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  • First Class 313 is sent for scrap as ‘717’ use increases

    First Class 313 is sent for scrap as ‘717’ use increases

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    GOVIA Thameslink sent its first Great Northern route Class 313 for scrap on April 8.   Angel Trains-owned set No. 313026 was dispatched to Sims Metals Newport behind DRS Class 57 No. 57312 on long-term hire to Rail Operations Group. The following day, set No. 313050 was sent to C F Booth for disposal, with a third set…

  • Manchester and Liverpool mayors call for termination of Northern Rail

    Manchester and Liverpool mayors call for termination of Northern Rail

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    Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram are calling for Northern Rail to be stripped of its franchise, accusing it of “consistently failing”.

  • Your Gallery | Bagnall New Standard 18 0-6-0 ST

    Your Gallery | Bagnall New Standard 18 0-6-0 ST

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    We want to see your pictures of some of the best heritage railways, and you could feature in our magazine, on our website and on our social media!

  • GB Railfreight ‘50s’ heading for the Settle & Carlisle

    GB Railfreight ‘50s’ heading for the Settle & Carlisle

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    This follows the success of their recent outing to Cornwall.

  • BLS charity tour to explore Yorkshire freight lines with Colas and WCRC ’37s’

    BLS charity tour to explore Yorkshire freight lines with Colas and WCRC ’37s’

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    No fewer than four rarely visited freight installations in Yorkshire will be explored by the Branch Line Society on July 20.

  • Totem rarities headline next Stafford sale

    Totem rarities headline next Stafford sale

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    Railwayana Auctions UK heads up its next Stafford auction on July 6 with a range of rare BR station totem signs.

  • Clun Castle to perform for Ironbridge branch farewell

    Clun Castle to perform for Ironbridge branch farewell

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    Two more opportunities to ride behind Tyseley’s restored No. 7029 Clun Castle on June 9.

  • Vossloh delivers new ‘DE18’ locos across Europe

    Vossloh delivers new ‘DE18’ locos across Europe

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    LOCOMOTIVE builder Vossloh, which opened a new factory in Kiel-Suchsdorf in northern Germany last year, is building up to 50 new diesel locos a year. Currently, all those being built are its new four-axle ‘DE18’ design. Unlike previous Vossloh designs these are diesel-electric locos and incorporate an MTU 12V 4000 R43L engine. Many have been bought…

  • Boston’s historic high-speed line cars to be replaced?

    Boston’s historic high-speed line cars to be replaced?

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    THE long-term future of Boston’s Mattapan to Ashmont high-speed line Presidents’ Conference Committee (PCC) tramcars is in doubt. They were built in 1945/46 and are the oldest passenger vehicles in continuous regular public transport service in the USA. Boston area transport authority MBTA is now consulting on possible replacements for the vehicles, which are almost…

  • American freight locos rebuilt in Estonia

    American freight locos rebuilt in Estonia

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    AMERICAN manufactured diesel locos, once used in the USA, are being completely rebuilt in Estonia for use there and also in Ukraine.  Estonian state-owned rail freight company Operail inherited the former US Class 1-operated diesel locos which were imported during 2002/03 when the business was run by private company Baltic Rail Services – trading as…


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