Roger Smith
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Roger Smith posted a new post. a day ago
Revised plans issued for HS2's station in BirminghamHS2 has revised its plans for Curzon Street station in Birmingham to improve passenger experience, accessibility, and internal layout.
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Well, this is all very laudable, but the Railway itself needs to be more than a high Speed and Price Shuttle service to Londinium. Lets get the Northern and Eastern legs Authorised!1
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 2 days ago
Steam locomotive 45596 Bahamas set for Blackpool visitOn 16 November 45596 Bahamas will haul The Blackpool Illuminations Express from Birmingham New Street to Blackpool North.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 4 days ago
Former Lioness helps launch London Overground's Lioness LineEngland Lionesses football player Ellen Maggs was a surprise visitor at a football festival hosted by Transport for London to mark the naming of the Lioness line.
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When the word "Lioness" is spelt with a capital L, this normally means a Leyland Lioness, which is a 1920s/1930s coach with normal control llayout. There are several of these beauties still existing… Read more
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 5 days ago
Steam locomotive 45596 Bahamas set to make 2024 mainline debut45596 Bahamas is to have its first run of 2024 on Sunday, 27th October when it hauls “The Shakespeare Express” from Derby to Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 6 days ago
Pete Waterman OBE has Freightliner locomotive named after himFreightliner has named a locomotive after music entrepreneur and railway enthusiast Pete Waterman OBE in recognition of his contribution to the Railway industry.
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Once met him at Bolton Street Station in Bury, he was stood in a very striped down peak class diesel locomotive, nice man.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. a week ago
HS2 breaks record for Britain’s longest railway viaductThe deck of HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct in Buckinghamshire has been completed to break a 137-year old record as Britain’s longest railway viaduct.
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Talking about a ‘green corridor’ is just a load of greenwash. The amount of CO2 produced in the production of all that concrete is phenomenal, just to knock a few minutes off the rail journey.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. a week ago
Special wedding anniversary cake for Cornish coupleOn 5 September, Great Western Railway presented a couple from Cornwall with a special cake in return for a kind-hearted gesture made 65 years ago.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. a week ago
Celebrations as locomotive marks 30 years at Norfolk railwayOn 14 September, it will be 30 years since D6732 became the first of its class to work in preservation when it arrived at the North Norfolk Railway.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. a week ago
Network Rail train kills weeds on Dorset heritage railwayA Network Rail and Balfour Beatt, a Multi-Purpose Vehicle has treated weeds on the Swanage Railway in Dorset to help keep its lines weed-free.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. a week ago
Charity railtour to bid farewell to West Midlands trainsThe Branch Line Society is running the Class 323 Farewell from Birmingham to Liverpool on 29 September as a tribute to the class.
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