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Barrow Hill completes purchase of Midland ‘Half Cab’ No. 41708
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FORMER Midland Railway ‘1F’ 0-6-0T No. 41708 will be returned to full working order for the first time since 2003 following its acquisition by the Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society (BHESS). The purchase of the 1880-built ‘Half Cab’ for an undisclosed sum from the 1708 Locomotive Preservation Trust officially reunites the loco with the shed it…
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North Yorks Moors set for ‘S15’ comeback
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ESSEX Locomotive Society-owned Southern ‘S15’ No. 825 could be undergoing its post-overhaul trials at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway by the time this issue of The RM goes on sale. At the time of writing work was well into the final stages of the Maunsell 4-6-0’s 10-yearly overhaul. By the second week of July the…
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Driverless people mover plan for HS2
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HS2 has unveiled designs for a driverless people mover that will connect its Interchange station in Solihull with Birmingham Airport, Birmingham International station and the National Exhibition Centre. The people mover will feature 20-metre vehicles departing every three minutes over a 1.5-mile route, entirely on a viaduct. It will be capable of carrying up to…
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Terrible state of the lineside – RM readers voice concerns
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I AM a driver with a UK train operator and raised the issue of the state of the lineside about eight years ago with Network Rail, citing the points that both The RM and David Nattress made. Their answer? “We and our contractors clean-up after every job and we recovered enough scrap rail to go…
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Vandals ordered to pay compensation to model railway club
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Three teenagers have been sentenced after a model railway exhibition was destroyed at a school in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
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GWR sheds make way for Old Oak Common hub
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Demolition of former Great Western Railway sheds at Old Oak Common, in west London, was completed in July.
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West Highland Line re-opens after flooding
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Network Rail has announced that the West Highland Line has fully re-opened for start of service today, after repair works finished following flash floods.
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Lakeside’s Barclay steals the show at Foxfield gala
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VISITING Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T No. 14 (1245/1911) certainly stole the show at the Foxfield Railway’s Summer Gala on July 20-21, recalling the heyday of the Scottish coalfields when these big Barclay tanks were a common sight on coal trains. The former Carron Iron Company loco had made the journey to Staffordshire from its home at…
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North set to receive ‘£2,300 less per person in transport spending than London’
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Boris Johnson has been urged to keep his promises after a report suggested the North is set to receive more than £2,300 less per person in transport spending than London.
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Snowdon Mountain Railway invests in future with new hybrid diesel locomotives
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Snowdon Mountain Railway has begun a programme of replacement for its existing diesel locomotives which began service in 1985.
