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Freightliner Class 66 named You Are Never Alone

8th December 2019 Nigel Devereux Electric, Freight, Network, News

FREIGHTLINER joined forces with Samaritans and Greater Anglia at Ipswich station on November 21 to name No. 66416 You Are Never Alone. Neil McNicholas, Freightliner managing director of UK Rail, said: “We wanted to partner with

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Impressive Great Central trio gather at Eastleigh Lakeside

8th December 2019 Nigel Devereux Miniature, News

THE Simkins family visited the Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway (ELSR) on August 10-11 with their unique collection of 10¼in-gauge Great Central Railway locos.  Design and construction started in the early 1990s. The first completed was

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Whitepass and Yukon restores Baldwin loco

8th December 2019 Nigel Devereux News, Steam, World

STEAM returned to the Whitepass and Yukon Railroad in Alaska this summer, with Baldwin-built 2-8-2 No. 73 re-entering service on July 15.  The loco was bought new from Baldwin in 1947 (Works No. 73352) and withdrawn in

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Great Western Railway gearing up for biggest timetable change since 1976

7th December 2019 Nigel Devereux Network, News

GWR will be making its biggest timetable change in December, said to be the most comprehensive since the introduction of HSTs in 1976. More than 75% of the timetable is changed or recast, with faster

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Class 66s cleared to Oban

7th December 2019 Nigel Devereux Diesel, Electric, Network, News

CLASS 66 locos have been cleared to work to Oban after a two-year project involving Network Rail and GB Railfreight.  Use of loco-hauled trains was restricted to lighter Class 37s locos prior to completion of

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Fire danger puts English Electric diesel in limelight

7th December 2019 Nigel Devereux Electric, News, World

A RARE English Electric diesel loco worked passenger trains on the ‘Mary Valley Rattler’ heritage line in Queensland in September because of extreme weather and fire danger posed by the normal steam workings.  Ex-Queensland Rail

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UK railway news round-up

6th December 2019 Sam Hewitt News

It’s been a busy week on the UK’s railways as the election race heats up. Labour and the Conservatives clash over the Tory pledge to spend £4.2 billion on a local public transport fund.

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A Cumbrian Coast ‘Jubilee’

6th December 2019 Nigel Devereux Network, News, Railtours, Steam

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’

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Rare outing for Middleton’s tiny Hunslet

6th December 2019 Nigel Devereux Diesel, News, Steam

FORMER brewery 4wD Courage (Hunslet 1786 of 1935) made a rare outing during the Middleton Railway’s Work’s Outing gala on September 14-15. The locomotive was operated on the rarely used Balm Road branch. Here, it

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Forget socks, Classic Magazines has a gift for everyone!

5th December 2019 Sam Hewitt News
Christmas-Gift-Guide-new

At Classic Magazines we’ve made your Christmas shopping simple and straightforward, with plenty of ideas for family and friends in our festive gift guide.

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