Here we go again… We’re all used to leaves on the line, the wrong kind of snow, and high winds causing travel disruption on our railways, but too much heat is a relatively new reason for why trains can’t run as normal. Britain is currently...
On June 20, visitors got the chance for one last look around the former LNER’S Doncaster Works, before current owner Wabtec shuts down the site at the end of the year. Although ‘The Plant’ has long ceased building locomotives and rolling stock,...
FURTHER TESTING of the European Train Control System in-cab signalling, expected to take place in June, has been pushed back by another whole year. The cutting-edge digital signalling system fitted to ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado was first tested...
BR Standard ‘5MT’ No. 73050 is the Nene Valley Railway’s flagship locomotive, so much so that it carries the name ‘City of Peterborough’. But it has been out of service since 2014 and money is urgently required to complete its overhaul....
