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Mock-up of Merseyrail Class 777 gets positive response
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VISITORS who visited the mock-up of Merseyrail’s new Class 777 EMU earlier this year have given some positive feedback to the features of the full-sized model. Nearly 50% of those who viewed the replica said the design of the train would persuade them to use the Merseyrail network. An order worth £460million for 52 four-car…
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Days numbered for Cumbrian coast loco haulage
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THE Class 37 loco-hauled diagram on the Cumbrian coast is scheduled to end by January 25. DRS provides the locos, driver and rolling stock for the trains. The two daily Northern Rail diagrams was reduced to one a couple of months ago after the top-and-tailed Class 68 diagram was replaced with a Class 156 DMU.…
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Greater Anglia Class 720 ready for testing at Derby
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BOMBARDIER has an order to build 111 ‘Aventra’ trains for Greater Anglia (GA), with five-car set No. 720501 having been completed. On November 4 it was outside the workshops at Litchurch Lane, Derby waiting to be moved to the commissioning area and testing on the short works line. Bombardier is building a total of 2210-car…
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NZ ‘Southern Diesel Tour’ pays visit to South Island
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AN EXTENSIVE tour covering many lines on the South Island of New Zealand was operated in October. A good proportion of the lines have no regular passenger services. The ‘Southern Diesel Tour’ was hauled by preserved English Electric-built locos owned by the Diesel Traction Group: Di 1102 (Co-Co built in 1966 by English Electric, Rocklea…
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ODIN returns to Danish railways
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IN September the Danish National Railway Museum in Odense presented the new working replica of Denmark’s first steam loco – ODIN. The original was a 2-2-2, built in 1846 by Sharp Brothers and Company in Manchester, and named after the Norse God. ODIN was built for the opening of the line between Copenhagen and Roskilde…
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New Indian GE locos enter service
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INDIAN Railways has ordered 1,000 of two types of new diesel locos from American loco builder GE Transportation in an order worth $2.5billion. The first of the 700 4,500hp diesel electric locos, designated ES43ACi by GE and Class WDG4G by Indian Railways, was handed over to Indian Railways in October 2017. The 100kph locos are…
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Model LMS Princess Coronation Pacific to go to auction in March
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The model is described as ‘one of the best railway models ever built’.
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Emergency Appeal launched to keep GWR prairie at Minehead
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The appeal was launched by members of the line’s mechanical engineering department after it was offered for sale.
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Martello to attend Nene Valley’s Southern steam gala
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The Southern Steam event has been boosted with the confirmation that LBSCR ‘Terrier’ Martello is to visit.
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Bumper year for Talyllyn Railway with passenger numbers up
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Revenue in the cafe and shop also rose, approximately 20% and 7% respectively year-on-year.
