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  • Searching for Master Neverers’ memories

    Searching for Master Neverers’ memories

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    Sam Hewitt

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    PHIL Mathison’s request for information about the illustrious Master Neverers will all be told in ‘Never Again – The Book’, now being finalised for publication in 2018. The book has taken five years to put together and is a rich mix of the very best ‘mastershots’ in colour and black & white, but just as…

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  • Christmas Gift Guide

    Christmas Gift Guide

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    Sam Hewitt

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    BOOKS Southern Steam Days Remembered II By Kevin Derrick IT SEEMS hard to believe it is now half a century since steam operations ceased on British Railway’s Southern Region. This lavishly produced limited edition photographic album (1000 copies) by Strathwood Publishing features a wealth of excellent colour images depicting the Southern Region from the late…

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  • Reflections of BR in the ’70s and ’80s

    Reflections of BR in the ’70s and ’80s

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    Sam Hewitt

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    During the 1970s and ’80s, railway photographer Andy Sparks took an alternative approach to documenting the railway. His black and white images of what to many of us were everyday scenes, have an evocative and gritty quality, focusing on the passengers, railwaymen and infrastructure. His recent book – British Rail Scene: The 1970s and early…

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  • Practice and Performance: Shap and Beattock Class 50s take the high road

    Practice and Performance: Shap and Beattock Class 50s take the high road

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The charity special fronted by The Railway Magazine took a pair of Class 50s from Crewe over Shap and Beattock to Glasgow for the first time in many years. JOHN HEATON FCILT analyses the performance of these veteran diesels that were back on a familiar route, along with a comparison of some historic runs. THE…

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  • Life of Riley: Steam’s newest works – where rails are not needed

    Life of Riley: Steam’s newest works – where rails are not needed

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Ian Riley is now ensconced in his fourth railway workshops as his engineering company celebrates 25 years in the business. Nick Brodrick paid a first visit to Riley & Son (E) Ltd’s new Heywood premises. All pictures by the author, unless otherwise stated. WHAT do plastic bags and steam locomotives have in common? Answer? An…

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  • Bombardier and CAF to supply 107 new trains for West Midlands

    Bombardier and CAF to supply 107 new trains for West Midlands

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Ben Jones More than 400 new vehicles for the new West Midlands franchise will be built by Bombardier and CAF in a deal worth £680million. Bombardier’s Derby plant will build 36 three-car ‘metro’ 90mph EMUs to replace the Class 323s on Birmingham Cross-City routes and 45 five-car 110mph outer-suburban EMUs for longer routes, including…

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  • Irish Society’s ‘Black Beauty’ No. 131 ready for main line

    Irish Society’s ‘Black Beauty’ No. 131 ready for main line

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Railway Preservation Society of Ireland’s GNR(I) ‘Q’ class No. 131 has had its 1920s black paintwork completed at Whitehead, pending main line trials. The Neilson Reid 4-4-0 passed its annual boiler exam on September 12 and has since been finished in gloss black, lined in red. As the accompanying photograph shows, No. 131 looks particularly smart…

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  • ‘Throwaway’ rolling stock policies are totally crazy

    ‘Throwaway’ rolling stock policies are totally crazy

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE past few months have seen a number of notable orders for new rolling stock, and while very welcome it raises a number of questions, not least what happens to that not-so-old rolling stock that will be replaced? There are great efforts being made to resolve some of the overcrowding on commuter services into London,…

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  • NOVEMBER 2017

    NOVEMBER 2017

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Headline News Bombardier and CAF to build new West Midlands trains, GWR Class 800 debut, HS2 could force closure of Toton depot, £48bn funding for Network Rail CP6, Siemens and Alstom to merge, RM Class 50 special hits 100mph, Community Rail founder wins lifetime achievement award. Track Record Steam & Heritage Blue ‘King’ for Paignton?…

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  • Railway on top of the world – positive times for Peru’s railways

    Railway on top of the world – positive times for Peru’s railways

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    Sam Hewitt

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    IN the August 2005 issue of The Railway Magazine Nick Pigott described the railways of Peru and some of the incredible infrastructure in use high in the Andes mountains. Nick rode on a freight train on the highest railway in the world – the Andean Central – which today has occasional passenger trains, but is…

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