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  • Safeguarding on Transport: The RM backs public transport initiative to protect children at risk

    Safeguarding on Transport: The RM backs public transport initiative to protect children at risk

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Readers are likely to be familiar with the work of the Railway Children charity in India and East Africa, helping and supporting vulnerable youngsters. Lesser known is the fact the charity now provides vital support for children in the UK under its Safeguarding on Transport programme. And this month a special RM charter will be…

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  • Praise in different ways

    Praise in different ways

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    Sam Hewitt

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    OLD Oak Common held an open day at the beginning of September – and what a magnificent event it was. However, the pictures of the wonderful array of locomotives (see p36) tell just part of the story. As someone who played a small part in organising the Eastleigh Works open day in 2009, I know…

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  • OCTOBER 2017

    OCTOBER 2017

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Headline News 100mph Pacifics united for Barrow Hill Roundhouse reopening, Edinburgh-Glasgow wiring complete, South Yorkshire tram-train carries first passengers, Talgo to bid for British train contracts, Eurostar starts Amsterdam tests, first ‘refreshed’ Virgin ‘Pendolino’ unveiled, Loughborough GCR bridge installed Track Record Steam & Heritage Repton and Bluebell star at Severn Valley Autumn Gala, Dartmouth ‘4MT’…

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  • Railfreight Sectors – Blocks, Diamonds and Waves

    Railfreight Sectors – Blocks, Diamonds and Waves

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    Sam Hewitt

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    October 1987 saw BR launch a bold new image for its Railfreight business. Thirty years on Ben Jones looks at how the image was applied across the fleet. IT WAS the dawn of a new era for BR’s Railfreight business – a bright new image with bold graphics, locomotives and wagons dedicated to specific areas,…

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  • Practice and Performance – ‘Aussie’ territory

    Practice and Performance – ‘Aussie’ territory

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    Sam Hewitt

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    This month’s Practice & Performance by John Heaton FCILT looks at the WD ‘Austerity’ 2-8-0s, ubiquitous freight locomotives, based on the Stanier 8F. They were produced during a two-year spell from 1943 – with modifications by Robert Riddles. IT COULD be almost any winter’s day in the 1950s. Mirfield station nestles against the eastern edge…

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  • Eurostar starts preparations for 2018 Amsterdam services

    Eurostar starts preparations for 2018 Amsterdam services

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Test and training runs with ‘e320’ high-speed trains have started in the Netherlands, ahead of Eurostar’s London to Amsterdam services starting in Spring 2018. Nos. 4013/14 visited Amsterdam Centraal on September 15, prior to starting tests on the HSL Zuid high-speed line between Rotterdam and Breda the following day. The train was also tested on…

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  • 100mph Pacifics bring bumper crowds to restored Roundhouse

    100mph Pacifics bring bumper crowds to restored Roundhouse

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    Sam Hewitt

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    EXCLUSIVE By Ben Jones More than 5,000 visitors flocked to Barrow Hill Roundhouse to celebrate the depot’s reopening on September 22-24. The lure of seeing ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman and ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado together proved irresistible for many. Highlight of the weekend was the first double-header of the two Pacifics – the first…

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  • New look for Virgin’s ‘Pendolino’

    New look for Virgin’s ‘Pendolino’

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    Sam Hewitt

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    A PLANNED repaint has seen the first of 56 Class 390 ‘Pendolino’ trains emerge in a revised livery. The new livery is the first major change since the sets were introduced 15 years ago, with this mid-life repaint needed as part of the leasing arrangements. Its style and colour is similar to how Virgin says…

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  • First Hitachi IET visits Edinburgh

    First Hitachi IET visits Edinburgh

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    Sam Hewitt

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    FOLLOWING the first visit of a Hitachi Class 800 IET (Intercity Express Train) to Dunbar on August 16 (RM Sept, p83), set Nos 800001 and 800002 became the first to venture to Edinburgh Waverley on September 7, working from Doncaster. The appearance in the Scottish capital is part of the ongoing testing programme ahead of…

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  • Electrification underway in Germany

    Electrification underway in Germany

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE line from Geltendorf (west of Munich) to Lindau – the main route between Munich and Switzerland – is being electrified at 15kV AC. The work is due to be completed by December 2020, after which Eurocity services will be operated by newer SBB or DB tilt-capable EMUs, reducing Munich to Zürich journey times from…

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