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Paddington Bear will make a special appearance at Didcot Railway Centre this summer. On Friday, August 16, the beloved ...
A team from a nature group called Wild Oxfordshire visited Didcot Railway Centre to carry out a botanical survey. The steam ...
Didcot steam day (Image: Frank Dumbleton) The broad gauge replica of the 1840 Fire Fly class looked out of her shed at colourful red-painted signal arms with a backdrop of autumn foliage.
The Duke of Gloucester made a visit to an historic railway site during a day-long tour of Oxfordshire last week. Prince ...
The next generation of inventors, explorers, and engineers will be welcomed to Didcot Railway Centre this weekend. The centre will look to inspire children aged five and older as it hosts its Young ...
In Oxfordshire, Didcot Railway Centre will be marking the occasion with GWR Prairie 4144, which will be in steam on 1 January. On the Isle of Wight, special new year trains will join in the ...
A volunteer has been seriously injured while working at a rail museum. Thames Valley Police said emergency services were called to a "work-related incident" at Didcot Railway Centre in Oxfordshire ...
In the late 80s, Queen filmed the music video for 'Breakthru' at the Nene Valley Railway near Peterborough. At the time, one of Didcot Railway Centre's locomotives was on hire to them.
The Great Western Railway Coat of Arms was a logo that appeared on GWR rolling stock from 1927 to 1933, and then reappeared in 1942 until nationalisation in 1947.