Sam Hewitt
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Records tumble as public flock to heritage lines
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The first reports from several heritage railways suggest they enjoyed a bumper year and festive season.
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Department for Transport and Innovate UK launch competition to ‘find this century’s Brunel’
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Around £9.4 million is available for this year’s winners to make their ideas a reality.
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Welsh Highlands Railways’ new Pullman carriage ‘Gwyrfai’ to take centre stage in Manchester
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Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways’ new Pullman observation carriage – called Gwyrfai – will be displayed at this year’s Caravan & Motorhome Show in Manchester later this week.
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Hitachi plan to axe 250 jobs at Newton Aycliffe rail plant
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The Newton Aycliffe site opened in 2015 and has a workforce of 900 and will this year finish a £5.7 billion order for Inter City Express trains.
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Avanti West Coast secure £642m deal with Alstom to upgrade Pendolinos
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Avanti West Coast have secured a major seven-year deal worth £642 million with Alstom to upgrade all 56 of their electric Pendolino trains on the West Coast Mainline.
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Midnight burglars steal 24 enamel advertising signs from McAlpine railway
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Twenty-four historic enamel advertising signs were stolen from the late Sir William McAlpine’s private Fawley Hill estate in Buckinghamshire early on Monday, January 6.
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Caledonian Sleeper train has a number of major shortcomings
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I HAD to travel to Glasgow at short notice and decided to try out the new Caledonian Sleeper stock. As there were no cabins available, I had to travel on one of the new ‘reclining’ seats. My first impression was how fabulous the train looked, and inside the seating car layout was every bit First…
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From the archive: Restoring an armoured Simplex
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Greensand Railway Museum Trust is restoring a 40hp Armoured Simplex LR2182.
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South Western Railway may be nationalised after firm loses £137m
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Train operator South Western Railway (SWR) has acknowledged it could lose its franchise contract after recording a loss of £137 million.
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Stadler sets spread their wings in the east
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GREATER Anglia introduced Class 755 units on Ipswich to Felixstowe services from November 19. The move is part of the expansion of operations of Stadler bi-mode units. Greater Anglia is in the process of cascading its remaining Class 170 ‘Turbostar’ units to Transport for Wales, and the rollout of Class 755s is increasing. Sets are…
