The darkest episode in the history of world railways undoubtedly centres around the role they were forced to play in the transport of civilians to Nazi death camps during the Second World War.
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Category: World
Canadian National celebrates centenary
CANADA’s largest rail operator – Canadian National (CN) – celebrated its centenary in 2019 and gave some of its locos a special ‘CN100’ livery. Here,
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Retro livery for rebuilt Canadian Pacific locos
CANADIAN Pacific (CP) has given several recently rebuilt locomotives its original original Tuscan red, grey, and gold livery, the first locos appearing in mid-October. The
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British-built steam centenary celebrated in southern France
Former SNCF 2-8-0 No. 140C38 is seen at Bugeat, on the line between Limoges and Meymac, on September 8, complete with headboard for the loco’s centenary
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New GE and EMD locos for FCAB in Chile
CHILEAN mining railway Ferrocarril de Antofagasta (FCAB) has received the first of five new General Electric (GE) C23 EMP locos, having already taken delivery of
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Unique Austrian line to lose passenger services
THE 21.2km-long Feldbach to Bad Gleichenberg line, east of Graz, in south-eastern Austria, is closing in December 2020. The line is owned and operated by
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Last few months for Polish scheduled steam?
SCHEDULED steam passenger trains on the Polish main line may cease completely from mid-2020. The last remaining public passenger mainline steam services anywhere in the
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From the archive: The big bird that flew too far
As the most powerful single-engine diesel locomotive in the world at the time, Kestrel promised a motive power revolution… but it turned out to be ‘too good for its own good’!
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Eurostar marks 25th anniversary with first ‘plastic-free’ train
Eurostar is operating a train with no single-use plastics to mark the 25th anniversary and will plant a tree for every service it runs.
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Eurostar to merge with Thalys to form ‘Green Speed’
International high-speed operators Eurostar and Thalys announced plans in late September to merge the two companies to create a new pan-European high-speed operator to be
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