Railways Illustrated

Nostalgia: Peaks in the Pennines over the scenic Standedge route

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Welcome to the latest issue of Railways Illustrated and I start with a bit of housekeeping – my email has changed and is now pip. d u n n @ ke l s e y.co. u k ; however, nothing in life is simple, and due to continual email issues, you can also contact...

Will DB allow historically important Class 58 to be scrapped in Spain?

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My wife is already commenting that it’s getting colder and hinting that the central heating needs to go on. My dog walks are getting earlier and earlier – yup, there’s no escaping it, autumn is here, and winter is just round the corner. But that means...

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Well, I don’t know about you, but I really enjoyed The Greatest Gathering open days at Alstom’s Derby Litchurch Lane on the first weekend in August. A superb event that was professionally delivered. If you chose not to go, or were simply unlucky in not...

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Ido love the weather as hot as it’s been throughout most of July, but it does have one major drawback; I end up sleeping with the window open, which means I have the blind up a fraction, which in turn means the daylight starts to seep in at 5am, and it...

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Do you ever have one of those moments where you just want the ground to open up and swallow you whole? I had that a few days ago when I got an email correcting me on my loco ID feature, as its seems I got one of the case study loco IDS wrong! Well, I...

Greatest Gathering interview: More exhibits announced

THERAILWAYWORLD–PAST, PRESENTANDFUTURE

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Firstly, I would like to say a sincere heartfelt thanks to all of you who got in touch with positive comments about my first issue as editor. It seems the nostalgic look at green diesels went down well, and I plan to run a similar pictorial every issue...

Here comes the summer

Diaries at the ready for great galas

Serious embankment failure cuts off Severn Valley Railway line

Heavy maintenance: Heavy Tractor Group’s 37714 at Loram Glasgow Subway salvation: ‘Clockwork Orange’ preservation Disappearing Castles: The story of GWR’S regional HST fleet

Tyne & Wear Metro’s new Stadler Class 555s enter service

John Whiteley remembers … Class 40s on newspaper vans Railhead Treatment Trains: 2024 operations pictorial review Railfreight red stripe 50149 Defiance: What might have been!

Transport for Wales tri-mode Class 756s enter service

125 Group: Celebrating the legacy of the Intercity HST fleet South Western Railway outlines plans for Class 701 rollout And the winner is: National Railway Heritage Awards 2024

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The tragic accident involving a collision between two Transport for Wales Class 158 diesel multiple units on the Cambrian Coast line on October 21 has highlighted once again the hazards associated with poor rail adhesion during the autumn leaf-fall...

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The end of September saw the closure of the last coal-fired power station at Radcliffe-onSoar in the East Midlands, ending the use of coal for electricity generation in the UK after more than 140 years. Three months earlier, on June 28, the final...

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The announcement in early September that the Scottish Government is starting the procurement process to replace its Inter7city High Speed Train fleet came as little surprise, but this move really spells the true beginning of the end for the iconic HST...

Splendid isolation

End of the line for Royal Mail Class 325s

■ Unique 89001 Avocet takes power for first time in 25 years ■ John Whiteley remembers… Highland Main Line Class 47s ■ Hello Evero! The Avanti West Coast bi-mode Class 805

Main line testing of Rail Operations’ 93001 begins

■ An asset, not a liability! The background to the Class 14s ■ Here comes the summer – heritage diesel gala pictorial ■ Avanti West Coast launches the Evero into service