AUGUST 18 saw the take over of the East Midland franchise by Abellio, with the brand name East Midlands Railway replacing East Midlands Trains (EMT),
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‘Azuma’ makes Scottish debut as LNER ponders extra trains
By Ben Jones LNER introduced its first Anglo-Scottish ‘Azuma’ diagram on August 1, with more services expected to move over to the new trains in
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First Class 91 withdrawn to become spares donor
LNER Class 91 No. 91108 became the first of the 31-strong class to be taken out of service on July 22. Withdrawal of Class 91s was
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‘Royal Windsor Steam Express’ to return in 2020
Regular steam operation will return to London Waterloo in 2020 after Steam Dreams confirmed its ‘Royal Windsor Steam Express’ will run again next summer. Operating
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Worksop wins heritage award
WORKSOP station in Nottinghamshire has won a prestigious National Railway Heritage Award following a £1.1million investment to restore and conserve parts of its listed structures.
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Class 91s facing sidelines as Mk4 stock goes for store
THE first Class 91 locos are expected to be withdrawn by LNER from July. They are becoming surplus to requirements as diagrams for the Hitachi
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‘B1’ and ‘Caley’ tank add soul to Gloucs-Warks steam festival
CLOSE to 5,000 passengers travelled on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s trains during the three-day Cotswold Festival of Steam on May 25-17, sponsored by The RM.
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Humphrey Platts, the railway photographer
Nick Pigott meets Humphrey Platts, who began photographing trains just after the Second World War, capturing a fascinating transitional period on the railways.
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A1 Trust orders TWO new boilers from DB Meiningen
GERMAN steam locomotive works Dampflokwerk Meiningen has been awarded the contract to construct the new Diagram 118a boiler for new-build LNER ‘P2’ 2-8-2 No. 2007 Prince
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Fleet Focus: Britain’s new trains
Exciting times are ahead as the first trains of two new fleets entered service during April and May.
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