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Category: Video

VIDEO: Highlights from the Opening of the Elizabeth Line

25th May 2022 Ben Stockdale Electric, Network, News, Video

This week the new Elizabeth Line finally opened to the public after a nearly four-year-long delay. Commuters and rail enthusiasts were quick to descend on the new line and be amongst some of the first

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Unboxing ‘Flash’ the Local Express Train from Hornby

23rd March 2022 Ben Stockdale Features, Modelling, Reviews, Video

Today we’re unboxing a recent model train from Hornby called ‘Flash’ the local express train. It’s a remote-controlled battery train set targeted at the younger train enthusiast. It’s a great starting point for someone new

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Avanti West Coast release Tales from the Track film series

9th July 2020 Sam Hewitt News, Video
Avanti West Coast release Tales from the Track film series

Avanti West Coast has released a new video giving people an insider-look from the unique viewpoint of a train driver.

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Virgin Trains signs off in style with video featuring Mr Blobby

21st November 2019 Shannon Butcher Network, News, Video

With the end of the Virgin Trains franchise taking place at 01:59am on December 8 after 22 years of running trains between London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh, they’re going out with a bang!

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5 facts you may not know about the ‘Azuma’ train

2nd October 2019 Ben Stockdale Diesel, Electric, Network, News, Video

LNER launched its first passenger services on the East Coast Main Line on May 15, using the Hitachi-built Class 800 ‘Azuma’ express trains as part of a rolling programme to replace both its Class 91 and Mk4 and HST fleets.

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VIDEO: Hornby Margate open weekend

25th September 2019 Gareth Evans Modelling, Steam, Video

There were smiles all-round in a corner of Margate over the weekend of August 17-18 as the doors were opened to Hornby’s spiritual home.

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VIDEO: Unboxing the Union Pacific ‘Big Boy’

2nd September 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Video
Union Pacific "Big Boy"

This year sees the 150th anniversary since the ‘Pacific Railroad’ was finished, which linked the existing eastern US network with the Pacific coast at Omaha, Nebraska.

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VIDEO: Unboxing Hornby’s Harry Potter modelling collection

13th August 2019 Sam Hewitt Features, Modelling, Reviews, Video

Harry Potter continues to captivate one generation after another and now Hornby has created its own little piece of magic for fans.

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Video: A Tour of Digitrains | A Model Railway Shop Specialising in DCC

22nd March 2019 Andy Hill Advertisement Feature, Video

Digitrains is a model railway shop based in Lincoln. They are specialists in digital command control (DCC). Using DCC offers a huge new range of possibilities for a model railway track, including greater control of

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Video: Class 50 locomotives repainted in GB Railfreight colours

20th March 2019 Andy Hill Diesel, News, Video

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.

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