NIR’s largest station to be renamed after 42 years. BELFAST Central station is to be renamed Lanyon Place, which will coincide with a project to improve the main entrance and internal facilities of the through
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‘Peak’ could go main line
Crewe-based Locomotive Services has added a Class 45 to its growing loco fleet. FURTHER expansion of the Locomotive Services fleet took place in early February with the acquisition of ‘Peak’ No. 45118 The Royal Artilleryman
Read moreActon Works expansion
Construction has begun on a new four-road Train Modification Unit for upgrading 1992 Stock. WORK has begun to build a new £23.3 million workshop at London Underground’s Acton Works, in West London. The 550sq m
Read moreHERITAGE AWARD FOR BURY ‘105’
The East Lancashire Railway’s Bury Unit Team picked up the Heritage Railway Association/Rail Express Modern Traction Award at a ceremony held in Birmingham on February 10. The award recognised the superb 20-year restoration of ‘Cravens’
Read moreBI-MODE TRIES OUT INVERNESS DEPOT
GWR-liveried IET No. 800303 reached Inverness on February 28 to become the first of its type to enter the depot there, which has had a £5 million upgrade to handle the new trains. The bi-mode
Read moreThe D200 story
Sixty years ago, the first Class 40 – or English Electric Type 4 as it was then known – was released from Vulcan Foundry. David Russell tells the story of ‘Green Goddess’ No. D200, which
Read morePrepare for change!
WHAT a year 2018 is already shaping up to be. I’m not talking about the ‘Beast from the East’, although the railway companies and all their staff have to be commended for the way they
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FEATURES 14 THE D200 STORY Charting 60 years of the pioneer Class 40. 18 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN A round-up of the other preserved ‘40s’. 19 CLASS 40 POSTER POSER Can you solve this 1970s riddle?
Read moreRIDE WITH RAIL EXPRESS!
Join us for a double-headed Class 50 tour over the Settle & Carlisle and Cumbrian Coast Lines. CONTINUING the celebrations to mark 50 years of the Class 50s, Rail Express has teamed up with Pathfinder
Read moreBarrow Hill Roundhouse gearing up for spectacular celebrations
WORLD famous steam locomotives Flying Scotsman and Tornado (pictured) have arrived at Barrow Hill Roundhouse ahead of this weekend’s celebrations to mark the reopening of the iconic visitor attraction following its £1.2million refurbishment. Sir Peter
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