Drogheda to get charged up for DART +

Join us at Statfold Barn for a day out with DHR No. 19B

THE new owner of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway No.

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Cornish crossings A stunning view of a GWR

‘Red’ rating given to HS2 project

Public auditor the Infrastructure and Projects Authority considers successful delivery of HS2 Phase 1 and Phase 2a as ‘unachievable’.

Opposition mounts to ticket office closures

AFTER an extension of the consultation period, which

Scots’ strategic plan reflects Carmont lessons

Passengers load their bikes onto No. 153370 at

Network Rail faces prosecution over fatal Carmont HST crash

NETWORK Rail is to face prosecution over the

Two-seater Wickham joins Somerset venue’s events

FOLLOWING the success of Somerset & Dorset Railway

TPE tells staff loco-hauled Mk.5 sets will end this year

Operator plans to return to a unitbased fleet.

Two arrested for alleged mail raid

TWO teenagers were arrested over an alleged attempt

Grand Central takes on ‘Voyagers’

FORMER Avanti West Coast DMUs Nos. 221142 and

Application process for Transport and Works Act Orders modernised

THE process for authorising the construction or operation

All change in Cornwall:

DB Cargo withdrew the last of its four-wheel

Britannia suffers main line failure

Three days before its failure, No. 70000

Torrington return:

Preserved ‘Pacer’ No. 143617 starred at the Grand

New role for Northern ‘Pacer’:

Vehicle No. 55801 from set No. 144001

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Woodhead museum plan PLANS have been submitted to

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The RCTS and Mortons Media, publisher of The Railway Magazine, Heritage Railway, Rail Express, Railways Illustrated, have teamed up to launch a major new railway photographic competition with the chance of winning some fantastic prizes.

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RM tour cancelled after Alycidon failure A DECISION

First HST sets exported

Off lease power cars and MK.3s head across the Atlantic.

Railways in Parliament

Changing staff roles BATH MPWera Hobhouse pressed the

You can join us for a special ‘19B’ readers’ day at Statfold Barn

The new owners of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway No. 19B are offering Railway Magazine readers the chance to ride behind the loco before it is taken out of service for overhaul.

10 MINUTES 10 QUESTIONS

Former managing director of South West Trains Graham Eccles interrupts his retirement to speak with Steven Knight.

SIDELINES

Three quarters of tunnel excavated TUNNEL boring machines

Underbridge, overbridge in the West Midlands

Three bridges moved into position and one demolished as part of HS2 route preparations.

Conveyor takes the strain

IT is estimated that 70,000 lorry journeys will

Farewell to Cornwall’s CDAs

Paul Stanford FCIRO looks back at the CDA china clay wagon fleet, which was taken out of traffic in August after 35 years moving Cornwall’s ‘white gold’.

From Blue Pullmans to Fragonset ‘47s’

Midl and Transitions 2

Life’s a drag…

More than 25 years after the end of British Rail, many BR-era diesel locos are still finding a useful niche on today’s railway hauling new, stored and withdrawn vehicles between locations around the country.

Swiss gauge changers

Through trains between Montreux and Interlaken in Switzerland make use of novel technology to switch between standard and metre gauges en route, as Keith Fender explains.

NRM opens Wonderlab

York museum’s new interactive gallery aims to inspire a new generation of railway engineers.

Torbay Express in the 1950s

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Special memories of ‘Castles’ at work

SATURDAY, May 9, 1964 was a‘Castle’day out that

Royal ‘Castles’:

The‘Castle Centenary’ articles reminded me of a

Recalled on canvas:

In the 1950s, my family lived close

‘Castles’ in the air:

Here I am rushing through South Wales on

PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

■Which station is involved in the listed building

Locos by road

IT is always delightful to read your excellent

Shortest loco name

GORDON Casely relates (letters, August) how‘CBI’might have

Garbled message

I RECENTLY had cause to contact a train

Seaton pannier tanks

AS someone who knew the Seaton branch well,

Where is it?

LAST month’s picture (repeated right) was of single-car

San Francisco cable cars

I HAVE ridden San Francisco’s cable cars many

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Blue Peter’s return edges

closer: On August 21, the boiler for

Welsh theme for Forest steam gala

THE Dean Forest Railway’s October 14/15 Royal Forest

New home for ‘Black Five’

Severn Valley raises valuable funds through sale of LMS 4-6-0 which last ran in 2008.

Great Central comes up with the goods

BR‘5MT’4-6-0 No. 73156 departs Loughborough with a train

Prairie pair in steam at Cornish line

Having returned to service following overhaul, No. 5552

BR ‘4MT’ moves to Ropley ahead of hoped-for rebuild

BR‘4MT’2-6-4T No. 80150 was successfully relocated by rail

SIDELINES

Scotsman set for Doncaster NO. 60103 Flying Scotsman

SIDELINES

‘Terrier’ on tour THE Mid-Hants Railway has announced

Standard to bow out in style in North Norfolk

BR ‘4MT’to be withdrawn for overhaul following Poppy Line gala.

Severn Valley and Moors add further gala attractions

TWO‘premier league’heritage lines have announced additional attractions for

New East Lancs GM

EAST Lancashire Railway (ELR) has appointed Lee Kenny

Grange steaming set for November

RECREATED GWR‘Grange’ 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange is

Last trip:

NER ‘H’class 0-4-0T No. 1310 operated its

Funding paves way for Ruddington shed completion

GREAT Central Railway (Nottingham) Ltd (GCRN) has been

What next for LMS Patriot loco?

New-build locomotive project progress boiler and chassis but key contractor withdraws from third-party work.

‘T3’ tender rewheeled

No. 563’s tender at Herston Works on August

A Tanfield visitor to Butterley:

The Midland Railway at Butterley hired Hawthorn Leslie

Freight cameo scenes created

Restored wagons at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway are helping to recreate the past.

Need a dream wedding? This is Severn heaven

ARE you planning to tie the knot in

Foxfield ‘Knotty 100’ gala success

Event features visiting Barclay from Tanfield alongside popular

A Victorian British steam locomotive in Denmark

Hudswell Clarke Ostre Gasvaerk No 1 inside the

Blaenavon to celebrate 40th anniversary with special gala and varied roster

Rosyth No. 1 is set to be withdrawn

SINGLE LINES

■ JOE Horsley, volunteer general manager of the

New future for former Indian tank locomotive

Dismantled ex-Matheran Light Railway No. 740 set to be returned to steam.

Gala visitor

Moseley Railway Trust’s Hudswell Clarke ‘Ganges’ 0-6-0WT 1238/1916

Welsh Pony to star at L&BR 125th anniversary gala

FFESTINIOG &Welsh Highland Railway’s England 0-4-0STT Welsh Pony

Rail delivery for new line

PREPARATIONS for construction of the planned new Tweeddale

Gauging clearances

The test of Chinese C2 class 0-8-0 tender

New train for Lappa Valley in time for venue’s 50th anniversary

LAPPA Valley Railway has commissioned Alan Keef Ltd

Glyn Valley 150th anniversary marked at Chirk and Glyn Ceiriog

THE earliest days of the Glyn ValleyTramway (GVT)

Annual delights amid Threlkeld’s industrial charm

In this July 29 image, Cegin hauls the

Shortlisted

PAUL Lewin, director and general manager of Ffestiniog

Milestone moment

Steam swirls around Ffestiniog Railway’s new-build Double-Fairlie James

SINGLE LINES

■ THE stonework from the entrance to the

SINGLE LINES

■ HAYLING Light Railway’s Alan Keef Ltd 4wDH

Manx festival marks milestone anniversaries for railways

Owen Hayward reports on the ‘Year of the Railways 2023’.

Alishan diesel to debut hauling the goods at W&LLR gala

WELSHPOOL & Llanfair Light Railway’s (W&LLR) September 1-3

New Beyer Garratt loco launched

Battery-electric loco enters traffic at Cheshire line.

Open event held at Cranmore Miniature Railway

Visiting the ESMR gala on Saturday, July 29,

STEAM PORTFOLIO

1 SETTING OFF: SR Bulleid Pacific No. 34028

New home for ‘Centenary’ 645

Blackpool car could become second ‘Access Tram’at Crich Tramway Village.

Wirral Transport Museum transfer imminent

EARLY September has been set as the target

Heaton Park ‘firsts’ despite the rain

The ‘Tramtastic’ event on July 8, saw four

Oporto 196 is next Beamish priority

ONCE the extensive overhaul of Gateshead No. 10

SIDELINES

Highland Heritage and Cultural Centre closes THE crafts

SVR all set for diesel gala

Autumn modern traction event set to be a golden line-up of hydraulic locos.

Iris 2 debut:

The one-time departmental DMU Laboratory 19, Iris 2,

Preservation debut for Poppy Line DMU

CLASS 104 DTCL No. M56182 is due to

Shunters fore at 1940s gala

THE AvonValley Railway’s 1940s weekend on September 16-17

SIDELINES

Crewe Heritage Class 86 exported to Bulgaria CLASS

SR vehicles on the move

New homes for former ‘Brighton Belle’ and Southern

Departmental test train debut at GCR:

THE Heavy Tractor Group’s Railfreight Metals-liveried Class 37/7

SDRT shunters for sale

THE Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust’s (SDRT) notice

Nine locos for Epping Ongar

THE Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) announced its September

Diesels dominate WSR vintage rally

A rare sight at the WSR vintage rally

‘Rat’ takes the lead:

PICTURE: PAUL BIGGS Class 25 No. D7612

Large and small visitors for Dean Forest autumn gala

A RARE visitor for the Dean Forest Railway’s

NVR celebrates the 1980s

BRITISH Rail in the 1980s will be the

SINGLE LINES

Another ‘Pacer’ moved into preservation A FORMER Northern

Plus ça change…

Incredibly, more than four decades separate the ‘then’ and ‘now’ shots in these two pairs of photographs reflecting British Rail’s blue era.

‘Jacobite’ gets back on track

OPERATION of the popular ‘Jacobite’train between Fort William

New tour date

DUE to national strike action by RMT members

Pathfinder announces Christmas itineraries

Excursions offer traction and destination variety in the festive season.

Tornado tour plans cancelled for rest of 2023

Deputising for‘A1’No. 60163 Tornado on the ‘Aberdonian’ tour

Bluebell excursion for East Midlanders

AN opportunity for people living in the East

‘Deltic’ returns

On its first railtour following a major power

Seaside special

On July 29, Vintage Trains operated a‘Jolly Fisherman’

CrossCountry HST farewell tour sold out

A FAREWELL railtour to mark the planned withdrawal

Partnership formed to improve Manchester transport

A NEW partnership of Network Rail and Transport

Big refurbishment set for Keighley station

West Yorkshire interchange serving main line and heritage services to benefit from upgrade.

SIDELINES

‘Ozzy’ unveiled at New Street THE bull, which

Stations total rises as Portway joins network

THE opening of a new railway station in

Warwick’s step-free plans hit surprise foundation snag

WORK to provide Warwick station with new platform

Disused platform at Hull to reopen

NETWORK Rail is seeking to bring the disused

Electrification completed

COMPLETION of a £63million scheme to electrify the

Scottish structural refresh

Picture: NETWORK RAIL NETWORK Rail has completed the

Air purifying trial for New Street

A TRIAL of two air purifying devices has

Glenfinnan repairs plan submitted

NETWORK Rail has applied to Highland Council for

Accessibility upgrade plans

Picture: NETWORK RAIL NETWORK Rail has applied for

DB Cargo’s future without Class 90s

Chief exec says actions will not be ‘at the expense of decarbonisation’ – as lobbying continues for biofuel.

Derbyshire limestone quarry reconnected

LIMESTONE is once again being carried by rail

GBRf hauls Network Rail ballast from Lowestoft

GB Railfreight No. 66745 with the first working

Land acquired for Herts freight interchange

PROPERTY investment and development company SEGRO Plc has

Can you help save our railway legacy?

VOLUNTEERS have been the lifeblood of the heritage

Tram-trains unveiled at new Taff’s Well depot

TfW says the 36 Stadler ‘Citylink’ Class 398s will ‘revolutionise’ travel in the valleys of South Wales.

£14m in fines for Croydon failings

TRANSPORT for London has been fined £10 million

Metrolink mishap

The leading bogies of Bombardier M5000 tram No. 3096

Sunday Subway train testing underway

GLASGOW Subway was closed to passengers on Sundays

SIDELINES

All-night Edinburgh festival service EDINBURGH Trams operated a

SIDELINES

Class ‘57s’ in and ‘67’s out at GB

Chiltern Railways ‘cannot afford to wait’ for wires

Operator makes plans for a ‘greener future’ – without electrification.

Northern seeks up to 450 new multiple units

NORTHERN has issued a tender notice as it

North Wales first

Class 805 Nos. 805003 and 805001 are seen approaching

Ex-Avanti and EMR units in service with GC

TWO of the four Class 180 units which

‘Grid’ on hire

With five sets of wagons now in operation and

Coats of many colours

Ahead of the planned withdrawal of its High

TBF centenary marked

SOUTH Western Railway Class 450, No. 450100 was

Energy generation schemes at three depots

Govia Thameslink Railway agrees contracts for further schemes after successful trial at Streatham Hill.

Wagon Report

AN interesting Anglo-Scottish freight flow is the transport

STOCK UPDATE

POOL CODES GBBS GBRf Class 57 WAEC DBC

The network’s notable moves

Avanti West Coast HEAVY rain and flooding caused

Rail set for transformation

All-Island Rail review recommends electrification and new lines to be opened for passenger and freight use.

Restoring the gap in Northern Ireland’s railways network

THE Draft Rail review recommends the restoration of

Foynes line reconstruc tion is now in full swing as work on bridges gets under way

IARNRÓD ÉIREANN (IÉ) contractors completed the removal of

Two-day diesel railtour scheduled for October

THE Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) plans

Heritage diesels debut in preservation down under

Australian classic traction boosted following the return to action of two locomotives.

Wolsztyn Experience founder passes away

IN late June it was reported that Howard

Automated Metro opens in Montreal

THE first section of the Réseau Express Métropolitain

Polish freight locos help out for summer ‘extras’

PKP Cargo No. EU07 1516 at Bialystok in

Fleets of secondhand trains and trams provide aid for Ukraine

OVER 500 days into the ongoing war with