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Check out this railway photography masterclass
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Significant technical advances in digital cameras and lens quality has made railway photography images previously thought impossible, possible.
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On this day: Mallard breaks steam locomotive world speed record
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On 3 July 1938, the A4 class locomotive Mallard raced down Stoke Bank at 126mph to set a new steam locomotive world speed record. That record still stands.
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New Trains for Old: From Upminster to Upcycled – Vivarail’s D-Train
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Ben Jones visits Long Marston to find out how redundant District Line trains are being rebuilt to provide cheaper and greener alternatives to brand new multiple units – and how Vivarail is looking to the future with new methods of propulsion. SOMEWHERE deep in rural Warwickshire, a former London Underground ‘D Stock’ driving car stands…
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From the archive: Experimental Vehicles – Ro-Railers: Ahead of their time or overtaken by events?
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A new type of vehicle for use on both road and rail was trialled in the early 1930s, but never caught on. Alan Dale considers whether early road-rail vehicles were too advanced for their time. The Ro-railer, or road-rail vehicle, is an innovation that has flickered in and out of fashion and topicality, with changing…
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From the archive: A narrow gauge railway under south London
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Keith Fender reports on the construction of the Northern Line extension to Battersea, which has necessitated the construction of a narrow gauge railway under south London – albeit a temporary one. MAJOR tunnelling projects are normally accompanied by construction railways using locos designed for mining and tunnelling – by their nature these railways are temporary…
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ARCHIVE: Getting Farringdon ready for the Elizabeth Line
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Keith Fender was given an exclusive tour of Farringdon, one of the major interchange points on the £16billion project.
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Behind the scenes at Long Rock
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Last year, Great Western Railway staged an open day at Long Rock depot, Penzance in April, raising money for the Penlee Lifeboat station and the RNLI.
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From Ukraine with love? Railway photographer shadowed by the state
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Mark Darby takes a trip to the former Soviet country of Ukraine – an adventure which presented him with more than a few problems, including the discovery he’d been under surveillance for days… as a suspected terrorist!
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Pacer: the bastard son of the APT
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In the early 1960’s Britain’s railway network was a third larger than it is today and seemingly stuck in the past.
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From the archive: Bredgar’s little gem
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Gareth Evans visits the Bredgar & Wormshill Railway to discover the latest developments at the 2ft-gauge line in Kent, run by a group of friends, and open once a month to the public. IT STARTED with a standard gauge engine that brothers Bill and David Best almost bought – yet it resulted in a charming…
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