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British Rail
In Search Of Network SouthEast
Yesterday on the 10th June 2016 Network SouthEast turned 30 years old. Created in 1986 to revive and breathe new life into British Rail’s tired and worn out commuter services in and around London, Network SouthEast was an unrivalled success story. BR reinvented their stations, rolling stock and logo in what is largely regarded as one of the best railway brands of all time. So what traces of BR’s most successful brand are still left hanging around? I went to find out…
– Andy Carter
CAS Weekly 23/11/15
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Modelling
- Hornby release Black Friday deals.
- Oxford Adams Radial tank loco in OO now on sale.
- Warley National Model Railway show this weekend at the NEC.
- How about a Wooden London Underground set for the wee nippers this Christmas?
UK Rail
- London Underground offer unions new deal in night tube row.
- Merseyrail to run Boxing Day service for first time since, well, ever.
- TRAMTRAIN. The future is here. Or in Sheffield at least.
- Manchester is also enjoying a tram…
- …and Edinburgh and Birmingham eye up more trams.
- Virgin are to overhaul their East Coast fleet.
- …and ScotRail are doing the same with their Class 334’s.
- London Reconnections takes a look at Crossrail’s new rolling stock.
- You know how the revamped Birmingham New Street opened a few weeks back? Well now it’s getting opened properly.
- It turns out HS2 is going to be appalling value for money. Who knew?
- Wrong leaves causing damage to Greater Anglia services.
- Thameslink scores worst punctuality record in a decade.
- DRS have put two of their Class 47’s to bed.
- Did you know BR once trialled Doubled Decker trains in the UK? Naturally the prototype failed, but are plans afoot to bring the double decker train idea back?
- How stations need to be improved to help deaf people.
- Diamond Geezer goes visiting one of London’s least used stations…
- …and Geoff Marshall has been having a look at the abandoned Croxley Green Branch. Or abandoned for not much longer…
World Rail
- Room for expansion in Australia.
From The CAS Team
- The roundels have been going back up at Tottenham Court Road meaning it’s Crossrail transformation is nearly complete!
- Long Eaton’s lost curve.
Compiled by Edward Kendall & Andy Carter
Where Are They Now? British Locos On Tour
Once upon a time, Britain didn’t just build it’s own locomotives but exported them all over the world too. Edward investigates where some of BR’s hits ended up and which ones are still rocking on today:
British Locomotives on the European Mainland
– Full Blog by Edward Kendal (RailwayManiac.com)
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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
Calling All Stations 