PRIVATISATION of British Rail in the mid-1990s saw the bulk of its freight businesses acquired by what became EWS, somewhat nullifying the intention of creating competition between different companies, apart from in a few relatively
Read moreFREIGHTLINER has taken delivery of its first wagons since US owner Genesee & Wyoming unveiled its new orange, black and yellow corporate image for the erstwhile ‘green team’. Unsurprisingly, although not without some sadness, the
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SPAIN’s high-speed rail network has been steadily growing since 1992 and today, with more than 2000 route miles built and a further 1500 miles on the way, its AVE network is the largest in Europe.
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FEATURES A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTUREUsing virtual reality to train rail engineers. MANCHESTER VICTORIA 175The station celebrates a major milestone. WESTERN DIESELS60 years of change on the Western Region. 0-60: CLASS 444Third rail but second
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SIMON Kohler’s return to Hornby marks the end of an unstable period in Hornby’s recent history and with it comes a distinct change in strategy which encompasses the best of Hornby tradition and practices which
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THE Crewe Diesel Preservation Group’s No. 47712 Lady Diana Spencer is set to return to the main line during 2019 in a deal between the loco’s owners and Locomotive Services Ltd, which operates from the
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FRIDAY, December 28 saw the last loco-hauled workings by Northern on the Cumbrian Coast route following the cascade from ScotRail to Northern of three Class 156 and three Class 158 DMUs. Five different examples of
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THE Williams Review of the rail industry has become mired in intense lobbying from a generation of past experts about the future organisation of the network. Those who never wanted or understood the need for
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WITH their horns blaring, Class 50s Nos. 50007 Sir Edward Elgar and 50050 Fearless drew to a stand at the stops at Paddington on March 26, 1994 bringing to an end the life and times
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DURING the first morning of the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition in November, the covers were whipped off a small display case by Accurascale’s marketing manager Fran Burke to reveal the biggest surprise of the
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