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  • LAZARUS LINES: Same railway – different location

    LAZARUS LINES: Same railway – different location

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Cliff Thomas tells the story of the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway. An unusual Lazarus Line… it has been rebuilt in a completely new location! THE Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway (LCLR) is a small line with a big history. It is probably unique in being a full-size (as opposed to miniature) heritage line, which has operated…

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  • PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE: MIDNIGHT TRAIN to Glasgow

    PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE: MIDNIGHT TRAIN to Glasgow

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    Sam Hewitt

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    For this month’s Practice & Performance, John Heaton FCILT forgoes a night’s sleep to ride in the cab of a Class 92 hauling the Caledonian Sleeper from London Euston to Glasgow. THE formidable teal-green electric locomotive nestled against the buffers of platform 1 at Euston station is Class 92 No. 92023, a 6,760hp 126-tonne giant which…

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  • Giving the railways an image

    Giving the railways an image

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Ray Stenning of transport design studio Best Impressions cut his teeth with involvement in the bus and coach industry, but he can claim an impressive CV in railway design and branding. Steven Knight speaks to Ray and finds out what motivates him, what sparked his creative flair, and what he thinks of today’s railway design.…

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  • FAMOUS LINE MEMORIES: Wonderful Woodhead

    FAMOUS LINE MEMORIES: Wonderful Woodhead

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    Sam Hewitt

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    IT’S almost 36 years since the closure of the scenic Woodhead route between Manchester, Sheffield and Wath, but it remains a great favourite with enthusiasts, and the subject of regular proposals for reopening to provide extra capacity across the Pennines. Geoff Willerton presents a selection of previously unpublished views of the line in its final…

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  • Forgotten Branches: The Hurn Branch – lost but still remembered

    Forgotten Branches: The Hurn Branch – lost but still remembered

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    Sam Hewitt

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    From our 2016 archive: Stephen Roberts recalls a Hampshire branch line that was first proposed for closure nearly 100 years ago. For most people interested in Britain’s railways, talk of closures immediately brings 1960s bogeyman Dr Richard Beeching to mind with his controversial report recommending the closure of some 6,000 miles of track, getting on…

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  • Preserving the past: The Treasures of Beamish

    Preserving the past: The Treasures of Beamish

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Mark Smithers visits Beamish Museum, one of the North East’s leading regional heritage attractions, featuring several unique railway exhibits. IN THE January 2016 issue of The Railway Magazine, my feature looked in detail at the Tanfield Railway and its important collection of industrial locomotives, many of which have a strong connection with the north-east of England.…

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  • PROTECTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE: Bridge Strikes – Educating the offenders

    PROTECTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE: Bridge Strikes – Educating the offenders

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Overheight vehicles hitting railway bridges has become a frequent occurrence. Network Rail is working to educate the haulage and bus industry but also pursues compensation claims against the offenders. Chris Milner investigates. SOMEWHERE in the country, a railway bridge is hit by a vehicle every day. It’s a staggering statistic, and such incidents continue to…

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  • Branch line focus: RAILS TO GUNNISLAKE

    Branch line focus: RAILS TO GUNNISLAKE

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    Sam Hewitt

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    FROM OUR ARCHIVES The Tamar Valley branch is poised for a secure future with talk of a reopening to Tavistock. Mike Fenton looks at the history and current operation of this scenic line from Plymouth to Gunnislake. LOOK at any railway route map of the far west of England and you are immediately aware of…

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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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  • 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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