THE number of international services operated by Eurostar is to be reduced by 8%, with a subsequent reduction of 80 jobs. As a result, a number of the Class 373 ‘Three Capitals’ trainsets built by
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The Warwell wagon and Beilhack snowplough are to be produced in ‘OO’ gauge by the Liverpudlian retailer. THE range of own-brand commissioned models offered by Hattons is set to expand significantly after the retailer announced
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I AM just reading the October issue of Rail Express and I see on page 29 (Express Mailbag) there is a picture of some redundant bogie tanks being used as fuel storage at a motorway
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FOLLOWING the demise of steam in 1968, railway photography entered something of a ‘dark age’ when many star names had put away their cameras, and publications often could not see beyond a standard front three-quarter
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Christopher Westcott reports on the sole surviving Class 306 unit No. 306017, which is owned by the National Railway Museum but currently on loan to the East Anglian Railway Museum at Chappel & Wakes Colne
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Although Locomotion has announced its intention to produce the prototype HST, this is still at best a good couple of years away from appearing. In the meantime, the only fully accurate route to producing a
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THE last surviving Class 306 EMU has had a fascinating career. Originally designed by the LNER in the late 1930s for planned electrification of the Liverpool Street to Shenfield line, the fleet of 92 units
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The inaugural run of Belmond’s latest luxury train was hit by loco and stock problems on its journey around Ireland. The first run of Belmond’s new luxury train, the ‘Grand Hibernian’, was beset by a
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SUFFICIENT Class 387/2s were in service during September to allow the remaining Class 442s to be withdrawn from Gatwick Express duties. The final booked ‘GatEx’ working was in the early hours of September 17, when
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OR shunter fans, the Wensleydale Railway was the place to be on September 25, with a very rare public appearance of the two Class 08s owned by Sembcorp Utilities, Nos. 08743 Bryan Turner and 08903
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