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APRIL was a bumper month for fans of rebuilt Bulleid ‘Pacifics’ with the simultaneous return to running of ‘West Country’ Braunton and ‘Merchant Navy’ Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co. Happy days as rebuilt Bulleids return to action Toddington, April 4: No. 35006 Peninsular & Oriental S. N. Co begins to tally what would be…

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LAND Rover has demonstrated a Discovery Sport 4×4 hauling three railway carriages weighing 108 tonnes across a girder bridge spanning the River Rhine, in northern Switzerland. Land Rover pulls train across Rhine Pulling power! No photoshop or trick photography was involved when a Land Rover Discovery Sport hauled a trailing load of 108 tons across…

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LEIGHTON Buzzard Railway claimed world records for the number of locomotives hauling a passenger train and the number of locomotives built by the same manufacturer to haul a train on May 29. Record-breaking train at Leighton Buzzard railway Sixteen Motor Rail locomotives at the head of the May 29 record-breaking train at Leighton Buzzard approach…

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VIRGIN Trains has launched a new free on-board entertainment portal that will allow passengers access to more than 200 hours of TV and film. Beam me up, Virgin! Passing Rugby on June 9 is the Independence Day-branded ‘Pendolino’ No. 390107 with the 12.07 Euston-Liverpool Lime Street. The branding will be carried until December. FRASER PITHIE…

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THE 57km-(35.4miles) long Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) was formally opened on June 12, amid major celebrations by the Swiss government. World’s longest rail tunnel opens under the Alps The first train comes out of the tunnel’s north portal near Erstfeld, Switzerland, on June 1, the opening day of the Gotthard rail tunnel. LAURENT GILLIERON/KEYSTONE VIA…

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A NEW £12million footbridge opened at Lincoln High Street on June 24 to provide access across the railway when the level crossing barriers are down. Lincoln’s new footbridge opens The crossing had been the site of many incidents of pedestrians wanting to avoid delay, risking their lives as the barriers were dropping. Pedestrians had been…

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On June 30, GWR made history by running the first Class 800 IEP with passengers on it. FIRST GWR CLASS 800 UNVEILED Set No. 800004 ran from Reading to Paddington carrying the Transport Minister and special guests. One driving car has been named Sir Daniel Gooch, the other Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Full story and more…

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WEST Coast Railway Company (WCRC) has been found guilty for its role in last year’s near catastrophic signal passed at danger incident at Wootton Basset. £200k fine as West Coast pleads guilty to safety breaches How we first reported the now infamous SPAD at Wooton Bassett Junction in the May 2015 issue. The charter train…

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