Network Rail’s helicopter team is surveying the railway as flood waters recede across the North West after Storm Christoph.
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Tag: West Coast Main Line
Locomotive Services buys Class 86 and 87 from ETL
TWO former West Coast AC electric locomotives have been bought by Locomotive Services Limited from Electric Traction Ltd (ETL). The last mainline Class 87 – No. 87002 Royal Sovereign – along with 86101 Sir William A Stanier
Read moreTornado’s 2020 tour diary takes shape
PEPPERCORN ‘A1’ Pacific No. 60163 Tornado looks set to have another busy year on the national network in 2020 as more dates are added to the locomotive’s main line calendar. The first confirmed booking is the
Read moreWest Coast looks forward with Avanti
Words: Ben Jones NEW trains, more services and a better customer experience are the priorities for Avanti West Coast (AWC), which replaced Virgin Trains on December 8. First-Trenitalia’s West Coast Partnership joint venture will operate
Read moreEndangered crayfish rescued during Cumbria viaduct work
WORK to reinforce a 173-year-old railway viaduct is helping to protect endangered crayfish in Cumbria. The Grade-II listed Docker Garths Viaduct, on the West Coast Main Line at Lambrigg, is currently being reinforced to repair
Read moreHS2 bill up to £88billion as completion date slips to 2040
By Ben Jones HS2 Ltd has advised the Government the first phase of High Speed 2 to Birmingham could open five years later than planned in 2031, and the overall cost of the project could
Read moreThree Type 3s – to the sea!
THREE Class 37s at the head of a heavy freight train used to be a regular sight in South Wales and around Glasgow in BR days, but such a trio has always been a rare
Read moreFirst and Trenitalia to run West Coast Main Line
By Tony Miles OPERATION of the West Coast Partnership (WCP) will be in the hands of First Group and Trenitalia from December 8, under what will be the first of a new franchise partnership model.
Read moreMain line Travelling Post Office run to mark 85th anniversary of Night Mail?
“THIS is the Night Mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order…” W H Auden’s opening lines to 1936’s evocative GPO documentary film Night Mail about the work of the Travelling Post
Read moreGB Railfreight ‘50s’ heading for the Settle & Carlisle
This follows the success of their recent outing to Cornwall.
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