News

Heavy Metals!

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

Class 37/7 No. 37714 is on long term loan from DRS to the Heavy Tractor Group at the Great Central […]
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DBC ‘08’ arrives at K&ESR

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

FORMER DB Cargo shunter No. 08888 became the newest loco on the Kent & East Sussex Railway when it arrived […]
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Track tours kick off the new year

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

Two successful outings were staged by Pathfinder Tours and the Branch Line Society during January. ALTHOUGH January is always a […]
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Tyneside Railway – The 1970s and 1980s

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

By Colin Alexander Published by Amberley www.amberley-books.com 96 pages, colour, 235x165mm, softback. £14.99 THIS is a picture and caption format […]
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Tunnelling for Northern Line extension due to commence

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

WHILE the future of the Croxley link remains in the balance, drilling work for the Northern Line extension to Battersea […]
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Doubt over Croxley extension

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

Funding problems are again dogging the planned Metropolitan Line extension into Watford Junction via the Croxley Link. THE Mayoral Business […]
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Design changes needed for Class 230 D-Train gensets

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

Vivarail promises no repeat of the engine fire in December that scuppered hopes of a first passenger trial for the […]
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CHANNEL TUNNEL TANKS:

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

The use of European loading-gauge wagons as far as Dollands Moor, or even into East London, is no longer a […]
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The Class 01 story

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

Thirty five years ago this February, one of British Rail’s most interesting operations came to an end. Steve Morris looks […]
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An Oxfordshire renaissance

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd February 2017

Chiltern Railways is now running services through to the main Oxford station, competing with Great Western Railway for commuters to […]
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