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UK railway news round-up

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Sam Hewitt

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27th September 2019

This week we cover Stephenson’s Rocket returning to the National Railway Museum, a senseless attack at a tube station in London, a Caledonian sleeper service strike and a UN report that claims hundreds of miles of coastal railways are at risk of flooding by 2100.
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Rare shunter ‘haulage’ at Nene Valley June 1-2 model weekend

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Gareth Evans

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8th May 2019

Visitors to the Nene Valley Railway’s June 1-2 model railway weekend will be able to ride behind former London Underground Sentinel 0-6-0 DL83.
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Coming up in Issue 253 of HR: Take the last Underground steam below central London

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Sam Hewitt

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10th April 2019

THE timetable for District 150 – the last chance to travel on a steam train on London Underground beneath the heart of the capital – has now been published. As previously reported, the London Transport Museum and Transport for London will jointly celebrate 150 years of the Underground’s District line by running a series of…
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Main line makes presence felt at London sale

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Sam Hewitt

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7th March 2019

The main line in a variety of shapes and sizes will be making its presence felt at the Transport Auctions of London sale on February 23, headed by the smokebox numberplate from LSWR Class T9 No. 30705, a Dübs & Co of Glasgow product that entered traffic in January 1899 and was withdrawn by BR…
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Island Line Tube stock stored at Ryde pending future disposal?

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Sam Hewitt

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4th March 2019

THE modernisation of the 8½-mile Island Line between Ryde Pierhead and Shanklin should have commenced at the start of 2019 but the Department for Transport extended its own deadline until the end of March to determine what shape the modernisation will take. When South Western Railway was awarded the franchise it was mandated to propose…
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Last steam trip tops bill in District line 150 celebrations

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Sam Hewitt

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18th February 2019

THE last steam-hauled passenger rides through the central section of London Underground will be run as part of a series of events to celebrate the District line’s 150th anniversary. The modernisation of signalling on the Hammersmith & City, District, Circle and Metropolitan lines means this will be the last time a steam train will be…
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Cohen’s: A Northamptonshire railway graveyard

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Sam Hewitt

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13th February 2019

The volume looks at one of the scrapyards which, sadly, locomotives did not get away to start a new life.
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