Sam Hewitt
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Network Rail consults on ‘Croydon Bottleneck’
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NETWORK Rail’s proposed solutions to reduce congestion in and around Croydon were opened to public consultation in November. The Croydon area is reported to be the busiest and most congested part of Britain’s rail network, with 30% more passengers and trains passing through it each day than London Euston and King’s Cross stations combined. Punctuality…
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Heljan adds Class 17 ‘Clayton’ Bo-Bo to its O-gauge range
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Heljan’s new addition to its O-gauge range is a Class 17 ‘Clayton’ Bo-Bo diesel-electric.
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Walking in a Warley Wonderland
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Ian Lamb, who lent a hand on RMM’s much-visited stand at this year’s Warley Model Railway Club Exhibition at the NEC, brings his impressions of an event to remember.
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What’s in the Shops – Hornby’s new ‘Electric Scot’
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Hornby’s ‘OO’ gauge Class 87 model is now available in the shops, including an original BR blue version of the 1970 and early 1980s, writes Nigel Burkin.
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Accurascale reveals OO-gauge ‘Deltic’
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A surprise announcement at the Warley MRC Exhibition was for the development of a high-fidelity 4mm scale model of the English Electric Type 5 Class 55 ‘Deltic’ locomotive.
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A look around the docks on the Ribble Steam Railway
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Craig Amess discovers what’s on offer at the Ribble Steam Railway in Preston, and the railway preservation events that led to its opening in 2005.
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Tube deal gives green light to Goole factory for Siemens
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SIEMENS has been confirmed as the winning bidder for the £1.5billion contract to build a new fleet of Underground trains, which means the proposed factory in Goole can now go ahead. Siemens was awarded the contract in June, but it was put on hold following a legal challenge by rivals Bombardier, Hitachi and Alstom. That…
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Blonay-Chamby museum celebrates 50th anniversary
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SWITZERLAND’s leading metre gauge heritage railway and museum at Blonay-Chamby, near Lausanne, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018. The museum and the 3km line began operation in 1968 after closure of the line by operator Chemins de fer électriques Veveysans (CEV), but it retains overhead DC electrification, enabling operation of historic electric trains as well…
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World’s ‘first autonomous’ tram carries passengers in Germany
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SIEMENS and Potsdam transport operator Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam (ViP) have developed what they claim is the world’s first autonomous driverless tram. The tram carried its first passengers in a media demonstration run on September 18, timed to coincide with the Innotrans trade fair in nearby Berlin. Fully autonomous unmanned freight trains are already in operation in…
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German ‘Rabbits’ days numbered
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GERMAN Railways (DB) had hundreds of diesel-hydraulic locos introduced in the 1960s and 1970s to replace steam, but their days working passenger trains are now coming to an end. Of the several hundred ‘V160’ B-B design locos built, only the final variant – Class 218 – remains in use with DB for passenger services. They…
