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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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UK railway news round-up
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The Railway Hub’s weekly round-up of the latest railway news. Here are this week’s top stories…
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December issue out now!
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Railway Magazine Guide to Modelling has a mission to enthuse modellers of all ages and abilities, and help them get more from this fantastic hobby.
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Issue 261 on sale!
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At last – a major milestone sees Corwen return on line after 51 years! Issue 261 of Heritage Railway magazine has got the lot.
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Rail unions welcome Labour party pledge to end driver-only trains
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Unions have welcomed a pledge by Labour to end the “discriminatory practice” of driver-only trains on the railways, guaranteeing there will be a second member of fully trained staff.
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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!
