Diesel
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Ruston diesel opens Leiston Works Railway
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THE opening of the first part of the Leiston Works Railway (LWR), Suffolk, fell to a 48DS Ruston & Hornsby four-wheel diesel. The occasion on June 1-2 also marked the 160th anniversary of the main line railway arriving at Leiston. It had been hoped the honour would go to a steam loco (RM June, p76),…
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NRM DMU in action on the North Norfolk Railway
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THE National Railway Museum’s Metropolitan-Cammell Class 101 DMU – DMBS No. M51188 and DTSL No. M56352 – have been overhauled to a high standard by the Weybourne Traction Group. They are now able to operate in multiple with the NNR’s own Class 101 set, DMBS No. E51228 and DTSL No. E56062. It was good to hear four synchronised diesels…
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Trains old and new in Myanmar
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The railways in Myanmar (formerly Burma) are being slowly modernised with assistance from Japan, in particular. The state railway retains a handful of operational steam locos, although many more are plinthed or stored at depots. Some of the older and once common place Alsthom-built diesel locos have been replaced in regular service by 48 second-…
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Severn Valley blue and green ‘Gronks’ comparison
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THE Severn Valley Railway has repainted Class 09 No. 09107 (built Horwich 1961) in BR blue, as seen at Kidderminster on April 16. It is posed with an early Class 08 – No. D3022 (built Derby 1953) in BR green. The ‘09’ is not an original, having been converted from Class 08 No. 08845 by RFS Industries in…
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From the archive: Still growling on – Modern traction preservation
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There is no doubt that diesels are an integral part of railway preservation but this was not always the case. Brian Sharpe delves into the increasingly complex world of British main line diesel preservation. On May 24, 1973, WR Warship B-B diesel-hydraulic D821 Greyhound became the first BR main line diesel locomotive to be purchased…
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Blue Class 20s bring back ‘Skeggy’ holiday memories
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Happy memories of Class 20s on summer-dated holiday trains to Skegness were rekindled on May 27 when Pathfinder Tours took a pair of blue EE Type 1s back to the Lincolnshire coast. Harry Needle Railroad Co Nos. 20096 and 20107, usually hired to GB Railfreight for London Underground ‘S’ stock movements, took charge of the…
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Isle of Man Railways: Manx on the Up!
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The Isle of Man is a piece of forgotten Britain. Those were the words of an elderly female coach tour passenger I talked to while travelling on the Manx Electric Railway in early April. She’s not wrong either.
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First refurbished IC railcar set brought into service by Irish Rail
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By Tony Miles THE first of Iarnród Éireann-Irish Rail’s 22000 class InterCity Railcar (ICR) DMUs returned to service on April 24. This follows an extensive interior refurbishment aimed at improving the customer experience, while reducing maintenance and cleaning costs. The 234 vehicles were built by Hyundai Rotem and delivered between 2007 and 2011. They are…
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DRS ‘37s’ take on Three Peaks Challenge
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The annual rail industry ‘Three Peaks Challenge’ – raising money for the Railway Children charity – was once again supported by Direct Rail Services on June 13-15.
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Nameplate auction takes Crewe charity event total to more than £70,000
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Predicted wet and windy weather failed to deter visitors from attending the Crewe diesel depot open day on June 8.
