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Book Review: Class 43 Locomotives in Scotland " The High Speed Trains by Colin J. Howat
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (628+ words) Class 43 Locomotives in Scotland illustrates High Speed Trains (HSTs) operating services throughout Scotland since their introduction in the late 1970s. Published in June 2025 by Amberley Publishing and written by Colin J. Howat, this soft-cover book measures around 23. 4 cm x 16. 5 cm, has 96 pages…...
Loco Stop - The Rail Advent Social Network
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (285+ words) Rail Advent (Over this and Under that)! 34028 "Eddystone! A strange mix of locomotion and rail for a few miles out of Exeter St Davids for this Great Britain run to Penzance over what once was Brunels Atmospheric rail! (Over) the…...
Squeaky tables fixed on Southern Trains
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (252+ words) Train operator Southern has been hard at work removing the familiar squeak from across its Electrostar fleet. By replacing elements of seat-back tray tables that have grown to squeak through wear and tear, passenger journeys across London and the South…...
May Bank Holiday Weekend to see Yorkshire train cancellations
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (329+ words) Network Rail is reminding passengers of upcoming major engineering upgrades coming to the East Coast Main Line during May. The upgrades are scheduled to take place during the May Bank Holiday weekends (2-4 May and 23-25 May), aiming to minimise disruption while…...
Network Rail reminds passengers of May Bank Holiday engineering work
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (358+ words) Network Rail is reminding passengers of upcoming engineering work during May. Most of the UK rail network is set to run as normal across May; however, there will be disruption in several key areas during the early May Bank Holiday…...
Class 57/3 loco to join Severn Valley Railway's Spring Diesel Festival
1+ week, 3+ day ago (316+ words) The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has announced more details of its forthcoming Spring Diesel Festival. The Worcestershire Railway had already announced four visiting locomotives for the Festival, which will take place from Thursday 14 May until Sunday 17 May 2026. It has now…...
Yorkshire railway to run Model Railway Show this May
1+ week, 6+ day ago (313+ words) Wensleydale Railway will host its annual Model Railway Show over the second weekend of May, taking place between Saturday, 9 and Sunday, 10 May at Leeming Bar Station. The event will feature model layouts in a range of gauges from N to…...
Heart of Wales line trains to be replaced by buses this month
3+ week, 3+ day ago (160+ words) Network Rail will carry out essential maintenance between Llandrindod and Llanwrtyd on the Heart of Wales line this April, with bus replacements between Llandrindod and Llandovery from Saturday, 18 April to Thursday, 23 April. The work includes vegetation management and level crossing…...
Class 66 to haul rail tour from Norwich to London
3+ week, 5+ day ago (307+ words) A special charter train, the East Anglian, is being run by the Branch Line Society on Saturday, 25th April, from Norwich to London Liverpool Street. The tour will be hauled by a GB Railfreight Class 66 diesel locomotive, which is hoped to…...
Manchester Model Railway Shop joins Rail Advent Plus Discount scheme
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (192+ words) We are pleased to announce that The Loco Shed in Manchester have agreed to provide our Rail Advent Plus Gold members with an exclusive discount. The Loco Shed, based in Whitefield, offers a range of new and pre-owned model railway…...