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160 years since the death of Robert Stephenson
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This weekend marks 160 years since the death of Robert Stephenson, one of the greatest railway and civil engineers of all time.
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Network Rail ‘must act on fog risk’ after level crossing death
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A fatal accident investigation has found that Network Rail does not mitigate the effects of fog at some level crossings.
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Mogul and ‘Wells’ join the ‘Q’ at Severn Valley autumn spectacular
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A DISTINCT Southern Region atmosphere surrounded the Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR) Autumn Steam Gala on September 19-22, with five of the participating locomotives having a BR(S) pedigree. East Lancashire Railway Bulleid ‘West County’ No. 34092 City of Wells was surprisingly making its first visit to SVR metals. The air-smoothed Pacific proved to be a popular draw,…
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Classic stations: Newcastle Central
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Newcastle Central is a listed building, the city’s major transport hub, and acts as both a terminus and a through station. Graeme Pickering recalls the station’s impressive past and assesses plans recently outlined for the future. NEWCASTLE Central station is widely regarded as one of the finest in the country. Its neo-classical frontage and sheer…
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‘G5’ construction making steady progress in Shildon
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THE day when a North Eastern Railway Worsdell ‘O’ class 0-4-4T (LNER ‘G5’) steams again in the North East of England is edging closer as the Class G5 Locomotive Company (G5LC) continues to make progress on a new-build re-creation of No. 1759 at its Shildon base. Much of the recent work has focused on the manufacture,…
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Clan Line makes a surprise appearance on Bluebell Railway service train – for one day only
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BULLEID ‘Merchant Navy’ Pacific No. 35028 Clan Line made a surprise appearance on Bluebell Railway services on August 27 during a break from its busy main line schedule. The locomotive arrived at Sheffield Park two days previously in order to use the railway’s wheel drop to conduct a precautionary inspection and maintenance of the front bogie.…
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TRAIN TEST: LONDON OVERGROUND CLASS 710
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Transport for London’s Overground operation has transformed services on many local railways in the capital. As the city’s population grows and demand increases, its train fleet is expanding to create additional capacity. Ben Jones visits the modernised Gospel Oak to Barking line to sample the first Bombardier ‘Aventra’ design to enter service. Class 710 is the…
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HS2 ‘will not solve the problems facing rail travellers today’
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HS2 should be scrapped in favour of upgrading existing rail routes, according to a free market think tank.
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Poppy Line launches appeal to restore Sheringham’s platform 2
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THE North Norfolk Railway (NNR) has mounted a £185,000 appeal to return platform 2 at Sheringham station to the condition it was in when the line was closed by BR in 1967. The project will see the long-demolished waiting room building re-instated, together with the wall, which was primarily there to support the canopy, but…
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Single-chimney ‘9F’ ready for traffic at North Yorks
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NEWLY restored BR ‘9F’ No. 92134 has steamed again at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s Grosmont workshops, almost four decades after it left Barry Scrapyard for restoration. Howard Self’s single-chimney 2-10-0 was coupled to the borrowed ‘BR1G’ tender from Wansford-based ‘5MT’ No. 73050 City of Peterborough’ It was lit up for the first time on September 6…
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