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NEW SAND HOPPERS ARRIVE
GB RAILFREIGHT has taken delivery of the first of its purpose-built...
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY
By ANDY MELLORS
… Inner-suburban fleet renewal: artist’s impression of Class 701 for SWR. Courtesy Bombardier RISING EXPECTATIONS … December 2018 Veteran peoplemovers set for replacement: Class 455 No 455868 at Wandsworth Town with 2K15, a service … I put forward the ‘Clapham Junction conundrum’. Between 08.00 and 09.00, SWR trains on the fast lines do not stop at …
IEP PERFORMANCE
… been out and about riding Great Western Railway’s first Class 800 bi-mode services, we can compare the actual … looking at performance, time for a quick sense check. Two Class 800 bi-modes together weigh 494 tonnes and with the six … recently added fuel to the flames with a video showing a Class 800 out-dragging an IC125 from a standing start. What …
MC ELECTRONICS
… Railways . Inter-city runner up: the East Midlands Trains Class 222 fleet saw a big reliability improvement this year, … was edged out for the Golden Spanner by Greater Anglia’s Class 90/Mk 3 loco-hauled sets. Here No 222007 waits to head … Greater Anglia played a blinder with the venerable Class 317/8 fleet, with no slackening of focus despite …
TRIUMPHS
The public sector did well in the 2017 National Railway Heritage...
TPE GEARS UP FOR LOCO HAULAGE
… TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS now has 14 Class 68s and is undertaking life-extension work on the Mk 3s … on driver training runs. Industry sources report the 14 Class 68 locomotives to be hired by Direct Rail Services to … have now been formally allocated into the XHTP (TPE Class 68) pool. Locomotive Nos 68019 to 68032 will be …
Year of deliveries
By PHILIP SHERRATT
… Railway and West Midlands Trains (p80). Once deliveries of Class 700s to Govia Thameslink Railway are completed this year, the 750 Class 701 carriages for SWR will be the largest order to a … completed deliveries, although the Great Western Railway Class 387 fleet should all be in service in the early part of …
By rail to Another Place
Welcome To Manchester, to catch the multi-talented Mr Albarn...
AUTOMATING MAINTENANCE
By PHILIP SHERRATT
… been deployed in the UK at c2c’s East Ham depot for the Class 357 Electrostar EMU fleet and at London Overground’s … Bombardier’s new Aventra EMUs – Old Oak Common (for the Class 345 fleet for the Elizabeth Line), Chingford (for the London Overground Class 710 EMUs) and Brantham in Essex (for the Class 720s for …
VANISHING EUSTON
High Speed 2 Cardington Street, looking north: on the left,...
PLATFORM EDGE LIGHTS AT EAST CROYDON
AS PART of the recent project to modernise platforms 1 and 2...
LOSS OF AWARENESS LIKELY CAUSE OF CROYDON TRAM DERAILMENT
THE FATAL tram accident at Sandilands on the Croydon Tramlink...
FOCUS ON RENEWALS AND RE-OPENINGS
Beeching ready to be reversed: the eastern end of the former...
MIDDLESBROUGH MUDDLE
… be able to layover in this platform, so TransPennine’s new Class 68 plus Mk 5A trains, Northern’s new hourly ‘Northern … beyond, which currently host nothing longer than Pacers or Class 156s but could be refurbished and possibly extended. …
Maintaining AC motors
… carried out a study with Porterbrook using the Class 458 EMU, which found the specific Vacuum Pressure … International employee at work on an AC motor from a Class 455 EMU. COURTESY HOUGHTON INTERNATIONAL … Maintaining …