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The Railway Children was filmed on the nearby Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in 1970.
BBC: Bradford's 'city of film' honour
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The Duke of Gloucester unveiled a plaque to commemorate the establishment of the Severn Valley Railway in 1862.
BBC: England
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The 1863 Furness Railway engine No. 20 has been borrowed by Severn Valley Railway from the Furness Railway Trust.
BBC: England
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The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) plans to construct a new station building in Bridgnorth and restore the existing 1862 building.
BBC: Bridgnorth station
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The need to move into the regions was in some ways highlighted by the Aln Valley Railway Society (AVRS) in Northumberland.
BBC: All roads lead to London
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Filmed on the preserved Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in Yorkshire, the original Railway Children has become a perennial Christmas favourite.
BBC: News | Entertainment | Return of The Railway Children
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Other fundraising events included West Bromwich runner Dave Heeley, known as Blind Dave, driving a train along the Severn Valley Railway and breakfast show presenter Pete Morgan busking with 1980s singer Jaki Graham.
BBC: WM Red Alert Appeal total reaches ?178K
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The first chairlift was installed in Sun Valley in 1936 after its invention by Union Pacific Railway engineer James Curran.
BBC: Where did skiing come from?
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That in area (a) the Baghdad railway shall not be extended southwards beyond Mosul, and in area (b) northwards beyond Samarra, until a railway connecting Baghdad and Aleppo via the Euphrates valley has been completed, and then only with the concurrence of the two governments.
BBC: Map detailing the Sykes-Picot agreement
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These days the railway did not stop in Divide, and only Union Pacific freight came rumbling through the valley at 6.44 a.m.
NPR: Excerpt: 'The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet'
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It is nearly finished, and will have three interlocking sections - to defend the remains of the village, the railway line, and most importantly now, the town of Devecser, further down the valley.
BBC: Villagers despair in Hungary's red wasteland