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All change on the Great Northern
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eter Brown takes a ride on the new Class 717 EMUs, which over the next few months will transform Great Northern services.
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A Phoenix from the Ashes
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If ever a place deserved to rise from the ashes, then it is Sierra Leone’s National Railway Museum (SLNRM). Nicola Fox tells the fascinating history of a museum, whose locomotives were less than a week from being scrapped, plus its on-going British connections. On the western coast of Africa lies a small country with a…
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Practice & Performance: Thames-Valley transformation
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In the third and final instalment, Keith Farr concludes his analysis of the steam-to-electric transformation the Great Western Main Line has undergone in the Thames Valley. Part two of this series ended with a brief eulogy of Class 387s, the electric trains that have transformed stopping services between Paddington and Didcot. The new EMUs are…
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Unrebuilt BOB Bulleid 34072 ‘257 Squadron’
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Ben Broomfield sent in these great photographs, check out his story of the unrebuilt BOB Bulleid 34072.
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Your Gallery | GWR ’41xx’ Class No 4144
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Away at Didcot Railway Centre, sent in by Alan Burkwood.
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Your Gallery | 60163 Tornado- The Auld Reekie
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A1 60163 Tornado with ‘The Auld Reekie’ at Northallerton today on her first railtour in nearly a year, sent in by Tom Noble.
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Your Gallery | 45596 Bahamas at Langliffe
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Tom Noble sends his photograph of Jubilee 45596 ‘Bahamas’ with just her second Railtour, ‘Bahamas Railtour 2’ powering up the grade past Langcliffe.
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Your Gallery | 35018 British India Line
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Ken Abram sent in this great picture as 35018 British India Line waits for the road at Preston.
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Your Gallery | BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T 80097
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Alan Spencer sent in this magnificent photograph of BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T.
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Vivarail unveils hydrogen D-train as DfT backs green rail schemes
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VIVARAIL is offering a hydrogen-powered variant of its ‘D-Train’ upcycled multiple unit, having developed diesel, battery and hybrid versions. The hydrogen train will follow the design of the Transport for Wales Class 230 fleet, with two driving motor cars powered by Hoppecke batteries. The only difference being instead of a diesel genset beneath the intermediate…
