Railhead treatment technology trialled on the wensleydale railway

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Extreme weather is one of the biggest causes of delays and disruption on the railway. Can a new tie-up with the Met Office help? PAUL CLIFTON finds out

Back in the 1960s and ’70s ‘get the army in’ felt like a regular retort for heritage rail projects. However, it might surprise many to learn that even today, the army gets hands on with preservation schemes and is making some major contributions.

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07013 – Bury: A few steps forward were made in early August when the locomotive was lifted from its wheels. All wheelsets require tyre turning to restore their profiles, and the Class 07’s sole AEI RT

Everyone is now an expert on rail security… The one good thing to come out of the horrific stabbings on an LNER train at Huntingdon is that every MP and newspaper editor have suddenly become qualified