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Brighton’s Electric Railway – The seaside line that sparked a transport revolution
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To the untrained eye, Brighton’s Volk’s Electric Railway may appear to be just another seaside tramway, a relic from the resort’s Victorian heyday. However, it is no less than Britain’s first electric railway, and the oldest in the world to be still running, and therefore of paramount international importance. Magnus Volk did not invent the…
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Great Beeching Survivors
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While banner-waving protestors who gathered outside stations on the last day of services on their local line may have felt that they were wasting their breath against a Government ‘one size fits all’ policy, that the consultation procedures were purely academic, and that the Labour government which pledged to reverse the cuts re-engaged on that…
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The Talyllyn Railway: powered by volunteers
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The Talyllyn Railway is a historic heritage railway located in Tywyn, Mid Wales. Of global importance, it holds the distinction of being the world’s first preserved railway, paving the way for the preservation and restoration of many other historic railways around the world.
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From the archive: Harry Potter – How the rail scenes were filmed
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This exclusive behind-the-scenes report by James Shuttleworth was first published in The Railway Magazine in January 2002.
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The future of UK traction arrives
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Richard Clinnick witnesses the arrival of the first Class 93 and provides all there is to know about the new tri-mode locomotive.
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From the archive: Liverpool Street, Great Eastern Railway
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By Scott Damant, General Manager’s Office, Great Eastern Railway. First published November 1899.
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From the archive: The Brighton Electrification
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A Twenty-year Retrospect by P. H. S. Martin, first published in The Railway Magazine in January 1953.
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From the archive: New Southern Railway Suburban Line
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Reprinted from the July 1938 issue of The Railway Magazine: On Sunday, May 29, the first section of a new line between Motspur Park and Leatherhead on the Southern Railway was opened to traffic.
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Rails to the Ribble | Line Profile
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Once serving commercial shipping on the River Ribble at Preston, the line to the Port of Preston dates from the dawn of the railway age and is now a unique part of the UK network, with regular freight trains operating over part of what is now a heritage railway. Martyn Hilbert looks at the history…
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Making Anglia Great Again
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Five new fleets were ordered as part of the Greater Anglia franchise. With the final ‘321s’ withdrawn, engineering director Martin Beable tells Richard Clinnick how the transition was achieved, and what comes next.
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