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EDITORIAL
Things are hotting up
DRS Class 66 No. 66424 powers through the
Headline News
Main lines closed as Britain swelters in record temperatures
No trains ran on the East Coast Main Line or Thameslink at the peak of the July heatwave as temperatures reached a new record.
Network Rail launches hot weather resilience task force
IN the aftermath of the recordbreaking temperatures that
Summer weather and industrial relations boil over to affect train operations
Rail reliability nosedives due to strike action and extreme temperatures.
Skelmersdale rail link plan rejected
DfT says report failed to make ‘compelling case’ for West Lancashire line extension and station.
SIDELINES
Stock highlights LOCOMOTIVE Services Ltd has purchased a
DRS to sell and lease back Class 37s
Arrangement will allow use of the locomotives to continue on Rail Head Treatment Trains.
Irish Government gives green light to Dublin Metrolink
New line will offer new connections between north and south of the city.
SIDELINES
DVD for Ukraine UKRAINIAN steam locomotives star in
HS2 News
SIDELINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Contractor announced for Solihull Interchange
Laing O’Rourke wins deal worth up to £370 million for key HS2 station.
Washwood Heath depot
WENDOVER DEAN WORK BEGINS: The first pile of
Regulars
Railways in Parliament
Southeastern investigations THE removal of Southeastern’s franchise prompted
Readers’ Platform
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MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 Pennine Railway Society. Doncaster Town
The RCTS: then and now
Britain’s leading Railway Society
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Ex-LMS ‘Princess Coronation’ No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland
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NEVER AGAIN – FINALE
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THIS is a group of locomotives with a
The Wellington, Much Wenlock & Craven Arms Railway
AUTHOR Adrian Knowles begins this extensive illustrated history
The Railways of Wigston Junction
PASSING through Wigston on the Midland Main Line
Reader Services
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Where is it?
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Features
FROM DERBY TO THE PYRAMIDS
ALSTOM, which bought Bombardier in 2021, is building 70 monorail trains for two monorail routes serving Egypt’s new capital city 45km east of Cairo. The trains are being built in the UK at Derby Litchurch Lane, and Keith Fender went along to view progress.
90 NOT OUT!
This year sees the 90th birthday of a remarkable survivor, the first purpose-built standard gauge diesel to be constructed for a main line railway company, as the Middleton Railway’s vice-president Ian Smith describes.
A BRIEF FLING
The Highland Main Line beckons as John Heaton FCILT heads north to tackle the climbs of Druimuachdar and Slochd by ‘Azuma’ and HST, also looking at the improvements since steam days on the Perth to Stirling section
ALL CHANGE AT SOUTHEND
New battery-powered trains have taken over from 30-year-old diesels on Southend’s famous Pier Railway, as Simon Murdoch reports.
Looking back at Lion
The BRCW’s experimental Co-Co diesel No. D0260 Lion entered service 60 years ago. Using previously unpublished archive documents and photographs, Andy Flowers looks back at what could have become the standard Type 4.
Track Record
SIDELINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Flexibility is crucial in an ever-changing world
Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland boss Paul Lewin provides an update on the current state of play – views which are applicable across Britain’s heritage rail sector.
‘B1’ relocates to Ruddington
POWERING EFFORTLESSLY: Now turned to face north and
King Edward I edges towards steam test
BACK IN ACTION: ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST Repulse (3698/1950) entered
Butterley ‘Jinty’ takes shape
LMS ‘Jinty’ 0-6-0T No. 16440 takes shape at
New-build County of Glamorgan progresses
THE boiler for new-build GWR No. 1014 County
Duke due back by mid-2023
NO. 71000 Duke of Gloucester is now expected
Gwili’s Carmarthen project gets underway
ON July 18, work began on the Gwili
SIDELINES
Waggoner on course THE return of Hunslet ‘Austerity’
Hunslet loco will be Quainton’s new No. 1!
Ex-NCB loco on course to make preservation steam debut.
Cambrian commemorates its 50th anniversary
HALF a century of railway preservation in Oswestry
Bury ‘4MT’ boiler tubes failure
EAST Lancashire Railwaybased BR ‘4MT’ No. 80097 has
LSWR ‘T3’ back on its wheels at Flour Mill
PRAIRIE TO VISIT NORTHANTS: GWR 2-6-2T No. 5553 is
‘G5’ appeals to ‘get connected’
CONSTRUCTION of 0-4-4-T No. 1759 by the Class
North Norfolk bounces back with positive numbers
SHAREHOLDERS attending the North Norfolk Railway plc’s AGM
DIARY
August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Nene Valley
Stowe away at Quainton Road
Chassis of Bluebell ‘Schools’ gets attention by Buckinghamshire contractor.
Watercress wagons on a roll
Operational fleet on course to receive welcome additions.
Fox field to celebrate ‘made in Stoke’
River Rom set to make passenger train debut.
Frame focus for ‘Austerity’ No. 69
THE restoration of Hunslet ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST (3785/1953) No.
Cylinder block casting issue halts Welsh Guardsman
LORD FISHER BOWS OUT: The Yeovil Railway Centre
Steam Portfolio
SUMMER VISITOR: L&Y Class 27 No. 52322 is
SINGLE LINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Funds needed as newbuild projects forge on
Appeals are launched to help boost Mountaineer and Gowrie construction
Passengers ride into Glyn Valley’s Chirk station
ADRIAN Shooter’s 1889-built Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Sharp Stewart
Bressingham objects to pylon route
THE trustees of Bressingham Steam Museum have formally
Plan approved for ALCO Mountaineer to convert to coal for return
A PLAN to restore Ffestiniog Railway’s (FR) ALCO
Atlantic Billie returns to Rhyl
RHYL Steam Preservation Trust has purchased Barnes 4-4-2
New-look Rachel enters service at Cleethorpes
Rebuild represents a nod towards the loco’s appearance during its Fairbourne Railway days
Amberley’s Bagnall Peter is relaunched into traffic
A PTG Tours charter on June 6 covered
Seven in steam at Amerton
AMERTON Railway’s June 25-26 gala featured seven locomotives
Good news and not so good news for Alford Valley revival efforts
ALFORD Valley Community Railway (AVCR) has been awarded
SINGLE LINES
■ FAIRBOURNE Railway’s historic 15in gauge stock, including
Trago Mills line to host gala
Bickington Steam Railway event to offer ‘rare haulage’ with visiting locomotive
SIDELINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Trams are back on-track at Crich
All areas of the site reopen to the public after essential overhead line repairs.
DIARY
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Diesel variety in the forest
THE Dean Forest Railway’s September 17-18 diesel gala
‘Clayton’ proves a big hit at West Somerset event
WSR’s first annual diesel gala for three years did not disappoint.
Spa Valley marks 25th anniversary with diesel galas
THE first of two Spa Valley Railway summer
Diesel and ale variety
THE Avon Valley held a littlepublicised diesel event
LMS 10000 project needs £30,000 to secure unique components
THE Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society, which is building
SIDELINES
Class 37 displayed at Crewe Heritage Centre DIRECT
Railbus to be restored
New life breathed into former Western Region AC Car unit at Swindon & Cricklade Railway
Western Queen commemorations continue at SVR
ECCLESBOURNE ‘DELTIC’ FAREWELL DELAYED: The Deltic Preservation Society’s
ClassicTraction Portfolio
‘WHISTLER’ IN THE SUNSHINE: Pioneer Class 40 No.
Tornado return is delayed
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
‘Thumper ’ unit continues southern wanderings
Hastings Diesels DEMU No. 1001 set to operate two further trips this summer.
Mainline ‘Polar Express’ returns
BULLEID POWER: ‘Merchant Navy’ No. 35018 British India
Steams Dreams operations reviewed
JUST a month following the sale of the
AUGUST: STEAM RAILTOURS
AUGUST: DIESEL & ELECTRIC RAILTOURS
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NOTES
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Class 33s to visit Margate
CLASS 33s over their former Southern Region stamping
Railtours Portfolio
The Class 40 Preservation Society’s Type 4 No.
SIDELINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Three Cornish ’boxes to close by November 2023
Shortage of signalling staff and hardware reliability problems drive scheme.
Planning approved for Forth Bridge experience
PLANNING consent for Network Rail to develop a
New points at Tyseley
A FOUR-day engineering possession in late June has
Amazon lockers installed at LNW and WMR stations
LONDON Northwestern Railway is installing Amazon lockers at
‘Milestone’ Transpennine route improvements approved
THE signing of a Transport and Works Act
Scottish network gets £120m electrification boost
NETWORK Rail is to invest more than £120m
Brent Cross station gets its roof
Construction of Brent Cross West station, working towards
New station entrances included in £95m Bristol redevelopment plan
NETWORK Rail has revealed a £95m regeneration of
SIDELINES
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Government sets out ‘long-term vision’ for freight
Priorities include the establishment of a multi-modal national freight network.
Rail-connected Birmingham plant cements Hanson’s sustainability strategy
HANSON’S new multi-million pound ready-mixed concrete plant at
Maritime rail deals
MARITIME Transport has agreed terms to extend the
SIDELINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Track replacement projects underway
Stretches of Metrolink and NET routes closed for renewal of worn-out track.
LRSSB outlines its vision for the future in business plan
TESTING AT TALBOT ROAD: On June 27, Platinum
SIDELINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Digital monitoring upgrade for GWR Hitachi fleet
The introduction of wireless technology is predicted to half the downtime for bogie and wheelset maintenance.
Speed limiters for Hitachi fleets
HITACHI has confirmed to The RM that limiters
Network gains with Northern ‘Intelligent Train’ technology
HAPPY RETURN FOR ‘EXECUTIVE’: To mark 40 years
Additional Class 69s due for GBRf
GB RAILFREIGHT has confirmed an order for a
Class 230 technical setbacks
TfW hopeful of entry into service by end of 2022 after knock-on effect of battery overheating issue.
WAGON REPORT
IRON ore was one of the first major
Stock Update
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Operations
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
SIDELINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Iarnród Éireann generates a surplus
Positive news for state-owned national operator despite some Covid-19 restrictions remaining in place in 2021.
Near miss results in safety recommendation
DART + WEST APPLICATION TO BE SUBMITTED: Iarnród
Downpatrick trains resume – but volunteers needed
AFTER an absence of two years, Ireland’s only
World
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
New trains for Switzerland
Lines across the country in multiple gauges benefit from rolling stock investment
TGV visits Prague as plans for high-speed network develop
TGV set 16 on display at Praha hl.n
Alaska’s White Pass route adds modern diesels
Old and new WPYR motive power at Skagway
Taigatrommel on tour in Germany
FOR the first time in many years a
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