Image by Hugh Llewelyn

Modelling

• Dapol announce they will be producing the Class 68 in ScotRail Livery.
• Gaugemaster also have images of Dapol’s upcoming Pullman liveried Class 73.
• The Class 117 and 121 are coming to Bachmann.
• As well as a DCC Sound Class 20 if you’re in the Collectors Club.

UK Rail

• Union of South Africa being readied for today’s royal visit to the opening of the new Borders railway in Scotland.
• Edinburgh already looking to expand newly opened tram network.
• Even more from Scotland as ScotRail unveils their restored Class 158s.
• Victoria station is taking the p***. Literally.
• And if you use Paddington, don’t breathe in!…
• The results of the Bakerloo Line Exension public consultation have been published.
• HS2 delayed. Is that really a surprise?
• If it ever gets built here’s what the Euston end might look like… Canary Wharf anyone?…
• Looking for cheap train tickets? Well First Great Western don’t care!
• Liverpool could get new city centre station.
• …and The Welsh Highland Railway could get one too. (In Caenarfon… not Liverpool…)
• Network Rail gets “New Workshop on Wheels.”
• …whilst Merseyrail seeks investment for upgrade of their fleet.
• New software developed by the University of Birmingham allows engineers to model and simulate complex signalling and timetabling.
• Mad archetectural visionaries, NBBJ, suggest we get rid of the Circle Line and replace it with travelators… No comment…
• London Reconnections study the original route plan of the now Jubilee Line – The Fleet Line.
• The Beauty Of Transport on BR Railfreight corporate identity.

World Rail

• Denmark halts rail links with Germany to hamper migrants trying to cross into Scandinavia.

From The CAS Team

• Edward hunts down the former life of Toton Yard.