Janine Booth
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Janine Booth posted a new post. a week ago
New West Midlands Railway trains welcomed on new routeWest Midlands Railway’s Class 730 electric trains are now calling at Walsall, with the local council welcoming the new service.
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Do these units really have more seats than the Class 350 four-car units that have hitherto operated the Chase Line, or do they claim standing passengers as part of their capacity? -
Perhaps London Northwestern Railway should start introducing the Class 730/2 5-Car units by the end of 2024 and the Class 350/2 to be moved for storage and the Class 319 to be sent for scrap or cascaded to Northern.
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 2 weeks ago
HST to be part of East Lancashire Railway DMU GalaThe world’s fastest diesel train – the InterCity 125 – is to appear at the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) in November.
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Nice to see an HST on the ELR, it will only be idling on the first notch when it runs.
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Guilty as charged. In the 1970s, I hated the HSTs for taking away our beloved Westerns and Deltics, yet more recently, I have waited for a later train to ride in an HST rather than a Voyager (being over 6’ tall,… Read more- View 1 reply
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 2 weeks ago
Network Rail, Southeastern and Earth Cubs launch new educational videos for childrenNetwork Rail and Southeastern are working with early-stage environmental learning group Earth Cubs to launch new educational videos for children.
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 2 weeks ago
Rapido Trains UK announces new productsModel maker Rapido Trains UK has today announced additions to both its Evolution range and its range of LMS rolling stock.
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 2 weeks ago
New London rail freight yard 'unanimously' approvedThe London Legacy Development Corporation has voted unanimously to approve an outline ‘masterplan’ for a rail freight campus and last-mile logistics bub in east London.
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 2 weeks ago
Govia Thameslink Railway to hire engineering apprenticesGovia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is recruiting its 2025 intake of apprentice engineers.
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 3 weeks ago
Model maker gives two thousand pounds to Welsh RailwayModel manufacturer Bachmann Europe as presented the Ffestiniog Railway with £2,000, raised from the sale of Scenecraft models depicting various of the Railway’s structures.
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 3 weeks ago
Switzerland’s transport office puts solar power on the railsSwitzerland’s Federal Office of Transport (FOT) has authorised the first removable solar power plant to be installed between rails on the country’s railway.
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Best not engage the cog system
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This beats covering agricultural land with solar panels as our UK government seems so keen to do.
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 4 weeks ago
Shropshire railway checks and cleans up its new Class 101 diesel multiple unitThe Severn Valley Railway (SVR) reports that the DMU Group (West Midlands) has been working on its new Class 101 unit.
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Janine Booth posted a new post. 4 weeks 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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