The Railway Magazine
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‘Union’ on home ground after southern adventures
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John Cameron’s ‘A4’ No. 60009 Union of South Africa visited destinations as far apart as Plymouth, London and Edinburgh towards the end of 2018. On December 8 it was on familiar territory with a Railway Touring Company Christmas markets excursion from York to Edinburgh and return. The train worked north over the East Coast Main Line…
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‘Whistler’ Aureol returns to MR-B after five years
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CLASS Forty Appeal’s Class 40 No. 40012 (D212) is now back home at the Midland Railway-Butterley after a five-year absence. It is seen at Swanwick Junction on November 25, having arrived from the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) three days earlier. The transfer was made by rail, hauled by sister No. 40145 on 5Z40, the 08.32 Bury-Butterley. No. 40012…
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Supporters secure future for Bulleid double-decker
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THE Bulleid 4-DD Double-Deck EMU Supporters Group Committee became the owners of double-deck EMU DMBS No. S13003S at Sellindge, Kent on November 20. The group was formed inlate-2015 to rescue and restore this historic vehicle, which had been saved for preservation by Esmond Lewis-Evans, who died in 2017. Now the group owns the vehicle it will…
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Class 03 returns to Norfolk
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CLASS 03 No. 03197 (right of image, below), stands on newly laid track at Hardingham on the Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) in October. It arrived from a gala appearance on the Isle of Wight earlier in the month (RM Nov, p99) and is now assisting with track laying by contractor Sonic Rail Services (SRS), for storing Greater…
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Prototype HST power car works to North Pole
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THE Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) has hired in a loco with electric train heating each year for its popular ‘Polar Express’ trains, and for 2018 this was prototype HST power car No. 41001. It arrived by road from GCR (N) Ruddington on November 20 and worked its first train on the MNR on November 24. The…
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Poignant farewell to semaphore signals in north Humberside
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THE use of semaphore signalling came to an end in north Humberside on November 23 when the old system was finally switched out on the line between Ferriby, Gilberdyke and Saltmarshe. The delayed decommissioning of the old system took place after the passing of the final train that evening. It forms part of Network Rail’s…
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First trains run over electrified Dunblane and Alloa routes
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SCOTRAIL Class 380 EMU No. 380004 became the first train to use the newly electrified Stirling-Dunblane-Alloa lines on November 27 when it completed a successful early-hours trial to both Dunblane and Alloa. The trial paved the way for the full introduction of ScotRail electric services on the line from December 9, including the new Class 385s.…
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New platform 0 for Leeds in latest city investment
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LEEDS station will receive an additional platform as part of a £161million investment programme to improve train journeys and the functionality of the station. Current platforms 1-6 are to be lengthened to cater for longer trains, but it is the creation of a new platform 0 in the site of the current long-stay car park…
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West Sussex Diddly’s Miniature Railway closes
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It was opened in 1965 as a normal, steam-operated 9½in-gauge railway.
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Southwold’s Blyth Valley Light Railway opens for passengers
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THE 7¼in-gauge Blyth Valley Light Railway (BVLR) at the Southwold Railway Trust’s ‘Steamworks’ in Blyth Road, Southwold, Suffolk, opened for passengers, along with the centre, on July 14. It runs around part of the one-acre site, but it is planned to enhance the layout and add more facilities for passengers and stock. A carriage shed…
