Rail Express - 2022-01-18

• REVIEW 2021
• A year of reflection – and kindness
• Cool move for new rail freight flow
• Special DMU event at Swanage
• DRS heritage diesel sell-off
• New UK transport corridors proposed in Government-commission­ed Union Connectivi­ty Review
• Werrington diveunder opens to traffic
• ‘Voyager’ nameplates raise tidy sum for RBF
• First HS2 rolling stock ordered from manufactur­ing consortium
• Numbers show big divergence in operator performanc­e
• SWR hands first Class 455s back to Porterbroo­k…
• Island Line services increased to half-hourly in peaks
• TPE boosts East Coast calling patterns
• OVERSPEEDI­NG REPORT
• ‘TOP OF THE STOPS’
• EMR DEPOT UPGRADE
• TPE TRIALS BATTERY TECH
• Bessie’s Bulletin
• Northern leaders fight back against Integrated Rail Plan cuts
• ACKNOWLEDG­EMENTS
• DRS locomotive tender results revealed: HNRC and LSL snap up ‘20s’, ‘37s’ and ‘57s’
• NEWS UPDATE
• NEWS UPDATE
• FILM STAR:
• Northern takes on extra Class 156s
• BLUNT MEETS SHARP:
• DINING OUT:
• GREAT YARMOUTH ARRIVALS
• RECTORY CLEAR OUT
• ANOTHER SCOTRAIL HST EXTENDED
• DEVELOPMEN­TS
• First Network Rail/Wascosa ‘Falcons’ arrive at Eastleigh
• NEWS ROUND-UP
• PRESERVATI­ON
• Former MoD ‘01/5’ to be plinthed
• ‘WESTERN’ BODYWORK REPAIRS
• NEW WHEELSETS FOR GLOUCESTER ‘100’
• IN BRIEF ‘CHOPPER’ BACK IN ACTION
• CLASS 40 REPAIRED FOR FESTIVE SPECIALS
• ‘HYMEK’ PROGRESS
• KWVR TAKES DELIVERY OF HALF A ‘143’
• More galas announced – but some lines remain cautious
• ‘GROWLER’ GROWLS AGAIN:
• DIESEL GALAS/EVENTS 2022
• WENSLEYDAL­E LAUNCHES MK.1 COACH APPEAL
• Major rail consultati­on now live
• NORTHERN IRELAND RAILWAYS (NIR)
• IARNRÓD ÉIREANN / IRISH RAIL
• RESCUE RANGER:
• CLIP starts in earnest
• 4G and 5G connectivi­ty to be introduced across LU
• ‘Deltic Scotsman Farewell’ anniversar­y run postponed
• Welcome to Okehampton
• WHEN HST MET HSC (HI SPONGE CAKE)
• NuneatonRa­ilwayCircl­e
• HST - The Train That Saved Britain’s Railways
• Model Railways Explained (Beyond the Beginning)
• Croydon Tramiik - A definitive History
• Class 158 and 159 DMUs
• Hornby ‘Flirts’ with new trains and technology
• SPECIAL EDITIONS
• Super ‘Siphon G’
• Southern saloon samples
• HORNBY FACELIFTS THE 4-VEP
• BACHMANN CLASS 20 RETOOLED
• Model event’s the flower of Scotland
• Tara Mines ore wagon ‘blues’
• SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE FLASHING TAIL-LIGHT CIRCUITS
• ILLUMINATE­D MODELS’ ELECTRONIC ESSENTIALS
• MODEL FEATURES:
• Mk.3 Sleepers in ‘N’
• MODEL FEATURES:
• How to make paper gangways for ‘N’ gauge
• TOOLS AND MATERIALS
• Cement dust and grime weathering Part 2: ‘OO’ gauge models
• MATERIALS AND TOOLS
• The year of the staycation
• A tale of two ‘C’s: constructi­on and containers
• FAREWELL BRITISH COAL FLOWS
• METALS RETURN TO SUNDERLAND DOCKS
• Ghost trains and rollercoas­ters – a cautious return to rail
• GREAT BRITISH RAILWAYS UNVEILED
• SLOW PROGRESS UNDER THE WIRES

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