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Ireland’s railways prepare for Brexit border scenarios
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OPERATORS of the national rail networks on both sides of the Irish border are formulating plans for post-Brexit future operations of cross-border train services. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 border checks have been consigned to the history books, and free movement has been the norm for the last two decades. …
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Kent & East Sussex gives green light to Restaurant Car restoration at Eastleigh
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A 1961-BUILT BR Mk1 unclassed Restaurant Car left the railway on July 30 for full restoration by Arlington Fleet Services at Eastleigh. It had stood in the open at the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR) since 2003. The £200,000 refurbishment will see No. 1987 transformed into a new kitchen car for the KESR’s ‘Wealden Pullman’…
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‘Hall’ meets ‘Saint’ in Didcot photography event
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IT WAS a case of ‘before and after’ at Didcot Railway Centre on August 17 when newly completed Churchward ‘Saint’ No. 2999 Lady of Legend came face to face with Collett ‘Hall’ No. 5900 Hinderton Hall. The meeting of the two 4-6-0s was significant: Collett’s ‘Halls’ were a direct derivative of the ‘Saints’ after No. 2925 Saint Martin…
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Tributes paid to engineer who died while working at Waterloo Station
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The family of an engineer killed while working on a moving walkway at Waterloo station have paid tribute to “a hardworking, loving father”.
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Scottish Labour to push for end to Abellio’s Scotrail franchise
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Labour is poised to force a vote “as early as next week” in the Scottish Parliament in a bid to end the Abellio franchise of ScotRail.
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Tube staff ready to take industrial action over assaults on London Underground
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Violent assaults on London Underground workers are increasing, according to a union, prompting warnings that industrial action could be stepped up.
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Bundoran Junction station on the market for under £200k
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ONE of Northern Ireland’s best-known former stations has been put up for sale, opening up the opportunity to own a real piece of Irish railway history. Bundoran Junction, in Kilskeery, Co Tyrone, was a popular interchange on the Great Northern Railway’s (GNR(I)) Irish Northwest line between Enniskillen and Omagh. It was originally opened by the…
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Whitwell & Reepham ‘Thursday Gang’ nears end of Agecroft No. 3 restoration
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ROBERT Stephenson & Hawthorns 0-4-0ST Agecroft No. 3 (7681/1951) is in the final stages of restoration at Whitwell & Reepham Station in Norfolk. The locomotive is one of a trio that worked at Agecroft power station, near Manchester, until September 1981, and has been the subject of a ‘nut-and-bolt’ restoration by three Whitwell volunteers known as…
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A1 trust takes delivery of first new components for ‘V4’ project
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THE first new components for the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust’s (A1SLT) third new-build locomotive – Gresley ‘V4’ 2-6-2 No. 3403 – have been delivered to Darlington Locomotive Works ahead of the project’s formal launch next year. The £4,320 order for 12 tender spring hooks was placed with Unilathe of Stoke-on-Trent as part of a larger order…
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Cheltenham ‘resplendent’ in BR lined green at Mid-Hants Railway
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‘SCHOOLS’ class 4-4-0 Cheltenham has emerged from the Mid-Hants Railway’s (MHR) Ropley workshops as No. 30925, resplendent in British Railways’ lined green. The repaint of the National Railway Museum locomotive was completed by Heritage Painting with assistance from MHR volunteers, transforming it from Southern Railway malachite green into the guise the loco carried during its final…
