Essential reading for today's rail enthusiast
by
Sarah Wilkinson
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THE first passenger trains reached Newquay in the 1870s, but it was in the early 1900s that the town began […]
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Virgin Trains has begun a rolling programme to repaint its fleet of 56 Class 390 sets – their first major […]
THE railways of the Isle of Wight have always been a little different. Isolated from the mainland, and with a […]
The Electric Railway Museum held its last ever open day on October 8, as the landowners Coventry City Council has […]
When coupled together for tandem working, the conversion of former Class 155 two-car sets into single-car Class 153s becomes apparent. […]
THREE serious derailments occurred in mid-August, bringing disruption to busy parts of the network. The first was at Ely on […]
IN an unexpected development, September 1 saw the entire Class 88 fleet removed from traffic for modifications. By the afternoon […]
The Bury to Manchester Victoria line, now part of the city’s Metrolink tram network, is just under 10 miles in […]
IN 1977 the much loved Class 52 ‘Westerns’ bowed out; the first North Sea gas was pumped ashore at Easington; […]
WORK is progressing on DVT No. 82113 at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway to convert it into a test bed […]
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