The creation of a new public sector body to oversee Britain’s railways will simplify a system that is “too complicated”, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.
Read moreUK Rail services to unify under state-owned body, Great British Railways
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A Cumbrian Coast ‘Jubilee’
STANIER ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0 No. 45690 Leander winds its way southbound along the Lakeland coast at St Bees with the return leg of the Railway Touring Company’s ‘Cumbrian Coast Express on September 28. The BR black-liveried ‘Jub’
Read more‘King’, ‘A4’ and debutant ‘9F’ steal show at Moors line gala spectacular
THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) pulled off what might be regarded as one of the biggest steam galas of the 2000s on September 27-29, which not only featured a hugely impressive locomotive line-up, but
Read moreRail Riders enthusiasts’ club set for relaunch
Rail Riders, the club for rail travellers and enthusiasts founded and operated by British Rail between 1981 and 1991, is being relaunched in February. Almost 30 years after the iconic fan club closed, it is
Read moreFormer UK electrics have mixed fortunes in Bulgaria
BULGARIA remains the main user of ex-BR built electric locomotives, but the competitive nature of freight operations has led to mixed fortunes for the Class 86, 87 and 92s exported there. Operator Bulmarket has work
Read moreNorth Tyneside 03 prepared for Gateshead shunter reunion
CLASS 03 No. D2078 has been repainted in BR blue and now carries its TOPS number, 03078. It is based on the North Tyneside Steam Railway (NTSR) and Stephenson Museum. The repaint inspired the September 29
Read moreElectric Railway Museum stock stored at Colne Valley
A NUMBER of historic items have been accommodated at the Colne Valley Railway (CVR), Essex, following closure of the Electric Railway Museum at Coventry in 2017. The move was made possible as the CVR had
Read moreSprings Branch goes live again
NEW overhead line equipment has been switched on at the reactivated Springs Branch depot in Wigan. The former BR diesel depot and EWS disposal site will reopen as a new £46million depot for Northern EMUs
Read moreRailway Accidents: Lamentable Failures
Thirty-one people lost their lives on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, when a Thames Trains Class 165 ‘Turbo’ collided with a First Great Western InterCity125 at a combined speed of 130mph at Ladbroke Grove, two miles
Read moreThree Type 3s – to the sea!
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
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