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Join our team as Events Manager (part time role)

18th February 2026

The Epping Ongar Railway is seeking an organised, enthusiastic, and detail-oriented person to develop and deliver its exciting event programme. About the Epping Ongar Railway The Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) is a volunteer-run steam railway attraction that runs for 6 miles ...

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Hogwarts Express locomotive to star at Epping Ongar Railway this April

3rd February 2026

A steam train featuring in one of the world’s most anticipated television shows is set to appear at the Epping Ongar Railway this April. Steam locomotive 6989 ‘Wightwick Hall’, which stars as the Hogwarts Express in the upcoming Harry Potter television series, is scheduled ...

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Royal locomotive graces the former underground rails for 2026

15th January 2026

The Epping Ongar Railway is delighted to welcome King George to assist with it's 2026 services. Built by Hunslet locomotive works in 1942, diminutive tank locomotive, 2409 "King George" has arrived on loan from our friends at the Didcot Railway Centre and is due to remain on ...

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Services resume in February - essential engineering works this Winter

3rd January 2026

Following a busy 2025 season, and with the last of our successful Epping Ongar Lights Express trains having arrived back at the station, the Epping Ongar Railway is commencing its essential Winter maintenance and training programme. Steam and heritage diesel services, together ...

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Heritage Rail Artist Malcolm Root to Visit Epping Ongar Railway

16th September 2025

The Epping Ongar Railway is proud to announce a special visit by acclaimed heritage rail artist Malcolm Root on Friday 19 September 2025. Malcolm Root is one of Britain’s leading transport artists, widely admired for his evocative paintings capturing the golden age of steam, railways, ...

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Hunslet steam locomotive visiting for the start of the 2025 season

18th March 2025

We are delighted to welcome Hunslet Austerity locomotive 3890 which is joining us for the first part of our running season! The locomotive was built in 1964 for the National Coal Board to a design used to supply to the Ministry of Defence and similar to an LNER J94 type. The locomotive ...

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