Search results for: “2010”
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Five things you might not know about King’s Cross station
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King’s Cross station’s historical and cultural fame have made this hub popular worldwide.
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Lazarus Locomotives: A Clan for all season
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One of the most exciting new-build steam locomotive projects is that to recreate a BR ‘Clan’. Robert Ife, commercial director of the Standard Steam Locomotive Company, brings readers up to speed with progress, and the next stages. POSSIBLY not all readers will have heard of The ‘Clan’ Project, one of the many new-build steam projects…
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HS2 timeline: Key moments in the high speed rail project
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The Railway Hub takes a look back at the key moments in our HS2 timeline.
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From the archive: Last of the Giants – SNCF CC72000
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Late August saw the final regular workings of France’s most powerful diesel locomotives. Ben Jones looks back at their varied career. AFTER the devastation of the Second World War, the railways of France recovered quickly during the 1950s. Electrification was a priority, with most of the major routes radiating from Paris and much of the…
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Blue Class 20s bring back ‘Skeggy’ holiday memories
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Happy memories of Class 20s on summer-dated holiday trains to Skegness were rekindled on May 27 when Pathfinder Tours took a pair of blue EE Type 1s back to the Lincolnshire coast. Harry Needle Railroad Co Nos. 20096 and 20107, usually hired to GB Railfreight for London Underground ‘S’ stock movements, took charge of the…
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Caledonian Sleeper’s Mk5 stock: an overnight sensation?
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Caledonian Sleeper’s new Mk5 stock has rarely been out of the headlines since it was introduced. Ben Jones takes a ride on this new generation of Spanish-built overnight stock to see if it delivers on its promises of a quality hotel experience. Having been in decline for decades, killed off by indifference, variable quality, high…
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From the archive: New Yankee jewel in the Exmoor crown!
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It is 82 years since the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway closed, and 38 years since a revivalist association was formed. One of its core mission statements was to restore the legendary line exactly as it was – and thanks to the culmination of a £650,000 new build locomotive project, now has a complete ‘original’ train.…
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Straighter and faster for Midland Main Line at Market Harborough
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Market Harborough station reopened to passengers on June 3 after a six-day blockade to connect the newly realigned station to the Midland Main Line (MML). Originally planned as part of the MML electrification programme, the elimination of tightly curved platforms in the Leicestershire town allows higher line speeds and increases safety for passengers using the…
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A Lincolnshire Phoenix
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It seems inconceivable that a steam-worked narrow gauge railway would be built in the 1960s to fulfil a real passenger transport need.
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Freight Focus: Fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’
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David Ratcliffe reviews the fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’ workings.
