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East-West Rail identifies route alignments

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 2019

DESIGN plans for an extension of the Oxford-Bicester route to Bletchley and Bedford were finalised and delivered to Parliament in 2018 to obtain the Transport and Works Order necessary for construction to begin. This year will see the planning focus shift to the section of East-West Rail (which aims to reopen the full length of…
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Boden Rail ‘50’ sold to Great Central

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 2019

THE Great Central Railway has bought Class 50 No. 50017 Royal Oak from Boden Rail. The sale of the ‘Hoover’, minus its main line running safety systems, was completed on February 1, ending a nervous few days in which the loco had been threatened with scrapping.Royal Oak, one of two Class 50s owned by Boden…
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New livery for Freightliner’s second batch of MWAs

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th January 2019

FREIGHTLINER 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 classic British Racing green adopted in the late-1990s has been retired and the box wagons are showing off a new…
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Lady Diana Spencer to return to the main line

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th January 2019

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 former Crewe Diesel Depot. The ‘47’ is currently based at the nearby Crewe Heritage Centre. The 18-month agreement between the…
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Cumbrian ‘Tractors’ bow out

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Sarah Wilkinson

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17th January 2019

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 the DRS fleet saw use in December, Nos. 37401/3/9, 37424/5, with No. 37425 in action on all but two of…
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Could there be a return to the ‘Big Four’?

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Sarah Wilkinson

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17th January 2019

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 the changes that Privatisation brought are pressing for a return to the days of the 1923 Grouping, when the ‘Big…
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Class 50 farewell re-created

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Sarah Wilkinson

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28th December 2018

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 of the ‘Hoovers’ on national metals. The aptly-named ‘50 Terminator’ tour was the last passenger service for the English Electric-built…
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No end in sight for DCO disputes

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Sarah Wilkinson

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28th December 2018

TRAIN services operated by the Northern franchise continued to be disrupted during December, with the RMT union imposing strike action on successive Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas. By the end of the month, there will have been 19 successive Saturdays when it has only been possible to run 30% of planned services. Support for…
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Commuter rail proposals could hit ELR operations

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Sarah Wilkinson

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28th December 2018

A RAIL feasibility study by the Centre for Economic and Business Research, which has been sent to Barry White the chief executive of Transport for the North, suggests that a significant amount of road traffic could be reduced around Manchester if rail services are reintroduced north of Bury in Rossendale, writes Jonathan Webb. The report…
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Check out brand new subscriptions for Railway Magazine Guide to Modelling at Warley

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Sam Hewitt

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23rd November 2018

Excitement is building as we count down to perhaps the greatest model railway show in Britain
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