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Chancellor promises more funding for key rail infrastructure projects

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd December 2016

Government guarantees new funding for the digital railway, East-West works and regional enhancements. Network Rail has been awarded £450 million […]
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Forgotten prototype

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd December 2016

I HAVE just completed Simon Bendall’s excellent article on the HST prototype set (December issue, REM). It brought to mind […]
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Dawn of the diesels

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Sam Hewitt

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22nd December 2016

Sixty years ago in 1957, and after nearly a decade of dithering by those in charge, the first of the […]
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First of the many

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Sam Hewitt

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21st December 2016

THIS will be a big year for modern traction, as 2017 is the diamond jubilee of the first main line […]
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c2c takes delivery of its first Class 387/3

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Sam Hewitt

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17th November 2016

The fleet of new ‘Electrostar’ units should be in service with the Essex operator before the end of November. THE […]
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Colas Rail bolsters its loco fleet

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Sam Hewitt

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17th November 2016

Further locomotives were returned to the main line during October, including the reinstatement of another Class 37. LATE October proved […]
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NYMR buys Class 24 from TJ Thomsons

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Sam Hewitt

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17th November 2016

The veteran Type 2 has been purchased from the scrapman 40 years after being loaned to the railway. FOLLOWING an […]
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ROG takes ‘Tractors’ on rare outing

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Sam Hewitt

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17th November 2016

EUROPHOENIX-liveried Type 3 duo Nos. 37800 and 37884 took centre stage on October 23, when they worked the Rail Operations Group’s […]
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LT Museum sends last surviving prototype 1986 Stock to Coventry

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Sam Hewitt

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17th November 2016

THE London Transport Museum has decided to permanently relocate its unique 1986 Stock vehicle to the Electric Railway Museum, situated […]
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Welsh Government pushes the case for light rail

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Sam Hewitt

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17th November 2016

Bidders for the next Wales and Borders franchise are being asked to consider alternatives to electrifying the existing Cardiff Valley […]
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