Sam Hewitt
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Greater Anglia Class 720 ready for testing at Derby
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BOMBARDIER has an order to build 111 ‘Aventra’ trains for Greater Anglia (GA), with five-car set No. 720501 having been completed. On November 4 it was outside the workshops at Litchurch Lane, Derby waiting to be moved to the commissioning area and testing on the short works line. Bombardier is building a total of 2210-car…
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NZ ‘Southern Diesel Tour’ pays visit to South Island
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AN EXTENSIVE tour covering many lines on the South Island of New Zealand was operated in October. A good proportion of the lines have no regular passenger services. The ‘Southern Diesel Tour’ was hauled by preserved English Electric-built locos owned by the Diesel Traction Group: Di 1102 (Co-Co built in 1966 by English Electric, Rocklea…
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ODIN returns to Danish railways
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IN September the Danish National Railway Museum in Odense presented the new working replica of Denmark’s first steam loco – ODIN. The original was a 2-2-2, built in 1846 by Sharp Brothers and Company in Manchester, and named after the Norse God. ODIN was built for the opening of the line between Copenhagen and Roskilde…
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New Indian GE locos enter service
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INDIAN Railways has ordered 1,000 of two types of new diesel locos from American loco builder GE Transportation in an order worth $2.5billion. The first of the 700 4,500hp diesel electric locos, designated ES43ACi by GE and Class WDG4G by Indian Railways, was handed over to Indian Railways in October 2017. The 100kph locos are…
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Emergency Appeal launched to keep GWR prairie at Minehead
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The appeal was launched by members of the line’s mechanical engineering department after it was offered for sale.
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Martello to attend Nene Valley’s Southern steam gala
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The Southern Steam event has been boosted with the confirmation that LBSCR ‘Terrier’ Martello is to visit.
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Bumper year for Talyllyn Railway with passenger numbers up
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Revenue in the cafe and shop also rose, approximately 20% and 7% respectively year-on-year.
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Hornby’s latest streamlined ‘Princess Coronation’ is here
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Hot on the heels of Hornby’s ‘defrocked’ LMS ‘Duchess’ Pacifics come the streamlined versions
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Bachmann Europe unveils Branchline & Graham Farish catalogues
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Last year proved a challenging one for Bachmann Europe Plc.
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More new EMUs for French Intercités to replace locos
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SEVERAL batches of new multiple units have been ordered by the French regions which are taking over responsibility for most non-high-speed Intercités routes. ‘Omneo Premium’ part double-deck articulated EMUs were ordered from Bombardier in November to operate services between Paris Nord and Maubeuge/St Quentin in northern France. The new trains will replace SNCF Class BB…
