The only remaining diesel loco supplied by British Thomson-Houston (BTH) still in service anywhere in the world is in use with Alliance Group in New Zealand, where it works as a shunter at their Pukeuri
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AROUND half the route operated by Florida tourist train Orlando & Northwestern Railway – which runs as ‘The Royal Palm Railway Experience’ – was closed to passengers in April. The move came after the route’s
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IN LATE-May it was announced Bombardier was ‘preferred bidder’ for a major contract, with local partners, to build and operate two monorail lines in Egypt. Bombardier also announced the 280 ‘Innovia’ vehicles required would be
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MAJOR changes to operating contracts in southern Germany on June 9 mean Go-Ahead’s German subsidiary is now operating multiple routes from Stuttgart, replacing DB Regio push-pull trains. Abellio also took over routes in the area
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MALAYSIAN United Plantations Berhad’s (UP) use of rail transport meant it became the first palm oil producer to gain a sustainable palm oil producer certificate. UP uses a fleet of 700mm-gauge modified Motor Rail Simplex
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The loco was restored earlier this year and operated as a pair with Beyer.
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The railways in Myanmar (formerly Burma) are being slowly modernised with assistance from Japan, in particular. The state railway retains a handful of operational steam locos, although many more are plinthed or stored at depots.
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Two of the last steam locos built by Vulcan Foundry (Newton-le-Willows) are used in the Malaysian state of Sabah to operate regular tourist trains. The train between Tanjung Aru (Kota Kinabalu) and Papar runs normally
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Rail enthusiast or not, it would take a lot to miss all of the coverage in recent news about the celebratory anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
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A curious railway accident, as reported in The Railway Magazine, March 1900.
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