Shannon Butcher

Why does snow prevent rail services from running?

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Shannon Butcher

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19th November 2024

With parts of the country waking to snow outside their windows this morning, let’s look at how trains cope in snowy conditions, and what happens when they don’t.
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Modelling basics: A decision on size

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Shannon Butcher

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16th November 2023

Model railways, as the name implies, are based on small-scale representations of the real thing, so the choice for new modellers is the actual model’s scale.
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Book of the Week: Young Railway Photographer of the Year 2022

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Shannon Butcher

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13th June 2022

In 2018 the Rail Camera Club organised the ‘Rail Cameraman’ exhibition at Locomotion, Shildon, showcasing the work of the club’s members.
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Emergency workers ‘did not treat blind man amid live railway track concerns’

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Shannon Butcher

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27th April 2022

A blind man who died after being hit by a train lay untreated for 10 minutes because emergency services were unsure whether the tracks were still live, an inquest heard.
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Book of the Week: Railways & Recollections: The Midland Mainland in London 1974-80

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Shannon Butcher

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25th April 2022

The Midland Railway’s extension to London from Bedford to St Pancras opened fully on 1 October 1868 (local trains had run via St Pancras Tunnel to Moorgate from 13 July).
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Half-price sale on rail fares announced to help with cost-of-living pressures

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Shannon Butcher

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19th April 2022

Train tickets are set to be slashed by as much as half as the Government looks to address cost-of-living pressures with cheaper travel in April and May.
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UK railway round-up

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Shannon Butcher

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14th April 2022

This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
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Union hails support for strikes by railway workers and cleaners

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Shannon Butcher

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11th April 2022

Strikes by railway workers and cleaners in two separate disputes over pay were said to be “solidly supported” on Sunday.
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Mortons Media Group Acquires Four New Titles

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Shannon Butcher

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8th April 2022

Our publishers, Mortons Media Group Ltd. have recently acquired four new modelling titles to add to our portfolio, including RCM&E, Model Boats, Model Engineer and Model Engineers’ Workshop. The magazines will continue to be led by their existing editors.
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UK railway round-up

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Shannon Butcher

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8th April 2022

This week’s roundup of news from the UK railway industry.
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