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‘Tin Van’ in pre-Brexit dash to new Downpatrick home
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Downpatrick & County Down Railway completed the move of its latest rolling stock over uncertainties over Brexit.
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‘New’ world’s oldest operational steam loco
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TWO iconic UK-built Indian steam locomotives have returned to steam in recent years.
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‘Sperry Train’ arrives from Waterford
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The ‘Sperry Wagon’ contains track recording equipment, which scans the rails to monitor the integrity of the steel.
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Sixty years on, the world waits to see UP ‘Big Boy’ steam again
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ONE of the legendary Union Pacific ‘Big Boy’ 4-8-8-4s is nearing the end of its landmark restoration to working order, in time for celebrations to mark the company’s 150th anniversary of the First Transcontinental Railroad’s Golden Spike on May 10. The golden spike was the final spike driven to join the rails connecting the Central…
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Steam-hauled overnight tour from Melbourne in the pipeline
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AN AMBITIOUS four-day, 1,500km steam tour is planned for June, including sleeping cars and overnight steam-hauled travel. The main tour loco will be North British-built Pacific R707 (1951/26997), constructed for Victorian Railways. The train will start from Melbourne and visit Echuca, Deniliquin, Swan Hill and Piangil between June 7 and 10. For more, email: [email protected]…
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EMUs in Queensland built by Bombardier… in India!
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QUEENSLAND Rail is over half way through the roll out of a new EMU fleet, after first introducing the train in December 2017. Unlike all previous EMU fleets in Queensland this one is not being built in Australia, but instead is being built by Bombardier in India. The trains are being assembled in Savli, Gujarat,…
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Oil instead of coal for Puffing Billy Railway
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THE Puffing Billy Railway has converted one of its fleet of ‘NA’ class locos to burn oil instead of coal to reduce fire risk. The move will enable steam operation even in hot summer months. The conversion is the first of its kind outside Europe, and was developed in conjunction with Dampflokomotiv und Maschinenfabrik (DLM)…
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Appeal to save North British 4-8-2 tank engine
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THE UK-based North British Loco (NBL) Preservation Group has announced an urgent appeal for funds to preserve North British-built, heavy duty 4-8-2T locomotive No. 25916. The 1,067mm-gauge loco was one of 42 similar locos built for industrial use in South Africa between 1929 and 1955. Over the years, most of them have been scrapped, but the…
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EE diesels stand in for DMUs
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PORTUGUESE Railways (CP) recently ran the entire service at the eastern end of the Douro Valley line using loco-hauled trains for the first time in many years. These operated between Marco de Cavaneses and Pocinho via Régua in January and February as the line west of Marco de Cavaneses was closed because of an engineering…
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‘Chargers’ for Amtrak and VIA Rail
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BOTH major national passenger rail operators in North America placed orders for significant numbers of Siemens 4,400HP ‘Charger’ diesel-electric loco in December. Canadian national passenger company VIA Rail ordered 32 ‘Chargers’ in early-December, along with 32 new push-pull trains which the locos will operate. VIA Rail plans to use the new trains, which will cost…
