19-12-2024 13:30 via ianvisits.co.uk

Whistle-Up: Join the largest railway celebration in history on New Years Day

If you’re in a railway station on New Year’s Day, listen out for the largest mass railway participation event in history as hundreds of trains sound their whistles and horns at the same time.
Railway 200 bunting in foreground with steam locomotive behind (c) Network Rail
The event marks the start of a year of celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the first passenger railway service* on the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) in 1825.
The Railway 200 Whistle-Up, spearhe
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