Heritage Journeys: The Great Central

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Sierra Leone Railway Museum

Good News! The on-again-off-again Network Strike is now suspended! Well, for now anyway…
Where does all the earth and spoil go from the Crossrail Tunnels?
Need to escape from London? Here’s how far you can get on a train.
Fanfare Alert: The London Overground takeover has started!…
Meanwhile, contractors get the name of one of the re-branded stations wrong…
…whilst analysis of the new Overground-heavy Tube map continues to rumble on.
Secrets of Paddington Station by The Londonist’s Geoff Marshall.
The Leeds locomotive that found a new life in Sierra Leone.
A brand new (albeit tiny) heritage line opened in East Yorkshire this week.
View the full report from the recent Great Central Railway runaway.
Break in at the Bure Valley Railway.
LocoYard take a look at an incredibly rare L&YR Class A.
Is the train of the future from Rolls-Royce?

Compiled by Edward Kendall and Andy Carter.

Image by Hitachi Rail Europe

BANK HOLIDAY TRAVEL CHAOS IS COMING!
…whilst the 5 hour long delays caused by a catastrophic power failure at Clapham Junction are still fresh in commuters memories.
It certainly seems like the network is in safe hands with Waterloo’s security login details accidentally shown on a recent BBC documentary.
Network Rail staff always take the train right?…
Trouble on the Boarders Railway.
The K&WVR are hit by vandalism.
Construction starts on the framework for the new Class 800 maintenance depot at Doncaster…
…and here’s a CGI of how the new trains will look running between Swansea and London.
The Great Central Railway Nottingham will host the 1972 Prototype HST at the end of the month with a test run planned.
TfL are looking for ideas for what to do with it’s ghost stations…(I say leave them as is!)…
…so it might be the last opportunity to visit some of them in their present state. The Londonist oblige at Down Street…
You can now take a course on Art & Design of the Tube.
The Marches Strategic Rail Group are asking Shropshire County Council to protect a former rail line from future development.
The story of The Great War Railwaymen.
The Post Office Railway puts in an order for new trains, this time to carry people, not mail!
Railway Maniac investigates the existence of a hidden bridge once part of Nottingham Victoria station.
Private Eye and the APT.

Compiled by Edward Kendal & Andy Carter
Feature Image by Mike Quinn