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Class 47s: Where are they now?

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd August 2019

Gareth Bayer’s survey of surviving Class 47s looks at the preserved locomotives, including main line registered machines, other operational examples, and those stored, undergoing overhaul or restoration. THE preserved Class 47 fleet could be said to be in excellent shape. There is a good spread of different sub-classes; they are well dispersed, so everyone can…
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Five things you didn’t know about Apollo 11’s return

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Sam Hewitt

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24th July 2019

Rail enthusiast or not, it would take a lot to miss all of the coverage in recent news about the celebratory anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
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District Line 150

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Sam Hewitt

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24th June 2019

Christopher Westcott looks back over the complicated history of London Underground’s District Line, which is celebrating 150 years of operation.
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Strangers in town

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Sam Hewitt

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18th May 2019

A prominent feature of the privatised railway is the rich variety of liveries and colours applied by individual train operators, often at great expense, to its rolling stock.
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HST enters service with Hull Trains

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th March 2019

A HIRED-in 2+5 HST set entered service with Hull Trains on February 15, when ex-GWR power cars Nos. 43010 and 43190 worked the 1A92/08.23 Hull to King’s Cross and 1H03/11.48 return. The move follows a long period of problems with the HT Class 180 ‘Adelante’ fleet, which has led to multiple cancellations and bad press…
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‘Hoover’ arrives at new home

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th March 2019

CLASS 50 No. 50017 Royal Oak – bought by the Great Central Railway from Boden Rail (see last month) – has been delivered to the line and is set to make its debut at the April 13/14 spring diesel gala, writes Robin Jones. The ‘Hoover’ was brought by road from Boden Rail Engineering’s Nottingham Eastcroft…
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Unboxing of Hornby’s King George VI and Duchess of Hamilton

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Andy

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4th March 2019

Here’s the latest unboxing of Hornby’s LMS Princess Class Locomotives, the Duchess of Hamilton and King George VI.
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GOS completes ‘ElecLink’ wagon

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 2019

AN interesting contract to create a second HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) electrical connection between the UK and France via the Channel Tunnel has required the creation of a battery-powered specialist construction train on behalf of Balfour Beatty. Known as ‘ElecLink’, the 1-Gigawatt connector, comprising two 30-mile cables, will be laid through the North Running…
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‘50s’ to gain GBRf colours

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 2019

THE close working relationship between the Class 50 Alliance and GB Railfreight took a major step forward on January 18 when it was announced that Nos. 50007 Hercules and 50049 Defiance are to be repainted in GB Railfreight colours. The new colour scheme, to be applied by Arlington Fleet Services at Eastleigh Works, has been…
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Throwback to LBSCR becoming wired for power

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 2019

As early as 1903, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) began to electrify local routes.
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