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Rail workers to stage second Saturday strike in row over staffing
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Rail workers will stage the second in a series of strikes on Saturday in a dispute over staffing on trains.
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Something ‘Wightwick’ this way comes as Bosworth line celebrates 50 golden years
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“OVERWHELMED” and “speechless” were just two of the words used by Battlefield Line director Adrian Lock to describe the success of the Leicestershire line’s 50th anniversary gala on October 18-20. The Shackerstone Railway Society had wanted to mark its five decades of operations at Shackerstone with something special, and this it achieved by securing ‘Modified…
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Morpeth crash: I helped two survivors
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THE feature by Fraser Pithie on the Morpeth Curve (RM Sept) was a fascinating read, which allowed me to re-live my involvement in the 1984 crash. We lived at 45 Low Stobhill at the time of the 1984 crash. I loved the fact there were trains at the bottom of my garden, and my son and…
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Early Experiments in Steam
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In less than 30 years at the beginning of the 19th century, steam engine technology went from stationary mining machines to powering the world’s first inter-city railway.
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Rail workers’ 27-day strike set to go ahead
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A near month-long strike by rail workers is set to go ahead after talks failed to resolve a long-running dispute over guards on trains.
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Virgin Trains signs off in style with video featuring Mr Blobby
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With the end of the Virgin Trains franchise taking place at 01:59am on December 8 after 22 years of running trains between London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh, they’re going out with a bang!
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Pitchford Hall creates Collett preservation ‘first’ after overhaul brings new livery
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Epping Ongar Railway-based GWR ‘Hall’ No. 4953 Pitchford Hall is back in steam after overhaul, and carrying a livery never before seen on one of the Collett 4-6-0s in the preservation era.
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Preservation focus: Forgotten Gems
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Mark Smithers considers several important examples of narrow gauge and industrial steam locomotives which are not currently in the forefront of public attention.
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Roving Repton on autumn gala circuit
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The North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR) Southern ‘Schools’ 4-4-0 No. 926 Repton took part in no fewer than three autumn steam galas during September and October, visiting the North West and the East Midlands in the process. The first event for the Maunsell ‘V’ class was the NYMR’s own 15-engine spectacular on September 27-29 (see p74-75),…
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Eurostar marks 25th anniversary with first ‘plastic-free’ train
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Eurostar is operating a train with no single-use plastics to mark the 25th anniversary and will plant a tree for every service it runs.
