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US rail figures: conventional traffic keeps growing, intermodal drops

Simon Walton
July 7, 2025
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US rail freight volumes delivered a split performance last month (June). Conventional wagonload traffic posted a fourth straight month of growth. However, intermodal (which in…

Three train operators coordinate maintenance at Newcastle depot

Guest authors
July 7, 2025
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In a drive to improve efficiency, publicly owned train operators Northern, LNER, and TransPennine Express are coordinating their maintenance plans.

LNER Driver Makes Final Trip Before Retirement

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July 7, 2025
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Mick Ingledew, 65, is an LNER train driver and has been on the railway for 46 years.

Steam locomotive 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley to visit Newcastle train depot open day

Guest authors
July 6, 2025
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Train operator Northern is to hold an Open Day at its Heaton TrainCare Centre in Newcastle, Northumberland, in September.

Irish railway gives update on 80 class power car restoration

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July 6, 2025
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Northern Ireland’s Downpatrick and County Down Railway has issued an update on its 80 Class power car 69.

Very Light Rail Innovation Centre operators fall into administration

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July 6, 2025
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Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation, who operate the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in Dudley, has fallen into administration. RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP…

Colouring Book to Help Families Explore the New River Line

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July 6, 2025
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Greater Anglia is encouraging people to travel on their New River Line through a new colouring book.

Day of Dance Returns to the Severn Valley Railway

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July 6, 2025
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The Severn Valley Railway is preparing for its annual Day of Dance event on the 19th July.

An Inside Look at the Subway’s Archaic Signal System

gobstopper
July 6, 2025
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C.B.T.C. will eventually be expanded to subway routes across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.

Writer-in-Residence Project at the Sittingbourne Steam Railway

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July 6, 2025
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Sittingbourne Steam Railway (Previously Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway) have appointed a new Writer-in-Residence, Dan Thompson.