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  • More issues mean delays for SWR Class 442 return

    More issues mean delays for SWR Class 442 return

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    Sam Hewitt

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    PLANS by South Western Railway to re-introduce Class 442s to the third rail network have been delayed again. The refurbished sets were due to enter traffic between London Waterloo and Portsmouth last December, but bodyshell corrosion was greater than envisaged. This meant more work was needed, with February being the predicted date for completion. So…

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  • GWR honours first responders

    GWR honours first responders

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GREAT Western Railway has named Class 800 IET set No. 800023 after two first responders, including a fire fighter who died in the line of duty. One end of the set has been named after Fleur Lombard, who died on February 4, 1996 fighting a fire started by an arsonist at Leo’s Supermarket, Bristol.  At the…

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  • Clayton builds hybrid locos for Tata Steel

    Clayton builds hybrid locos for Tata Steel

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE Clayton Equipment has completed the first of a three-loco order from Tata Steel, Port Talbot, which is replacing its ageing diesel locos. Clayton specialises in industrial locos, and is building a CBD90, which is a 90-tonne hybrid Bo-Bo locomotive.  Power is provided from the traction battery to 416kW maintenance-free, high-torque electric motors. On-board battery…

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  • Class 172/0s debut on ‘Nuckle’ services

    Class 172/0s debut on ‘Nuckle’ services

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    Sam Hewitt

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    TWO refurbished Class 172/0 DMUs entered service with West Midlands Trains (WMT) on the new through Nuneaton to Leamington Spa route on May 20. They had previously worked on the Gospel Oak to Barking route in London. Working with its partners, WMT has transformed the units inside and out, the longitudanal seating being replaced with…

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  • Locomotive Services gets two Class 73s

    Locomotive Services gets two Class 73s

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    Sam Hewitt

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    CREWE-based Locomotive Services Limited (LSL) has acquired two Class 73 electro-diesel locos. One of the pair is the first of the class – a ‘JA’ type, which dates from 1962. No. 73001 (E6001) has been acquired from the Dean Forest Railway and arrived at Crewe by road on May 2. The other acquisition is No. 73002,…

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  • West Midlands Class 196 DMU construction underway

    West Midlands Class 196 DMU construction underway

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    Sam Hewitt

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    CONSTRUCTION of the first of a fleet of 26 new diesel multiple units for West Midlands Trains (WMT) has begun at Beasain, Spain. They are being built by CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles). The units are from the ‘Civity’ family and comprise 80 vehicles. They are part of a £1billion investment promised by the…

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  • Luxury dining trains’ brief encounter in Kent

    Luxury dining trains’ brief encounter in Kent

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THERE was brief chance to see two of Britain’s luxury dining trains together on May 11, writes David Staines.  ‘Black Five’ No. 44871 was recessed at Lenham Loop with the 12.50 Maidstone East-Folkestone West ‘Heart of Kent Hospice Circular’ to allow LSL’s Nos. 47810 and 47853 to overtake with a ‘Statesman’ special to Canterbury.  No. 44871 and the…

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  • Mayflower in the Highlands

    Mayflower in the Highlands

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    Sam Hewitt

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    ‘B1’ No. 61306 Mayflower crosses the Beauly Firth at Invershin while working a day tour from Inverness to Dunrobin Castle during Steam Dreams’ mammoth ‘Highlands and Islands’ tour of Scotland on May 9-17.  The previous day, the Thompson 4-6-0 worked with No. 60103 Flying Scotsman over the Highland Main Line from Edinburgh.  ‘Scotsman’ worked north from King’s…

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  • UK Railtours ventures through Butterley

    UK Railtours ventures through Butterley

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    Sam Hewitt

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    GB RAILFREIGHT No. 66753 EMD Roberts Road edges into Butterley loop with UK Railtours’ ‘Amber Valley Venturer’ tour from Euston on May 4, making for an unusual sight among the preserved DMUs and coaching stock at the Midland Railway-Butterley (MRB). No. 66719 METRO-LAND is out of view at the other end of the train. Resident ‘Generator’ No. 47401…

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  • Bahamas becomes part of Vintage Trains roster

    Bahamas becomes part of Vintage Trains roster

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    Sam Hewitt

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    ‘JUBILEE’ No. 45596 Bahamas will return to Tyseley for the works open days on June 22-23. This comes only a few months after the completion of its overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works and two very successful comeback runs over the Settle to Carlisle Line. The Stanier ‘5XP’ is also booked to haul six Vintage Trains tours…

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