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“Radical yet respectful” proposals for Birmingham Moor Street station revealed

Heritage RailEngineer - 18th March 2019

Proposals for a “radical yet respectful” transformation to Birmingham Moor Street station have been released. The existing station building, which...

Liverpool Lime Street station remembers its past with unique display

Heritage RailEngineer - 22nd February 2019

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Liverpool Lime Street station has had a thorough overhaul recently, with new platforms, signalling and track. But its heritage has not been forgotten as...

A GWR heritage signalling success on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway

Heritage Clive Kessell - 31st December 2018

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Rail Engineer normally contains articles that feature new technology and the commissioning of the latest projects and provides an opportunity for suppliers to promote...

20th Century Heritage, 21st Century Safety

Heritage Malcolm Dobell BTech CEng FIMechE - 8th October 2018

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In August 1968, the last scheduled British Railways steam train ran on the British railway network. By then, the heritage movement had already started,...

Video: Reopening Queensbury Tunnel

Heritage Graeme Bickerdike - 3rd September 2018

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In West Yorkshire, the campaign to reopen a disused railway tunnel as part of an ambitious cycle network is approaching a critical point with...

Building a world heritage tunnel in Switzerland

Heritage Clive Kessell - 6th August 2018

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It is not only the Swiss main line railways that are benefitting from tunnel investment. The Rhätische Bahn (or Rhaetian Railway) is an extensive...

Securing a future for one of England’s longest disused railway tunnels

Heritage Graeme Bickerdike - 12th July 2018

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Lost within the undulations of Britain’s varied landscape are upwards of 600 railway tunnels which were stripped of their operational status as circumstances changed....

Video: Rhondda Tunnel Detailed Examination

Heritage Graeme Bickerdike - 3rd May 2018

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In South Wales, the campaign to reopen a disused railway tunnel as a foot and cycle path has passed a crucial milestone with the...

Swanage Railway Reconnected

Heritage Andy Milne - 16th August 2017

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The preserved Swanage Railway in Dorset featured in issue 86 (December 2011), which described the control and communications systems and featured the three signalboxes...

End of the line

Heritage Mungo Stacy - 1st February 2017

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Tunnels do little to enhance the passenger experience, turning off the daylight and mobile phone signals. For some, this seemingly results in personal crisis....

Heritage signalling aspirations

Heritage Mungo Stacy - 29th December 2016

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It is always surprising to see the level of ingenuity that exists on heritage railways to overcome constraints in both operating and engineering practice....

Come hell or high water

Heritage Mungo Stacy - 4th October 2016

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It symbolised the coming of the electric age: ‘new’ Euston - a monument to the 1960s. Out went the station’s Doric propylaeum and glorious...

Video: National Records Centre

Heritage Graeme Bickerdike - 22nd August 2016

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One of York’s most anonymous buildings houses the railway’s engineering memory - an archive of around nine million records dating back to the 17th...

Building the P2

Heritage RailEngineer - 20th May 2016

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Steam locomotives are inefficient and costly to operate, hence British Railways replaced them with diesel and electric traction nearly fifty years ago. Today, however, steam-hauled...

Video: Torksey Viaduct reopens

Heritage Graeme Bickerdike - 25th April 2016

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A new footpath has been officially opened across Torksey Viaduct, bringing function to a structure that has been quietly rusting since the railway it...

Video: Flying Scotsman returns

Heritage Graeme Bickerdike - 26th February 2016

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Painstakingly overhauled and repainted in BR livery, Flying Scotsman has returned to its former stamping ground on the East Coast Main Line with a...

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