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- B Class 46 No. 46045
- BR Class 20 No. D8059
- BR Class 47 47579 “James Nightall GC”
- BR Class 50 No. 50008
- BR Class 52 No. D1015 'Western Champion'
- Class 08
- Class 08 08288 “Phoenix”
- Class 20
- Class 42
- Class 42 D821 'Greyhound'
- Class 46
- Class 47
- Class 50
- Class 52
- Diesel Traction Group
- Mid Hants Railway - The Watercress Line
- Rail News
- Ropley
- standard gauge
Lineup for The Watercress Line’s Diesel Gala
Network Rail awards new five-year rail supply contracts
Network Rail has today concluded its new rail supply contracts for the provision of almost 450,000 tonnes of rail for the five years to 2030. The contracts have been awarded to British Steel, Saarstahl Rail and Voestalpine, with Arcelor Mittal also able to supply on an ad-hoc basis. Clive Berrington, group director railway business services, […]
HS2 completes three-day Northants viaduct slide
HS2 has revealed new timelapse footage showing engineers carefully sliding a 1,300-tonne viaduct deck into position near the Northants village of Thorpe Mandeville. The steel and concrete deck of the Lower Thorpe viaduct – which stretches for 220 metres – was assembled to one side before being slid into position in just three days, reaching […]
A step closer to faster, greener services across the Pennines
On Friday 20 June, Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) engineers completed the latest series of upgrade work between Huddersfield and Leeds. Over 3km of track was renewed throughout the area, which will enable smoother, more reliable journeys, whilst vital drainage and tunnel work was also undertaken, allowing for further track work in the future. Fifty-five foundations […]