Richard Clinnick

  • Restoration project: Mk.1 slam-door EMU

    Restoration project: Mk.1 slam-door EMU

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    Richard Clinnick visits Strawberry Hill, where a small team are returning a Mk.1 slam-door unit to main line condition.

  • What’s inside the May issue of Rail Express?

    What’s inside the May issue of Rail Express?

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    Richard Clinnick shares what’s coming up in the May issue of Rail Express when it hits shelves next week.

  • Creating the perfect Pendolino

    Creating the perfect Pendolino

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    Claimed to be the UK’s biggest ever fleet upgrade, the Pendolino refurbishment at Widnes has seen all the 11-car sets completed, with work now focused on the nine-car trains. Richard Clinnick reports.

  • Looking forward to Leven’s reopening

    Looking forward to Leven’s reopening

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    This year’s reopening of the Levenmouth line follows the opening of a new station and electrification of a suburban route from Glasgow. Richard Clinnick reports.

  • The future of Great Western Railway

    The future of Great Western Railway

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    Mark Hopwood has been managing director of Great Western Railway for almost 16 years, during which time there has been significant change. As the operator looks to the future, he talks to Richard Clinnick about those plans.

  • A closer look at a battery-powered Class 08 prototype

    A closer look at a battery-powered Class 08 prototype

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    Trials are underway using a battery-powered Class 08. Richard Clinnick attended the launch of the locomotive at Barrow Hill.

  • What’s inside the April issue of Rail Express?

    What’s inside the April issue of Rail Express?

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    Richard Clinnick tells us more about what to expect in the new issue of Rail Express, which is out next week. Why not take a look at our subscription offers to ensure you never miss out?

  • 100 tours with the Class 50 Alliance

    100 tours with the Class 50 Alliance

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    On September 16, Class 50 Alliance locomotives powered their 100th tour on the main line. C50A chairman Tony Middleton tells Richard Clinnick how this milestone was achieved.

  • Rail Express award for Class 50 Alliance

    Rail Express award for Class 50 Alliance

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    The Class 50 Alliance has won the Heritage Railway Association Mortons Media Rail Express Modern Traction Award.

  • 10 years since the Dawlish sea wall collapse: what has changed?

    10 years since the Dawlish sea wall collapse: what has changed?

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    The collapse of the sea wall at Dawlish in February 2014 brought to the fore the need to protect the railway from the sea. Richard Clinnick reports on the subsequent project which has transformed Dawlish.

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