was then horse worked. Steam locomotives on the Stockton and Darlington Railway hauled freight as a public railway, although the first public railways to carry goods were the canal tramways in South Wales and elsewhere. The Oystermouth Railway was the first to have a passenger service (25/03/1807) and the first steam locomotive service to carry fare paying passenger was the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway on May 3rd 1830. The Canterbury & Whitstable had inclines and so the steam locomotive only worked along a part of the route. In September 1830 the Liverpool and Manchester carried passengers from Edge Hill to Manchester, but the terminus at Crown Street required rope haulage up to Edge Hill. the 4 and three quarter mile long Warrington and Newton Railway that opened 25th July 1831 seems to have been the first to have steam locomotive haulage for the entire length of their passenger lines. the longer Leeds and Selby railway opened September 22nd 1834 was also in this latter category. On the opening day of the Stockton & Darlington Railway people were carried in the coal wagons and the same happened for the Shut End Railway in 1829 for the level intermediate section. The Shut End Railway only had freight traffic and was later incorporated into the Earl of Dudley's Pensnett Railway.

Richard Trevithick engineer had various trials with steam locomotives first on roads then on railways. He had circular railway in London that did carry passengers but that was a demonstration line and not a public railway. The engine for that experiment was erected at Bridgnorth Foundry
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Great informative history!
 
Morturn said:
There is quite a very nice history of the railways on the Historic England Blog today. It talks about railway development and the other offshoots the railways bought about like social infrastructure, railway towns and holiday resorts.

I never knew that our beloved Weston-super-Mare was a product of the railways, despite going there on the train with a works outing myself.

Enjoy

heritagecalling.com

The History of the Railway in England

Discover when the first steam train was invented in England, and when the world's first public railway opened in Stockton and Darlington in 1825.
heritagecalling.com heritagecalling.com
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This is very similar to the series I watched recently on Amazon, Full Steam Ahead. If is is available in the UK it is a very good series to watch, particularly the history and innovation.
 
Richard Dye said:
This is very similar to the series I watched recently on Amazon, Full Steam Ahead. If is is available in the UK it is a very good series to watch, particularly the history and innovation.
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I quite like stuff like this, not bogged down in pedantic detail so you get an overall all feel for the subject. It then makes history a place of possibility’s
 
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