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  • The RCTS: then and now

    The RCTS: then and now

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Between 1961 and 1968 an RCTS member attended grammar school on Battersea High Street and so passed through Clapham Junction and under the site of the West London Extension Railway’s Battersea Station, destroyed by incendiary bombs in October 1940. Every morning around 8.20am a steam-hauled passenger train, comprised of four compartment coaches headed by a…

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  • The Kestrel story: The big bird that flew too far

    The Kestrel story: The big bird that flew too far

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Part 1: The British years (1967-71) by Nick Pigott As the most powerful single-engine diesel locomotive in the world at the time, Kestrel promised a motive power revolution… but it turned out to be ‘too good for its own good’! Shunned by BR despite its 125mph speed potential, it vanished behind the Iron Curtain where…

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  • 120 not out!

    120 not out!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Welcome to the 120th anniversary issue of The Railway Magazine For a small team that is passionate about railways, who produce the magazine month in, month out, it’s a great milestone – one we are all very proud of. Little did I realise that when my first photograph was published in the December 1982 issue…

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  • JULY 2017

    JULY 2017

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    Sam Hewitt

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    [su_note note_color=”#c0142b” text_color=”#ffffff”]Current issue: July 2017 – Next issue: August 2017 – On sale: August 2, 2017[/su_note] Headline News Bombardier wins South Western EMU order, Gibb report on Southern crisis finally published, HM Queen christens GWR Class 800, Clun Castle back in one piece, Edinburgh to Glasgow electrification delayed again, West Coast and Southeastern franchise…

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  • Borders Railway delivering its promises to the region

    Borders Railway delivering its promises to the region

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Borders Railway between Edinburgh and Tweedbank is attracting new workers, homeowners and tourists to communities served by the line. An independent study by Peter Brett Associates reports the £300million railway has become a major factor in decisions to relocate to the area, with 50% of users who had moved house and more than 80%…

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  • Complete Clun Castle debuts at Tyseley Open Weekend

    Complete Clun Castle debuts at Tyseley Open Weekend

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    Sam Hewitt

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    TYSELEY’S flagship locomotive – No. 7029 Clun Castle – made its post-overhaul debut at the Tyseley Locomotive Works open weekend on July 24-25, albeit incomplete and on static display only. The event, which was supported by The Railway Magazine, provided Tyseley with an ideal opportunity to showcase the work that has been carried out on the…

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  • Derby wins £895million South Western EMU order

    Derby wins £895million South Western EMU order

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Ben Jones BOMBARDIER’S Derby plant has won the £895million contract to build 90 new ‘Aventra’ EMUs for First/MTR’s new South Western franchise. The 750 metro-style EMU vehicles will be formed into 60 ten-car and 30 five-car trains and will replace the current fleet of ex-BR Class 455s and 456s, the recently rebuilt Alstom Class…

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  • Class 91 and Mk4s for West Coast in new Alliance plan

    Class 91 and Mk4s for West Coast in new Alliance plan

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    Sam Hewitt

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    ALLIANCE Rail Holdings has, despite the best efforts of many parties, dropped its plans to procure Class 390 ‘Pendolino’ trains for use on Blackpool to Euston services. Although the Office of Rail and Road approved the proposal in 2015, Alliance and the ORR have agreed that the approval will lapse. Instead of ‘Pendolinos’, Alliance is…

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  • Public consultation begins over Breich station closure proposal

    Public consultation begins over Breich station closure proposal

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    Sam Hewitt

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    NETWORK Rail has started a 12-week public consultation over the closure of Breich station, on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Shotts line. Just 138 passengers used the station in 2015/16, an average of 2.6 every week on the single train in each direction per day. It is estimated that £1.4million is required to bring the…

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  • Gibb Report: Strike action was final straw for over-stressed Southern network

    Gibb Report: Strike action was final straw for over-stressed Southern network

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Ben Jones A REPORT into the poor performance of Southern in 2016 has finally been published. The company is part of Thameslink Southern Great Northern (TSGN), the UK’s biggest rail contract. The report was prepared by Network Rail non-executive director and career railwayman Chris Gibb for the Department for Transport (DfT) between September and…

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