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GBRF TIES UP WITH CELSA
CARDIFF-BASED CELSA Steel UK, the largest manufacturer of steel...
Fitting tribute
Recognising long service: thanks to Theo Steel for sending us...
ADComms wins BML contract
ADCOMMS IS to be the main contractor for on-rail works and support...
MEET THE EDITORIAL TEAM
Philip Sherratt EditorA lifelong railway enthusiast, Philip began...
JACKING POINT CRACKING HITS HITACHI FLEETS
By ROGER FORD
… affecting the jacking pockets used for lifting the Class 800 vehicles in depots, or during recovery following a … working at Denchworth on 10 May 2021; the three available Class 800s that day were deployed on hourly shuttles, with … South Wales. Ken Brunt ■ Flaws found on 800 Series plus Class 385 EMUs n Almost entire GWR fleet withdrawn ■ Risk …
DAWLISH ROCKFALL SHELTER APPROVED
TEIGNBRIDGE DISTRICT Council has approved Network Rail plans...
CRACKS CRISIS
… Modern Railways went to press. Hitachi withdrew the entire Class 800, 801 and 802 Intercity Express Train (IET) fleets … explanation of jacking points). Ten Hitachi-built ScotRail Class 385 EMUs were also withdrawn after cracks were found in … mountings on some of GWR’s Intercity Express Train (IET) Class 800/802 fleet during April, prior to the discovery of …
Siemens’ ambitious goals for Goole
… with cladding of the structure at the halfway mark. Three Class 332 carriages made redundant from Heathrow Express … SIEMENS First vehicles on site: former Heathrow Express Class 332 vehicles have been delivered to Goole, where they … EDUCATION, EDUCATION Part of this involves the three Class 332 coaches, from first-built No 332001, one of which …
THROUGH SETTLE AND CARLISLE SERVICE UNDER CONSIDERATION
… to their release from current duties by the cascade of 20 Class 221 Voyagers from Avanti West Coast to CrossCountry, … the ‘221s’ in turn being replaced at Avanti by new Hitachi Class 805 bi-mode and Class 807 electric trains in 2022. If HSTs were used on Leeds …
SOLIDARITY IN ADVERSITY
… the immediate withdrawal of all Hitachi trains, bar the Class 395s on Southeastern’s domestic Channel Tunnel rail … Central to the service recovery was the operator’s Class 387 fleet. The ultimate Electrostar, its 110mph top … Bristol Parkway and Cardiff was on the cards. Additional Class 387 capacity was provided by the loan of underemployed …
Midland HST lament
By Ian Walmsley
… sell-out at all major stations. A bit of the ‘Peaks’ (Class 45) lived on in the shape of the main reservoir tanks, … worked through the detail of the problems. The earlier Class 57 development was a ‘big hit’, with a bunch of mods to a Class 47, but the HST developed more like 57 varieties as …
BLETCHLEY FLYOVER PROGRESS
REMOVAL AND rebuilding of the flyover over the West Coast main...
OVERHEAD TESTING SUCCESS
… partners. An Angel Trains-owned West Midlands Trains Class 350 equipped with the Pantograph Damage Assessment … testing has been undertaken using a West Midlands Trains Class 350/1 unit. Nos 350109/122 pass Headstone Lane with the …
MODELLING COVID RISK
… worked with LNER to simulate crowd movement within a Class 800 vehicle, work which was used by LNER to inform …