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HeadlineNews
Six-year ‘fleet recovery’ plan to address cracking issues
ORR to work with Hitachi Rail and partners on permanent solution after making several recommendations
NR completes big Easter programme
A LARGE programme of repairs, renewals and upgrades
Crack-affected West Midlands Metro service to restart by ‘end of May’
WEST Midlands Metro operator Midland Metro Ltd (MML)
Ukrainian railways feel the force of Russian attacks
Railways in the east are targeted as repairs get underway to keep the railways running
Great Musgrave planning decision awaited
A TARGET date of May 27 has been
SIDELINES
Report into WCML speeding incidents THE Rail Accident
OBITUARY
Jim Wrinn JIM Wrinn, editor of Trains magazine
Brigg Line services suspended indefinitely
Staff shortages and the after-effects of Covid are the reasons given
SIDELINES
Ukraine aid train UK Rail for Ukraine, a
Pendennis Castle returns to action at Didcot
Iconic steam loco with links to The RM is back in traffic after almost 30 years
First refurbished ‘Pendolino’ back in traffic
AVANTI West Coast’s No. 390125 has become the
Merseyrail returns to pre-Covid service
MERSEYRAIL has announced many of its routes will
Lifetime Achievement Award for NNR chair
EAST COAST YANKEES: Filming took place at King’s
YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A UNIQUE PIECE OF RAILWAY HISTORY AND HELP RAILWAY GOOD CAUSES!
EASTERN Rail Services (ERS) is offering readers the
SIDELINES
Plans for 50 new stations in Scotland THINK
Deals announced in build-up to GBR
The Government has announced a half-price fare offer, further funding for innovation, and a new management contract for the Govia network
New support for rail innovation fund
THE Government is continuing its ‘First of a
Govia gets National Rail Contract with TPE expected to follow
THE Department for Transport has affirmed its policy
HS2News
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Final design unveiled for Thame Valley viaduct
Plans to construct it ‘like a giant Lego set’ will cut carbon footprint
Design for Chiltern Tunnel northern portals revealed
IMAGES have been released showing the intended look
MP claims the Golborne Spur plan will be scrapped
BASE SLAB FINISHED: The base slab for an
Features
YEARS APART… 40013 ANDANIA
Same locomotive, same location, but taken with a gap of 39 years in between!
The Brontës,
Bob Gwynne, associate curator at the National R ailway Museum, describes how the lives of the famous literary family the Brontës was intertwined with the pioneering days of the railway network, with their journeys providing a touchstone of what rail travel was like in those early days
WHICH WAY FROM HEATHROW?
World Record Officially the world’s longest-running railway series, established in 1901
CENTIPEDES, SHARKNOSES AND THE END OF BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS
CLASSIC AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES
THE FLEET AHEAD OF ITS TIME
A plan in the final years of British Rail to sell off the Class 25/9 f leet to an independent operator came tantalisingly close to fruition, but ultimately proved to be just a few years ahead of its time. Former BR freight manager Mike Jones describes the benefits it would have offered to rail, but how ultimately it was killed off by accountants
Track Record
Nine locos for Cotswold Festival of Steam!
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway gala to remember Somerset & Dorset Railway with intensive service and a host of attractions
Cambrian trains now serve a brewery!
Microbrewery proves a key attraction as Cambrian Heritage Railways opens its extension from Oswestry to Weston Wharf
Key milestone reached for Great Central reunification project
Green light for work to start on new bridge for ‘missing link’ northwards
Grant boosts iron ore wagon project
Tippler rake to be re-created at Pitsford & Brampton
Dereham Toad refreshed
No. 17438 inside the shed at Dereham on
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Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Hunslet side tank conversions in multiple
Quainton and Didcot both make progress on 0-6-0 rebuild projects
‘Austerities’ on the move as summer hires begin
THE start of the summer operating season has
Steam Portfolio Track Record
THE WELSH CONNECTION: In this delightfully composed scene,
Remembering the last days of Penrhyn steam at Stat fold opener
Working fleet included 13 in steam plus a diesel railcar and an electric tram!
Loco to haul its first public trains in 20 years at Rudyard
Lady Jane Gray to operate on Staffordshire line for 2022 season
Grant helps fund 1245 restoration
Glazing and painting are among jobs to complete on Glasgow tram
Visiting diesels for North Norfolk gala
Intensive service booked to feature Classes 08, 20, 25, 31, 37 and 101
Classic Traction Portfolio
MIDLAND MAGNIFICENCE: A Midland loco in a Midland
RCS cancels ‘Staycation Express’ 2022 season
Could regular HST excursions run on the Central Wales Line in 2023?
Coventry’s expanded £82m station opens
Popular station now offers significantly enhanced facilities
DCRail trials china clay by-product train
Working is second recent test run from Hackney Yard
Multi-million pound Supertram investment confirmed
Sheffield system revamp and other light rail plans to benefit from DfT cash
‘Dual fuel’ concepts released for existing diesel traction
SBL-Rail and G-volution put forward conversion proposals for three classes of locomotive
Turning out the tables: Hitachi boosts UK supplier
West Midlands business to supply furnishings for ‘Aurora’ Fleet
WAGON REPORT
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Rail requirement for road route upgrade
Road report recommends the introduction of hourly direct rail services between Limerick and Cork
Tehachapi Loop visitor facilities upgraded
Californian spiral gains a viewing area, allowing lengthy freight trains to be better observed by members of the public
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