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Asset Monitoring: Looking after the rail infrastructure
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Many RM readers will have seen the yellow Network Rail trains around the country, but what do they do and why are they operated? Andrew Royle, who was a technician on the trains, explains their crucial role. The yellow-liveried test trains of Network Rail, or ‘Infrastructure Monitoring’ (IM) trains to use the correct description, feature…
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VIDEO: Unboxing the Union Pacific ‘Big Boy’
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This year sees the 150th anniversary since the ‘Pacific Railroad’ was finished, which linked the existing eastern US network with the Pacific coast at Omaha, Nebraska.
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The Railway Hub’s Holiday Brochure Guide
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Ready to plan your next holiday? Register to order the latest holiday brochure or receive email updates from these great companies.
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Rail line becomes world’s first to be powered by solar farm
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The world’s first solar farm to power a railway line directly is set to plug into a track in Aldershot, Hampshire, paving the way for solar-powered trains in the future.
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From the Archive: Didcot’s LNER double act!
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Flying Scotsman’s first appearance at Didcot Railway Centre since 2005 and a guest appearance by another Gresley masterpiece, A4 No. 60009 Union of South Africa, brought in 6000 visitors over the August bank holiday weekend, writes Robin Jones. TWO LNER icons took rival Great Western Railway territory by storm over the August bank holiday weekend.…
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A West Highland celebration
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Keith Farr analyses steam-hauled journeys over this scenic and demanding route.
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HS2 timeline: Key moments in the high speed rail project
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The Railway Hub takes a look back at the key moments in our HS2 timeline.
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From the archive: Last of the Giants – SNCF CC72000
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Late August saw the final regular workings of France’s most powerful diesel locomotives. Ben Jones looks back at their varied career. AFTER the devastation of the Second World War, the railways of France recovered quickly during the 1950s. Electrification was a priority, with most of the major routes radiating from Paris and much of the…
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From the archive: Forty years of Deltic delight
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Early October saw half of the preserved production Deltic fleet drawing the crowds at the Bluebell Railway, which for so long was a no-go area for diesels.
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Preserving Britain’s railway heritage
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As long ago as 1845 Benjamin Disraeli wrote in his novel Sybil: ‘The railways will do as much for mankind as the monasteries did’
