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  • First view of Swiss-built bi-mode units for Greater Anglia

    First view of Swiss-built bi-mode units for Greater Anglia

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    Chris Milner

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    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 2025, it announced a major fleet upgrade comprising of 1,043 new vehicles that would be formed into 169 multiple units…

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  • Trains return to Broadway after 58 year gap

    Trains return to Broadway after 58 year gap

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    Chris Milner

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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. Arriving on a train from Toddington, many VIPs and the press joined volunteers and the public at Broadway where Lord…

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  • ‘Deltic’ pair bought by Jeremy Hosking

    ‘Deltic’ pair bought by Jeremy Hosking

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    Chris Milner

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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 Diesels Ltd, whose director is multi-millionaire Jeremy Hosking. Mr Hosking – listed on the Sunday Times rich list – already…

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  • Railway Children charity to benefit from book launch

    Railway Children charity to benefit from book launch

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    Chris Milner

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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 book, Railways and the Raj, and proceeds from the evening will be donated to the Railway Children for which Mr…

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  • Penrhyn Quarry Railway ceases operating

    Penrhyn Quarry Railway ceases operating

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    Chris Milner

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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 a post on Penrhyn Quarry Railway’s Facebook page just after 22.00 on July 14. This stated, “It is true that…

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  • Vandals wreck NYMR’s LNER teak carriages

    Vandals wreck NYMR’s LNER teak carriages

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    Chris Milner

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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 maintained by the London and North Eastern Railway Coach Association (LNERCA), were systematically targeted, while parked in the siding by…

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  • France opens two high new high speed lines in a day

    France opens two high new high speed lines in a day

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    Chris Milner

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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 now totals 2916km, the first section of the Paris to Lyon line opening in 1981, writes KEITH FENDER. Two new…

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  • North Yorkshire Moors Railway to operate Sheringham-Cromer steam services

    North Yorkshire Moors Railway to operate Sheringham-Cromer steam services

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    Chris Milner

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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. Following the successful four-date trial last year when the trains were worked by West Coast Railways, the NNR approached the…

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  • ‘Ton up’ for A1 Tornado

    ‘Ton up’ for A1 Tornado

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    Chris Milner

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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 UK was 50 years ago in 1967. On an evening shrouded in secrecy and where the train path on Real…

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  • Northern and Merseyrail hit by strikes as RMT steps up action

    Northern and Merseyrail hit by strikes as RMT steps up action

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    Chris Milner

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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 24 hour walkout on March 13 after Merseyrail confirmed that the new fleet of 52 four-car trains it has ordered…

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