Chris Milner

  • Nameplate auction takes Crewe charity event total to more than £70,000

    Nameplate auction takes Crewe charity event total to more than £70,000

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    Predicted wet and windy weather failed to deter visitors from attending the Crewe diesel depot open day on June 8.

  • Locomotive Services gets two Class 73s

    Locomotive Services gets two Class 73s

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    CREWE-based Locomotive Services Limited (LSL) has acquired two Class 73 electro-diesel locos. One of the pair is the first of the class – a ‘JA’ type, which dates from 1962. No. 73001 (E6001) has been acquired from the Dean Forest Railway and arrived at Crewe by road on May 2. The other acquisition is No. 73002,…

  • July start for King’s Cross ‘throat’ remodelling work

    July start for King’s Cross ‘throat’ remodelling work

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    WEEKEND part-closures on July 13-14 and August 24-26 will mark the start of Network Rail’s £237million scheme to renew and remodel the station throat at London King’s Cross.  Over the coming months, life-expired trackwork, overhead line equipment (OHLE) and signalling, dating from the last remodelling in the 1970s, will gradually be replaced over the first…

  • Straighter and faster for Midland Main Line at Market Harborough

    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…

  • Fleet Focus: Britain’s new trains

    Fleet Focus: Britain’s new trains

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    Exciting times are ahead as the first trains of two new fleets entered service during April and May.

  • Paddington hosts HST farewell

    Paddington hosts HST farewell

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    After almost 44 years of sterling service, the InterCity 125 – which transformed long-distance travel for British Rail – has ended its association with London Paddington.

  • TransPennine accepts first of 13 ‘Nova 3’ sets

    TransPennine accepts first of 13 ‘Nova 3’ sets

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    TRANSPENNINE has received the first of 13 ‘Nova 3’ carriage sets.

  • Greater Anglia to run Class 37 farewell railtour in May

    Greater Anglia to run Class 37 farewell railtour in May

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    Just 250 seats are available and are sold on a first-come-first served basis, with tickets priced at £80.

  • Is it a bus? Is it a train? It’s a supertram!

    Is it a bus? Is it a train? It’s a supertram!

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    John Heaton FCILT takes a look at Britain’s first tram-train operation in Sheffield.

  • Campaigners urge action on new passenger routes

    Campaigners urge action on new passenger routes

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    REOPENING 33 sections of railway across Britain could bring 500,000 more people within walking distance of a main line station, generating an extra 20 million journeys every year, according to a new report by the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT).  At an estimated overall cost of between £4.76billion and £6.39bn, 343 miles of passenger railway…

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