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ELECTRIC ‘FOOTEX’

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Sam Hewitt

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13th April 2017

London football fans had some Class 90 haulage along the West Coast Main Line on February 11, when Tottenham Hotspur […]
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UK Railtours targets Goole Docks

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Sam Hewitt

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7th April 2017

FROM OUR ARCHIVES Forgotten Tracks tour visits rare East Yorkshire lines THE Forgotten Tracks series of charter trains, arranged by […]
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New locomotives delivered to UK

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Sam Hewitt

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6th April 2017

Both Colas Rail and Direct Rail Services have new machinery to commission as a Class 70 and five Class 88s […]
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Bluebell 4-VEP to go main line

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Sam Hewitt

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6th April 2017

AN appeal to raise £25,000 towards returning the Bluebell Railway’s 4-VEP No. 3417 to the main line has been launched […]
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‘Western’ appeal is successful

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Sam Hewitt

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6th April 2017

£50,000 has been raised by the DTG to fund a new power unit to get No. D1015 back on the […]
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REVIEWS: Monorails of the Early 20th Century

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2017

By Adrian S Garner Published by Lightmoor Press www.lightmoor.co.uk 208 pages, black & white, 283 x 220mm, hardback. £25.00 THIS […]
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DRS ‘68s’ BREAK NEW GROUND

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2017

CLASS 68s Nos. 68023 Achilles and 68025 Superb ‘top and tailed’ UK Railtours’ ‘Rose of the Shire’ charter on February 10, […]
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Inside the first ‘D’ Stock RAT

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2017

Christopher Westcott gets a first look at the future of London Underground’s Rail Adhesion Trains. THE first of London Underground’s […]
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Battersea bound!

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2017

Tunnelling is set to begin on London Underground’s Northern Line extension from Kennington to Battersea, as the two boring machines […]
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Highland observations

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Sam Hewitt

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30th March 2017

The 1980s and early 1990s saw a renaissance in the use of observation saloons on the Kyle of Lochalsh route, […]
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