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Midsomer Norton holds its first diesel gala
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THE Somerset & Dorset Railway at Midsomer Norton has relied on diesel power for many of its past operating days, but the March 9-10 event was the first to be advertised as a diesel gala. Both diesels were running, much of the time in top-and-tail mode as there is no run-round at the current southern…
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Locomotive Services to stage Virgin charity open day at Crewe
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AROUND 30 main line steam, diesel and electric locomotives are being lined up for an open day to be staged at Locomotive Services’ modernised former Crewe diesel depot on Saturday, June 8. The event is being organised by Virgin Trains staff based at Crewe station – supported by our sister publication The Railway Magazine –…
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Former Alstom factory reduced to rubble at Washwood Heath
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DEMOLITION of the former Alstom factory at Washwood Heath began in late-February. The site was previously used by Metro-Cammell, and was where the majority of Virgin ‘Pendolino’ trains were completed. Redevelopment of the site – located at the centre of the HS2 network – is in excess of 110,000 sq m, and will permit the…
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HS2 unveils designs for Old Oak Common interchange
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HIGH Speed 2 Ltd has revealed the designs for the HS2 Phase 1 station at Old Oak Common, and appointed construction partners for its two London stations. Old Oak Common will have platforms both below and above ground, linked by a ‘light and airy’ concourse, and will eventually have direct services to three major airports…
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Beeches Light Railway moving to new site
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Adrian Shooter has announced his Beeches Light Railway will close permanently.
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£39billion plan to transform northern England’s rail network
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THE region’s ‘single biggest transport intervention since the Industrial Revolution’ is the bold ambition unveiled in Transport for the North’s (TfN) plans to develop the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) network over the next 20 years. TfN’s board, which includes representatives of the various city regions, local and regional authorities, business leaders and transport bodies from…
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Scottish Government demands much better performance from ScotRail
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This follows the company having fallen well below its agreed targets in the National Rail Passenger Survey.
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Major improvements at Dawlish to reduce sea wall disruption
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Network Rail has spent months compiling a detailed report on the options for the future of the famous sea wall railway at Dawlish.
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Leicestershire’s Lost Railways
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By Neil Burgess A NUMBER of rail routes and stations throughout Leicestershire were lost to the ‘Beeching Axe’, but some of the more rural lines in the east of the county lost their passenger services in the 1950s or well before. This mainly pictorial book takes the reader on some interesting journeys – Leicester to…
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No. 10000 and the ‘Royal Wessex’
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The recent photos in The RM of No. 10000 working the ‘Royal Wessex’ (and the Up express at Bournemouth Central) reminded me of the problems associated with the running of this train when it was introduced in 1951. The Up and Down ‘Wessex’ was covered by two separate Bournemouth diagrams; originally light Pacifics were rostered. …
