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  • Quiet progress has ‘Grange’ on coursefor 2020 debut

    Quiet progress has ‘Grange’ on coursefor 2020 debut

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    PROGRESS on the project to construct the 81st Collett ‘Grange’ – No. 6880 Betton Grange – continues at Tyseley and Llangollen, with a view to having the 4-6-0 in traffic next year. Work on the loco at Tyseley Locomotive Works is running slightly behind the original schedule, but the rebuild of the ‘Swindon No. 1’ boiler…

  • UK railway news round-up

    UK railway news round-up

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    Welcome to The Railway Hub’s weekly round-up of the latest railway news.

  • Railway accidents: Curve of unintended outcome

    Railway accidents: Curve of unintended outcome

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    A severe curve on the East Coast Main Line located at the Northumberland town of Morpeth became infamous after two railway accidents within 15 years.

  • One in three rail services run late in the UK

    One in three rail services run late in the UK

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    Hull Trains has worst and c2c the best record under new measurements, data shows.

  • Transport bosses deny claims £500m contract awarded to Spanish firm

    Transport bosses deny claims £500m contract awarded to Spanish firm

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    Transport bosses deny claims that a £500m contract to build new trains has been awarded to a Spanish firm ahead of a British plant 30 miles away.

  • How These Five Locomotives Changed the World

    How These Five Locomotives Changed the World

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    There are many locomotives which have shaped the modern world we live in and were known in every household up and down the country, inspiring generations to come.

  • Engineer killed at Waterloo station working on moving walkway

    Engineer killed at Waterloo station working on moving walkway

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    A man has died while working on a moving walkway at Waterloo station.

  • The Lasting Legacy of Preservation’s ‘Mystery’ Man

    The Lasting Legacy of Preservation’s ‘Mystery’ Man

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    Peter Rampton – a man who spent a lifetime saving locomotives and reviving railways, but who remained an enigma to many.

  • HS2’s controversial clearance of ancient woodland halted by government amid review

    HS2’s controversial clearance of ancient woodland halted by government amid review

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    Clearances of ancient woodland for HS2 must be stopped while the project is reviewed, Grant Shapps has announced.

  • Operation ‘Javelin’

    Operation ‘Javelin’

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    Class 395 ‘Javelin’ charter trains have raised more than £125,000 for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. With this year’s Remembrance Day only two months away, Doug Lindsay takes up the story. The history of these special charter trains, utilising Southeastern High Speed Class 395 ‘Javelin’ trains’, dates back to 2011, and followed a meeting…


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