Long-distance trains will run on battery power in a UK first, manufacturer Hitachi Rail has announced.
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National lockdown delays Blue Pullman launch
A NATIONAL coronavirus lockdown running from November 5 to December 2 has forced Locomotive Services Limited to postpone the launch run of its ‘Blue Pullman’ HST.
Read moreGerman ‘Rabbits’ days numbered
GERMAN Railways (DB) had hundreds of diesel-hydraulic locos introduced in the 1960s and 1970s to replace steam, but their days working passenger trains are now coming to an end. Of the several hundred ‘V160’ B-B
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