CAS Weekly 21/10/15

October 21, 2015August 23, 2016KendalDrac 1 Comment

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Modelling

New releases coming soon from Hornby. Including the Ex-LSWR coaches, the B17 and the still unchanged (tooling wise) East Coast Class 91.

UK Rail

New report demands London’s rail network should be brought under TfL’s control.
New Thameslink depot opens at Three Bridges.
ScotRail train hits abandoned car at 75mph.
Night Tube still indefinitely delayed…
…Despite the fact that night service signage has already appeared.
The BBC ask what it’s like to answer all the public’s railway related angry-tweets…
How to resignal London’s Sub Surface Lines.
Watch the progress of the Farnworth Tunnel re-boring process as part of the North West Electrification Programme.
Troubled Ordsall Chord plan to go ahead despite local protest.
Taking pleasure from grand station re-builds.
David Chandler continues his search for the lost railways of Lancaster.
South West Trains appear to have developed a sense of humour…

From The CAS Team

The Triangular Station: A rarity that got rarer.

Compiled by Edward Kendall & Andy Carter

CAS Weekly 10/08/15

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Modelling

Southern Railway Region modelling news: from GrahamMuz.
3mm show in Wells: sometimes words are not needed…

UK Rail

As London deals with another Tube Strike, Geoff Marshall ask what it would be like if the Tube was on strike permanently… I don’t like this alternative world.
Engineering work commences on the Victoria Line, closing part of the line for nearly a month. But why are the works so important and why do they necessitate the full closure?
Eurostar to start rolling out new Class 374’s.
New Podcast launched, UndergrndLondon dedicated to Tube commuters.
New TOC, GNWR, to rival Virgin up the West Coast.
Great Northern bunks up with Northern Rail.
Although all that Franchising might be for nothing – British Rail Comeback?
Remember the freight derailment that looked like a model? It’s going to take a while to clean up…
Woops… “Waltamstow” TfL Contractors do it again…
It turns out the Waterloo & City Line is an introvert…
First Great Western staff are to strike over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Carlisle gets a roof upgrade…
…whilst Manchester Victoria’s transformation is nearly complete.
LocoYard ponders HSTs v Pannier Tanks at the South Devon Railway.
Mid Hants Railway complete restoration of 1947 Bulleid brake coach.
Southgate Station: A wonderful study of Art-Deco design by TheBeautyOfTransport.

World Rail

Horrific scenes as trains collide passing over flooded river in India.
The Londonist put the Underground and the Tokyo Metro to battle.

From The CAS Team

Edward has been investigating the mothballed Oxcroft Coal Disposal Point.
Gallery: Nottingham Victoria’s Final Years.

Compiled by Edward Kendall & Andy Carter

CAS Weekly 05/07/15

July 5, 2015August 23, 2016KendalDrac 1 Comment

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Modelling

Hornby LSWR/SR 700 Review from Grahammuz.
Engineering sample images of the Standard 4MT by Graham Farish released…
Bachmann inject some much needed life into the off-the-shelf auto-coach market.
Hornby are having a spring clean.

UK Rail

Bloody hell it’s been warm this week. The wrong type of warm for Britain’s Railways…
…and if you’re wondering, The Central Line wins the award for the most unbearable service in London during the heat.
Beware… RMT are unhappy again…
…oh and if you live in London, don’t think you’ll be escaping strike action this week…
Shhh, don’t tell The North but Porterbrook demonstrate how the dreaded Pacers could be refurbished to extend their lifespan. That paint job is awful…
Whilst Adrian Shooter argues that the Vivarail re-engineered D-Stock will be ‘effectively a new train.’
Battery powered Class 379 wins innovation award.
150th Anniversary of the glorious Settle-Carlisle route.
Mercedes-Benz have done a Top Gear at the Bluebell Railway.
Take a journey on the new Borders Railway without leaving your chair.

World Rail

Japan suffers huge security dilemma on it’s rail network.
China are the pace setters in high-speed rail.
Whilst developed railway nations like the US severely lag behind.
Japanese cat that saved a railway honoured.

From The CAS Team

It seems the D-Stock and the Pacer’s are not the only ones who could see a revival. Edward takes a look at another proposed life extension – this time the Sprinters.
Andy takes a look at The difference between Code 100 and 75 Track
as well as shedding light on his new layout project.

– Compiled by Edward Kendal & Andy Carter

CAS Weekly 22/06/15

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Modelling

An easier way to Ballast track?
Wagons, wagons everywhere.

UK Rail

Is Network Rail running out of money as government ask for private infrastructure investors?
Are Red Star and other mail/freight services going to make a comeback?
The Night Tube Map is with us, although it doesn’t show us anything we don’t already know. In fact all that’s changed is it’s now an amusing colour…
Resignalling the Metropolitan, Circle and District Lines. Round 3.
Diamond Geezer has the yearly station usage stats up for you.
London commuters are owed a whopping £56m in journey refunds.
Bombardier to build new Overground trains.
Where do Tube trains go to retire?
Work presses on at new Thameslink Bermondsey underpass.
Railway worker survives being hit by an 80mph train. Don’t try this at home kids.
Plans to re-open the Portishead line are released to the public.
Important new timetable gives Bicester commuters 3 trains to London in the morning rush.
How railways influenced The Battle of Waterloo, and how The Battle of Waterloo influenced the railways.
Saddle Tank Engine is making it’s way home.
Tornado is also back on the rails.
Do you want to live in a 100 year old GWR coach? Of course you do.
Win an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour at the Severn Valley Railway.
Heli-pads at stations, and other mad London based transport schemes that never got built.
Ffestiniog Railway launches a new super-observation coach.

World Rail

Sleeper service cutbacks in Europe.
Russia to invest in High-Speed Indian Railways. (Expect it to be completed before HS2…)
The Transport Overture by The Beauty of Transport, but where and what does it depict?

From The CAS Team

Chiltern Railways & Project Evergreen 3 by Edward Kendall

Compiled by Edward Kendall & Andy Carter
Cover Image from TfL

CAS Weekly 09/03/12

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Modelling

Gaugemaster have teamed up with Dapol to create this Silver Bullet N Gauge Starter set.
British man in shed creates rather unusual record breaking OO Layout.

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Hornby Class 50 Review.

UK Rail

As Virgin take over running of the East Coast Mainline from a public operator, the BBC asks could or should we renationalise the railways?
London Bridge chaos returns as commuters have to jump the ticket barriers to escape a crush…
…and not to feel left out Oxford Circus has a go too.
The not so secret Diary of a TfL apprentice.
Speaking of TfL, they are planning to develop the site around Southwark tube station.
…and Diamond Geezer asks is this best or worst tube station entrance on the network?
Going to a part of London you’re unfamiliar with but need to find nearby pubs and restaurants? TubeNav might be your answer. Could have used this the other night when I was looking for a curry house in Islington…
Want to see Manchester Victoria’s metrolink station rebuilt in 60 seconds? Of course you do.

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