Diesel

  • Heritage railways trade body welcomes today’s government support – but detail remains to be clarified

    Heritage railways trade body welcomes today’s government support – but detail remains to be clarified

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    The Heritage Railway Association (HRA) has reacted warmly to the package of measures announced by chancellor Rishi Sunak (Conservative, Richmond (Yorks)) this afternoon.

  • What happened at London Euston?

    What happened at London Euston?

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    Passengers travelling to and from London will have noticed and been impacted by delays and cancellations over the past few days.

  • MoD traffic returns to Mid-Norfolk Railway for first time since 2009

    MoD traffic returns to Mid-Norfolk Railway for first time since 2009

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    The Mid-Norfolk Railway welcomed the return of military freight traffic last week to its Wymondham to Dereham heritage line.

  • East Midlands: Preserved railways, museums and centres…

    East Midlands: Preserved railways, museums and centres…

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    The East Midlands is a large and varied area, and its contribution to railway preservation is equally eclectic. The premier preserved steam railway is undoubtedly the Great Central Railway…

  • Stadler sets spread their wings in the east

    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…

  • ‘Pacers’ to work with PRM compliant units

    ‘Pacers’ to work with PRM compliant units

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    GWR and Northern have indicated how they will combat restrictions placed on the use of Class 142-144 ‘Pacer’ units from January 1, 2020. Both will run a non-compliant ‘Pacer’ with a compliant unit of another type to provide accommodation for passengers with limited mobility and also access to a fully accessible toilet. The restrictions have…

  • Canadian National celebrates centenary

    Canadian National celebrates centenary

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    CANADA’s largest rail operator – Canadian National (CN) – celebrated its centenary in 2019 and gave some of its locos a special ‘CN100’ livery. Here, ‘CN100’ livery GE ET44AC No. 3217 leads another GE-built loco (No. 3811) with an eastbound intermodal train north of Kamloops on September 28.  CN is the only truly national, transcontinental…

  • Retro livery for rebuilt Canadian Pacific locos

    Retro livery for rebuilt Canadian Pacific locos

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    CANADIAN Pacific (CP) has given several recently rebuilt locomotives its original original Tuscan red, grey, and gold livery, the first locos appearing in mid-October. The ‘new’ SD70ACU locos are rebuilds of earlier EMD SD9043MAC locos, retaining an overhauled EMD 16-cylinder 710 engine, uprated to 4,500hp, but with new electronics, cabs, positive train control and Tier…

  • Rare Peckett diesel arrives at the Gwili Railway

    Rare Peckett diesel arrives at the Gwili Railway

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    THE only 0-6-0D built by Peckett – No. 5014 of 1959 – was delivered to the Gwili Railway on October 24.  The Bristol company was well known for its large number of small steam locos supplied to industry in the UK, but completed just five diesel locos in the late 1950s. No. 5014 survived at its former…

  • Mid-Suffolk Ruston named

    Mid-Suffolk Ruston named

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    RUSTON & HORNSBY 294266 – a ‘48DS’ class 4wDM – was officially named Sir William McAlpine by Lady McAlpine, in memory of her late husband, at the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (MSLR) on October 12. The loco is owned by MSLR driver Lawrie Rose. He bought the loco in October 2017 from Sir William, who used…

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