Railways Illustrated - 2024-03-05

• Siemens Mobility to increase Piccadilly line train production at new UK factory
• Elizabeth line future operator shortlist announced by TFL
• Testing underway for GWR Fastcharge battery Class 230
• East Midlands Railway reveals the interior look of its new Aurora train fleet
• Dawn of a new era as Alstom Class 730s enter service for West Midlands Railway
• London Overground changes see new line names and colours adopted
• DRS calls time on its Class 37 fleet
• Kents Bank Station Library officially opened by Network Rail chairman
• Final call for entries in the RCTS photograph­ic competitio­n
• Transport for London examines Thamesmead extension for DLR
• Changing fortunes for GBRF Class 56s
• This is for Gordon! SETG returns its slam-door 4VEP to London Waterloo
• TFGM awards Keolisamey a three-year contract extension for Metrolink
• Financial restructur­e secures 10 year future of Nottingham Express Transit
• Busy times for HNRC
• Class 66 update
• Avanti West Coast Pendolino refurbishm­ent progresses
• Shunter News
• Unit Focus
• Wagon News
• Naming Update
• Coaching Stock News
• Class 58 Locomotive Group restarts work on 58016 revival
• Western Locomotive Associatio­n celebrates its golden anniversar­y
• Alycidon moves to the Great Central Railway
• Final line up of Class 14s is announced for Ecclesbour­ne Valley’s 14s@60 event
• Class 507 Preservati­on Society secures new home base for EMU
• … but two vehicles from derelict LMS Class 503 EMU are set to be scrapped
• Restoratio­n of Class 502 progresses…
• Loadhaul 56055 heads an MGR coal working at Gascoigne Wood on February 11, 2002.
• Railways Around Worksop Volume 1: The Great Central Line
• Modern Traction in the North of England
• Joint Railways Scotland and Northern England

Railways Illustrated - 2024-01-30

Railways Illustrated - 2024-04-02