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  • Classic stations: Newcastle Central

    Classic stations: Newcastle Central

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Newcastle Central is a listed building, the city’s major transport hub, and acts as both a terminus and a through station. Graeme Pickering recalls the station’s impressive past and assesses plans recently outlined for the future. NEWCASTLE Central station is widely regarded as one of the finest in the country. Its neo-classical frontage and sheer…

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  • Bath conundrum

    Bath conundrum

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    Sam Hewitt

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    I enjoyed Mike Arlett’s articles on Bath Green Park in the August and September’s issues.  In particular, I was pleased to see the Ivo Peters’ photograph in the September article showing the departure of No. 568 on a Bournemouth train, and specifically No. 41902 preparing to leave on a local to Bristol St Philip’s.  One…

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  • GB Railfreight celebrates 15 years of Locomotion

    GB Railfreight celebrates 15 years of Locomotion

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GB Railfreight Class 66 No. 66788 was named Locomotion on September 21 as part of the celebrations to mark a decade and a half since the National Railway Museum opened its outstation in Shildon, County Durham. Bob Tiller, GBRf engineering director, said: “The work Locomotion does to showcase the history of the railways is an inspiration,…

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  • Three Type 3s – to the sea!

    Three Type 3s – to the sea!

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THREE Class 37s at the head of a heavy freight train used to be a regular sight in South Wales and around Glasgow in BR days, but such a trio has always been a rare event on passenger trains.  On August 11, the Branch Line Society completed its two-day ‘Type 3 to the Sea’ trip…

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  • Chicago’s Metra adds diesel locos

    Chicago’s Metra adds diesel locos

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    Sam Hewitt

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    CHICAGO commuter rail operator Metra is buying 24 former Amtrak California diesel locos, and has ordered 15 rebuilt freight locos to replace older diesels.  Metra bought 24 F59PHI locos from Amtrak in 2018 and is currently overhauling and repainting them into its livery. They have entered service in 2019, mainly operating from Chicago Union on…

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  • Victa Peak Forest ‘super shunters’ bow out – but new hoppers come on stream

    Victa Peak Forest ‘super shunters’ bow out – but new hoppers come on stream

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    Sam Hewitt

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    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

    Maritime launches two new London Gateway trains

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    Sam Hewitt

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    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

    ‘Jumbo Train’ success for Freightliner Class 70

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    Sam Hewitt

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    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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  • Freightliner owner Genesee & Wyoming sold for $8.4billion

    Freightliner owner Genesee & Wyoming sold for $8.4billion

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Keith Fender CANADIAN investors Brookfield Infrastructure and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC have bought Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), which owns Freightliner, for US $8.4billion.  The deal is subject to shareholder and government approvals, and should be completed in 2020. G&W has grown from one short freight line in the USA in the late-1970s to…

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  • GBRf names loco Made in Sheffield

    GBRf names loco Made in Sheffield

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GB Railfreight has reliveried Class 66 No. 66747 in branding to mark its growing relationship with Yorkshire-based haulier and logistics company Newell & Wright.  The loco was named Made in Sheffield at the London Gateway freight terminal on July 9, two years after running the first service for the company.  GB now operates trains, including…

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