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Romic has bought two of Michael Owen’s Class 20s (20007/205). On February 21, they stand at Watford Junction with 20142 Sir John Betjeman, having arrived with the 1315 UK Railtours charter from Bewdley. PIP DUNN

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Romic buys pair of Class 20s then immediately offers them for sale

Latest suggestions are that the proposed sale will no longer be happening

locomotive 19 May

93001 powers past the Chevin (Milford) with the 1117 Crewe South Yard to Worksop Down Yard on January 20. STEVE DONALD.

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Class 93 undergoes further main line tests

First tri-mode locomotive has been used on light and loaded test runs.

Class 93 13 Feb

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High electricity costs force DB to withdraw Class 90

DB Cargo has put its last five active Class 90 25kV AC electric locomotives into storage

10 Aug

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First Stadler Class 93 arrives in UK from Spain

The first of the new Class 93 tri-mode locomotives (93001) arrived from Spain at Portbury docks in Bristol on June 27.

19 Jul

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DRS cancels plan to sell and lease back locomotives

Direct Rail Services has confirmed to RAIL that it has decided to withdraw all bar one of the locomotives it had offered for sale in July.

22 Sept

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High-tech vehicle inspections to cut worn tyre faults

Undetected worn locomotive and wagon tyres - a frequent cause of accidents, derailments and service delays - could soon be eliminated from the UK rail network.

17 May

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Direct Rail Services disposes of heritage locomotives

Direct Rail Services has announced details of its much-anticipated plan to sell off some of its heritage fleet of locomotives and coaching stock.

15 Jan

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End of an era as Class 90s leave Greater Anglia

No main line locomotives based at Norwich for first time since the 1840s as final Class 90s leave for Freightliner

20 May

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Why GA used locomotive-hauled trains

As Greater Anglia prepares to introduce its Class 755 bi-modes, we look to recent times when two locomotive-hauled sets were in action on the Wherry Lines

26 Sept

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'Where have all the women gone...?'

Only one in eight people working in the rail industry are women. And in some areas the figure is much lower than that...

9 Dec

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NR offers its final Class 31s for sale

The last Class 31s owned by Network Rail are put up for sale

3 Aug

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EXCLUSIVE: DRS traction policy

DRS admits use of heritage vehicles is “no longer economically, technically or environmentally viable for the entirety of the current strategy period”.

13 Dec

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Testing programme in place for first Class 88

Direct Rail Services’ first dual-mode Class 88 is expected to undergo a testing programme that will last six to eight weeks.

6 Feb

DRS 57004 at Norwich on December 5 2015. This is one of three '57s' moved to Longtown for storage. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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DRS moves stored Class 57/0s to Longtown

Three stored Class 57/0s were moved by Direct Rail Services to MoD Longtown for further storage.

8 Jun

DRS 47805 at Norwich on June 24. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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DRS stores more ‘47s’

Only two of Direct Rail Services’ eight Class 47s remain in traffic, after two were stored at Carlisle Kingmoor.

19 Nov

DRS 37424 at Railway Vehicle Engineering Limited's Derby facility. RVEL.

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EXCLUSIVE Behind the scenes look at rebuilding of DRS '37/4s'

Railway Vehicle Engineering Ltd is midway through major overhauls of Class 37/4s destined for a return to the main line 15 years after they were withdrawn.

22 Oct