TWO former West Coast AC electric locomotives have been bought by Locomotive Services Limited from Electric Traction Ltd (ETL). The last mainline Class 87 –
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Tag: West Coast Main Line
Tornado’s 2020 tour diary takes shape
PEPPERCORN ‘A1’ Pacific No. 60163 Tornado looks set to have another busy year on the national network in 2020 as more dates are added to the
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West Coast looks forward with Avanti
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
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Endangered crayfish rescued during Cumbria viaduct work
WORK to reinforce a 173-year-old railway viaduct is helping to protect endangered crayfish in Cumbria. The Grade-II listed Docker Garths Viaduct, on the West Coast
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HS2 bill up to £88billion as completion date slips to 2040
By Ben Jones HS2 Ltd has advised the Government the first phase of High Speed 2 to Birmingham could open five years later than planned
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Three Type 3s – to the sea!
THREE Class 37s at the head of a heavy freight train used to be a regular sight in South Wales and around Glasgow in BR
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First and Trenitalia to run West Coast Main Line
By Tony Miles OPERATION of the West Coast Partnership (WCP) will be in the hands of First Group and Trenitalia from December 8, under what
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Main line Travelling Post Office run to mark 85th anniversary of Night Mail?
“THIS is the Night Mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order…” W H Auden’s opening lines to 1936’s evocative GPO documentary
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GB Railfreight ‘50s’ heading for the Settle & Carlisle
This follows the success of their recent outing to Cornwall.
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Obituary: John Ransom (September 24, 1935- March 27, 2019)
PHILIP John Greer Ransom was born in Northamptonshire. As a child he loved his Dartmoor pony and also cycled to watch the trains on the
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