Sam Hewitt
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‘Hoover’ Royal Oak saved by Great Central Railway
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CLASS 50 No. 50017 Royal Oak has been acquired by the Great Central Railway (GCR) from Boden Rail, Eastcroft, Nottingham. This followed a few days when the loco’s future was in doubt, with various means of disposal being considered, including dismantling for spares. A sale fell through in late-January, and as funds and space were required…
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‘Peak’ No. 46010 restoration completed
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CLASS 46 No. 46010 has been overhauled at GCR(N) Ruddington under contract by ‘Peak’ experts, the Pioneer Diesel Locomotive Group. It is owned by D05 Preservation Ltd and will make its debut at the Severn Valley Railway’s May 16-18 diesel festival. It will then star at the West Somerset Railway’s June 20-22 diesel gala, along with…
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ELR’s Type 2 back in action after lengthy overhaul
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CLASS 24 No. D5054 Phil Southern returned to traffic during the East Lancashire Railway’s (ELR) Sulzer Theme Day on February 16. It has undergone a heavy overhaul over the past nine years, which included a generator overhaul, to avoid failure, as well as attention to the bogies and power unit. Following completion, repaint in BR green…
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Lee Valley route capacity upgrades near completion
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WORK to boost capacity on the Lee Valley route in north-east London is on schedule for completion by May 2019. The £170million programme of work includes a third track between Stratford and the new station at Meridian Water, and additional platforms at Tottenham Hale and Northumberland Park, which will allow an extra two trains per…
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Modernisation plan edges forward on Seaford line
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NETWORK Rail has replaced switches and crossings at Southerham Junction, near Lewes, which controls access to the Seaford branch. New signalling equipment was also installed between Lewes and Seaford during the closure. The work took place over the weekend of January 19-20. Once commissioned, the equipment will be controlled from Three Bridges Railway Operating Centre…
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Upgraded Lime Street is top station in Britain
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LIVERPOOL’S recently upgraded Lime Street station is the highest rated of Britain’s major stations by passengers in the latest National Passenger Rail Survey. Scoring a 93.8% satisfaction rating, Lime Street narrowly beat St Pancras International (93.6%) and King’s Cross (92.9%) to top the list for Network Rail managed stations. NETWORK RAIL Read more News and…
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£13m refurbishment for Glasgow Clyde bridge
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A TWO-YEAR, £13million renovation project is underway on one of Scotland’s busiest railway bridges. The 200 metre-long Clyde Bridge on the approach to Glasgow Central is used by up to 1,300 trains every day, serving the West Coast Main Line, Lanarkshire, Inverclyde and Ayrshire. The Grade A-listed structure will undergo extensive refurbishment and repair works,…
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Campaigners urge action on new passenger routes
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REOPENING 33 sections of railway across Britain could bring 500,000 more people within walking distance of a main line station, generating an extra 20 million journeys every year, according to a new report by the Campaign for Better Transport (CBT). At an estimated overall cost of between £4.76billion and £6.39bn, 343 miles of passenger railway…
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Diamond celebrations for Norwich ‘engineers’
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EATON Park MR is celebrating its 60th anniversary year. The Norwich-based line is run by the Norwich & District Society of Model Engineers. It was opened in 1959 as a raised, 5in-gauge track, with a 5in-/ 7¼in-gauge ground-level line being introduced in 2006. Trains run Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, April 7 to October 6,…
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Audley End’s small locos going under the hammer
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FOUR smaller Audley End Miniature Railway locos are to be auctioned by Dreweatts at Newbury on March 12. This follows the death of Lord Braybrooke, of Audley End Estate, Essex in 2017. The larger steam and diesel locos are being retained for the railway. Those for disposal were all built by David Curwen and are…
