DAVID JUKES mixes third-rail and overhead electrification for his chosen pick of EMUs past and present…

EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING TODAY’S MAIN LINE CHARTER SCENE

The effects of two years of storage delay the introduction of diesel multiple units in Devon and Cornwall

…and full electrification should have been agreed from the start

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I doubt there are any drivers still alive who were among some of the first to be trained on driving the English Electric Type 5s – the famous Deltic – in 1961. For those who were trained at the time,