Shannon Butcher
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Book of the Week: Mallard – The Story of Britain’s Most Magnificent Locomotive
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On July 3, 1938, LNER A4 streamlined Pacific No. 4468 Mallard reached 126mph, setting a world steam speed record that has never been broken.
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Network Rail announces £25m investment for critical Wales and Borders transport link
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Details revealed of a multi-million-pound plan to rescue a railway line increasingly ravaged by climate change and extreme weather.
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Train firm stripped of franchise over failure to declare £25m of taxpayer cash
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Train operator Southeastern has been stripped of its franchise after failing to declare more than £25 million of taxpayer funding, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.
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New North Yorkshire Moors Railway job vacancies available
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The North Yorkshire Moors Railway operates trains over 18 miles of its own line and an additional 6 miles on the mainline to the seaside town of Whitby.
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Great Northern train tests successfully for first stage of East Coast Digital Programme
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Govia Thameslink Railway has successfully run one of its Great Northern Moorgate Class 717 trains using the digital in-cab signalling system ETCS level 2 (European Train Control System).
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Book of the Week: The Last Days of BR Steam in Wessex Vol 2. Southern Region
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By the early 1960s BR’s aim to eliminate steam traction was all too evident. The author therefore decided to try to record these changes pictorially, initially using his Box Brownie camera.
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London Underground Northern Line expands with two new stations
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Two new London Underground stations have opened to the public as of Monday 20 September 2021, making the new expansion the largest the Underground has had within the last century.
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Drunk Doncaster driver jailed for smashing into train at level crossing
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Drunk driver, Michael Rochford, age 27, has been sentenced to nearly a year in jail following a collision with a moving train at a level crossing in June this year.
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Official Opening for Doncaster’s Rail Heritage Centre
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A remarkable Rail Heritage Centre which takes centre stage inside Danum Gallery, Library and Museum has been officially opened in Doncaster.
