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Modelling

• All change at Hornby as Simon Say’s discusses the changes in Railway Modelling.

UK Rail

• DLR Staff are going on a two day strike next week.
• New line linking Oxford to London now open by Chiltern Railways.
• Crossrail 1? Pffft so last year… Crossrail 2 is coming.
• ScotRail have been upsetting potential applicants with snotty rejections.
• Meanwhile Nicola Sturgeon unveils Virgin East Coast’s new Flying Scotsman paint job.
• Residents of Goring Gap are upset at the new electrification infrastructure on The Great Western Mainline.
• How deep are London’s tunnels?
• Play golf underneath Waterloo.
• Happy Birthday to The Northern Line who turned 125 years old this week.
• Diamond Geezer has been measuring just how long it takes you to get from ticket hall to train…
• Someone auctioned off a seat on The Tube at rush hour… No really…
• Rail training academy opens in Northampton
• “New” heritage line opens in Leicestershire village.

World Rail

• Union Pacific washed away by Texas flooding.

From The CAS Team

• Check out Edward’s ever growing collection of Railway poetry over at RailwayManiac.com
• Join Andy on 100 Journeys on The Tube.

Compiled by Andy Carter & Edward Kendall