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Cardiff electrics pushed back to January
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RESCHEDULED engineering and testing work in South Wales means electric operation to Cardiff will not now start until January 2020. The December 2019 timetable will see a typical journey time saving of 14 minutes between Cardiff and London Paddington, but the final 10-mile section of 25kV equipment between Newport and the Welsh capital will not be ready in…
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‘Passengers first’ as Network Rail’s regional structure goes live
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JUNE 24 signalled the start of significant structural changes at Network Rail, designed to tackle the declining performance and punctuality of passenger and freight trains over recent years. More power is being devolved into five new regions, with 14 smaller, regional organisations aimed at being closer to customers and giving local managers the authority to…
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DCRail expands with new bulk material flows
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DCRail started a new service on June 24 which is conveying used rail ballast from Westbury to Southampton for recycling by L&S Waste. The new flow follows shortly after the introduction of a similar ‘as-required’ flow of used ballast from Carlisle Kingmoor to Boston in Lincolnshire. On arrival at Southampton the ballast is processed and…
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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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Western Cinderella awaits attention at Williton
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THE Diesel & Electric Preservation Group’s Class 52 No. D1010 Western Campaigner is seen alone in Williton diesel depot, West Somerset Railway, on June 22. For nearly a quarter of a century this loco, when in the shed (completed late 1997), has had Class 35 No. D7018 for company. However, on this day the ‘Hymek’ was out…
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RMT boss warns of more strikes following re-election
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The leader of the biggest rail workers union has followed up his re-election with a warning that a wave of strikes and other forms of industrial action will go ahead.
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Test run paves way for Heathrow construction railhead
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Thorney Hill aggregates terminal, on the Colnbrook branch, saw its first train for six years on June 21. GB Railfreight (GBRf) operated a test train into the reactivated facility, which is three miles to the north of Heathrow, and close to the site of the planned third runway. Class 66 No. 66775 HMS Argyll hauled…
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Railway engineers turned dog rescuers on West Coast main line
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Bank holiday railway engineers turned dog rescuers after a wayward pooch found her way on to the tracks on the West Coast main line.
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Tyne & Wear station closes
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SOUTH Shields station on the Tyne and Wear Metro system was permanently closed from the end of service on July 7. This is the first and only T&W station to close since operations began in 1980. South Shields was at the end of the Yellow Line branch from Pelaw on the south bank of the…
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Glyder returns to steam
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GRAHAM Morris’ Andrew Barclay 0-4-0WT Glyder (1994/1931) steamed for the first time since 1965 on June 19 at Beamish. It was originally supplied to Durham County Water Board (DCWB) to work on the dam contract at Burnhope in Weardale in the early-1930s, where it was named Grey. At the end of the contract it was…
