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  • Siemens’ Hornsey depot opens

    Siemens’ Hornsey depot opens

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    Sam Hewitt

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    New facility will maintain the Class 700 EMU fleet being introduced for Great Northern and Thameslink services. Siemens officially opened its traincare centre at Hornsey, North London, on December 13 which will house and maintain the Class 700 fleet it has built for use on Thameslink services. It is one of two new depots built…

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  • Butterley ‘Chopper’ sold to CVR group

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Churnet Valley Railway is the new base for partially restored Class 20. Another Class 20 entered preservation in December when No. D8057, which had been offered for sale by Michael Owen back in the autumn, was sold to a group at the Churnet Valley Railway in Staffordshire. The English Electric Type 1 was moved to…

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  • Gauging issue scuppers ‘31’ tour to Mid-Norfolk

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Charter from London is cancelled at just eight days’ notice after Network Rail says the Class 442 EMU stock is not cleared to use the planned route. Rail Operations Group’s keenly awaited charter to the Mid-Norfolk Railway’s diesel gala, which was to be operated by a pair of Class 31s hauling an off-lease Class 442 EMU,…

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  • REVIEWS: Night Trains of British Rail

    REVIEWS: Night Trains of British Rail

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    Sam Hewitt

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    By Alan Whitehouse THIS book does ‘exactly what it says on the tin’ as a picture and caption collection of night shots of British Rail workings taken mostly in the 1980s. Back then, the variety was much greater than today – both in terms of locos used as well as traffic carried. Passenger, parcels, mail,…

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  • LETTERS: ‘Nightstar’ in Birmingham

    LETTERS: ‘Nightstar’ in Birmingham

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    Sam Hewitt

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    CAN anyone help with more information about this photo from my collection? It shows EPS Type 3 No. 37612 heading a generator car, another ‘37/6’, and a rake of ‘Nightstar’ coaches in an enclosed compound at Washwood Heath in late 1996. Was this at the Alstom factory? Was it a newly-built rake? Or was it…

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  • Inside Loram

    Inside Loram

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The Engine Shed Society held its 2016 Annual General Meeting at Loram in Derby. Dave Richardson describes the visit. ENTHUSIASTS leaving Derby on trains heading towards Nottingham or Leicester have a choice: eyes right for Loram UK (the former Derby Technical Centre and, more recently, RVEL), or eyes left for Etches Park depot. Eyes right…

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  • First UK-built IEP unveiled

    First UK-built IEP unveiled

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Hitachi has rolled out the first Class 800 bi-mode to be assembled at its factory in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Five-car bi-mode No. 800005, which is destined for use by Great Western Railway from later this year, had the honour of becoming the first of the type to be assembled in the UK. The set…

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  • ORR looks at train dispatch

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    Sam Hewitt

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    In light of the ongoing union disputes over driver only operation, the Government asked for a review of who controls train doors at stations. THE ongoing and highly debilitating strikes taking place on Govia Thameslink Railway’s Southern-operated services, staged by the RMT and ASLEF unions, are continuing into 2017 despite the Office of Rail and…

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  • Step forward in ‘50’ restoration

    Step forward in ‘50’ restoration

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    Sam Hewitt

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    THE restoration of Class 50 No. 50030 Repulse took a step forward on November 23, with the removal of its four radiators – the first major components to be removed from the loco for overhaul. Owner the Renown Repulse Restoration Group (RRRG) has so far been following a policy of repairing its spares for use…

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  • Class 319 to go bi-mode

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Porterbrook Leasing and Northern are to introduce bi-mode Class 319 ‘Flex’ EMUs to widen their sphere of use and help replace the unloved ‘Pacer’ DMU fleet. Porterbrook announced on December 22, that it has committed to deliver to Northern a variant of a Class 319 EMU that is able to operate over both electrified and…

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