EASTLEIGH Lakeside Steam Railway’s new 10¼in-gauge loco – re-built Bulleid ‘Merchant Navy’ No. 35004 Cunard White Star – was officially named on December 3. A small ceremony was attended by the deputy mayor of Eastleigh, Coun
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I was most interested in the article in the December issue about Trains Annual and Locospotters’ Annual. What immediately caught my eye were the two colour illustrations from the 1950 edition of Trains Annual, stated to
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PROTOTYPE Vivarail DMU No. 230001 has been damaged after a fire broke out on December 30. The fire occurred during a test run from Tyseley steam depot – where the DMU is being based –
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IN JUNE 1961 the leaders of the two world superpowers – the USA and the USSR – met in Vienna. US President John F Kennedy flew to Austria but the leader of the USSR Nikita
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IN 1939 the first of a batch of 40 0-6-0 diesel locos ordered by the LMS appeared from Derby Works. Unusually, they featured an English Electric 6K 350HP diesel engine and the single-motor jackshaft drive
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DERBY’S Rail Operations Group is to take the last two main line-certificated Class 31s on a festive jaunt from King’s Cross to the Mid-Norfolk Railway’s winter diesel gala on December 30. The ‘One Last Task’
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TALYLLYN Railway’s ex-RNAD Trecwn 99hp Baguley Drewry diesel No. 12 St. Cadfan (3779/1983) was officially named by The Bishop of Bangor, the Rt Revd Andrew John, on October 30. Saint Cadfan established a Christian community in
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By Keith Fender c2c introduced the first two of its six new Class 387/3 EMUs on November 14. Sets 387301 and 387302 will operate the 07.43 service from Thorpe Bay to London Fenchurch St. The
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LONDON Luton Airport has announced a revised scheme to connect the airport with Luton Parkway station via a Mass Passenger Transit (MPT) system. The news comes as the airport recorded a year-on-year passenger growth for
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SEVERN Valley Railway-based Class 50 Alliance (C50A) has bought No. 50007 Hercules from Neil Boden. The purchase was made possible by means of a loan from Phil Swallow and a small number of shareholders, and has
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