Features

Remembering ‘D’ stock

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Sam Hewitt

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18th April 2017

The final regular workings of London Underground ‘D’ Stock should take place as this issue comes out. Christopher Westcott looks […]
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When Saturday came…Skegness

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Sam Hewitt

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18th April 2017

It wasn’t just football fans that looked forward to weekends – summer Saturdays used to bring rail enthusiasts out in […]
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50 years of West Coast electrics

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Sam Hewitt

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17th April 2017

FROM OUR ARCHIVES Following electrification of the southern half of the West Coast Main Line in the 1960s, subsequent decades […]
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UK Railtours targets Goole Docks

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

FROM OUR ARCHIVES Forgotten Tracks tour visits rare East Yorkshire lines THE Forgotten Tracks series of charter trains, arranged by […]
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Performance: 0 to 60!

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2017

Just how nimble are today’s locos and units, and what’s the quickest off the mark? A Virgin ‘Pendolino’ is this […]
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Sectorisation and the focus on freight

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Sam Hewitt

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16th March 2017

British Rail arguably took the first steps towards privatisation in 1982, over a decade before it actually began, when the […]
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The Class 01 story

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

Thirty five years ago this February, one of British Rail’s most interesting operations came to an end. Steve Morris looks […]
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An Oxfordshire renaissance

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

Chiltern Railways is now running services through to the main Oxford station, competing with Great Western Railway for commuters to […]
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Last days of the Westerns

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Sam Hewitt

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21st February 2017

February 1977 saw the withdrawal of the last Class 52 ‘Westerns’ in BR service. To mark the 40th anniversary of […]
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250 not out

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Sam Hewitt

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21st February 2017

There were those that said we wouldn’t last more than a few issues, but over 20 years after our launch […]
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