‘Western’ nameplate and cabside set from D1001 Western Pathfinder set a new record for the class at £15,500
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Category: Diesel
Freight Focus: Fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’
David Ratcliffe reviews the fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’ workings.
Read moreTelly alert – Moors on Channel 5
Channel 5’s television programme about the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) will air on Friday, May 17 at 8pm. Season two of ‘The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard’ will include six episodes, which will go
Read moreRare shunter ‘haulage’ at Nene Valley June 1-2 model weekend
Visitors to the Nene Valley Railway’s June 1-2 model railway weekend will be able to ride behind former London Underground Sentinel 0-6-0 DL83.
Read moreVandals hit West Somerset Railway
Estimated £1,000 worth of damage caused by smashed windows in Mk.1 carriage.
Read moreClass 55 ‘Deltics’, the old masters of the East Coast Mainline
Here were three large, silent locomotives standing at the quiet country junction railway station…
Read moreVideo: Class 50 locomotives repainted in GB Railfreight colours
Two Class 50 locomotives which have been repainted in GB Railfreight colours, unveiled this afternoon (March 20 2019) at Eastleigh works. Full story in the April 2019 issue of The Railway Magazine.
Read moreBoden Rail ‘50’ sold to Great Central
THE Great Central Railway has bought Class 50 No. 50017 Royal Oak from Boden Rail. The sale of the ‘Hoover’, minus its main line running safety systems, was completed on February 1, ending a nervous
Read moreLady Diana Spencer to return to the main line
THE Crewe Diesel Preservation Group’s No. 47712 Lady Diana Spencer is set to return to the main line during 2019 in a deal between the loco’s owners and Locomotive Services Ltd, which operates from the
Read moreCumbrian ‘Tractors’ bow out
FRIDAY, December 28 saw the last loco-hauled workings by Northern on the Cumbrian Coast route following the cascade from ScotRail to Northern of three Class 156 and three Class 158 DMUs. Five different examples of
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