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Freight Focus: Fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’

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Sam Hewitt

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13th May 2019

David Ratcliffe reviews the fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’ workings.
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Telly alert – Moors on Channel 5

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Gareth Evans

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9th May 2019

Channel 5’s television programme about the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) will air on Friday, May 17 at 8pm. Season two of ‘The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard’ will include six episodes, which will go behind the scenes of the NYMR, meeting the staff and volunteers that keep the railway on track. Episode one sees…
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Rare shunter ‘haulage’ at Nene Valley June 1-2 model weekend

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Gareth Evans

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8th May 2019

Visitors to the Nene Valley Railway’s June 1-2 model railway weekend will be able to ride behind former London Underground Sentinel 0-6-0 DL83.
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Vandals hit West Somerset Railway

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Gareth Evans

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7th May 2019

Estimated £1,000 worth of damage caused by smashed windows in Mk.1 carriage.
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Class 55 ‘Deltics’, the old masters of the East Coast Mainline

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Sam Hewitt

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25th April 2019

Here were three large, silent locomotives standing at the quiet country junction railway station…
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Video: Class 50 locomotives repainted in GB Railfreight colours

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Andy

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20th March 2019

Two Class 50 locomotives which have been repainted in GB Railfreight colours, unveiled this afternoon (March 20 2019) at Eastleigh works. Full story in the April 2019 issue of The Railway Magazine.
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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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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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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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