Rail Express

Class 88s stopped for modifications

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Sarah Wilkinson

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21st September 2017

IN an unexpected development, September 1 saw the entire Class 88 fleet removed from traffic for modifications. By the afternoon […]
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Back from the brink

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Sarah Wilkinson

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21st September 2017

The Bury to Manchester Victoria line, now part of the city’s Metrolink tram network, is just under 10 miles in […]
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40 years of pain and pleasure

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Sarah Wilkinson

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21st September 2017

IN 1977 the much loved Class 52 ‘Westerns’ bowed out; the first North Sea gas was pumped ashore at Easington; […]
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New ‘loco’ takes shape

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Sarah Wilkinson

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21st September 2017

WORK is progressing on DVT No. 82113 at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway to convert it into a test bed […]
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ScotRail gets first mini-HST as IEPs reach Waverley

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Sarah Wilkinson

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21st September 2017

THE first HST set to be taken off lease for transfer to ScotRail departed Plymouth Laira for Bristol St Philip’s […]
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Old Oak hosts ‘Legends’ open day

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Sarah Wilkinson

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21st September 2017

MORE than 7000 visitors took the opportunity to have a last look round Great Western Railway’s Old Oak Common depot […]
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Barrow Hill Roundhouse gearing up for spectacular celebrations

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Sam Hewitt

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20th September 2017

WORLD famous steam locomotives Flying Scotsman and Tornado (pictured) have arrived at Barrow Hill Roundhouse ahead of this weekend’s celebrations […]
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Hertford hardship

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Sarah Wilkinson

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31st August 2017

YOU may be aware that Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is currently consulting on the detail of their revised timetable for […]
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SVR chases final million as Bridgnorth share offer campaign enters final weeks

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Web Editor

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30th August 2017

The team behind the Severn Valley Railway’s ambitious £2.5 million share offer plan to fund the restoration and development of […]
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Cement from Clitheroe

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Sarah Wilkinson

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24th August 2017

THE Ribblesdale Cement Company’s works at Clitheroe, which opened in 1937, is situated at the end of a short branch […]
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