Diesel
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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 5
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Increasing affluence and a second-hand car allowed the author a geographical range previously denied to him and with various pals he embarked in the 1970s and 1980s on a number of expeditions.
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Severn Valley Railway gearing up for Easter reopening
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Severn Valley Railway has announced that the railway will reopen to visitors for Easter.
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Hitachi Rail to launch UK first long distance battery trains
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Long-distance trains will run on battery power in a UK first, manufacturer Hitachi Rail has announced.
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Northern rail network makes final Pacer train journey
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A railway network has bid a final farewell to its fleet of Pacer trains after more than three decades of service.
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National lockdown delays Blue Pullman launch
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A NATIONAL coronavirus lockdown running from November 5 to December 2 has forced Locomotive Services Limited to postpone the launch run of its ‘Blue Pullman’ HST.
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Remembering the ‘Clay Tigers’
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With the release of the Kernow model, David Ratcliffe profiles a career that spanned two decades.
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German ‘Rabbits’ days numbered
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GERMAN Railways (DB) had hundreds of diesel-hydraulic locos introduced in the 1960s and 1970s to replace steam, but their days working passenger trains are now coming to an end. Of the several hundred ‘V160’ B-B design locos built, only the final variant – Class 218 – remains in use with DB for passenger services. They…
