Heritage Railway

THOSE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS FANTASTIC!

It all started last year on the Dartmouth Steam Railway, and watching the stupendous success of its Train of Lights from afar, other heritage lines saw that there was a market to be filled by running American-style illuminated Christmas trains as an alternative, although not by any means replacements, to the traditional Santa specials and the more recent Polar Express phenomenon.

This year, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway has run its Northern Lights Express, the Nene Valley the Winter Lights Spectacular, the North Norfolk Railway the Norfolk Lights Express,

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