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Bishop Auckland Amateur Radio Club is coordinating the National Railways on the Air Weekend that will take place on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September. This date celebrates the anniversary of the first steam powered passenger railway, which took place on 27 September 1825. The first passenger train ran on a line in the North East of England from Darlington to Stockton. The Club is expecting to operate the special event station GB2EVR at the Eden Valley Railway. If you would like to take part by running a station, approach your nearest preserved railway, ask if they are celebrating the birth of passenger railways in this country and would they like to have an amateur radio station as part of their event to promote awareness of their railway. Once you have their agreement, apply for a special event licence in the usual way with Ofcom. Please leave plenty of time for this application to be published. When you have the details of the station, please register at www.barac.m0php.net. Please click on the ‘Register for the Railways on the Air Weekend’ link and enter details of your special event station in the contact box.