Rail Express

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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Throwback to LBSCR becoming wired for power

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 2019

As early as 1903, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) began to electrify local routes.
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Boden Rail ‘50’ sold to Great Central

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th February 2019

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 few days in which the loco had been threatened with scrapping.Royal Oak, one of two Class 50s owned by Boden…
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The changing face of freight

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th January 2019

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 niche areas. Step forward to today, however, and the situation has changed dramatically. EWS is now DB Schenker, although it…
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New livery for Freightliner’s second batch of MWAs

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th January 2019

FREIGHTLINER has taken delivery of its first wagons since US owner Genesee & Wyoming unveiled its new orange, black and yellow corporate image for the erstwhile ‘green team’. Unsurprisingly, although not without some sadness, the classic British Racing green adopted in the late-1990s has been retired and the box wagons are showing off a new…
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A glimpse into the future

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th January 2019

SPAIN’s high-speed rail network has been steadily growing since 1992 and today, with more than 2000 route miles built and a further 1500 miles on the way, its AVE network is the largest in Europe. Spain’s high-speed network is impressive and puts Britain in the shade. More than 90% is built for 186mph operation, and…
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