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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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Bundoran Junction station on the market for under £200k

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd September 2019

ONE of Northern Ireland’s best-known former stations has been put up for sale, opening up the opportunity to own a real piece of Irish railway history. Bundoran Junction, in Kilskeery, Co Tyrone, was a popular interchange on the Great Northern Railway’s (GNR(I)) Irish Northwest line between Enniskillen and Omagh. It was originally opened by the…
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New dome completes 22-year restoration of Nancy at Dromod

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd September 2019

THE restoration of the Cavan & Leitrim Railway’s Avonside 0-6-0T Nancy is officially complete after 22 years’ work and £160,000 investment. The former ironstone loco returned to steam at Alan Keef’s Ross-on-Wye workshops in March, but was delivered to Dromod without its brass dome cover as this was still being manufactured by The Dorset Copperfish. …
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Freightliner owner Genesee & Wyoming sold for $8.4billion

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Sam Hewitt

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9th September 2019

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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First Class 66 worked passenger train in Sweden

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd September 2019

HECTOR Rail Class 66 loco T66402 hauled the first Class 66 worked passenger train in Sweden on July 7. The type has been in use in the country for many years, but there had not been any passenger workings before. The train was an enthusiasts’ charter that visited several freight-only lines, organised by a Swedish…
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New railways open in Buenos Aires

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd September 2019

ARGENTINA president Mauricio Macri officially opened the second new elevated commuter railway in Buenos Aires on July 10. It has replaced ground-level railways with new routes on viaducts, eliminating 11 level crossings, and releasing some land for redevelopment. The 5km section of the Linea San Martin line between and Palermo and La Paternal in the…
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Chinese-built steam back on USA main line

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd September 2019

One of two Chinese-built ‘QJ’ 2-10-2 steam locos – based on the Iowa Interstate freight railroad – has been in action this summer operating short-distance day trips to raise funds and awareness for local fire departments in towns along the railroad’s route. Two ‘QJs’ (Nos. 6988 and 7081, built in 1985 and 1986, respectively) were imported…
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Time running out for Italy’s ‘Tartarughe’

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd September 2019

THE last few remaining Italian Railways Class 444 ‘Tartarughe’ (Tortoise) electric locos are expected to be withdrawn by December. They are being replaced by more modern locos, and most recently by second-hand, Italian-built ‘Fyra’ high-speed trains from The Netherlands. Italian State Railways introduced the first Class 444 locos in 1967 when they were the most…
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Steam returns to Drumshanbo… on the back of a lorry!

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Sam Hewitt

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29th August 2019

AVONSIDE 0-6-0T Nancy once again flew the flag for the Dromod-based Cavan & Leitrim Railway (C&LR) on June 30 when it took part in the opening parade of the An Tóstal festival at Drumshanbo, County Leitrim. The visit followed Nancy’s starring role in the Ballinamore Family Vintage event earlier in the month. During the parade…
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No go for TransPennine ‘185s’ as Class 2700s deleted

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Sam Hewitt

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28th August 2019

By Tony Miles THE Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) tender for ‘second-hand’ trains for Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) is unlikely to see the spare 22 Class 185 units moving to Ireland despite some initial support from within IÉ. The tender is being led by the Irish Government’s National Transport Authority (NTA). The rail operator…
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