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RPSI outlines plans for first 2019 railtours

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Sam Hewitt

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26th February 2019

THE Railway Preservation Society of Ireland has released details of its first two major railtours for the first half of 2019. First up is the ‘West Awake’ (a play on the well-known song The West’s Awake, by The Dubliners) diesel tour on Saturday, April 13, which, like the previous diesel-hauled railtours, is a fundraiser for…
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In praise of bumpy journeys on ‘Pacers’

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Sam Hewitt

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18th February 2019

“I photographed my first one at Whitby in 1986 and have liked them ever since.”
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Feature | Re-creating Ivatt’s LMS diesel pioneer

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Sam Hewitt

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13th February 2019

No. 10000 was withdrawn in 1963 and 10001 in 1966, and both were sent for scrapping in 1968.
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Indian Railways agree GE deal for new diesel locos worth $2.5billion

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Sam Hewitt

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8th February 2019

Indian Railways has ordered 1,000 of two types of new diesel locos from GE Transportation.
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It’s a breeze as Alstom and Eversholt Rail unveil hydrogen train for UK

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Sam Hewitt

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4th February 2019

ALSTOM and Eversholt Rail have unveiled plans to re-engineer a number of Class 321 EMUs to run on hydrogen. The first units could be in service by 2021. Following Alstom’s successful introduction of the ‘Coradia’ iLint hydrogen trains in Germany, there is a focus to create a similar train in the UK, and the two…
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NZ ‘Southern Diesel Tour’ pays visit to South Island

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd February 2019

AN EXTENSIVE tour covering many lines on the South Island of New Zealand was operated in October. A good proportion of the lines have no regular passenger services. The ‘Southern Diesel Tour’ was hauled by preserved English Electric-built locos owned by the Diesel Traction Group: Di 1102 (Co-Co built in 1966 by English Electric, Rocklea…
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New Indian GE locos enter service

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd February 2019

INDIAN Railways has ordered 1,000 of two types of new diesel locos from American loco builder GE Transportation in an order worth $2.5billion. The first of the 700 4,500hp diesel electric locos, designated ES43ACi by GE and Class WDG4G by Indian Railways, was handed over to Indian Railways in October 2017. The 100kph locos are…
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‘Whistler’ Aureol returns to MR-B after five years

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd January 2019

CLASS Forty Appeal’s Class 40 No. 40012 (D212) is now back home at the Midland Railway-Butterley after a five-year absence. It is seen at Swanwick Junction on November 25, having arrived from the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) three days earlier. The transfer was made by rail, hauled by sister No. 40145 on 5Z40, the 08.32 Bury-Butterley. No. 40012…
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Class 03 returns to Norfolk

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd January 2019

CLASS 03 No. 03197 (right of image, below), stands on newly laid track at Hardingham on the Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) in October. It arrived from a gala appearance on the Isle of Wight earlier in the month (RM Nov, p99) and is now assisting with track laying by contractor Sonic Rail Services (SRS), for storing Greater…
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Was a conflict of interest the reason for British Rails’s early reluctance to adopt diesel traction?

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Sam Hewitt

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9th January 2019

I REALLY enjoyed Bob Gwynne’s article in the December 2018 issue on the reluctance of British Railways in the early years after Nationalisation to continue the development of diesel traction pioneered by the private railway companies. One key insight Bob omitted, which is an important factor in BR’s reluctance to abandon steam, was the conflict…
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