Shannon Butcher
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Why does snow prevent rail services from running?
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With parts of the country waking to snow outside their windows this morning, let’s look at how trains cope in snowy conditions, and what happens when they don’t.
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Modelling basics: A decision on size
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Model railways, as the name implies, are based on small-scale representations of the real thing, so the choice for new modellers is the actual model’s scale.
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Book of the Week: Young Railway Photographer of the Year 2022
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In 2018 the Rail Camera Club organised the ‘Rail Cameraman’ exhibition at Locomotion, Shildon, showcasing the work of the club’s members.
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Emergency workers ‘did not treat blind man amid live railway track concerns’
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A blind man who died after being hit by a train lay untreated for 10 minutes because emergency services were unsure whether the tracks were still live, an inquest heard.
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Spring Steam Gala: Sunday, May 1st & Bank Holiday Monday, May 2nd
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What an event this is turning out to be! With five engines in steam, including THREE visiting/new-to-us engines all offering passenger rides!
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Rail workers start voting on strikes over pay, jobs and conditions
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More than 40,000 railway workers will start voting on Tuesday on whether to strike in disputes over jobs and pay.
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Book of the Week: Railways & Recollections: The Midland Mainland in London 1974-80
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The Midland Railway’s extension to London from Bedford to St Pancras opened fully on 1 October 1868 (local trains had run via St Pancras Tunnel to Moorgate from 13 July).
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First Pendolino returns to the rails in largest train fleet refurbishment
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Passengers will travel on the first train modernised in the biggest fleet refurbishment on Britain’s railways on Monday 25 April.
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Rail strike threat in job cuts and pay row
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More than 40,000 railway workers are to be balloted for strike action in disputes over jobs and pay, it was announced on Wednesday.
