I see you Night Tube owl, peering out behind otherwise hidden signage… I wonder how many more stations have not-so-secret Night Tube signs? Well, at least they’re prepared when the day finally comes…
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CAS Weekly 21/10/15
Image From Simon Oddie
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 28/06/15
Image from Time Out London
Modelling
- Hornby LSWR 700 Review from Albion Yard.
- LocoYard on project beginnings… (something of which you’ll be seeing from Andy some time soon!).
UK Rail
- Last week I hinted Network Rail had run out of money as the government hinted at opening investment up to private companies. Turns out they’ve definitely run out of money as the plug is pulled on major upgrade projects conveniently after the election…
- …This also puts HS2 in doubt.
- It’s OK though because the man who once called Southeastern services shit is now Network Rail’s new boss.
- Eurostar has a meltdown during recent French strikes.
- Is the Night Tube Map the wrong colour?
- See the history of the Tube in 6 and a half minutes…
- …and this new app will let you know the service status of your local Ghost Station… Limited I should expect!
- A Dangerous Occurence – Signals Passed at Danger by Rail Engineer.
- The HST’s have got a fresh coat of Virgin paint…
- …and the DLR gets a make over for Pride London.
- The Londonist have just discovered The Parklands Walk (The Northern Heights). Naturally we did it last year 😉
- Phase 2 of the Nottingham Tram Extension is to open imminently!
- Trams galore this week as planned Sheffield to Rotherham service to commence in 2017.
- Gala gathering in Lake District to mark the closure of slate quarry rail system.
World Rail
- WAIT! Yet more trams!
From The CAS Team
- The creation of The Big Four. Who did they replace? from Edward Kendal.
Compiled by Edward Kendal & Andy Carter
CAS Weekly 22/06/15
Image by TfL
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 23/01/15
Image by Magnus Back
Modelling
- A special exhibition “Playing Trains” will feature at the National Railway Museum from 20th March onwards.
UK Rail
- The Channel Tunnel is still suffering delays after this week’s fire.
- …speaking of the Chunnel… The idea for a trans-English-Channel route dates back to the dawn of railways itself, but did you know during the 1980’s it was planned to be accompanied by an elaborate road bridge?
- We’ve all zoned out and missed our stop but what happens when your driver does it?!
- London Bridge (I know, still going on about it), themurkeydepths explains why it’s not Southeastern’s fault.
- The Night Tube: won’t break even, and bad for Night Buses.
- There may be more strikes ahead for TfL.
- Some of Tottenham Court Road’s mosaics may be lost in the rebuild.
World Rail
- From underneath the north sea earlier to the depths of the Atlantic as CityMetric discover how New York recycle their subway cars.
Featured image by Bernard Pépellin.
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