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‘Highline’ for London?
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After the success of New York’s ‘High Line’ project, which converted a disused railway in to a hugely popular pedestrian walkway, Keith Fender looks at plans to bring a similar project to London. NEW York was by no means the first city to develop a linear urban park based on an old railway line. Paris…
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‘Highline’ for London?
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After the success of New York’s ‘High Line’ project, which converted a disused railway in to a hugely popular pedestrian walkway, Keith Fender looks at plans to bring a similar project to London. NEW York was by no means the first city to develop a linear urban park based on an old railway line. Paris…
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‘Highline’ for London?
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After the success of New York’s ‘High Line’ project, which converted a disused railway in to a hugely popular pedestrian walkway, Keith Fender looks at plans to bring a similar project to London. NEW York was by no means the first city to develop a linear urban park based on an old railway line. Paris…
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Railway relics
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Steve Ryszka presents another selection of railway architecture images showing erstwhile railway company names, crests and signs, which still provide a reminder of the halcyon days of railways. View more images in the January 2019 issue of The RM – on sale now!
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Railway relics
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Steve Ryszka presents another selection of railway architecture images showing erstwhile railway company names, crests and signs, which still provide a reminder of the halcyon days of railways. View more images in the January 2019 issue of The RM – on sale now!
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Shirebrook diesel depot
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Robin Stewart-Smith remembers the busy Nottinghamshire motive power depot which, in its heyday, provided locos for many coal trains emanating from local collieries. SHIREBROOK Diesel Depot officially opened in June 1965 as a new-build ‘running shed’ resulting from the BR’s Modernisation Plans. It was ideally placed to service the diesel locomotive fleet that worked the…
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Shirebrook diesel depot
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Robin Stewart-Smith remembers the busy Nottinghamshire motive power depot which, in its heyday, provided locos for many coal trains emanating from local collieries. SHIREBROOK Diesel Depot officially opened in June 1965 as a new-build ‘running shed’ resulting from the BR’s Modernisation Plans. It was ideally placed to service the diesel locomotive fleet that worked the…
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The ‘Lanky’ devotee who saved… Southern engines
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Worth Valley founding father Richard Greenwood has followed steam for a lifetime, both at the lineside and in the thick of preservation. He tells his remarkable life story to Howard Johnston. As he strolls quietly through Haworth yard at his beloved Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (KWVR), Richard Greenwood has good reason to be satisfied…
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What’s in the Shops: An O-gauge MGR hopper wagon from Dapol
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Dapol’s well-detailed O-gauge MGR coal hopper wagon sells for a very attractive price.
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Greater Anglia simulator gears up for new train fleets as ‘FLIRT’ makes first test run
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GREATER Anglia is making extensive use of ‘immersive’ simulator technology to prepare for the introduction of its new train fleets over the next two years. Housed at Ipswich station, GA’s ‘Mission Room’ features a simulator with wrap-around screens that are being used to check for issues needing to be resolved before the 169 new trains…
