The Railway Magazine
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Donations to Market Deeping Model Railway Club appeal soars to £100k
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Market Deeping Model Railway Club lost years of work after intruders got into a school in Stamford on Saturday.
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Summer reopening plan for damaged Conwy Valley line
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Work is underway to repair the Conwy Valley Line in North Wales after flooding washed away significant sections of the line for the second time in three years.
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£300m to improve access at 73 stations
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73 stations are sharing a £300million Government cash injection to improve access for all passengers.
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Shotts line £160m wiring work completed on time
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THE £160million project to electrify a fifth route between Edinburgh and Glasgow has been completed on time and on budget. The electrification project has been undertaken to cater for projected growth in passenger numbers from towns such as Livingston and West Calder into Edinburgh in the east and from Cleland and Shotts into Glasgow in…
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Scunthorpe steelworks rail tours remain popular
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Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society runs rail tours around the busy rail-served complex of British Steel’s Scunthorpe steelworks on selected summer weekends.
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Semaphore swansong at Reedham Junction
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REEDHAM Junction signalbox in Norfolk, along with its numerous semaphore signals, was decommissioned after the last train passed on the evening of March 22, reports Richard Horner. Its abolition took place ahead of a nine-day engineering possession during which further extensive works were carried out at Reedham, Cantley and Brundall under Network Rail’s Norwich, Yarmouth…
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Contrasting locos debut at Norwich club track
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The builder is unknown, but it is possibly of pre-Second World War origin.
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South Downs Light Railway preparing for another busy season
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There are two annual enthusiast events – the steam gala on May 25-27 and visiting locos weekend, September 28-29.
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‘Brexit Express’ Nancy returns to steam and heads for Ireland
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Restoration to steam of ex-Eastwell Iron Ore Quarries 3ft-gauge Avonside 0-6-0T Nancy (1547/1908) has been completed.
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Belfast’s new Transport Hub gains planning approval
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The approval paves the way for a new multi-million pound facility, which will be built near the current Europa Buscentre.
