Rail Express

Hornby hits the reset button

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th January 2019

SIMON Kohler’s return to Hornby marks the end of an unstable period in Hornby’s recent history and with it comes […]
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Lady Diana Spencer to return to the main line

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Sarah Wilkinson

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18th January 2019

THE Crewe Diesel Preservation Group’s No. 47712 Lady Diana Spencer is set to return to the main line during 2019 […]
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Cumbrian ‘Tractors’ bow out

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Sarah Wilkinson

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17th January 2019

FRIDAY, December 28 saw the last loco-hauled workings by Northern on the Cumbrian Coast route following the cascade from ScotRail […]
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Could there be a return to the ‘Big Four’?

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Sarah Wilkinson

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17th January 2019

THE Williams Review of the rail industry has become mired in intense lobbying from a generation of past experts about […]
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Class 50 farewell re-created

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Sarah Wilkinson

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28th December 2018

WITH their horns blaring, Class 50s Nos. 50007 Sir Edward Elgar and 50050 Fearless drew to a stand at the […]
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Accurascale announces ‘OO’ gauge super-detail ‘Deltic’ range

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Sarah Wilkinson

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28th December 2018

DURING the first morning of the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition in November, the covers were whipped off a small […]
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Fate or coincidence?

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Sarah Wilkinson

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28th December 2018

DECEMBER 9, 1983 witnessed one of the most unusual events in locomotive history, which would probably be classified under ‘whimsy’ […]
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No end in sight for DCO disputes

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Sarah Wilkinson

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28th December 2018

TRAIN services operated by the Northern franchise continued to be disrupted during December, with the RMT union imposing strike action […]
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Much to savour

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Sarah Wilkinson

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28th December 2018

THIS is the final issue produced in 2018, and what a year it has been for diesel and electric enthusiasts. […]
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Commuter rail proposals could hit ELR operations

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Sarah Wilkinson

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28th December 2018

A RAIL feasibility study by the Centre for Economic and Business Research, which has been sent to Barry White the […]
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