The latest issue of Rail Express is packed with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling.
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Future proofing the National Collection
How does the National Railway Museum view its diesel and electric vehicles? Paul Bickerdyke finds out.
Read moreFreight Focus: Fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’
David Ratcliffe reviews the fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’ workings.
Read moreRAIL EXPRESS APRIL 2019
Issue 275 OUT NOW! Network Rail to devolve into regions (again!), Thunderer back on railtour duties, and GWR to host an open day at Long Rock depot. The latest issue of Rail Express is packed
Read moreGOS completes ‘ElecLink’ wagon
AN interesting contract to create a second HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) electrical connection between the UK and France via the Channel Tunnel has required the creation of a battery-powered specialist construction train on behalf
Read moreRail Express March 2019
‘50’ sold to Great Central Railway! Ceremony honours Sir Bill! The latest issue of Rail Express is packed with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling.
Read more‘50s’ to gain GBRf colours
THE close working relationship between the Class 50 Alliance and GB Railfreight took a major step forward on January 18 when it was announced that Nos. 50007 Hercules and 50049 Defiance are to be repainted
Read moreThrowback to LBSCR becoming wired for power
As early as 1903, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) began to electrify local routes.
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 moreThe changing face of freight
PRIVATISATION of British Rail in the mid-1990s saw the bulk of its freight businesses acquired by what became EWS, somewhat nullifying the intention of creating competition between different companies, apart from in a few relatively
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