Great Western Main Line
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Four centuries on… Mayflower to honour the Mayflower
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DAVID Buck’s Thompson ‘B1’ 4-6-0 No. 61306 Mayflower will pay homage to the ship of the same name next September when it heads a commemorative railtour from London to Plymouth and Penzance to mark the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers to the Americas. Steam Dreams’ ‘Mayflower 400’ will leave London Paddington at…
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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.
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Electrification back on the agenda as costs could be slashed by up to half
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The cost of electrifying UK railways could be slashed by between a third and one-half of recent schemes.
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Practice & Performance: Thames-Valley transformation
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In the third and final instalment, Keith Farr concludes his analysis of the steam-to-electric transformation the Great Western Main Line has undergone in the Thames Valley. Part two of this series ended with a brief eulogy of Class 387s, the electric trains that have transformed stopping services between Paddington and Didcot. The new EMUs are…
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End of the line for Old Oak Common HST depot
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REDUCTION of the use of HST trains by GWR and the need to redevelop parts of Old Oak Common has brought the curtain down on the west London depot’s long association with the InterCity 125. The workshops and loco depot, affectionately known as ‘The Factory’, was demolished several years ago as parts of the site…
