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Freightliner wins massive Mendip stone contract
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Freightliner scored a major coup when it secured one of the country’s biggest railfreight contracts.
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WSR plc Prairie will be sold to WSRA after volunteer buyout plan is rejected
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HE West Somerset Railway plc has agreed to sell unrestored GWR 2-6-2T No. 4110 to the West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA), despite the latter not currently having the funds to pay for it. The move comes after rejection of a proposal to acquire the 1936-built Large Prairie made by a group of WSR staff and volunteers…
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Transport for London modifies Class 378s to cover ‘Goblin’ DMU shortfall
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There is still no sign of any of the eight Class710 EMUs nearing service on the Gospel Oak to Barking line.
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Rossendale rail revival puts future of East Lancs Railway under threat
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By Ben Jones TWO proposals to improve public transport links between Rossendale and central Manchester have thrown the future of the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) heritage operation into doubt. Rossendale Borough Council (RBC) is one of three local authorities which own the ELR trackbed and is driving forward plans to introduce regular peak-period commuter trains…
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Class 50s to receive GB Railfreight livery
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The decision to repaint the locomotives into the new livery marks a new chapter in the story of the Class 50s.
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DfT decision on Island Line future deferred for three months
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By Phil Marsh THE Department of Transport has extended a deadline for South Western Railway’s (SWR) plan to transform the operation of the Island Line on the Isle of Wight (IoW). One of the franchise conditions of SWR taking over the loss-making Island Line was to work with the Isle of Wight Council and Isle…
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Caledonian Sleeper Mk5s make Euston test-run debut
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CALEDONIAN Sleeper’s new Mk5 carriages made their first trial run to London Euston on January 22 ahead of their launch later this year. The new stock, costing £100million, will initially be rolled out on the Lowlander route between Glasgow/Edinburgh and London before being introduced onto the Highlander, serving Fort William, Aberdeen and Inverness. The test…
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Mock-up of Merseyrail Class 777 gets positive response
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VISITORS who visited the mock-up of Merseyrail’s new Class 777 EMU earlier this year have given some positive feedback to the features of the full-sized model. Nearly 50% of those who viewed the replica said the design of the train would persuade them to use the Merseyrail network. An order worth £460million for 52 four-car…
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Days numbered for Cumbrian coast loco haulage
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THE Class 37 loco-hauled diagram on the Cumbrian coast is scheduled to end by January 25. DRS provides the locos, driver and rolling stock for the trains. The two daily Northern Rail diagrams was reduced to one a couple of months ago after the top-and-tailed Class 68 diagram was replaced with a Class 156 DMU.…
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Greater Anglia Class 720 ready for testing at Derby
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BOMBARDIER has an order to build 111 ‘Aventra’ trains for Greater Anglia (GA), with five-car set No. 720501 having been completed. On November 4 it was outside the workshops at Litchurch Lane, Derby waiting to be moved to the commissioning area and testing on the short works line. Bombardier is building a total of 2210-car…
