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Northern Powerhouse To Get Rail Funding Boost
HS2 could benefit services in the North as HS1 does in Kent.
Three Decades Of A Design Classic
Three decades of a design classic The Rail Express stand at Warley will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Railfreight sub-sector livery.
Limited Return For DRS 'Chopper'
The onset of autumn has brought the annual reinstatement of the Class 20/3s but in even smaller numbers.
The Class 01 Story
Thirty five years ago this February, one of British Rail’s most interesting operations came to an end. Steve Morris looks back at the Holyhead Breakwater Railway and the Class 01 shunters that were based there.
A Shunter for the Southern
Seeking to recreate an everyday sight from his youth, Stu Davies describes how to modify the Bachmann Class 03 shunter to represent one of the batch employed on the Southern Region, in particular the Weymouth Quay tramway.
First IETs Enter Service
Hitachi Class 800s have started passenger diagrams with Great Western Railway.
Class 68 Makes An Impression
Dapol’s highly anticipated 4mm scale re-creation of the Vossloh machines has arrived but it is not without some controversy.
New VTG Tanks For Heathrow Fuel Train
21 bogie tank wagons have arrived in the UK for a new-to-rail flow of BP aviation fuel to supply Britain’s busiest airport via the pipeline terminal at Colnbrook.
Glorious To Run Again
Former National Collection ‘50’ to star at jubilee gala in October.
Christmas Upgrade Works Completed
Christmas Upgrade Works Completed
WCR Rounds Up Northern Belle Coach Acquisitions
Newly-acquired Mk.1s and Mk.2s move to WCR bases at Southall and Carnforth.
Andania To Go Main Line In 2018
A Class 40 has joined the Locomotive Services fleet and more heritage diesels could follow soon.
East West Plan Accelerated
Government funding should see trains between Oxford and Bletchley in 2024, with an extension through to Cambridge by 2026.
A Second Chance To See...'Deltics'
Neville Hill visits the unlikely location of the Bluebell Railway to resample three mighty Class 55 ‘Deltics’ and looks back to their heyday as masters of the East Coast Main Line in the 1960s-80s.
First 'Rep' Edition Class 47 Arrives
One of four new limitededition Type 4s from Bachmann, Anglia-liveried No. 47714 will only be available from retailers in the east of England.
Define Event Kicks Off The New Year
Taking place for the second time, the East Midlands micro exhibition is the first diesel & electric show of 2018.
'Deltics' Sold To Locomotive Services
Beaver Sports sells Royal Scots Grey and Gordon Highlander to Jeremy Hosking.
Network Rail Chairman Calls For 'Metroisation' Of Commuter Routes
Main line commuter operations should try to match London Underground’s frequencies using standardised train fleets, regular calling points and better-designed termini.
1938 Stock Return Delayed
1938 Stock Return Delayed