While there were undoubtedly many benefits for a single, nationalised railway, for customers there was one thing lacking: competition. For passengers, the car was a viable alternative in most cases, a

Deal includes more than 2,700 vehicles and significantly boosts company’s UK presence

Five of the fleet are put into short-term store while Class 59 and ‘47s’ are also taken out of frontline service

Now available from Accurascale is its second batch of Class 66s in OO gauge, these following on from the initial releases in the summer of 2024 in returning the former Hattons tooling to the market. W

Chief Executive James Price explains benefits of the new fleet ahead of first unit entering traffic this spring

Overhauls, restorations and running notes