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  • Locomotive Services to stage Virgin charity open day at Crewe

    Locomotive Services to stage Virgin charity open day at Crewe

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    AROUND 30 main line steam, diesel and electric locomotives are being lined up for an open day to be staged at Locomotive Services’ modernised former Crewe diesel depot on Saturday, June 8. The event is being organised by Virgin Trains staff based at Crewe station – supported by our sister publication The Railway Magazine –…

  • Tornado test run problem solved: Wensleydale trips on

    Tornado test run problem solved: Wensleydale trips on

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    THE A1 Steam Locomotive Trust was forced to cancel Tornado’s main line comeback trip after it sustained minor damage while on its eagerly-awaited test run. No. 60163 had been undergoing repairs at Wansford shed on the Nene Valley Railway following its failure while hauling ‘The Ebor Flyer’ on Saturday, April 14 last year because of…

  • Brexit Busting Dash to Rescue Heritage Railway Carriage

    Brexit Busting Dash to Rescue Heritage Railway Carriage

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    “Because of the uncertainty over what border controls might be implemented we didn’t particularly like the idea of smuggling a railway carriage across the border.”

  • Hudswell Clarke Works 0-6-0 No.1700 ‘Wissington’

    Hudswell Clarke Works 0-6-0 No.1700 ‘Wissington’

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    Wissington seen here at Brockford Station on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, sent in by Chris Allen.

  • BR Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0 No.75078

    BR Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0 No.75078

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    Chris Allen sent in this pic of 75078 departing Keighley on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

  • Former Alstom factory reduced to rubble at Washwood Heath

    Former Alstom factory reduced to rubble at Washwood Heath

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    DEMOLITION of the former Alstom factory at Washwood Heath began in late-February. The site was previously used by Metro-Cammell, and was where the majority of Virgin ‘Pendolino’ trains were completed.  Redevelopment of the site – located at the centre of the HS2 network – is in excess of 110,000 sq m, and will permit the…

  • HS2 unveils designs for Old Oak Common interchange

    HS2 unveils designs for Old Oak Common interchange

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    HIGH Speed 2 Ltd has revealed the designs for the HS2 Phase 1 station at Old Oak Common, and appointed construction partners for its two London stations.  Old Oak Common will have platforms both below and above ground, linked by a ‘light and airy’ concourse, and will eventually have direct services to three major airports…

  • Beeches Light Railway moving to new site

    Beeches Light Railway moving to new site

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    Adrian Shooter has announced his Beeches Light Railway will close permanently.

  • £39billion plan to transform northern England’s rail network

    £39billion plan to transform northern England’s rail network

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    THE region’s ‘single biggest transport intervention since the Industrial Revolution’ is the bold ambition unveiled in Transport for the North’s (TfN) plans to develop the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) network over the next 20 years.  TfN’s board, which includes representatives of the various city regions, local and regional authorities, business leaders and transport bodies from…

  • Scottish Government demands much better performance from ScotRail

    Scottish Government demands much better performance from ScotRail

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    This follows the company having fallen well below its agreed targets in the National Rail Passenger Survey.

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