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UK railway news round-up
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This week, HS2 comes under fire again & Network Rail are accused of not acting on fog risk.
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Network Rail ‘must act on fog risk’ after level crossing death
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A fatal accident investigation has found that Network Rail does not mitigate the effects of fog at some level crossings.
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Mogul and ‘Wells’ join the ‘Q’ at Severn Valley autumn spectacular
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A DISTINCT Southern Region atmosphere surrounded the Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR) Autumn Steam Gala on September 19-22, with five of the participating locomotives having a BR(S) pedigree. East Lancashire Railway Bulleid ‘West County’ No. 34092 City of Wells was surprisingly making its first visit to SVR metals. The air-smoothed Pacific proved to be a popular draw,…
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‘G5’ construction making steady progress in Shildon
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THE day when a North Eastern Railway Worsdell ‘O’ class 0-4-4T (LNER ‘G5’) steams again in the North East of England is edging closer as the Class G5 Locomotive Company (G5LC) continues to make progress on a new-build re-creation of No. 1759 at its Shildon base. Much of the recent work has focused on the manufacture,…
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Clan Line makes a surprise appearance on Bluebell Railway service train – for one day only
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BULLEID ‘Merchant Navy’ Pacific No. 35028 Clan Line made a surprise appearance on Bluebell Railway services on August 27 during a break from its busy main line schedule. The locomotive arrived at Sheffield Park two days previously in order to use the railway’s wheel drop to conduct a precautionary inspection and maintenance of the front bogie.…
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Delays as person hit by train at Newark Northgate
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A person has died after being hit by a train at Newark Northgate station this afternoon, causing services to be cancelled or delayed as far as between Edinburgh and London.
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HS2 ‘will not solve the problems facing rail travellers today’
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HS2 should be scrapped in favour of upgrading existing rail routes, according to a free market think tank.
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Poppy Line launches appeal to restore Sheringham’s platform 2
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THE North Norfolk Railway (NNR) has mounted a £185,000 appeal to return platform 2 at Sheringham station to the condition it was in when the line was closed by BR in 1967. The project will see the long-demolished waiting room building re-instated, together with the wall, which was primarily there to support the canopy, but…
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Single-chimney ‘9F’ ready for traffic at North Yorks
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NEWLY restored BR ‘9F’ No. 92134 has steamed again at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s Grosmont workshops, almost four decades after it left Barry Scrapyard for restoration. Howard Self’s single-chimney 2-10-0 was coupled to the borrowed ‘BR1G’ tender from Wansford-based ‘5MT’ No. 73050 City of Peterborough’ It was lit up for the first time on September 6…
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Bath conundrum
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I enjoyed Mike Arlett’s articles on Bath Green Park in the August and September’s issues. In particular, I was pleased to see the Ivo Peters’ photograph in the September article showing the departure of No. 568 on a Bournemouth train, and specifically No. 41902 preparing to leave on a local to Bristol St Philip’s. One…
