West Coast Railway

D1015 Western Champion skirts along the sea wall at Teignmouth with a Pathfinder Railtours excursion from Tame Bridge Parkway to Paignton for the English Riviera Airshow. JACK BOSKETT.

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Stock faults force Pathfinder Railtours to cancel final 2024 trips

One tour in November ran with carriages with defects including no lighting or heating

West Coast Railway 17 Dec

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Pathfinder revives Scottish weekend landcruises with Highlands trips

Two weekend landcruise charter trains to the Scottish Highlands have been announced by Pathfinder Tours.

Scotland 7 Nov

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EXCLUSIVE: Lakes Line shuttles prove popular with passengers

Large passenger numbers for WCR shuttles on Lakes Line.

27 Jul

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EXCLUSIVE: Steam Dreams Chairman tells the full story of the Flying Scotsman Scottish fiasco that ultimately ended in triumph

Marcus Robertson exclusively tells the story of a triumph that nearly became a disaster but ultimately was an even greater success

23 May

West Coast Railway 47245 leads 47580 away from Rugby on April 2, with a London Euston-Chester charter. DARREN WETHERALL.

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EXCLUSIVE: HMRI explains decision to lift West Coast Railways prohibition

An exclusive Q&A with Ian Prosser, ORR Director of Railway Safety and HM Chief Inspector of Railways

13 Apr

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ORR prosecutes West Coast Railway Company

First hearing set for Swindon Magistrates Court next month

9 Dec

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West Coast Railways suspension notice

Full text of letter issued by Network Rail.

2 Apr

Gallery

Class 47s at Norwich

A number of veteran Type 4 locomotives were in evidence in Norwich on February 12.

13 Feb

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‘Royal’ Class 47 returns to main line

National Railway Museum’s Class 47 released from bodywork repairs at Burton.

15 Jan

Gallery

Crewe - Gresty Bridge photos

On November 23 2012, RICHARD CLINNICK visited Crewe Gresty Bridge

17 Nov

Feature

Red Revolution

RICHARD CLINNICK goes behind the scenes to see how Virgin Trains' fleet of tilting Class 390 Pendolinos are maintained.

TOCs 17 Nov

Feature

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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Longest day on a Pendolino

As part of the Longest Day Pendolino feature, RICHARD CLINNICK rode in the cab of the 1130 London Euston-Glasgow Central, formed of 390104 Alstom Pendolino

15 Nov

Feature

Who owns UK's main line locomotives

RICHARD CLINNICK presents a guide to all the locomotive sales from the past two years

Locomotives 5 Feb

Feature

UK's stored locomotives

RICHARD CLINNICK looks at how many of the UK's locomotives are stored… and what might happen to them

Locomotives 6 Feb