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  • Going like the wind: ‘A1’ Tornado tops 100MPH on ECML

    Going like the wind: ‘A1’ Tornado tops 100MPH on ECML

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    Sam Hewitt

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      ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado has set a new record for a preserved steam locomotive, reaching 100mph during a covert overnight test run on the East Coast Main Line. Tornado is believed to be the first loco to reach that speed in the UK since ‘Merchant Navy’ No. 35003 Royal Mail was recorded more than…

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  • PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE: Inverness – ‘somewhere in the south’

    PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE: Inverness – ‘somewhere in the south’

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    Sam Hewitt

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    For this month’s Practice & Performance, Keith Farr recalls several historic runs over the former Highland Railway’s Far North line from Inverness to Wick and Thurso – a route with a stop-start nature. REMINISCING about the Highland Railway in 1957, historian C Hamilton Ellis observed that, by the time the weary traveller reached Caithness, “Inverness…

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  • Keeping a lid on costs

    Keeping a lid on costs

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    Sam Hewitt

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    IN THE July 2016 issue, I made reference to the escalating cost of railway projects nationwide and that the crazy prices are becoming an obstacle to reopening stations and lines. During April, several railway journalists enjoyed an informative and informal lunch with Network Rail CEO Mark Carne, in which he said the organisation is working…

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  • May 2017

    May 2017

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    Sam Hewitt

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    [su_note note_color=”#c0142b” text_color=”#ffffff”]Current issue: May 2017 – Next issue: June 2017 – On sale: June 7, 2017[/su_note] Headline News Tornado becomes first 100mph British steam loco for 50 years; ECML ‘Four Trains’ event draws the crowds; Settle-Carlisle line reopens after 13 months of repairs; Clun Castle to debut at Tyseley’s June open day. Track Record Steam & Heritage Swanage…

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  • IN THE MAY 2017 ISSUE – ON SALE NOW!

    IN THE MAY 2017 ISSUE – ON SALE NOW!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Four-train cavalcade makes history on the ECML PAST, present and future East Coast express trains lined up for a unique event north of York early on April 23. Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) was promoting the introduction of its new ‘Azuma’ trains in 2018, and teamed up with Welcome to Yorkshire, Network Rail and the…

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  • LAST OF A LONG LINE 

    LAST OF A LONG LINE 

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The United Kingdom once boasted hundreds of wagon shops, but today has only one independent company devoted to the construction of new railfreight vehicles. Consultant editor Nick Pigott reports from the works of a great survivor – W H Davis of Langwith Junction. SO accustomed have Britons become to the destruction of the nation’s heavy…

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  • DB Cargo stainless steel contract

    DB Cargo stainless steel contract

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    Sam Hewitt

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    FINNISH steelmaker Outokumpu has renewed its contract with DB Cargo to move stainless steel by rail from Sheffield, continuing a relationship that dates back to 1977. Three to four trains each week will continue to run from Tinsley to Immingham and one a week to Liverpool for the contract, with each train carrying around 1,300…

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  • GBRf looking to increase international freight traffic

    GBRf looking to increase international freight traffic

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GB RAILFREIGHT managing director John Smith is confident the recent success in winning a contract to move freight via the Channel Tunnel will lead to more collaboration with European railfreight companies. GBRf now moves china clay slurry from Calais to Ayrshire on behalf of Belgium’s B-Logistics (see February’s edition of The RM) and the success…

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  • Inverness Airport station revamp approved

    Inverness Airport station revamp approved

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    Sam Hewitt

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    LOCAL authorities have given the go-ahead for a new £2million railway station serving Inverness airport. Situated on the outskirts of the Highland city at Dalcross, on the Aberdeen to Inverness route, the station will be around a mile from the airport terminal, but a regular shuttle bus will provide a link between the two locations.…

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  • Transport infrastructure spending gap set to widen in England

    Transport infrastructure spending gap set to widen in England

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE disparity in investment in transport infrastructure between London and the English regions is set to widen further, according to a new Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) report. Despite recent Government commitments to establish a Northern Powerhouse with improved transport links, spending on transport infrastructure will be four times greater in London than across…

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