CAS Weekly 04/08/15

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Modelling

Bachmann release an engineering sample of their new Wickham Trolley units.
Rare OO Gauge stock goes on auction.
ESNGBlog ponders urban railway modelling.

UK Rail

This weeks Tube Strike WILL be on as unions reject pay offer claiming it is a “re-hash of the previous deal.”

NOTE: As last time, All tube services will start winding down from 6:30pm tomorrow (Wednesday 5th) and will not re-open again until Friday morning (7th). DLR, Overground & National Rail services will not be affected.
The “Bermondsey Diveunder” Where is it? What is it for? How Will it help us?
People in Reading appear to be having difficulties with Escalators.
Arup win contract to help reinstate the Portishead Line.
Time for First Great Western HST’s is nearly up…
…whilst the new stock for Thameslink – The Class 700 – arrives in the UK for testing…
…and Abellio are to refurbish the Class 321’s.
Funding boost for Great Central Railway’s heritage centre.
LocoYard go under a Q1.
Locksands Life reminisces about Train Spotting.

From The CAS Team

Woodford Wells: Layout Update 2 is here!
Nottingham Victoria – was it right for demolition? Edward ponders…

Compiled by Edward Kendal & Andy Carter

Was Victoria Station Right For Demolition?

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Edward ponders whether or not the right station in Nottinham was kept:

Nottingham Victoria Station – should it have been demolished?

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Woodford Wells – Episode 2

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Check out the latest updates from my new layout project. In this edition: baseboards from Model Railway Solutions and the z21 DCC controller from Roco.

– Andy Carter

CAS Weekly 29/07/15

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The delayed CAS Weekly has finally arrived!

Modelling

Grasslands on Converting a Class 04 into a Tramway shunter.
ESNGBlog ponder on some of The Internet’s reviews and comments at Exhibitions.

UK Rail

Sad news as the owner of Britain’s smallest railway museum, John Rathmell, dies at the age of 63.
The talks to avert the next round of Tube Strikes is going badly with fresh accusations that TfL are not maintaining their trains to proper safety standards.
The government announcent that electrification of the TransPennine Route would be shelved/delayed… yet work is continuing anyway…
Southern and GatEx join Great Northern and Thameslink to become UK’s biggest franchise… Hmm, I’d say that’s starting to look a lot like Network SouthEast.
ER20 Locos coming to the UK.
The Eurostar 373 units get an interior make-over.
On board catering. Is it dead?
Essex heritage line saved from the axe.
1970’s London Underground seriel killer – truth or urban myth?
Geoff Marshall has been inside some more Crossrail. This time Farringdon.
Preserving steam and diesel locomotives is all well and good but what about those neglected wagons?
What’s the new Hackney Overground interchange like?