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  • Tunnelling for Northern Line extension due to commence

    Tunnelling for Northern Line extension due to commence

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    Sam Hewitt

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    WHILE the future of the Croxley link remains in the balance, drilling work for the Northern Line extension to Battersea is due to begin in March. Two machines will each drill two miles (3.2km) creating 5.2 metre tunnels between Kennington and the Battersea development via Nine Elms. Both tunnel boring machines (TBMs) were given female…

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  • Doubt over Croxley extension

    Doubt over Croxley extension

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Funding problems are again dogging the planned Metropolitan Line extension into Watford Junction via the Croxley Link. THE Mayoral Business Plan published in December 2016 made no explicit reference to the Croxley Link extension, raising fears about the plan to run Metropolitan Line trains into Watford Junction station. If given the green light, the works…

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  • Design changes needed for Class 230 D-Train gensets

    Design changes needed for Class 230 D-Train gensets

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Vivarail promises no repeat of the engine fire in December that scuppered hopes of a first passenger trial for the converted trains. VIVARAIL has announced an action plan to prevent further fires occurring in its Class 230 ‘D-Train’ units, such as the one in the trailing vehicle of test unit No. 230001 near Kenilworth on December 30.…

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  • CHANNEL TUNNEL TANKS:

    CHANNEL TUNNEL TANKS:

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The use of European loading-gauge wagons as far as Dollands Moor, or even into East London, is no longer a surprise, writes Gareth Bayer. However, the night of January 17 brought the unexpected sight of DB six-axle Samms flat wagons in the UK on a trial for the Ministry of Defence to assess the possibility…

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  • A shunter for the Southern

    A shunter for the Southern

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Seeking to recreate an everyday sight from his youth, Stu Davies describes how to modify the Bachmann Class 03 shunter to represent one of the batch employed on the Southern Region, in particular the Weymouth Quay tramway. FOR many years, the Weymouth Harbour tramway operated with vacuum-braked stock, diesel power appearing in the area for…

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  • Big release from Little Loco

    Big release from Little Loco

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The ‘O’ gauge market welcomes a new ready-to-run manufacturer as the British Thomson-Houston Class 15 goes on sale. THE appearance of a new ready-to-run manufacturer is always a welcome event, especially in ‘O’ gauge where the development and expansion of the products available continues unabated. The Little Loco Company first arrived on the scene in…

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  • Oxford expands D&E rolling stock

    Oxford expands D&E rolling stock

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Two new wagons have been announced, while the range of liveries on the new Mk.3 coaches has also increased. THE London Toy Fair at the end of January saw Oxford Rail announce the first items in its 2017 range of ‘OO’ gauge models. As is the norm for the company, this will be the first…

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  • The Class 01 story

    The Class 01 story

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Thirty five years ago this February, one of British Rail’s most interesting operations came to an end. Steve Morris looks back at the Holyhead Breakwater Railway and the Class 01 shunters that were based there. FEBRUARY 1982 saw the end of one of British Rail’s more enigmatic loco fleets – the Holyhead Breakwater Class 01s.…

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  • An Oxfordshire renaissance

    An Oxfordshire renaissance

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Chiltern Railways is now running services through to the main Oxford station, competing with Great Western Railway for commuters to London. Robin Whitlock describes how the project was realised. CHILTERN Railways announced Project Evergreen 3 in August 2008, with the aim of running a regular passenger service from Oxford to London Marylebone via Bicester. The…

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  • FREIGHT FROM CHINA ARRIVES

    FREIGHT FROM CHINA ARRIVES

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The first containers to travel by rail from China to London reached the terminal at Barking on January 18. In a staged event, DB Cargo’s No. 92015 broke through a banner, the train being pushed from the rear by No. 66136 – with both locos wearing a specially branded livery. The train originated in Yiwu,…

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