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New livery for Freightliner’s second batch of MWAs
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The classic British Racing green adopted in the late-1990s has been retired.
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FEBRUARY 2019
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FEATURES A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTUREUsing virtual reality to train rail engineers. MANCHESTER VICTORIA 175The station celebrates a major milestone. WESTERN DIESELS60 years of change on the Western Region. 0-60: CLASS 444Third rail but second rate? THEN & NOW: MILTON KEYNES Spot the difference over 10 years. REGULARS SUBSCRIPTION OFFERSThe best ways to get Rail…
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Lady Diana Spencer to return to the main line
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No. 47712 Lady Diana Spencer is set to return to the main line during 2019.
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Cumbrian Coast Express ‘Tractors’ bow out
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December saw the last loco-hauled workings by Northern on the Cumbrian Coast route.
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Could there be a return to the ‘Big Four’?
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The Williams Review has become mired in intense lobbying from a generation of past experts.
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Narrow and minimum gauge at Warley show
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FULL-sized narrow gauge exhibits at the November 23-25 Warley Model Railway Exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC featured Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway’s Davey Paxman 4-6-2 No. 2 Northern Chief and 4-8-2 No. 6 Samson, together with the line’s Royal Saloon coach, War Office Locomotive Trust’s Hunslet 4-6-0T WDLR No. 303 and Statfold Barn Railway’s Hudswell, Clarke ‘P’ class 0-6-0T…
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Narrow and minimum gauge at Warley show
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FULL-sized narrow gauge exhibits at the November 23-25 Warley Model Railway Exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC featured Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway’s Davey Paxman 4-6-2 No. 2 Northern Chief and 4-8-2 No. 6 Samson, together with the line’s Royal Saloon coach, War Office Locomotive Trust’s Hunslet 4-6-0T WDLR No. 303 and Statfold Barn Railway’s Hudswell, Clarke ‘P’ class 0-6-0T…
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New boiler for Darent
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A NEW boiler barrel is being built for Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway’s (H&KWR) resident steam loco Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Darent. The chassis is undergoing overhaul at London Museum of Water & Steam (RM Oct), withthe boiler having been sent to A G Bicknell & Co Ltd for assessment and repair. The smokebox, front tube…
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Russell steams to Beddgelert
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THE WELSH Highland Heritage Railway’s (WHHR) Hunslet 2-6-2T Russell made an historic trip from its Gelert’s Farm base onto Welsh Highland Railway (WHR) metals to steam to Beddgelert on November 25. This was the first time Russell had steamed over the Porthmadog to Beddgelert section of WHR since 1937. Russell hauled replica North Wales Narrow…
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Downpatrick completes Bulleid ‘Park Royal’ restoration
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PASSENGERS are once again able to experience travelling in one of Córas Iompair Éireann’s (CIÉ) Park Royal carriages after the Downpatrick & County Down Railway (DCDR) completed the restoration of 1955-built Brake Standard Open No. 1944. The vehicle emerged from the DCDR’s workshops on November 24 for its first gauging runs over the line behind GM…
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