Locomotives - Page 5

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A new dawn for the Caledonian Sleeper

Managing Director PETER STRACHAN tells RICHARD CLINNICK of his excitement at the prospect of new rolling stock and forging improved customer relations

Locomotives 1 Apr

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Stepping stones to a rebalanced Britain

JOHN JARVIS and RICHARD DAVIES summarise the key messages from Greengauge 21 research on the case for improving the Northern franchise

Locomotives 31 Mar

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Is there a market for second-hand-trains?

Hundreds of used vehicles will become available through cascades. PAUL CLIFTON asks whether train operators will have any choice in what they use

Locomotives 31 Mar

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Eight years on - East Coast loses its way

HOWARD JOHNSTON travelled on the final southbound GNER service from Aberdeen to London in December 2007, and did the same with East Coast a few weeks ago

TOCs 18 Mar

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Five-car, five-star performance

Extending four-car Class 378s to five-car formations has boosted capacity and satisfaction on London Overground services. RICHARD CLINNICK reports

Locomotives 4 Feb

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Sign on for the Neville Hill nightshift

RICHARD CLINNICK spends the night at the busy Leeds depot, and discovers a hive of activity as trains are maintained and prepared

Locomotives 21 Jan

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London Underground D-Stock

Specifications for D-Stock.

Locomotives 14 Jan

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50s in view

RAIL magazine takes a look at the association of the ‘hoovers’ with the LMR

Locomotives 30 Dec

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A valuable window into the railway’s future

InnoTrans might have been full of shiny new trains, but not much of what was on show was relevant to the UK, right? Wrong, argues TONY STREETER

Locomotives 21 Nov

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Railway renaissance

In the final part of his All-Line Rover trip around the UK’s railways, PAUL BIGLAND focuses on the North, before a final trip back down to King’s Cross

Locomotives 21 Nov

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Britain’s hardest-working train

RICHARD CLINNICK climbs on board a Class 390 Pendolino that within 24 hours travels more than 1,300 miles up and down the West Coast Main Line

Locomotives 15 Nov

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Stop-start ‘66’ put through its paces

RICHARD CLINNICK witnesses first-hand the new stop-start technology being tested on a DB Schenker Class 66 in Cornwall

Locomotives 12 Nov

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‘New’ HSTs: head to head

Both First Great Western and GNER have launched refurbished High Speed Train sets on their routes. RICHARD CLINNICK casts a critical eye over their performance

Locomotives 20 Oct