Official. Heritage railtours on the UKs last blast furnace operated steelworks. Book places on tours afrps.co.uk Charity
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Appleby Frodingham Railway-Scunthorpe retweeted
So glad to have been apart of bringing these models to life
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Appleby Frodingham Railway-Scunthorpe retweeted
9 Aug 2025
Absolutely delighted my KR Models Hunslet BO-BO is now finally added to my collection of Scunthorpe steelworks models of Janus and Di8. Looking forward to those torpedoes arriving.
Thanks to everyone that made this model a reality 🥰
@AFRailway
@gpplumtreeworks
@BritishSteelUK
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Appleby Frodingham Railway-Scunthorpe retweeted
17 Jul 2025
🎉 Exciting news! We’re teaming up with @HCFCatch to bring 36 new apprentices on board in engineering & tech roles at our Scunthorpe site. Real skills, real experience, and a real future in steel. Let’s go! 🔧🔥Read more here britishsteel.co.uk/news/brit… #BuildingStrongerFutures
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23 Jun 2025
Yesterday our Chair & diesel co visited the Tanfield Railway to see loco 54, having a holiday in the countryside at The legends of industry. it was strange to see 54 in a rural location.
And we had to find the frames the lysaghts Rsh that once was enjoyed by so many children.
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Appleby Frodingham Railway-Scunthorpe retweeted
20 Jun 2025
Phew what a week! 🚆😎☀️🍦We had a great time at @railliveuk, another fantastic year for this event at the Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre. Thank you to all of our customers, suppliers and supporters from throughout the industry for braving the heat and coming to see us.
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Appleby Frodingham Railway-Scunthorpe retweeted
18 Jun 2025
It's Rail Live! 🚄
It's scorchio! ☀️
We're looking forward to seeing you at Stand M255.
Together we're #BuildingStrongerRailways
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Appleby Frodingham Railway-Scunthorpe retweeted
17 Jun 2025
We’re excited to say we’ve secured a new £500m long-term supply contract with Network Rail. 🚅 All rails will be made in #Scunthorpe #UK ow.ly/Clhb50Waw9L
#BuildingStrongerRailways #BritainNeedsBritishSteel 🚄
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29 May 2025
Due to a cancellation we have 5 spaces available on this weekends steam rail tour
to book , please use the link below
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21 May 2025
Another step towards 58s(aka 402) full return. She is currently undergoing trials, and has now had the signwriting completed, and awaits her 402 plates arriving.
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Appleby Frodingham Railway-Scunthorpe retweeted
27 Apr 2025
What a terrific birthday gift from my amazing wife @sarahrayray13. The volunteers at @AFRailway are doing amazing work on a shoestring budget. A fantastic experience.
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13 Apr 2025
As well as a private railtour yesterday, We had Good news yesterday from parliment.
We as well as all the British Steel workforce are happy to hear positive news.
Save scunthorpe steel !
Save our Steel
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23 Feb 2025
Tour bookings open at 7:30pm today , 23/2/2025. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity. Take a ride on the uks Largest active private rail network. Not just another heritage train ride.
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19 Feb 2025
Postcards! For the first time in Many years. We have created a series of postcards with the help of members, to sell in our shop during tours.
This will continue to aid us in the repair of rolling stock and continue our rail tours.
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15 Feb 2025
Pacer 144017 ran her last night tour for the year. And after driver experiences tomorrow she will be out of service for overhaul. She's been a sterling performer since she arrived but now she needs some care and attention. If you would like to join us in scunthorpe get in touch
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24 Jan 2025
We recently took a member of the comms team around the site during our night tour
24 Jan 2025
We recently took a tour around the Scunthorpe site on a diesel pacer with the Appleby Frodingham Railway.
This night tour gave a completely different view of the site as you can see in this video clip taken from the front seat. 🚆🌙
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16 Jan 2025
We're helping british steel and the comms team display some of the historic artifacts and information about the site from our archive
16 Jan 2025
Over the coming weeks we're going to be sharing with you some snippets from the archives in the form of a weekly #ThrowbackThursday post. Our first delve into the history books shows impressive icicles that had formed on the cooling tower at the Scunthorpe site in December 1978.
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4 Jan 2025
Don't miss out on our evening rail tours in January and February.
Pacer night tour 6pm 17th January
Pacer driver experiences 18th January
Pacer night tour 6pm 14th February ❤️
Pacer driver experience 15th February
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* pacer driver experience 18
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28 Dec 2024
@peter_levy hi Peter, the Gainsborough Model Railway have dedicated this weekends open day to Pete Boor. A long standing member who recently passed away. A display has been organised of Model class 47s. His favourite locomotive. It's lovely to see this dedication and would be-
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28 Dec 2024
Great to see it on the local evening news. Please shine a light on this passionate group of dedicated individuals, just like us at Scunthorpe
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Appleby Frodingham Railway-Scunthorpe retweeted
#Scunthorpe. Thank you to @AFRailway for the invite for our NPT officers👮♀️👮♂️ to join the Santa Express 🎅. This was a great opportunity for our officers to engage with the community. All the children we met were fantastic and definitely on the nice list (and the adults too!). 🎄
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