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  • Shotts line £160m wiring work completed on time

    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…

  • Scunthorpe steelworks rail tours remain popular

    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.

  • Semaphore swansong at Reedham Junction

    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…

  • Contrasting locos debut at Norwich club track

    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.

  • South Downs Light Railway preparing for another busy season

    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.

  • ‘Brexit Express’ Nancy returns to steam and heads for Ireland

    ‘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.

  • Belfast’s new Transport Hub gains planning approval

    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.

  • Barclay David back in traffic at Haverthwaite

    Barclay David back in traffic at Haverthwaite

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    The Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway’s Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST David (2333/1953) returned to operational service on April 2.

  • Courtaulds Peckett means steam returns to East Kent

    Courtaulds Peckett means steam returns to East Kent

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    MARTIN Staniforth’s former Courtaulds Peckett ‘OY-1’ 0-4-0ST No. 2087 returned steam to the East Kent Railway (EKR) for the first time in almost 20 years in late-March to help celebrate the EKR’s 30th anniversary.  An initial test run took place on March 22 followed by a members’-only event two days later when the Peckett worked…

  • VIDEO: Launch of Class 800 Azuma at London King’s Cross

    VIDEO: Launch of Class 800 Azuma at London King’s Cross

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    Azuma arrives in London for first passenger service, 11:03am from London King’s Cross to Leeds.


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