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More rail strike disruption as new TUC boss calls for urgent meeting with PM

4 January 2023 Alex Bestwick Industrial, News

Train passengers are undergoing another day of strike disruption as the new general secretary of the TUC called for an urgent meeting with the Prime Minister.

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National Railway Museum’s Station Hall to close temporarily for £10.5m refurbishment 

16 November 2022 Arianne Davey News

The National Railway Museum’s historic Station Hall will close temporarily in the New Year to enable urgent structural repairs to take place as part of the museum’s ambitious redevelopment plans.

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Commuters struggle to get to work despite rail strikes being called off

7 November 2022 Arianne Davey News

Many commuters struggled to get to work on Monday as urban roads were jammed and train services were disrupted despite planned rail strikes being called off.

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Warning of widespread disruption as details of rail strike impact released

1 November 2022 Arianne Davey Industrial, News, Trackside

Railway passengers have been given more information about the impact of a fresh wave of strikes, with warnings of widespread disruption to services.

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Model railway events coming up this Autumn

29 September 2022 Alex Bestwick Modelling, News, Trackside

There are plenty of exciting events coming up in the model railway world this Autumn – here’s a few to put into your calendar.

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Train services to London halted by damaged electric wires

16 September 2022 Arianne Davey News

Rail services connecting parts of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex with London are severely disrupted due to damaged overhead electric wires.

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Bank holiday train services to be disrupted because of engineering work

8 August 2022 Alex Bestwick News

Train services on some key routes will be disrupted during the August bank holiday weekend due to engineering work.

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Green machines at sixty

2 August 2022 Alex Bestwick Features, Gallery

Following the pictorial celebration of 60 years of British Railways’ Brush Type 4 , we once more delve into the Mortons Archive for a selection of images of the locos in their original two-tone BR green liveries.

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Hitachi: We have contingency plans to deal with strike by RMT staff

2 August 2022 Arianne Davey News

Rail firm Hitachi says it has contingency plans in place to deal with a strike by some of its workers.

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Nothing duff about these Co-Cos

1 August 2022 Alex Bestwick Electric, Features, Gallery, Trackside
‘Royal’ loco No. 47798 (formerly 1656), was one of a pair of Class 47s (the other was No. 47799) employed on Royal Train duties (and painted accordingly) between 1995-2004. The machine is seen at the NRM, York, on May 25, 2004 where it is now preserved.

To celebrate 60 years of British Railways’ Brush Type 4 diesel electric locos (later designated Class 47), we present a small selection of images from the Mortons Archive.

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