TweetThe days of Bubble car operated Cardiff Bay shuttles are now confirmed to be at an end following news that it has been sold to Chiltern Railways. Arriva liveried 121032 had several spells out of service over the last six months and worked its last service in south Wales on 9th May, departing for...
Read more →TweetAuthor: Colin J. Marsden Publisher: Ian Allan ISBN: 978-0-7110-3739-7 Price: £20.00 Website: www.ianallanpublishing.com Locomotive listings used to warrant separate books of their own, but with the dominance of the Class 66 and smattering of other classes they now have to share billing with multiple units and coaching stock. That is not to take away...
Read more →TweetAuthor: Gavin Morrison Publisher: Ian Allan ISBN: 978-0-7110-3505-8 Price: £25.00 Website: www.ianallanpublishing.com The recent withdrawal by Electric Traction Limited (ETL) from mainline operations means the future of classic electric locomotives is far from rosy. The withdrawal of 87002 Royal Sovereign all but ends Class 87 UK mainline duties, while the Class 86 mainline contingent...
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TweetIf you weren’t fortunate enough to either be riding behind Deltic D9009 Alycidon, or be stationed lineside, camera-at-the-ready, at some point on its route as it took charge of “The Eidyn Burgh Scot” on April 6th 2013, then at least there was Twitter. The social networking site enabled enthusiasts to keep up to date...
Read more →TweetAuthors: Richard Faulkner and Chris Austin Publisher: Ian Allan ISBN: 978-0-86093-647-3 Price: £19.99 Website: www.ianallanpublishing.com Dr Richard Beeching is infamous even outside of railways circles as the man who shrunk the UK rail network and deprived many towns of a rail connection. But as the 50th anniversary of his report The Reshaping of British...
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TweetRepairs to 50044 are progressing well, but up to £50,000 still needs to be raised to get Exeter back on the mainline, the Fifty Fund has told RailwaysToday. Work is underway to adapt a power unit purchased from a scrapped Portuguese 1800 locomotive, which were built by English Electric and used a very similar...
Read more →TweetAuthors: David Cross Publisher: Ian Allan ISBN: 978-0-7110-3658-1 Price: £16.99 Website: www.ianallanpublishing.com More than 35 years after their withdrawal from the mainline railway, Class 52 Westerns retain their status as one of the most popular classes of Modernisation Plan diesels among enthusiasts. While D1000 Western Enterprise made its first appearance in December 1961, the...
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TweetThe East Lancashire Railway kicked off 2013 in style with a running day for BR green liveried diesels. Class 40 D335, Deltic D9016 Gordon Highlander, Class 14 D9531 and Class 47 D1501 were among those making an appearance. Jason Kerner was there to capture them.
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TweetThe London Underground celebrates 150 years of being open to the public today. To mark the occasion, RailwaysToday has put together a list of the top five things we like about the Tube network. No.5. Station architecture We start with our only non-traction related entry. It can often be missed by commuters, head in...
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TweetThe scrapping of former push-pull locomotive 47709 at Eastleigh in September was pictured in a recent edition of Rail magazine. The photograph was taken by Carl Watson, who has an extensive collection of photos focused on Eastleigh works RailwaysToday has kindly been given permission by Carl to reproduce a selection of these sorry yet...
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