Historic moment for the rail industry as GB Railfreight names the last-ever-built Class 66 locomotive “Evening Star” at an event at the NRM, York. GBRf names last ever Class 66 Photo courtesy GB Railfreight During
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The Severn Valley Railway’s three-day diesel gala on May 19-21 featured an impressive line-up of locos that attracted a record number of visitors. Record numbers for SVR gala Record numbers flocked to this year’s gala,
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No. 57605 Totnes Castle came to the rescue of a CrossCountry HST on the Newquay branch on May 29 after the HST was failed with coolant issues. LOCO-HAULED FROM NEWQUAY: GWR Class 57 Nos. 43366+43378
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THE popularity of Caledonian Sleeper services for tourists visiting the Highlands has prompted a review on the extension of routes to serve Oban and the Far North line. Caledonian Sleepers considers expanding GBRf’s re-engineered Class
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Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell with David Horne & Martin Griffiths for launch of Virgin Trains’ new cross-border timetable. Virgin Trains The East Coast operation of Virgin has seen a 15% jump in
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More new trains for the North and Scotland as TPE orders a mix of loco-hauled stock – to be powered by leased in DRS Class 68s – and Hitachi bi-mode multiple units. TransPennine Express (TPE),
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Murray Brown, the new editor of RAIL EXPRESS magazine, will be a judge on the BBC’s Top Gear programme this week, adjudicating over Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘sports train’ TGV12 during one of the show infamous challenges.
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