Rail Express

June issue of Rail Express magazine out now!

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Sam Hewitt

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21st May 2019

Southern Legacy! The ‘Silver Queens’! Long Rock Open Day! The latest issue of Rail Express is packed with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling.
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Strangers in town

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Sam Hewitt

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18th May 2019

A prominent feature of the privatised railway is the rich variety of liveries and colours applied by individual train operators, often at great expense, to its rolling stock.
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Freight Focus: Fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’

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Sam Hewitt

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13th May 2019

David Ratcliffe reviews the fragrant world of the ‘Binliner’ workings.
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Future proofing the National Collection

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Sam Hewitt

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11th May 2019

How does the National Railway Museum view its diesel and electric vehicles? Paul Bickerdyke finds out.
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Class 55 ‘Deltics’, the old masters of the East Coast Mainline

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Sam Hewitt

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25th April 2019

Here were three large, silent locomotives standing at the quiet country junction railway station…
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Issue 276 OUT NOW!

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Sam Hewitt

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18th April 2019

The latest issue of Rail Express is packed with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling.
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RAIL EXPRESS APRIL 2019

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th March 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 with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling. If you’d like to read this edition of RE, then you can download…
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GOS completes ‘ElecLink’ wagon

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 2019

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 of Balfour Beatty. Known as ‘ElecLink’, the 1-Gigawatt connector, comprising two 30-mile cables, will be laid through the North Running…
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Rail Express March 2019

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 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.
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‘50s’ to gain GBRf colours

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 2019

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 in GB Railfreight colours. The new colour scheme, to be applied by Arlington Fleet Services at Eastleigh Works, has been…
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