Sam Hewitt

LMS Crimson Lake will be worn by the new-build ‘Patriot’ when it is rolled out in 2018. The livery will be the first to be applied to No. 5551 The Unknown Warrior after the LMS-Patriot Project gave its donors the opportunity to select the scheme by way of a four-choice vote. ‘Red’ won over its three…

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HOPES of electrifying the line from Hull to Temple Hirst Junction, south of Selby, have been quietly scrapped by the Department for Transport. In a separate development, it appears that, for the time being at least, the electrification of the Midland Main Line will extend from Bedford to Corby, but it is unclear whether the…

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By Keith Fender AN earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck the northern part of New Zealand’s South Island on November 14, wrecking the main Picton to Christchurch railway line and state highway one. A Kiwi Rail freight train that was on its way from Picton to Christchurch was trapped between landslips in Mangamaunu,…

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RAILWAY workers who lost their lives in two world wars and other conflicts have been remembered at a series of poignant ceremonies around the country. Two minutes’ silence was held at most major stations at 11.00 on November 11, where thousands of staff and passengers joined in the act of remembrance. Poppy wreaths were laid…

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By Keith Fender EVEN people were killed and more than 50 injured, some receiving life-changing injuries, when a tram on the London Tramlink system derailed approaching the Sandilands tram stop in Croydon on November 9. This was the worst tram accident in the UK in 99 years and the first tram accident resulting in a…

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