Sam Hewitt

  • FIRST SHOTTS LINE ELECTRIC

    FIRST SHOTTS LINE ELECTRIC

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    Freightliner locos No. 86638 and 86627 were the first electric traction to use the newly electrified line between Glasgow and Edinburgh via Shotts when they performed test runs on February 24. First No. 86638 ran light engine both ways between Holytown and Midcalder Junctions, calling at all stations, then the pair ‘top and tailed’ a…

  • Network Rail shake-up sees the return of regions

    Network Rail shake-up sees the return of regions

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    NETWORK Rail’s chief executive Andrew Haines has announced that a reorganisation of the infrastructure owner will see the return of five regions, within which there will be 13 routes. The reorganised map looks very similar to the former British Rail structure, with the creation of Eastern, London North Western, Wales and Western, Southern and Scotland…

  • Your Gallery | Jubilee “Bahamas” arrives at Oxenhope

    Your Gallery | Jubilee “Bahamas” arrives at Oxenhope

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    “Bahamas” coasts into Oxenhope on the final day of the KWVR Spring gala, sent in by Mike Webber.

  • “Big Jim” No.5820 sets off

    “Big Jim” No.5820 sets off

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    Plenty of steam at Keighley as Big Jim sets off on the third day of the KWVR Spring gala, sent in by Mike Webber.

  • Rail Express April 2019

    Rail Express April 2019

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    Network Rail to devolve into regions (again!), Thunderer back on railtour duties, and GWR to host an open day at Long Rock depot.

  • John M Rodway’s Tales From Knottewithought Junction: The Disaster

    John M Rodway’s Tales From Knottewithought Junction: The Disaster

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    In a model railway world, brakevans have no brakes at all – so a breakaway can spell big trouble… The afternoon branch freight from Wempole had stopped at Knottewith Magna to pick up some wagons. The signals were cleared, and the guard waved the ‘Right away’. However, as the train passed his ’box, the signalman…

  • 64C Dalry Road shed – an inspiration to modellers

    64C Dalry Road shed – an inspiration to modellers

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    Ian Lamb recalls his fascination with the former LMS ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0s that were no strangers to Dalry Road (64C), a sub-shed of Edinburgh’s St Margaret’s Depot, and one whose layout is well worth modelling. Nowadays our lives seem increasingly to be dominated by sport. If it isn’t football, it’s tennis; if not athletics, cricket, even…

  • The Bluebell Railway: What an inspiration for modelling fans

    The Bluebell Railway: What an inspiration for modelling fans

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    Craig Amess charts the long and often convoluted history of the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, and describes the wealth of beautifully kept historic trains and stations that await visitors.  One of the most picturesque, well-visited and well-run preserved lines in the UK is the 11-mile-long Bluebell Railway in West Sussex (although Sheffield Park station actually…

  • St Ann’s Cove: It’s time for a dress rehearsal

    St Ann’s Cove: It’s time for a dress rehearsal

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    Putting the second chunk of landscaping in place on RMM’s project N-scale layout brings an opportunity to appraise where everything else might eventually fit, particularly the harbour and its surrounds that will feature next month, writes Pete Kelly.  As the construction of any model railway layout progresses, there comes a time to pause, take stock…

  • Revolutionary lightweight tram planned for Coventry

    Revolutionary lightweight tram planned for Coventry

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    It’s design could revise thinking for cities keen to adopt VLRs as a way of cutting emissions.

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