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Rare trip for ‘spruced-up’ East Somerset two-colour DMU

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Sam Hewitt

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30th September 2019

CLASS 108 DMU DMBS No. M51909 and DTCL No. M56271 has received considerable attention, including reupholstered seats and re-flooring within the interior. The driving trailer has been repainted in BR blue but not yet lettered. The driving motor will be repainted over the coming winter. The pair are owned by the Mendip Traction & Rolling Stock Group.…
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Restored Sharpness 03 at ‘extravaganza’

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Sam Hewitt

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30th September 2019

THE Vale of Berkeley Railway Trust’s Class 03 No. D2069 was displayed at the Gloucestershire Vintage & Country Extravaganza on August 2-4. Its appearance at South Cerney airfield, Cirecncester, followed completion of an extensive restoration in the engine shed at Sharpness Docks. Peter Nicholson’s Wickham 8S-type 4165 No. 156W was also exhibited by the Vale of Berkeley…
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Peak Rail Type 3 refreshed

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Sam Hewitt

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30th September 2019

CLASS 37 No. 37152 British Steel Ravenscraig has received extensive bodywork attention followed by a repaint in BR large logo livery from Railfreight red-stripe colours. It has been returned to a former number, 37310, and is seen newly out-shopped on August 10. It is based at Rowsley South, Peak Rail. It was originally numbered D6852 and…
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Ex-West Somerset Class 04 makes debut at South Devon diesel gala

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Sam Hewitt

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30th September 2019

CLASS 04 No. D2271 entered service at the South Devon Railway July 19-21 diesel gala. Running in plain green with no numbers or transfers it was found to be unable to keep its scheduled timings, and was the reason for late running on the Friday and the Saturday. No. D2271 worked its first scheduled trip on Sunday…
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Group maintaining an idyllic railway byway in East Yorks

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Sam Hewitt

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30th September 2019

THE private East Wressle & Brind Railway (EW&BR) has been maintained and improved by a dedicated group of volunteers, who met up at the railway every week after the death of previous owner Colin Shutt in 2016. The EW&BR was created by Colin and his wife Elizabeth on their farm near Howden, East Yorkshire. It represented…
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Spa Valley diesel gala success

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Sam Hewitt

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30th September 2019

THE Spa Valley Railway’s August 2-4 diesel gala was successful financially, attracting 1,438 visitors, including dining train passengers. The event showcased two loco types rarely seen in the South East, both making their class debuts on the railway. Scottish Sulzer Type 2 No. 27001 appeared courtesy of the Class 27 Locomotive Group at the Bo’ness &…
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Victa Peak Forest ‘super shunters’ bow out – but new hoppers come on stream

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Sam Hewitt

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28th September 2019

REPORTS suggest Victa Railfreight has replaced its hired Class 56 ‘super shunters’ at Peak Forest in Derbyshire with Class 66s. Privately owned Colas and latterly UK Rail Leasing ‘56s’ have been used over the last couple of years, but slow speed operation and excessive idling have led to numerous failures, and their replacement with more…
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Maritime launches two new London Gateway trains

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Sam Hewitt

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28th September 2019

SHIPPING company Maritime Transport has launched two new dedicated trains from DP World London Gateway, near Thurrock, to Trafford Park and Wakefield. The daily train pairs are the fifth and sixth UK intermodal services to start since the company launched its partnership with DB Cargo UK in April. They have been running since June…
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‘Jumbo Train’ success for Freightliner Class 70

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Sam Hewitt

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28th September 2019

FREIGHTLINER’S trial run of a Mendip Rail ‘jumbo train’ using a Class 70 diesel has been hailed as an outstanding success by the operators. No. 70003 hauled a train weighing 4,624 tonnes between Merehead Quarry in Somerset and Acton Yard in West London on July 17. These trains are currently the heaviest in the UK and…
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Ireland’s railways prepare for Brexit border scenarios

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Sam Hewitt

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24th September 2019

OPERATORS of the national rail networks on both sides of the Irish border are formulating plans for post-Brexit future operations of cross-border train services. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 border checks have been consigned to the history books, and free movement has been the norm for the last two decades. …
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