The agreement will see No. 60007 step into the void left by classmate No. 4464 Bittern at Crewe.
Read moreNo. 60007 joins Hosking fleet at Crewe

The agreement will see No. 60007 step into the void left by classmate No. 4464 Bittern at Crewe.
Read moreCLASS 14 No. D9551 arrived at Didcot by road from the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) on March 8. The golden ochre-liveried loco is seen at DB Cargo’s fuelling point prior to being taken across the tracks
Read moreDEMOLITION of the former Alstom factory at Washwood Heath began in late-February. The site was previously used by Metro-Cammell, and was where the majority of Virgin ‘Pendolino’ trains were completed. Redevelopment of the site –
Read moreHIGH Speed 2 Ltd has revealed the designs for the HS2 Phase 1 station at Old Oak Common, and appointed construction partners for its two London stations. Old Oak Common will have platforms both below
Read moreTHE region’s ‘single biggest transport intervention since the Industrial Revolution’ is the bold ambition unveiled in Transport for the North’s (TfN) plans to develop the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) network over the next 20 years.
Read moreThis follows the company having fallen well below its agreed targets in the National Rail Passenger Survey.
Read moreNetwork Rail has spent months compiling a detailed report on the options for the future of the famous sea wall railway at Dawlish.
Read moreThe recent photos in The RM of No. 10000 working the ‘Royal Wessex’ (and the Up express at Bournemouth Central) reminded me of the problems associated with the running of this train when it was
Read moreGraham Oliver’s article (Saving a Main Line Railway) about the early years of today’s Great Central Railway brought back memories, as I was one of those from British Rail charged with supervising operations. At the
Read moreRunning east to west through the heart of the country through rolling landscape is the Oxford to Hereford line. Stephen Roberts takes a trip over a route which operates with a mix of single- and
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