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Modernisation plan edges forward on Seaford line
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NETWORK Rail has replaced switches and crossings at Southerham Junction, near Lewes, which controls access to the Seaford branch. New signalling equipment was also installed between Lewes and Seaford during the closure. The work took place over the weekend of January 19-20. Once commissioned, the equipment will be controlled from Three Bridges Railway Operating Centre…
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Upgraded Lime Street is top station in Britain
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LIVERPOOL’S recently upgraded Lime Street station is the highest rated of Britain’s major stations by passengers in the latest National Passenger Rail Survey. Scoring a 93.8% satisfaction rating, Lime Street narrowly beat St Pancras International (93.6%) and King’s Cross (92.9%) to top the list for Network Rail managed stations. NETWORK RAIL Read more News and…
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£13m refurbishment for Glasgow Clyde bridge
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A TWO-YEAR, £13million renovation project is underway on one of Scotland’s busiest railway bridges. The 200 metre-long Clyde Bridge on the approach to Glasgow Central is used by up to 1,300 trains every day, serving the West Coast Main Line, Lanarkshire, Inverclyde and Ayrshire. The Grade A-listed structure will undergo extensive refurbishment and repair works,…
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Campaigners urge action on new passenger routes
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REOPENING 33 sections of railway across Britain could bring 500,000 more people within walking distance of a main line station, generating an extra 20 million journeys every year, according to a new report by the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT). At an estimated overall cost of between £4.76billion and £6.39bn, 343 miles of passenger railway…
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Diamond celebrations for Norwich ‘engineers’
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EATON Park MR is celebrating its 60th anniversary year. The Norwich-based line is run by the Norwich & District Society of Model Engineers. It was opened in 1959 as a raised, 5in-gauge track, with a 5in-/ 7¼in-gauge ground-level line being introduced in 2006. Trains run Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, April 7 to October 6,…
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Audley End’s small locos going under the hammer
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FOUR smaller Audley End Miniature Railway locos are to be auctioned by Dreweatts at Newbury on March 12. This follows the death of Lord Braybrooke, of Audley End Estate, Essex in 2017. The larger steam and diesel locos are being retained for the railway. Those for disposal were all built by David Curwen and are…
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Indonesian sugar loco restored at Statfold Barn for new Barbados tourist railway
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THE latest locomotive to be restored to steam at Statfold Barn is Arnold Jung (Jungenthal) 0-4-4-0T Mallet 2279/1914 Tjepper (Ceper Baru) No. 5. The 750mm- (2ft 6in-) gauge loco was imported for the Statfold collection several years ago. It was never restored and seemed unlikely to be as Statfold Barn Railway focused attention on its…
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Talyllyn property purchase – new opportunities for Pendre development?
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THE Talyllyn Railway (TR) has bought two cottages in Frankwell Street, Tywyn. The £240,000 purchase includes land known as the ‘Orchard’, next to the railway’s Tywyn Pendre works site. The ‘Orchard’ site can be accessed by a narrow drive not part of the sale, and is bounded by houses and the railway. The land is…
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What’s in the Shops: Farish six-car set in ‘Western Pullman’ guise
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Graham Farish has reissued its popular ‘Midland Pullman’ set in the reverse livery of its final service on the Western Region. Nigel Burkin examines it in detail. The popular N-gauge six-car ‘Midland Pullman’ set by Graham Farish has reappeared in the BR ‘Corporate’ livery of rail blue and grey in what was to be its…
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Murphy Models plans GM Class 121 diesel
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Padraig Murphy at Murphy’s Models ([email protected]) has sent some initial CAD images of a planned GM Class 121 locomotive which, he says, is quite complex, with lots packed in beneath the bonnet, which will feature see-through side grilles. Background information can be found on www.eiretrains.com and no fewer than 12 models in five colour schemes…
