Features
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The coaling plant story: Towers of Strength
The demolition of Immingham’s mechanical coaling plant last year has left Britain with just one example of these huge ferro-concrete monoliths.
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Retaining heritage skills for the future
We talk to 21-year-old Bradley Windridge about his experiences as a heritage signal maintenance technician.
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Is it a bus? Is it a train? It’s a supertram!
John Heaton FCILT takes a look at Britain’s first tram-train operation in Sheffield.
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Back from the brink
The West Somerset Railway (WSR) held a frank and honest briefing for members and shareholders on March 2, at which it laid out the problems it faces, and discussed the ways in which the WSR hopes to overcome them. Gary Boyd-Hope reports. YOU could be forgiven for thinking the title of this article is a…
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Feature | Access all areas?
Ben Jones looks at the thorny issue of open access in the UK and Europe, its successes and failures, and the arguments for and against. ASK someone for their views on open access passenger operations and the response will give you a pretty good idea where they stand on the much larger issues of railway…
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The Coaling Plant story: Towers of Strength – Part 1
The demolition of Immingham’s mechanical coaling plant last year has left Britain with just one example of these huge ferro-concrete monoliths.
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Coming home to the Cotswold Line
Running east to west through the heart of the country through rolling landscape is the Oxford to Hereford line. Stephen Roberts takes a trip over a route which operates with a mix of single- and double-track, manual and electric signalling, and now a mix of old and new trains. It was like coming home. My…
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Industrial memories, enjoy the nostalgia
When BR steam was in decline – and for some years afterwards – many enthusiasts turned their attention to industrial railways, where a number of collieries, steelworks and other complexes were worked by steam or diesel locomotives, including those sold by British Railway. Enjoy some nostalgia… View more images in the March 2019 issue of…
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Lazarus Lines: Maam Cross – Ireland’s ‘quiet’ railway revival
Gary Boyd-Hope talks to Jim Deegan, the man behind the Connemara Railway Project, to find out more about his ambitious plans to return 5ft 3in-gauge steam to the wilds of County Galway by 2020. THE sight of a Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR)-designed ‘K’ class 2-4-0 hauling a rake of restored MGWR six-wheelers through the…
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All change on the Great Northern
eter Brown takes a ride on the new Class 717 EMUs, which over the next few months will transform Great Northern services.
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