Sam Hewitt

June 2018

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Sam Hewitt

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18th May 2018

FEATURES 12 FYLDE ELECTRIFICATION Blackpool North reopens after five-month electrification and upgrade programme. 13 WHEN SATURDAY CAME… The glory days […]
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New name for Belfast Central

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Sam Hewitt

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28th March 2018

NIR’s largest station to be renamed after 42 years. BELFAST Central station is to be renamed Lanyon Place, which will […]
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‘Peak’ could go main line

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Sam Hewitt

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28th March 2018

Crewe-based Locomotive Services has added a Class 45 to its growing loco fleet. FURTHER expansion of the Locomotive Services fleet […]
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Acton Works expansion

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Sam Hewitt

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28th March 2018

Construction has begun on a new four-road Train Modification Unit for upgrading 1992 Stock. WORK has begun to build a […]
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HERITAGE AWARD FOR BURY ‘105’

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Sam Hewitt

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28th March 2018

The East Lancashire Railway’s Bury Unit Team picked up the Heritage Railway Association/Rail Express Modern Traction Award at a ceremony […]
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BI-MODE TRIES OUT INVERNESS DEPOT

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Sam Hewitt

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28th March 2018

GWR-liveried IET No. 800303 reached Inverness on February 28 to become the first of its type to enter the depot […]
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The D200 story

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Sam Hewitt

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28th March 2018

Sixty years ago, the first Class 40 – or English Electric Type 4 as it was then known – was […]
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Prepare for change!

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Sam Hewitt

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28th March 2018

WHAT a year 2018 is already shaping up to be. I’m not talking about the ‘Beast from the East’, although […]
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April 2018

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Sam Hewitt

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28th March 2018

FEATURES 14 THE D200 STORY Charting 60 years of the pioneer Class 40. 18 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN A round-up of […]
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RIDE WITH RAIL EXPRESS!

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Sam Hewitt

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18th December 2017

Join us for a double-headed Class 50 tour over the Settle & Carlisle and Cumbrian Coast Lines. CONTINUING the celebrations […]
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