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Abbey Line Community Rail Partnership Officer 21 hours/week Salary £25,694 pro rata (SCP 29) Based at Watford Junction station Abbey Line Community Rail Partnership Officer Do you want to play a key role in securing the long-term future of a vital branch line with over 150 years of history? Can you enthuse local people and…

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HITACHI’S Class 800 IEP has broken new ground, after set No. 800002 worked from Acton to Stoke Gifford, where it will be used as part of the depot commissioning process in the same way it did at North Pole. IEP debut in Bristol and on Hitachi test track Meanwhile, up at the Hitachi manufacturing base…

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EUROSTAR has announced it plans to start services from London to Amsterdam from December 2017 using its new Class 374 ‘Velaro e320’ trains, which are being built by Siemens, at Krefeld, in Germany. More routes for Eurostar New Class 374 train led by 374 011 after arrival from Paris at St Pancras on April 11.…

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Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) has applied an historic paint scheme to its pioneer General Motors Class 071. Irish Rail marks four decades of the ‘071s’ Newly repainted ‘GM’ No. 071 stands at Dublin Connolly on a glorious May 13 as it prepares to haul the RPSI’s ‘071 40th Anniversary Railtour’ to Waterford. FIONNBARR KENNEDY This…

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AN ACCIDENT on a steam locomotive left three footplate crew injured at a steam festival at Stoomcentrum Maldegem – the leading heritage steam railway in the north of Belgium. Boiler blowback leads to serious injuries for crew at Belgian gala The loco involved in the boiler blowback accident in Belgium: Former DB No. 64 250…

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THE Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR) new £3million three-road diesel depot was officially opened by Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy on May 20. New Severn valley diesel shed opens Phil Swallow from the SVR and GBRf chief John Smith unveil the nameplate on No. 66763. MARGARET SWEET For more than 20 years, the SVR and…

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THE last Class 66 to be built for UK and European markets was named in a ceremony at the National Railway Museum, York, on May 10. Last Class 66 is named Evening Star GBRf No. 66779 Evening Star in the museum before the naming ceremony. CHRIS MILNER GB Railfreight loco No. 66779 was named Evening…

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MEMBERS of the Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR) are pressing for improvements, with services on the new £300million line having suffered delays and reliability problems. Campaign concerns over Borders Railway reliability A Class 170 DMU waits to clear the loop south of Gorebridge as late-running Class 158 No. 158735 heads for Tweedbank on October 15,…

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THE current closure of the Settle & Carlisle line between Appleby and Carlisle is expected to run into 2017 because of the scale of repair needed. Settle & Carlisle landslip closure to run into 2017 An aerial view of Eden Brows: The landslip can be seen in the forested area towards the top of the…

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