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Last few months for Polish scheduled steam?

7th January 2020 Sam Hewitt News, Steam, World

SCHEDULED steam passenger trains on the Polish main line may cease completely from mid-2020.  The last remaining public passenger mainline steam services anywhere in the world are in Poland, operating from the famous museum depot

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A Class 117 DMU to join West Somerset fleet

6th January 2020 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News

AN OFFICIAL announcement is awaited from the West Somerset Railway following the arrival of DMBS No. W51354 at Bishops Lydeard on October 30.  It has been stored at RSS Wishaw since January 2018, together with DMS

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‘Black Five’ returns for Great Central’s Last Hurrah

3rd January 2020 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

STANIER ‘Black Five’ No. 45305 Alderman A E Draper made its return to traffic at the Great Central Railway’s (GCR) Last Hurrah of the Season mini-gala on November 16-17. The 5305 Locomotive Association 4-6-0 had

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Former Bodmin DMU enters service on Weardale Railway

5th December 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, News

CLASS 108 DMU Nos. M52054 and M50980 ran its first revenue-earning service on the Weardale Railway during the October 4-6 railcar weekend.  The vehicles have received much attention since arrival from the Bodmin & Wenford Railway

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Class 195 roll-out continues – but ‘Pacers’ will run into 2020

9th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, News

DELIVERIES of new DMUs and EMUs to Northern by CAF are running late, although the company introduced a further nine Class 195s over the Calder Valley line between Leeds and Chester via Manchester and Warrington

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Anglia ‘FLIRTs’ get formal launch

4th November 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

By Ben Jones GREATER Anglia’s (GA) rural services are beginning to see a radical transformation as new Class 755 bi-mode ‘FLIRT’ units enter service.  There was a ‘soft launch’ into passenger service on July 29,

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TRAIN TEST: LONDON OVERGROUND CLASS 710

10th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Features, Network

Transport for London’s Overground operation has transformed services on many local railways in the capital. As the city’s population grows and demand increases, its train fleet is expanding to create additional capacity. Ben Jones visits

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Poppy Line launches appeal to restore Sheringham’s platform 2

9th October 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE North Norfolk Railway (NNR) has mounted a £185,000 appeal to return platform 2 at Sheringham station to the condition it was in when the line was closed by BR in 1967.  The project will

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MP’s electrification call as Northern marks Class 195s switch on Windermere branch

8th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Electric, Network, News

By Tony Miles EVERY Northern service to and from Windermere is now operated by new Class 195 units, with the transition being marked at Windermere station on August 21.  Services to Windermere and Barrow-in-Furness became

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New Stock Focus: CAF – Class 195 DMUs and 331 EMUs

14th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Features

Passengers using Northern services have endured a torrid time, travelling in trains which are overcrowded and past their ‘best by’ date. On July 1, the first of a fleet of 101 Class 195 and 331

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