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Issue 951: GoExpress begins WCML intermodal testing with Class 93s, Suspected lightning strike takes out signalling in NW and First week of Mid-Cornwall Metro shows positive passenger numbers.
PLUS! Progress for restoration of Swanage Railway-based 4TC set
https://t.co/0CJm3NbzOT

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Issue 950 out now: GBR unveils first branded Electrostar, Lumo launches first Stirling to London Euston service along the WCML and Great Central Railway secures National Lottery Heritage Grant Fund finance.
PLUS! Action from the SVR and B&KR diesel galas
https://t.co/TTsbRvUf6B

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Issue 949 out now: HS2 reset pushes start date to 2036 at least, Exhibition of Bishop Eric Treacy photography in Wakefield in August and New platforms and concourse open at Darlington.
PLUS! Gresley N2 tank return on the horizon following steam test
https://t.co/HW8yKe7UgO

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Issue 948 out now: Class 99s granted Network Rail approval, HS2 contract to build new maintenance depot at Washwood Heath and RailAdventure and LSL Class 43 powercar fitment well underway at Loughborough.
PLUS! NYMR sells BR Standard 4MT
https://t.co/rm7I7Jwn3S

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Issue 947 out now: Contracts signed for £200 million Portishead Branch, DRS cancels July Crewe Open Day and Current workload underway at Derby Litchurch Lane.
PLUS! Llangollen marks 150th Anniversary of local engineer
https://t.co/vQJFoFbU7w

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Issue 946 out now: John Smith to step down as CEO of GB Railfreight, East-West Railway Company revises delivery plans and Eurotunnel fined over £2 million after safety investigation by the ORR. PLUS! Bluebell Railway announces positive start to the season
https://t.co/BY6zFyT6wO

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Issue 945: John Smith to step down as CEO of GB Railfreight, East-West Railway Company revises its delivery plans and Eurotunnel fined over £2 million after safety investigation by the ORR.
PLUS! Bluebell Railway announces positive start to the season
https://t.co/qh93W8zU9j

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Issue 944: Northerns Hope Valley service forms new 'mini Switzerland' project, Work starts on former Tilbury Riverside station & Peak Rail to explore full line restoration options. PLUS! Battery-powered Class 08 for 'Driver For A Fiver' duties at Peak Rail
https://t.co/RleiDyCyPg

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Issue 943: Class 91s return to NE passenger duties, exhibition marks 150 years since the birth of Sir Nigel Gresley and Greater Anglia confirm Norwich Crown Point Depot June open day.
PLUS! Historic 'coffee pot' installed at Stockton
https://t.co/7FCfMxFyQM

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Issue 942: GC updates application for service from Cleethorpes, ScotRail confirms Class 222 fleet to replace HSTs and 1st Class 222 set gains light blue Lumo livery for Stirling to London service. PLUS! DPS seeks funding for power unit overhaul
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Issue 941 out now: Site cleared for Northern Shipley EMU Depot, Services at Glasgow Central High Level restart after fire and ROG Class 93 to be maintained at DRS Crewe.
PLUS! 'Caley' tank for Cotswold Festival of Steam weekend at GWSR in May
https://t.co/hNSHRJrPCj

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Issue 940 out now: Collective funding agreed for London Orbital, Glasgow Central shut for days after local fire causes building damage and Big plans for new transport interchange at Windermere.
PLUS! Romic and Mid-Norfolk join to offer 'one-off' HST day
https://t.co/IKz6Tm1cbK

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Issue 939 out now: First refurbed Voyager enters traffic, New deal for Barking hub and Lumo shows off new internal and external look for London-Stirling Class 222 fleet.
PLUS! SVR showcases first hydrogen-powered Class 08
https://t.co/tsTAReNET8

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Issue 938 out now: No Jacobite dates, but WCR moves forward with CDL, Transport for Wales releases new vision for improving Welsh network and Last complete GWR HST set departs from Plymouth Laira PLUS! Class 27 loco highlight of GWSR Cotswold Diesel Gala
https://t.co/KSu8TBepvt

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Issue 937 out now: Preservation mourns the loss of Richard Greenwood MBE, aged 89, DB Cargo UK trial with Class 93 and Network Rail starts electrification work on Borders Railway.
PLUS! GCR to mark 60 years since the closure of Somerset & Dorset Railway
https://t.co/AYmLroCsCp

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Issue 936 out now: First refurbished Voyager set outshopped, New look Mirfield station opens as Transpennine Route Upgrade marches on and What lies ahead for the Clayton Class 18s?
PLUS! Tulyar to make first passenger workings in 35 years at Great Central
https://t.co/2Kp6DCgGyj

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Issue 935 out now: LNER Class 897 'Serenza' fleet, GBRf store several Class 69s as company seeks to flex its fleet and SVR DMU fleet to operate over forthcoming branch line weekend gala.
PLUS! Routes Around Britain: Severn Tunnel Jn to Newport
https://t.co/YJ09UFZqhE

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Issue 934 out now: Chiltern officially launches its new 'Explorer' Mk5a coaching stock, HS2 confirms that it has commenced tunnelling work towards Euston and RPSI granted Northern Ireland operators license. PLUS! 125 Group show off repainted powercars
https://t.co/qCZGVhbnq8

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Issue 933out now: DB Cargo UK to sell 25 Class 66s to Romania, Government lays out Northern Powerhouse Rail plans and Main line 'shuttle' workings for Flying Scotsman at half-term.
PLUS! Llangollen looks to tourism shuttle with German railbus
https://t.co/RgODInDMnW

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Issue 932: Avanti West Coast services diverted via S&C, Gauge widening caused Audenshaw derailment and No reprieve for Lindsey Oil Refinery after sale to local competitor PLUS! Historic GWR Railcar from Didcot to visit East Somerset Railway for gala
https://t.co/tHChotgrQZ