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Train given rainbow livery to mark Brighton and Hove Pride
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A rail firm has unveiled a train emblazoned with a rainbow livery ahead of Brighton and Hove Pride.
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No. 813 returns to the North East for Tanfield ‘legends’ gala
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FORMER Backworth Collieries 0-6-0ST No. 12, better known in preservation as Great Western Railway No. 813, returned to the Tanfield Railway to celebrate its North East heritage at the line’s Legends of Industry gala on June 14-16. The 1901-built ‘Swindonised’ Hudswell, Clarke last visited Tanfield in 2007, and again was present courtesy of the GWR 813 Preservation…
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Govia Thameslink Railway fined £1m over passenger killed leaning out of window
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Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has been fined £1 million after a passenger was killed when he put his head out of an unlocked carriage window.
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AUGUST ISSUE ON SALE NOW!
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Northern’s Newbies! Class 47 survivors! ‘Hymek’ returns! The latest issue of Rail Express is packed with modern traction news, nostalgia and modelling.
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Railtours remembered: The Metropolitan Special
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In the first of an occasional new series, Andrew Royle looks back to a forgotten railtour over London Transport’s Metropolitan line in 1954.
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East Kent’s growing attractions…
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THE standard-gauge East Kent Railway (EKR), near Dover, continues to develop the attractions on offer to visitors. These include the 7¼in-gauge Knees Woodland Miniature Railway, opened in 2015, sited next to Shepherdswell station. Locos used are petrol, diesel and battery, with the main traction on March 24 provided by No. 5, a scale replica of a…
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Conductor strikes on East Midlands Trains to go ahead in pay row
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The first of a series of senior conductor strikes on East Midlands Trains is to go ahead on Saturday amid continued deadlock over a pay dispute.
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Virtual Hyperloop concept offers glimpse into future of travel
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A virtual glimpse into the future of high-speed ground transport has been revealed by a group of engineers and designers, who have envisaged how Elon Musk’s Hyperloop could look.
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Supertram providing free travel for Invictus UK Trials competitors
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Supertram has confirmed it will provide free travel for participants of the Invictus UK Trials in Sheffield later this month.
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Urie 4-6-0 is the newest addition to Mid-Hants operating fleet
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THE Urie Locomotive Society’s (ULS) newly overhauled ‘S15’ 4-6-0 No. 506 became the newest addition to the Mid-Hants Railway’s operating fleet when it was formally handed over to the line’s operating department on June 2. The Eastleigh-built 4-6-0 last ran in 2001, and made its triumphant return to service resplendent in Southern unlined black with…
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