The Railway Magazine
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Wrong IET set at Castle Cary for Glastonbury event founder naming
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Words: Peter Nicholson Castle Cary station, Somerset, on the GWR’s West of England Main Line, has new station signs reading ‘Castle Cary Station of the Glastonbury Festival‘. The signs were officially dedicated on the morning of April 9 by 83-year old Michael Eavis, the festival’s founder, who was included in a list of 100 Great…
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First Class 70 over Coalville branch
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THE freight-only Coalville line in Leicestershire has seen the passage of its first Class 70. No. 70802 became the first of the class over the line on April 1 when it was used on a Westbury to Stud Farm working to collect ballast. Colas is understood to have just taken over this working for Network Rail…
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Class 390 ‘Pendolino’ No. 390039 named to mark Coventry as City of Culture 2021
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The name was chosen following a competition on BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire.
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First Maritime Class 66s unveiled by DB Cargo
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DB CARGO has signed a long-term agreement with Maritime Transport Ltd to run Maritime Intermodal, a new rail freight operation.
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GB Railfreight ‘50s’ heading for the Settle & Carlisle
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This follows the success of their recent outing to Cornwall.
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BLS charity tour to explore Yorkshire freight lines with Colas and WCRC ’37s’
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No fewer than four rarely visited freight installations in Yorkshire will be explored by the Branch Line Society on July 20.
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Clun Castle to perform for Ironbridge branch farewell
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Two more opportunities to ride behind Tyseley’s restored No. 7029 Clun Castle on June 9.
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Vossloh delivers new ‘DE18’ locos across Europe
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LOCOMOTIVE builder Vossloh, which opened a new factory in Kiel-Suchsdorf in northern Germany last year, is building up to 50 new diesel locos a year. Currently, all those being built are its new four-axle ‘DE18’ design. Unlike previous Vossloh designs these are diesel-electric locos and incorporate an MTU 12V 4000 R43L engine. Many have been bought…
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Boston’s historic high-speed line cars to be replaced?
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THE long-term future of Boston’s Mattapan to Ashmont high-speed line Presidents’ Conference Committee (PCC) tramcars is in doubt. They were built in 1945/46 and are the oldest passenger vehicles in continuous regular public transport service in the USA. Boston area transport authority MBTA is now consulting on possible replacements for the vehicles, which are almost…
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American freight locos rebuilt in Estonia
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AMERICAN manufactured diesel locos, once used in the USA, are being completely rebuilt in Estonia for use there and also in Ukraine. Estonian state-owned rail freight company Operail inherited the former US Class 1-operated diesel locos which were imported during 2002/03 when the business was run by private company Baltic Rail Services – trading as…
