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Barrow Hill 2012

13 April 2012

A dozen LNER loco's line up for a fantastic 'Fab Four' event at Barrow Hill.

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Pendolino makes historic East Coast run

13 March 2012.

A piece of railway history was made overnight on March 12/13 when Virgin Pendolino No. 390055 ran from Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross...

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London to Bradford in 6 minutes with Grand Central Rail

26 September 2011.

We wanted to celebrate our direct route from London Kings Cross station to Bradford Interchange Station, so we filmed the route in super speed -- enjoy!

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Sunderland to London Kings Cross in 6 minutes with Grand Central Rail

26 September 2011.

Grand Central's 2,660mph train --Sunderland to London Kings Cross. We wanted to celebrate our direct route from London Kings Cross station to Sunderland Station, so we filmed the route in super speed -- enjoy!

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Gas Turbine 18000

25 September 2011.

An interesting archive film of Brown Boveri-built gas turbine loco No. 18000 just after it had been built in 1947 at Baden. Contains some fascinating scenes of railways in Switzerland too. Shame about the weather!

See it here: www.zeitraumaargau.ch/?v=e86dgy9d#/detail/e86dgy9d

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World unveiling of Flexity 2 tram - in Blackpool

12 September 2011.

Britain’s favourite seaside resort, Blackpool, has hosted the unveiling of the first Bombardier Flexity 2 tramcar.

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How to drive a locomotive - part 1!

10 August 2011.

In 1996, we printed a feature on steam footplate experience courses. Better late than never(!), we now publish a short diesel locomotive version as a companion to the more detailed footage on the DVD presented free with this issue.

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Unveiling of the Flying Scotsman

1 June 2011.

The Flying Scotsman steam locomotive has gone on show in at the National Rail Museum in York after a five year overhaul.

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GWR Railmotor No 93

28 March 2011.

The world’s sole surviving operational steam railmotor is now up and running.

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Dubai's Driverless Red Line Metro

29 November 2010.

A view from the front of one of Dubai's driverless Red Line metro trains operating from Mall of the Emirates and Rashidiya on the section between Mall of the Emirates and Burj Khalifa.

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Current Issue: June 2012

Issue June 2012

• BARROW HILL SMASHES RECORD
• FLYING SCOTSMAN 150
Celebration of a world-famous train
• CATHEDRALS OF STEAM
Rare loco shed views
• TRAIN PATH AUCTION THREATENS OPEN ACCESS
• WIMBLEDON DEPOT
Keeping SWT on the move
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