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  • Chinnor & Princes ‘Gronk’ given Network SouthEast treatment

    Chinnor & Princes ‘Gronk’ given Network SouthEast treatment

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway has repainted Class 08 No. 08825 (D3993) in Network SouthEast’s colourful livery.  This is reminiscent of No. 08600 Ivor, which was renumbered 97800 when used as the Slade Green depot shunter in the 1980s. No. 08825 is seen at Chinnor on October 15 while awaiting the application of numerals, which were expected…

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  • Ryde Rail: A History of Tube Trains on the Isle of Wight

    Ryde Rail: A History of Tube Trains on the Isle of Wight

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Richard C Long ONE of the quirkiest and most interesting parts of the UK rail network is the line from Shanklin to Ryde Pier Head on the Isle of Wight.  Since 1967, the line has been operated using second-hand London Transport Tube trains, and this new book provides a thorough history of the island’s electric…

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  • Railway Accidents: Lamentable Failures

    Railway Accidents: Lamentable Failures

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    Sam Hewitt

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    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 from London Paddington. Fraser Pithie and The Railway Magazine look back over 20 years to one of Britain’s worst post-Privatisation…

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  • EPB group vehicles displayed at Ramsgate

    EPB group vehicles displayed at Ramsgate

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE EPB Preservation Group exhibited four EMU vehicles at the Southeastern Ramsgate depot open day on June 8.  The quartet was the two-car EPB No. 5759 and Motor Luggage Vans Nos. S68001 and 9002/68002. They travelled down to Ramsgate from their Southall base by rail on June 7, returning after the weekend. MLV No. 9002/68002 is finished in…

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