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  • New load book for steam revealed

    New load book for steam revealed

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    Sam Hewitt

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    NETWORK Rail has unveiled a paper that documents maximum permitted loads for steam locomotives for the first time since Privatisation. It follows an unhappy sequence of stalls and struggles by steam on the national network, which has a serious knock-on effect to other services. One of the most notable was when ‘Battle of Britain’ No. 34067…

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  • Kyoto museum reopens – bigger and better

    Kyoto museum reopens – bigger and better

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE well-known steam railway museum in the historic Japanese city of Kyoto reopened to the public on April 29. The museum was closed for extensive refurbishment in 2015. It now has much more display space, which has enabled the collection to be expanded to include examples of more important modern diesel and electric traction, including…

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  • Hitachi IEP electric testing begins as Didcot to Reading is energised

    Hitachi IEP electric testing begins as Didcot to Reading is energised

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    Sam Hewitt

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    BIG strides have been made in the Great Western electrification project. On July 16 the overhead wires between Reading and Didcot were energised, allowing two Class 800 Hitachi IEP five-car sets to run on electric power. This section will be used as a testing ground for the Class 800s until further sections are energised. Until…

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  • Settle & Carlisle to reopen in March 2017

    Settle & Carlisle to reopen in March 2017

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    Sam Hewitt

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    TRAINS will be able to traverse the full length of the Settle & Carlisle line from the end of March next year as Network Rail continues to work on stabilising the 500,000-tonne landslip that severed the line at Eden Brows back in February. The £23million repair project involves the construction of an extensive concrete and…

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  • REVIEWS: APT: THE UNTOLD STORY

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By David Clough THE initials ‘APT’ have unfortunately come to be associated with failure, yet when they first entered the public consciousness in the 1970s, they represented boldness, innovation and world-beating British technology. How times have changed. The tragedy of BR’s titling-train project was not so much technical as political. As with so many British…

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  • Present when No. 92220 Evening Star named

    Present when No. 92220 Evening Star named

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I WAS fascinated by the photograph of the naming ceremony for No. 92220 Evening Star (RM June, p7). At that time I was serving an engineering apprenticeship at Swindon Works, and witnessed the naming of the locomotive, from the furthest track of the 100-ton crane visible in your photo. My photo was taken just after the…

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  • Ceres rail revival offers hope for South African secondary lines

    Ceres rail revival offers hope for South African secondary lines

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    Sam Hewitt

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    OVER the last 20 years many little-used rural lines in South Africa have been closed and mothballed often due to poor track condition or the loss of what freight there was to road transport. However, the scenic line through Michell’s Pass, between Wolseley and Ceres, in the Western Cape region, has been the subject of…

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  • Cromer, footbridges, turntable and toilets at booming NNR

    Cromer, footbridges, turntable and toilets at booming NNR

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Railway Magazine visits the North Norfolk Railway to see the many ‘live’ developments as it prepares to make main line history THE North Norfolk Railway (NNR) has truly reached maturity. Having attracted a record 165,000 passengers in 2015, the Poppy Line is hoping for even better this year, and the aim is to break…

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  • FACING UP TO THE CHALLENGE

    FACING UP TO THE CHALLENGE

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The East Coast has proved something of a ‘poisoned chalice’ to franchisees in the past, but Stagecoach/Virgin are determined to make a success of it despite open access threats and jitters caused by the recent ‘Brexit’ vote. Nick Pigott meets managing director David Horne to find out how the operator intends to meet the challenges.…

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  • Steam’s newest works – where rails are not needed

    Steam’s newest works – where rails are not needed

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Ian Riley is now ensconced in his fourth railway workshops as his engineering company celebrates 25 years in the business. Nick Brodrick paid a first visit to Riley & Son (E) Ltd’s new Heywood premises. WHAT do plastic bags and steam locomotives have in common? Answer? An industrial building near Rochdale that once served the big…

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