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‘Roarers’ remembered: The Euston ECS years

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13th July 2016

The reinstatement of several AC electrics to main line duties last year, ostensibly for sleeper train movements into and out of Euston, is reminiscent of the 1980s when a small fleet of Class 82s and 83s were returned to use for empty coaching stock (ECS) duties, as David Russell recalls. ‘Roarers’ remembered: The Euston ECS…
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Skeletons in the closet

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15th June 2016

This site in Alizay, near Rouen in northern France, stores an incredible 23 examples of the Class 58 fleet – nearly half of the original 50 and more than half of the remaining 42. Visible in the left-hand line in April are Nos. 58006, 58049, 58004, 58011, 58040 and 58026, with No. 58033 at the…
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District Railway ‘Boxes’

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15th June 2016

Two unidentified District Railway locos double-head a through train from Ealing to Southend at East Ham in the 1930s. The coaches are corridor bogie types introduced by the LT&SR in 1912, which replaced a motley collection of older vehicles. The headboard reads ‘Southend Corridor Express’. DC Collection A fleet of 10 bogie electric locos was…
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