
Heritage Railway Association
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The Heritage Railway Association is the UK trade body supporting heritage railways, tramways and railway preservation groups within the UK and Ireland.
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http://www.hra.uk.com 13-11-2011 12:26:30
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A celebratory cacophony of train locomotive whistles and horns at midday on 1 January 2025 will signal the start of the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Send in your clips and images to [email protected] railway200.co.uk/global-whistle…






We started 2025 in style at Bridgnorth by joining in the nationwide ‘whistle off’ marking the start of railway200 Heritage locos sounded their whistles at 12 noon (1 Jan) to start a year of events marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of modern railways. #whistleup200

Our flagship Hunslet-built 2-6-2T 'Russell' and our humblest rail vehicle starting 2025 and the #Railway200 celebrations in the "liquid sunshine" in #Porthmadog Do air horns count? LOL! 😆👍 railway200 Community Rail Network The Narrow Gauge Blog Narrow Gauge World @Gr8littletrains #WhistleUp


Starting #Railway200 with the Whistle Up Tanfield Railway and Jayne McCubbin , making it onto BBC Breakfast this morning 😁



1890-built Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST 'Sir Berkeley' and 1966-built Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0DM No.45 did the "Whistle Up" honours at the Middleton Railway in Leeds today Middleton Railway Heritage Railway Association #railway200







