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  • FEBRUARY 2019

    FEBRUARY 2019

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    Sarah Wilkinson

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    FEATURES A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTUREUsing virtual reality to train rail engineers. MANCHESTER VICTORIA 175The station celebrates a major milestone. WESTERN DIESELS60 years of change on the Western Region. 0-60: CLASS 444Third rail but second rate? THEN & NOW: MILTON KEYNES Spot the difference over 10 years. REGULARS SUBSCRIPTION OFFERSThe best ways to get Rail…

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  • Hornby hits the reset button

    Hornby hits the reset button

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    Sarah Wilkinson

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    SIMON Kohler’s return to Hornby marks the end of an unstable period in Hornby’s recent history and with it comes a distinct change in strategy which encompasses the best of Hornby tradition and practices which have stood the test of time, at the same time preparing the company for the challenges of a fast-changing hobby.…

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  • Lady Diana Spencer to return to the main line

    Lady Diana Spencer to return to the main line

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    Sarah Wilkinson

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    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 former Crewe Diesel Depot. The ‘47’ is currently based at the nearby Crewe Heritage Centre. The 18-month agreement between the…

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  • Cumbrian ‘Tractors’ bow out

    Cumbrian ‘Tractors’ bow out

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    Sarah Wilkinson

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    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 the DRS fleet saw use in December, Nos. 37401/3/9, 37424/5, with No. 37425 in action on all but two of…

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  • Could there be a return to the ‘Big Four’?

    Could there be a return to the ‘Big Four’?

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    Sarah Wilkinson

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    THE Williams Review of the rail industry has become mired in intense lobbying from a generation of past experts about the future organisation of the network. Those who never wanted or understood the need for the changes that Privatisation brought are pressing for a return to the days of the 1923 Grouping, when the ‘Big…

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  • Class 50 farewell re-created

    Class 50 farewell re-created

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    Sarah Wilkinson

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    WITH their horns blaring, Class 50s Nos. 50007 Sir Edward Elgar and 50050 Fearless drew to a stand at the stops at Paddington on March 26, 1994 bringing to an end the life and times of the ‘Hoovers’ on national metals. The aptly-named ‘50 Terminator’ tour was the last passenger service for the English Electric-built…

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  • Accurascale announces ‘OO’ gauge super-detail ‘Deltic’ range

    Accurascale announces ‘OO’ gauge super-detail ‘Deltic’ range

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    Sarah Wilkinson

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    DURING the first morning of the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition in November, the covers were whipped off a small display case by Accurascale’s marketing manager Fran Burke to reveal the biggest surprise of the show as far as 4mm scale modellers were concerned. As a first British outline model, the Class 55 ‘Deltic’ is…

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  • Fate or coincidence?

    Fate or coincidence?

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    Sarah Wilkinson

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    DECEMBER 9, 1983 witnessed one of the most unusual events in locomotive history, which would probably be classified under ‘whimsy’ had it not also led to the loss of life. The loco was Immingham-based No. 47299, which collided with a DMU at Wrawby Junction, west of Barnetby, while hauling an oil train – an event…

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  • No end in sight for DCO disputes

    No end in sight for DCO disputes

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    Sarah Wilkinson

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    TRAIN services operated by the Northern franchise continued to be disrupted during December, with the RMT union imposing strike action on successive Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas. By the end of the month, there will have been 19 successive Saturdays when it has only been possible to run 30% of planned services. Support for…

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  • Much to savour

    Much to savour

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    Sarah Wilkinson

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    THIS is the final issue produced in 2018, and what a year it has been for diesel and electric enthusiasts. Standout highlights for me include our Class 50 tour to Carlisle and the Cumbrian Coast in spring, and then the Severn Valley Railway’s magnificent ‘Hoover’ gala in autumn – who would have thought we would…

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