The Railway Magazine
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West Coast looks forward with Avanti
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Words: Ben Jones NEW trains, more services and a better customer experience are the priorities for Avanti West Coast (AWC), which replaced Virgin Trains on December 8. First-Trenitalia’s West Coast Partnership joint venture will operate the country’s busiest inter-city railway until March 31, 2031, during which time it will also become the shadow operator for…
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Mid-Suffolk Ruston named
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RUSTON & HORNSBY 294266 – a ‘48DS’ class 4wDM – was officially named Sir William McAlpine by Lady McAlpine, in memory of her late husband, at the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (MSLR) on October 12. The loco is owned by MSLR driver Lawrie Rose. He bought the loco in October 2017 from Sir William, who used…
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Bodmin’s whole main line fleet is displayed
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THIS view, dated October 13, shows all the main line diesel locos currently operated by the Bodmin & Wenford Railway. On the right, Class 37 No. 37142 pulls a ‘dead’ Class 50 – No.50042 Triumph – towards Bodmin General station. On the left is Class 47/3 No. 47306 The Sapper in Railfreight Distribution livery, while in the background is Class 33/1…
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A Class 117 DMU to join West Somerset fleet
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AN OFFICIAL announcement is awaited from the West Somerset Railway following the arrival of DMBS No. W51354 at Bishops Lydeard on October 30. It has been stored at RSS Wishaw since January 2018, together with DMS No. 51396. Both were previously based on Peak Rail following acquisition from the Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway, prior to that…
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Chinnor & Princes ‘Gronk’ given Network SouthEast treatment
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THE Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway has repainted Class 08 No. 08825 (D3993) in Network SouthEast’s colourful livery. This is reminiscent of No. 08600 Ivor, which was renumbered 97800 when used as the Slade Green depot shunter in the 1980s. No. 08825 is seen at Chinnor on October 15 while awaiting the application of numerals, which were expected…
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New look for Perry Barr?
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Birmingham’s Perry Barr station looks set to be transformed as part of a wider regeneration of the area it serves. The development of a new rail and bus interchange will see a modern new station building constructed, featuring new lighting, CCTV, accessible toilets, covered waiting areas, live travel information screens, lifts to platforms and better…
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Trio of Manchester bridges restored to Victorian glory
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Three Manchester railway bridges have been restored to their Victorian splendour after months of painstaking repair work. The Grade II-listed, 175-year-old bridges at Great Ducie Street were unveiled on October 25 after a £3.2million project to repair steelwork, remove debris and give the bridges a superb new paint finish, based on their original…
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NR devolves signalling and track projects to regions
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Network Rail’s new geographic regions are now accountable for the delivery of all capital projects within their borders, including track and signalling. Introduced on November 11, this second phase of NR’s devolution process sees more teams transfer to the regions, to NR’s new Network Services division as well to the Route Services and the chief…
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Countdown begins to major Birmingham extension opening
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WEST Midlands Metro tram No. 20 became the first to work through to Centenary Square in Birmingham on October 23, as testing continued along the new Westside extension from Grand Central (New Street). This city centre extension is the first stage of a much larger expansion of the network around Birmingham, with the Westside line…
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Ipswich museum completes Cambridge horse tram restoration
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A FORMER Cambridge Street Tramways 4ft-gauge horse tram, which survived in Ely as a workshop for decades, has been returned to its former glory after a seven-year restoration by Ipswich Transport Museum. Car No. 7 was originally built in 1880 as a single-deck horse tram by the Starbuck Car & Wagon Company of Birkenhead. It…
