Roger Smith
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 3 weeks ago
Sussex railway releases update on steam locomotive 30541The Maunsell Locomotive Society has issued an update on the project to overhau1 Q Class 0-6-0 No.541.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 3 weeks ago
Network Rail helps the Talyllyn Railway re-create historyNetwork Rail has helped the Talyllyn Railway in a project to display a standard gauge wagon in the livery of the former Cambrian Railway.
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An excellent initiative. A reminder that for most railways (beyond South East England), goods and minerals were their 'bread & butter'.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 3 weeks ago
Transpennine Route Upgrade reaches new milestoneWork on the Dewsbury to Leeds section of the Transpennine Route Upgrade has now reached halfway, with the work set to continue until 22 November.
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AFAIK the current Manchester York service takes around 82mins and the Leeds trip takes around 54mins. If the figures above are to be believed, the upgrade should provide those trips in 75% of the time. Not… Read more -
There will be overhead wires in the Standedge tunnel.
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Details of the tunnels, wires and methods are in this earlier article https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2024/04/contract-awarded-for-west-yorkshire-rail-upgrades.html
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 3 weeks ago
50% increase for Northumberland passengers heading to LondonIn the last two years, the number of customers travelling by Lumo’s train services between Morpeth and London has increased by 50%.
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Would it be possible if Lumo would one day stop at York as a 2nd stop just like Lumo sometimes allow their Class 803s to stop at Stevenage as their 1st stop from London King’s Cross.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 4 weeks ago
Essex train services to be disrupted this monthTrain services on between Colchester, Clacton-on-Sea, and Walton-on-the-Naze will be disrupted on two weekends later this month (November).
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Greater Anglia and Network Rail should focus more on station improvements and infrastructure including a new railway station at Beaulieu Park and Cambridge South. And to start work on a new station building… Read more
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 4 weeks ago
Yorkshire railway completes vital landslip repairsThe Wensleydale Railway in North Yorkshire has completed major track repairs to a ¾-mile section of track near the site of the former Wensley Station.
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I'm glad they have got it done because 45407 was supposed to do the polar express and the mince pie run but now it's 45212 doing it because 45407 is doing Edinburgh runs so I'm glad they've got that done…
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 5 weeks ago
Book Review: Electric Locomotives on Britain’s Railways by George WoodsThis book shows the surprisingly large number of different types of electric locomotives on Britain’s railways and the variety of trains they hauled.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 5 weeks ago
Dorset heritage railway donates surplus wood to community groupSurplus wood from maintaining Harman’s Cross railway station on the Swanage Railway have been donated to a community project in Swanage.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 6 weeks ago
Watch: First train completes journey over East West Rail between Oxford and Milton KeynesMonday, 21st October was a cause for celebration on the East West Rail project that will ultimately link Oxford and Cambridge
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The Bedford-Cambridge section should be given the go ahead and new railway stations to be added including at Tempsford and Cambourne. And the new Cambridge South station that is set to open sometime next year.
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Roger Smith posted a new post. 6 weeks ago
CT scan for world's oldest model steam locomotiveTechnology has been used by Leeds Industrial Museum to record the inner workings of the world’s oldest model steam locomotive.
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