GREATER Anglia (GA) has shown the trade press the first bi-mode multiple unit (BMU) which is being built by Stadler in Switzerland. When Abellio won the re-tendered franchise which will run from October 2016 to
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THE Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway reconnected Toddington with Broadway on Good Friday, March 30, completing a long standing aim to take steam trains back to the popular Cotswold tourist spot after a gap of 58 years.
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A PAIR of Class 55 ‘Deltic’ locomotives, Nos. 55022 Royal Scots Grey and D9016 Gordon Highlander, put up for sale last month by businessman owner Martin Walker have been bought by a company called Locomotive
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The Railway Children charity is holding a fundraising book launch event at the iconic House of Vans venue in London’s Waterloo on Monday 27th November. Writer and author Christian Woolmar will be promoting his new
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THE Penrhyn Quarry Railway (PQR) unexpectedly closed in mid-July. Initial (unofficial) reports emerged suggesting the site was in the process of being vacated with the stock to be dispersed to other heritage locations, followed by
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THE discovery of deliberate act of vandalism to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR’s) historic teak carriages overnight on July 23 has been described as ‘heartbreaking’. An set of eight LNER carriages, which are owned and
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French Railways (SNCF) added another 484 route kilometers to their high speed rail network from July 1, expanding the length of the French high speed rail network by a fifth in a single day. It
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THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is to expand its main line sphere of operation, having teamed up with the North Norfolk Railway (NNR) to work this summer’s Holt-Sheringham-Cromer dining trains commencing on July 5.
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A1 Pacific No. 60163 Tornado has officially joined an elite band of steam locomotives in the 100mph club in the early hours of April 12, 2017. The last time a loco reached 100mph in the
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THE RMT rail union is stepping up strike action over plans by two rail companies to remove or redeploy the guard. Drivers who work for Northern (Arriva Rail North) and Merseyrail voted overwhelmingly for a
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