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Tag: Fraser Pithie

Morpeth crash: I helped two survivors

21st November 2019 Sam Hewitt Letters, Network

THE feature by Fraser Pithie on the Morpeth Curve (RM Sept) was a fascinating read, which allowed me to re-live my involvement in the 1984 crash. We lived at 45 Low Stobhill at the time of

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Railway Accidents: Lamentable Failures

8th October 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Features, Network

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

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Railway accidents: Curve of unintended outcome

20th September 2019 Sam Hewitt Diesel, Features, Network

A severe curve on the East Coast Main Line located at the Northumberland town of Morpeth became infamous after two railway accidents within 15 years.

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First Class 91 withdrawn to become spares donor

3rd September 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

LNER Class 91 No. 91108 became the first of the 31-strong class to be taken out of service on July 22. Withdrawal of Class 91s was anticipated following the introduction of the Hitachi ‘Azuma’ trains on

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Terrible state of the lineside – RM readers voice concerns

20th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Letters

I AM a driver with a UK train operator and raised the issue of the state of the lineside about eight years ago with Network Rail, citing the points that both The RM and David

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Class 390 ‘Pendolino’ No. 390039 named to mark Coventry as City of Culture 2021

31st May 2019 Sam Hewitt Electric, Network, News

The name was chosen following a competition on BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire.

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