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  • THE AREA MANAGER’S DIARY

    THE AREA MANAGER’S DIARY

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Career railwayman and Practice & Performance contributor John Heaton kept a detailed diary of the events – good and bad – during his role as a BR area manager, which is chronicled in book form. One memorable incident at Totnes is recalled here while maintaining an operational railway. During the 1980s I was enjoying my…

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  • Freight without frontiers: 20 years of Class 66

    Freight without frontiers: 20 years of Class 66

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Two decades after the first examples landed at Immingham Docks, Ben Jones looks back at the development and the early years of the General Motors-built machines, and their effect on the railfreight industry in the UK and mainland Europe. Very few locomotives can claim to have revolutionised the freight operations of an entire country, but…

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  • End of the line for an icon: DB CLASS 103 FINALE

    End of the line for an icon: DB CLASS 103 FINALE

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Fourteen years after the official end of regular duties, the main line diagrams of the hugely popular Deutsche Bahn Class 103 electrics have ended. Ben Jones takes a nostalgic last run behind this iconic class and pays homage to these magnificent machines. IT IS 04.59 on a chilly late-November morning. An early InterCity express to…

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  • MORE PRE-GROUPING DELIGHTS

    MORE PRE-GROUPING DELIGHTS

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Keith Farr concludes his analysis of the performance of 4-4-0 locomotives designed before the Grouping in 1923 which handled passenger trains with aplomb before the introduction of larger 4-6-0 and 4-6-2 types by the ‘Big Four’. IT IS lunchtime at Bath (Green Park) station in 1958. The 1.10pm ‘all-stations’ to Templecombe, comprising three Southern coaches…

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  • British locomotives abroad: the definitive guide

    British locomotives abroad: the definitive guide

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    Web Editor

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    Since 1999, British diesel and electric locomotives have worked in various parts of Europe for a variety of reasons. In this definitive and exclusive feature Anthony Sayer tells the story of what worked where and when – and what locos are still abroad.

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  • Branch Line Focus – Regattas, donkeys and Royals

    Branch Line Focus – Regattas, donkeys and Royals

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    Sam Hewitt

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    For more than 150 years, the three Thames Valley branch lines have been vital commuter and leisure routes serving Windsor, Marlow, Bourne End and Henley-on-Thames. Facing modernisation, Stuart Warr looks at the fascinating history of these branches and what the future holds. THE Thames Valley branch lines to Henley-on-Thames, Bourne End, Marlow and Windsor are…

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  • Wonderful memories of a world famous railway journey

    Wonderful memories of a world famous railway journey

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Settle and Carlisle Line is one of the great railway journeys in England, and thousands will have happy memories of the line. Maurice Burns has documented his many visits to the line – including 100-mile round trips by cycle – to record BR steam in a new book called A Passion for Steam on…

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  • Safeguarding Britain’s Unique Railway Heritage

    Safeguarding Britain’s Unique Railway Heritage

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Operating largely out of public view, the Railway Heritage Trust (RHT) plays a vital role, working with the modern railway to protect and conserve Britain’s historic railway buildings and structures. Ben Jones met RHT executive director Andy Savage to find out more. NO COUNTRY in the world has a richer railway heritage than Britain. As…

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  • The Railway Publishers: 617 publications so far… and there’s a lot more to come!

    The Railway Publishers: 617 publications so far… and there’s a lot more to come!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Howard Johnston meets Vic Mitchell, a preservation pioneer, and owner and co-author of hundreds of Middleton Press books. Aged 84, he is showing absolutely no signs of slowing down. VIC Mitchell is a remarkable figure in railway publishing. Who else can claim to have made his mark with 617 publications – and the number is…

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  • ON THE NIGHT SHIFT: Night Tube – Late but very Successful

    ON THE NIGHT SHIFT: Night Tube – Late but very Successful

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Extending London’s Tube and Overground services for overnight operation needed considerable planning as well as input from the British Transport Police and TfL staff. Almost two years on from its introduction, Peter Brown looks at the processes needed to give Londoners a night-time rail service to be proud of – and a safe one. Transport…

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