975025 `Caroline` Visits Kent & Sussex This Thursday 04/04/19 Southern Region manager’s Saloon 975025 will visit Kent and Sussex this Thursday 4th April 2019. The ex-Southern Region manager’s track inspection coach will work Kensington Olympia to Kensington Olympia ‘via the world’, ie a circular run around Sussex and Kent covering a few hundred miles. 975025, …
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DB Cargo have announced a partnership with Maritime to increase rail freight operations between the two companies. DB Cargo have liveried two of their locomotives into Maritime livery, similar to that of GB Railfreight’s 66727, seen below. DB Cargo will be contracted to run Maritime’s rail operations out of Felixstowe and Southampton intermodal rail ports. …
Timings now available for UK Railtours Ye Olde Blackfriar 30/03/19 Here are the timings for the UK Railtours excursion ‘Ye Olde Blackfriar’, running on Saturday 30th March 2019. The tour will be top and tailed by a pair of GBRf class 73 electro-diesel locomotives. (Class /1 or class /2 – actual allocation will be added …
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How to receive SMS and Email Train Service Alerts with Rail Record Part 2 of our weekly guide to using the Rail Record members area. This week, we take a look at how you can receive text and email alerts with Rail Record. To receive SMS alerts, you do need to purchase some SMS credits, …
First Great Northern Class 717 Enters Service Today The first Great Northern class 717 will enter full-day passenger service today. The new 6 carriage train will work services to and from Moorgate, GN advised on Twitter this morning. The new Siemens Class 717 trains are set to replace the ageing Great Northern class 313 trains. …
Getting Started with Rail Record Members Area Over the next few weeks, we’ll be publishing some guides on using the new Rail Record members area. The members area will be launching on June 1st. In the lead up to this time, you can read these guides to find out more about each of the different …
Where to see LNER 61306 ‘Mayflower’ on Saturday 23rd March 2019 See 61306 B1 Class LNER Mayflower in London and Sussex this Saturday 23rd March as it heads from Southend to The Bluebell Railway. Mayflower 61306 departs Southend East in Essex, at 0745 (approx), picking up at Rainham (0830), and Barking (0840) on the way …
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Brand New LNER Class 800 Azuma Train Enters Service with LNER on May 15th The first LNER Azuma Class 800 Bi Mode train will enter service on the East Coast Mainline on Wednesday 15th May 2019. The new addition to LNER’s fleet will replace the ageing class 91 trains including the Intercity Swallow Livery class …
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The Class 50 Terminator Phoenixed Timings – Saturday 23rd March 2019 Timings are now available for The Class 50 Terminator Phoenixed railtour, running Saturday 23rd March 2019. Headed by a pair of GBRf livery class 50s, the tour re-traces the route of 50050 and 50007 on their final British Rail journey from London Waterloo to …
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Timings For 1938 Tube Stock Railtour – Sunday 17th March 2019 Full timings for the London Transport Museum Art Deco 1938 Tube Stock Excursion on Sunday 17th March 2019. London Transport Museum are offering another opportunity to travel behind the vintage 1938 Tube Stock underground train. This follows a previous railtour with the 1938 tube …
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