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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 a ceremony at the National Railway Museum in York on May 10, GB Railfreight (GBRf) unveiled the name and livery…

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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, and there was barely room to spare on the platform at Bewdley on May 20, when a large crowd waited…

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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 departed Newquay with the 1S55/11.32 to Edinburgh, but got into difficulties on the single-track section before the passing loop at…

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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 73s have now begun to take over the Fort William portion of the overnight Euston sleeper, although DBS ’67s’ are…

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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 bookings after the launch of 42 additional London-Edinburgh services every week. Virgin Trains has seen a surge in cross-border travel…

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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), the intercity rail operator for the North and Scotland has announced the purchase of a further 126 brand new carriages.…

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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. BROADCASTING TO 11 million viewers in the UK and with a potential global audience of nearly one billion people, the…

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