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New Virgin Trains app to help passengers when services are cancelled
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Virgin Trains claims the app will give customers and staff more accurate information when services are delayed and cancelled.
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Mid-Hants ‘S15’ ready for comeback after almost two decades on the sidelines
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URIE Locomotive Society-owned ‘S15’ No. 506 has steamed at the Mid-Hants Railway ahead of an imminent return to service. The Eastleigh-built 4-6-0 last ran in 2001, and since then has received extensive boiler repairs along with a comprehensive bottom-end overhaul. This work has included the removal and replacement of the front bufferbeam, and attention to corroded…
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Tyseley to launch project to complete ‘Bloomer’ replica
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TYSELEY Locomotive Works, together with Vintage Trains (VT), will use this month’s open weekend as a platform to launch a new project to complete its London & North Western Railway (LNWR) ‘Bloomer’ 2-2-2 No. 670. Work on the James McConnell-designed Single began in 1986 and reached an advanced stage of construction (no driving wheelset), but other…
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Braking trials pave way for ‘Q’ class 70mph running
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A series of braking trials for the RPSI’s Great Northern Railway (Ireland) ‘Q’ 4-4-0 No. 131 were completed during the early hours of April 7, which could clear the loco for 70mph running in Northern Ireland. The tests took place on the Antrim line, near Templepatrick, where the loco and train of Mk2 stock was accelerated…
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Isle of Wight-style bunker for KESR ‘Terrier’ No. 2678
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Kent & East Sussex Railway-based ‘A1X’ 0-6-0T No. 32678 will receive the larger Isle-of Wight-type bunker.
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West Somerset gets triple ‘Manors’ as Raveningham Hall heads to Severn Valley Railway
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The West Somerset Railway’s Minehead shed will offer a flavour of Machynlleth or Aberystwyth in 1950s this summer.
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‘071s’ keep the West awake on RPSI diesel special to Ballina
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MULTIPLE working was the order of the day for the RPSI’s ‘West Awake’ railtour on April 13. Class 071 Nos. 075 and 082 worked the eight-coach (required for braking purposes when multiple worked) train from Dublin Connolly to Claremorris, where retro-liveried classmate No. 071 took the train forward to Ballina. During the late afternoon the…
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Grant support for Bodmin platform
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THE Bodmin & Wenford Railway’s (B&WR) proposal to install a second platform at its Bodmin General headquarters has received a huge financial boost from main line operator GWR. The Bodmin & Wenford Railway Trust’s £295,000 Second Platform Project has received a joint award totalling £141,000 from GWR’s Customer and Communities Improvement Fund, together with match…
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Major lottery award for North Yorkshire Moors
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THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR) £9.7million Yorkshire’s Magnificent Journey (YMJ) project has been successful in its bid for Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) support. The HLF cash award of £4.436m is one of the largest awarded to a preserved railway, and will allow the NYMR to start work on the various strands of a five-year…
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THE IVO PETERS COLLECTION – VOLUME 4 RAILWAY ARCHIVE: NORTH WALES NARROW GAUGE STEAM 1959-1960
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THIS is the latest DVD from the Ivo Peters Railway Archive Collection. Volume 4 features North Wales Narrow Gauge Steam, recorded on high quality 16mm colour film, from nearly 60 years ago. Though the programme was originally released on VHS in 1988 the material has been totally re-mastered for DVD. And what a fascinating feast…
