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So Sir Isaac Newton was right all along FACT REPLACING FICTION...

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Future junction: T69 tram No 3 at Wednesbury on 7 November 2009,...

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NIGHT OVERGROUND DECEMBER LAUNCH

NIGHT OVERGROUND services on the East London line were due to...

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SPANNER WINNERS (CONTINUED)

Ex-BR DMU bronze (left to right): John J Murphy (GWR), Pete Blackman...

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ENTER THE AVENTRA

PHILIP SHERRATT

AS BOMBARDIER FINISHES ELECTROSTAR PRODUCTION AND MOVES ...

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ŠKODA SOLD, BUT NOT TO CHINESE

CZECH REPUBLIC Olomouc’s original trams: the city still...

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TRAXX FOR MERCITALIA

ITALY Mercitalia Rail, the rail freight subsidiary of Italian...

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FIVE BIDDING FOR HS2 TRAIN DEAL

Five shortlisted bidders: visual of train for HS2. Courtesy HS2...

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‘385’ SERVICE NOW LIKELY IN MARCH

SCOTRAIL HAS begun testing its new Hitachi Class 385 EMUs between...

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Train planner honoured

Train planner RIP: the late Roger Watkins, a train planner on...

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