Caledonian sleeper diverts down east coast

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C

PAUL CLIFTON takes a cab ride on DB and Maritime Transport’s new freight route from Southampton Docks to Northampton via EWR

There’s no escaping it. The issue with charter trains, and why they cost so much to run, is the lack of decent, suitable and accessible rolling stock. There is also a definite lack of really nice coac

A START on the main line testing of GBRf’s new Stadler Class 99s, running under their own power, started on July 23 when 99001 worked 4Q90, the 21.50 Peterborough Yard-Doncaster Decoy Yard test train.

With a handful of trains now running, is all the work done on the first section of EWR? PAUL CLIFTON finds out

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