Features
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Varamis Rail’s plans for high-speed electric freight
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Varamis Rail aims to serve London terminals with a network of electric freight services. Richard Clinnick talks to Phil Read, the man behind the plans.
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‘People only see opportunities in the UK, not the world’ | The future of High Speed Trains
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High Speed Trains exported to Central America and West Africa certainly caught the attention last year. Richard Clinnick meets Robert Coleman, the Chairman of Romic Consulting Limited, the company behind these deals, and looks at the potentially interesting future awaiting HSTs (and other fleets).
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Eastern promise for ERS
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Richard Clinnick visits a small team in Great Yarmouth with a large fleet of coaches and even bigger business plans.
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How the writer of new BBC thriller ‘Nightsleeper’ made a fictional train feel real
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BAFTA-winning writer of new BBC series Nightsleeper Nick Leather talks to Alex Bestwick about designing a fictional rail service, playing with train sets at work, and getting the real voices of familiar rail station announcements involved.
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A visit to Didcot Railway Centre
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Gareth Evans visits Didcot Railway Centre and learns about the latest motive power developments at the Oxfordshirehome of the Great Western Society.
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How Isle of Wight Steam Railway is meeting high demands
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After 2023 proved to be a year of record passenger numbers, Owen Hayward sat down with the Isle of Wight Steam Railway’s general manager Marc Huws to talk about how the railway plans to grow further and the challenges of attracting visitors to the island without over-exerting itself, and reports in words and pictures.
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Bring live train information to your home with a UK Departure Board!
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Available in 3 sizes to display real time information for your local station or indeed any station – train, tram, bus or tube in the UK. Each board is designed and built in Britain with the ability to perform real station announcements. We use a variety of data sources to accurately show what is scheduled…
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Discover the Golden Age of Railways with Mortons Books
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Rail enthusiasts and history buffs, get ready to embark on a captivating journey through time with two exceptional new releases from Mortons Books. These meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated works bring the rich heritage of the UK’s railways to life. 🚋 Trams and Recollections: Edinburgh 1956 by Henry Conn 📅 Published: June 28, 2024 📖…
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‘Series of unfortunate events’ couldn’t stop Spa Valley Railway’s steam weekend
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Gala successes are the result of untold hours and months of planning that culminate in a few final days of hard graft and fun. Owen Hayward reports in words and pictures on a visit to the Spa Valley Railway’s gala, where, despite being faced with a series of unfortunate events in the days immediately beforehand,…
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Motorcycles and locomotives both from Beardmore
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For a brief period in the early 1920s, Glasgow-based engineering firm William Beardmore and Company had motorcycles and locomotives on its order books, resulting in this recently rediscovered press photo. This fascinating photograph (above) was passed to us by James Robinson, editor of our sister title The Classic Motor Cycle, a publication that can trace…
