Sam Hewitt

Women in railways: Closing the gender gap

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2017

MARCH 2017 ISSUE: Greater numbers of women are taking up careers in the rail industry than ever before. There is an increasing proportion of the workforce which is female, and in the first of a two-part feature, Nicola Fox looks at how the gender gap is changing, and what the industry can do to introduce…
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Preserving the past: Restoring an armoured Simplex

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2017

MARCH 2017 ISSUE: Greensand Railway Museum Trust (GRMT) was formed in 2000 and completed restoration of Baldwin 4-6-0T WDLR No. 778 to steam in 2007 – the only operational Baldwin class 10-12-D in Britain, indeed the world, in as-built steam locomotive form. Now, the GRMT has its eyes firmly fixed on another ‘war veteran’ restoration project…
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ECML BLACKSPOT: Derailment at Danger

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2017

MARCH 2017 ISSUE: Just eight days after a major accident on the newly electrified West Coast Main Line at Stechford, Birmingham, there followed another tragic event. Fraser Pithie looks back at what was, in its immediate aftermath, one of the most mysterious railway accidents of modern times. The incident involved a Class 55 ‘Deltic’ hauling…
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READ ALL ABOUT IT!

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Sam Hewitt

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27th February 2017

MARCH 2017 ISSUE: Newspapers were carried on trains for a century and a half between the 1830s and the 1980s. Consultant editor Nick Pigott, who worked as a Fleet Street journalist for 13 years, tells the little-known story of the overnight services that rushed the news from press to public. ANYONE returning home by train…
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First ‘Brightline’ train for Florida unveiled

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

FLORIDA EAST COAST (FEC) is planning the USA’s first privately owned inter-city services since the 1960s. Ironically, FEC was the first major US railroad to completely abandon passenger services in 1968, before the creation of Amtrak. FEC has changed owners several times since the 1960s and is planning to reintroduce modern inter-city passenger trains on…
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German operator DB withdraws classic regional trains

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

THE last of the distinctive ‘Karlsruher Kopf’ (Karlsruhe Head) driving trailers were withdrawn by German national operator DB during December 2016. The vehicles were designed by the former DB carriage works in Karlsruhe during the 1960s and built at several locations. Thousands of similar, originally silver, single-deck coaches (known as n-Wagen or Silberling – local…
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History as freight runs on the Darjeeling Himalaya!

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

HISTORY was made on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) when German rail tour operator Tanago organised several steam-hauled freight photographic charters during late November 2016 – just after the entire line had reopened following repairs to monsoon weather damage. This was the first freight working in more than 25 years and attracted intense local…
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From the Coral Sea coast to the Andes… with Belmond luxury coaches

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

PERU RAIL, owned by British luxury tour operator Belmond, will introduce a new service on the standard-gauge Cusco to Puno route, with trains also operating between Puno and Arequipa. For this service Belmond has bought sleeping coaches formerly used in Queensland, Australia and moved them to Peru. The coaches were built by Queensland Railways (QR)…
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Londonderry Waterside bought by Translink as part of £26m ‘hub’ plan

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

PLANS to redevelop the former Waterside station in Derry/Londonderry as a new £26million transport hub have been boosted by the acquisition of the site by Northern Ireland Railways’ parent company Translink. The 1873-built Grade II-listed structure, together with a 0.7 plot of land, have been bought to be incorporated into the new facility, which will…
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RPSI contemplates NCC Mogul new-build

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

A NORTHERN Counties Committee ‘W’ class 2-6-0 has emerged as a contender if the RPSI elects to pursue a new-build locomotive project. The society has been considering the reconstruction of a second LMS-NCC ‘WT’ 2-6-4T (or ‘Jeep’) for a number of years, having acquired a spare set of driving wheels, fittings and motion components when…
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