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Janine Booth posted a new post. 2 months ago
Appeal launched to bring Crab steam locomotive back in serviceThe East Lancashire Railway (ELR) is appealing for donations to help its work restoring its Crab steam locomotive 13065 back to working order.
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I have fired and driven this locomotive
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Victoria Thompson posted an update 2 months ago
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The next 2 #feature images have been chosen, details will be announced here and in the weekly newsletter this weekend
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 2 months ago
Flood-hit Northern Ireland heritage railway resumes operationsThe Downpatrick & County Down Railway has resumed operating following devastating flood damage it received during storms last November.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 2 months ago
Rare diesel locomotive back in service after major overhaulA Class 11 diesel shunter owned by the Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust has returned to operational services after undergoing a major overhaul.
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Is the first picture one taken before or after the overhaul? It doesn't look as though the shunter has been repainted, certainly not with gloss black paint -
I My dad and grandad were both drivers in Leamington spa.and I spent many unofficial hours on these shunters as they worked with Ford motor company and freight movements around Leamington sidings… Read more
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 2 months ago
Major improvements underway at Leicestershire railway stationA programme of major improvements is being carried out to the railway station at Market Harborough in Leicestershire.
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Could have added an extra platform so that EMR Connect/Luton Airport Express Class 360 trains can terminate at Market Harborough from London St. Pancras International. With the electrification to continue… Read more
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 2 months ago
Heritage railway looking for stories about women who built one of its steam locomotivesThe Watercress Line is looking for stories about the women who built Merchant Navy Class 35005 Canadian Pacific at Eastleigh in 1941.
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Those women surely can't be working on Can Pac, or any other Merchant Navy, because it appears to have a round top firebox (upside down) not the flat top Belpaire firebox of the Bulleid Pacifics - as in the… Read more
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 2 months ago
Chiltern Railways unveils refurbished Class 168 trainTrain operator Chiltern Railways has revealed the first of its refurbished Class 168 trains.
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It would have been good to see some pictures of the refurbished interiors
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I think it’s a good idea to refurbish the Class 168 Clubman units. Why not refurbish the Class 165 or are they to be replaced by new trains.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 2 months ago
West of England railway line set for two week closureFor two weeks in November there will be no train services between Axminster and Exeter while engineers install new track through Honiton Tunnel.
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Maybe my memory is failing me, but I don't recall in years gone by the number of railway route closures that we now have. Every week it seems there is an announcement of another railway closure, often for… Read more
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 2 months ago
Connecting Midlands cities by rail would create 3,000 jobsNew research shows that a rail link between Coventry, Leicester, and Nottingham would create 3,000 jobs in the construction industry and supply chain.
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I do think that having a new rail link to link between Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham is a good idea. I think it should be given the go ahead.
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 2 months ago
World Homeless Day: London Overground stations collect funds and foodTransport for London (TfL) and Arriva Rail London will raise money for national homelessness charity Crisis this Thursday (10 October), which is World Homeless Day.
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When is Transport for London going to rebrand and rename all 6 London Overground lines as we are now in Autumn. Maybe at the end of October or in the beginning of November.
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