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Tragedy at Bedford
Inquiry into fatal Bedford crash • RAIB investigators to determine why two EMR passenger trains collided in broad daylight, killing the driver of one and injuring many passengers.
Freight continues to decline • The latest ORR figures show a 5% drop in tonnage, led mainly by falls in petroleum and construction materials carried.
Passenger numbers beat pre-Covid peak
First of 10 additional Elizabeth Line trains leaves Alstom’s Derby production line • Completion of No. 345071 has been described as a ‘proud moment’for the team at the Litchurch Lane site, which was facing a bleak future and potentially being mothballed before the order was confirmed.
Two-mile electrified test track circuit opens at Long Marston • Porterbrook’s Warwickshire site offers a 50mph full test loop.
Engineers complete two phases of major improvements in West Yorkshire as part of TRU project • The first stage of work involved the replacement of over three and half miles of track and further progress with the remodelling of Huddersfield and Deighton stations.
Livery celebrates Gresley 150 • LNER ‘Azuma’pays tribute to the designer of Mallard and Flying Scotsman.
Railways in Parliament
Gresley designs mark his 150th anniversary • All surviving locos designed by Sir Nigel Gresley carry commemorative headboards for the day.
Farewell to Doncaster Works • The Gresley anniversary weekend was chosen for a final public open day at Doncaster Works before its scheduled closure at the end of the year.
Up and away! • Tom Ingall fulfils a lifetime dream of visiting Wuppertal’s suspended railway as 2026 marks its 125th year of operations.
Euston’s English Electrics • The diesel legs of three recent steam tours gave the opportunity to sample classic EE traction on the southern half of the WCML, as John Heaton FCILT reports.
Moving times • The late Gordon Pettitt was one of British Rail’s most respected senior managers, with his career really taking off in the mid-1960s after being selected for upper management training, as Part 3 of his personal diaries recounts.
Geoffrey Kichenside ‘ABC’ expert and so much more • Howard Johnston FCILT pays tribute to a publishing all-rounder who later ran his own railway and also penned questions for the TV quiz Mastermind.
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Severn Valley Railway launches £1m ‘Raise the Roof’ campaign • Following completion of the platform extension at Kidderminster, the SVR aims to raise £1 million to build a complementary canopy.
Sir Berkeley withdrawn for boiler retubing after failure at Beamish • The locomotive...