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In This Issue New Franchise launches around Next batch of Class 66s leave Canada Major upgrade for 'one' Anglia Class 90s All change on 'Waterloo & City' line RailwayThe Herald Issue 35 31 March 2006 Contents Submissions Newsdesk 3 We welcome Three new franchise launches, More 'Desiro' units for South West , major upgrade for 'one submissions from all Class 90s and Wembley Park reopens. readers, especially Rolling Stock News 8 photographs from those All change on the Waterloo & City, plus Stock changes for Great Western. enthusiasts with a digital camera! Pictures should Railtour Pictorial 10 be sent to the editor at A pictorial look at some of the railtours over the past week. [email protected] Good quality scans of Worldwide View 11 colour slides and prints Bombardier Vehicles for and more Class 66s on their way from Canada. are also acceptable. Please note that as Preservation View 13 the Railway Herald is Loadhaul liveried 'Grid' in action in Gloucestershire. free and compiled on a voluntary basis, we Notable Workings Pictorial 14 A look at some of the rare and notable workings over the past week. are unable to offer any financial return. Once the 'new- The new Railway Herald website look' Railway Herald is launched, the a As suggested in the 'Editor's reproduction fee will be Comment' last issue our brand paid to photographers. new website has now launched. 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2 Railway Herald - Volume 1 : Issue 35 The 'new' First Great Western Newsdesk

ABOVE: The semi broadside view of the demonstration shows the livery well, it is certainly very striking and from passenger and enthusiast reaction, is well liked, even at this early stage. Led by power car No. 43004, the 09.12 Paddington-Penzance crosses Cockwood Harbour, Starcross. Colin J. Marsden The much awaited launch of the Greater In the near future a major internal 150, 153 and 158s, while station nameboards Western Franchise, joining together First refurbishment will commence with new were shorn of their Wessex name. The Great Western, Wessex Trains and Great interiors for standard class, first class and cosmetic change to trains in the First Great Western Link, under the banner of First Great buffet vehicles. New design seats will be Western Link area was not as noticeable as Western took place at 02.00 on 1 April. The fitted throughout, while in first class leather First has operated these services for some official launch was held with a travelling coverings will be used. Major attention is to time and re-branding into corporate style has 'road show' from Paddington to Penzance on be given to the toilets, while the refreshment been ongoing. 3 April, showing for the first time the new vehicles are to be fully redesigned. The new FGW is inviting local people to external image. The already announced re-engining of the nominate their favourite place within the The launch at Paddington was hosted by Class 43 power cars is set to continue and the former Wessex franchise area and 50 of the First Chief Executive Moir Lockhead and re-branding in the final version of the First nominated names will then be showcased First Great Western Managing Director ‘Swirl’ colour scheme will take around two along the side of the new Greater Western Alison Forster. years to complete. Class 150, 153 and 158 fleets. The names Moir Lockhead said that “Today’s launch The new franchise is far more than the should be places, attractions, local clubs, of the Greater Western Franchise heralds the appearance of trains, with huge investments teams or even schools. To nominate your start of a £200million investment programme. in stations and the passenger environment, name text the ‘name’ to 88600 or visit the Fulfilling the promises of the franchise bid”. ranging from how passengers get to the rail FGW web site at www.firstgreatwestern. On the launch day a 2+3 HST (43004, 44049, head, to car parking, railway site security and co.uk/name suggestions must be in by the 40752, 41003, 43009) was used to form a 09.12 staff presentation and performance. end of April. Paddington-Penzance special. These vehicles FGW operated a special launch train on the n On the day of the franchise launch, were in a vinyl concept version of the new Paddington-Penzance corridor to involve FGW announced that following over 9,000 FGW colours, based on the First Group blue/ staff from all elements of the new business. responses to the new FGW timetable to be mauve, offset by a turquoise upper body n In the final week of the Wessex Train launched in December, a significant number colour, similar to the franchise-bid concept franchise a major effort was made to remove of changes are to be incorporated to meet the vehicles shown last year. the Wessex branding from its fleet of Class aspirations of passengers and user groups. BELOW: The vinyl application of the new First Great Western livery was carried out at Old Oak Common, here the buffet vehicle No. 40752 is shown. At this stage no yellow first class coach band is applied, but a large yellow '1' is adjacent to the passenger doors. The company name is applied in the centre with the vehicle number below. Colin J. Marsden

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20096 The Department for Transport The has Department for Transport The sets will commence delivery SWT intend to strengthen existing New Siemens New 'Desiro' order for SWT BELOW: BELOW: erecting placed a £70m Angel order with for them to Trains purchase a further fleet of 17 Class 450 Desiro EMUs for use Trains. on South West by rail Germany from Wildenrath, in June and be allocated to Siemens 'Desiro' depot at Northam, near Southampton. Construction of the sets will be undertaken Siemens Uerdingen and testing carried out prior to delivery on the Wildenrath test track. trains has where overcrowding been identified, allowing more peak hour ABOVE: Nos crosses said "We are delighted at are said "We the level of support from the railway industry and are local authorities. We now looking for offers

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the Contrary to information recently published in The maintenance facility at Midland Road, Leeds, The six stored Porterbrook Class 87s at MoD Bicester, Following our note last week that FGW have Fleet changes surrounding the transfer of the Wessex Dawlish. stock HST 42177, Traction News transfer at to C 42176, Laira, olin service. J. M J. Railway move, 42175, and arsden The the taking 42105, move, crew Herald a 40437, taking powered set - of Volume 4105, rest, previously by marshalled the Anglia- 1 two : Issue off- 35 Rolling Stock News Stock Rolling All change on the Waterloo & City The 1.5 miles long Waterloo & City line linking Waterloo with Bank station closed on 31 March for a five month £40m refurbishment. The line which carries 9.6 million people a year was opened in 1898 and last refurbished in 1993 when the present stock was delivered. At the time of its last refurbishment the line was still operated by , but was soon transferred to London Underground and is now operated as an annexe of the Central Line. The five month closure will allow Metronet Rail and Balfour Beatty to carry out refurbishment and renewals. The work will see around 25 per cent more trains operating in the rush hours, Quicker journey times following a package of track and signalling work, a smoother ride due to new track. The 20 vehicles making up the Waterloo & City fleet are all being removed from the line and transported by road to Wabtec, Doncaster for full internal and external refurbishment. The first 12 vehicles were removed on 1/2 April, just hours after the line was closed at the end of service on 31 March. The remaining eight will be removed over the weekend of 8/9 April. To assist with the engineering work, four battery- powered locos Walter, Lou, Anne, and Kitty, will be used to haul materials and plant along the line, these have been designed and built by Derby firm Clayton Equipment. Each loco weighs 15 tonnes and is fitted with two 75hp motors. These were lowered on to the Waterloo & City line on 1/2 April. The refurbishment of Waterloo & City line fleet at Wabtec will see the exterior changed to standard London Underground colours. Refurbishment will improve the ambience of trains, and fit new on-board CCTV systems to improve security. At this stage it is proposed to return the vehicles to the refurbished railway over the weekends of 5/6 and 12/13 August. On 13 August the battery locos will be removed and the following day the line will be returned to LUL for testing and recommissioning, prior to reopening on 1 September.

Top: Car No. 65508 is lifted out from the Waterloo & City Railway by a 500 tonne lift capacity crane on 1 April. Inset Right: Car No. 65508 is lowered onto an Allelys Heavy Haul road trailer for transport to Wabtec, Doncaster. Below: One of four Balfour Beatty-liveried, Clayton-built battery shunters awaits its turn on the crane to be lowered onto the line. All: Brian Morrison

Railway Herald - Volume 1 : Issue 35 9 LEFT: LNER B1 4-6-0 No. 61264 made a visit to some of the original stamping grounds around Lincolnshire and Yorkshire for the class, when it provided the power for the Railway Touring Company's 'Lincolnshire Poacher' charter. The B1 took over the train

Railtour Pictorial at Peterborough and is seen passing Wisker Hill Junction, Retford, over an hour down, heading for Cleethorpes. John Whitehouse

BELOW: To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the GWR/GCR Joint Line, organised several steam specials on 1/2 April. The original choice of motive power was to have been GWR Hall's, but due to clearance issues, LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No. 5690 Leander and Class 8F 2-8-0 No. 48151 were provided. Working in 'top & tail' formation, the '8F' approaches West Ruislip on 1 April with the 13.07 from High Wycombe to Marylebone. Brian Morrison

10 Railway Herald - Volume 1 : Issue 35 Talent More Class 66s on the way from Canada View Worldwide trains for Hungary The Hungarian National Railways (MÁV) have ordered ten Talent commuter trains from Bombardier Transportation. The four-car sets are to be manufactured in consortium with Elin EBG Traction/Siemens and will be equipped with dual-voltage technology for 15kV AC and 25 kV AC. The trains, which have an estimated value of €45 million, are scheduled for delivery this year, starting with the first on 31 March 2006. Construction will take place at Aachen in ABOVE: With the five GBRf/Metronet Class 66s coupled behind and the three Mitsui Rail Capital locos on the rear, the Germany, with bogies transit move to the Port of Halifax is seen at Windsor Junction in Nova Scotia, north of Halifax, on 25 March. Motive being manufactured by power is provided by Canadian National SD40 No. 5319. David Othen Bombardier in Siegen, The next batch of Class London, Ontario, to Toronto. At present JT1 is still Germany. The electrical 66s, Nos. 66718-722 for the Port of Halifax for All locos were loaded at the EMCC plant in equipment will be GBRf and the Metronet shipping on 25 March. on MV Jumbo Challenger London and Nos. JT9 supplied by Elin EBG contract are due to arrive Motive power was on 26 March, with and JT10 are at ITS Rail, Traction. at Newport on 9 April. provided by CN5319 the ship departing on St Catharines, Ontario, The interior fitting They are fully finished in with a train operating as 29 March. After the Canada. and commissioning GBRf/Metronet blue and No. 436. scheduled arrival in Frames for the next will be carried out at orange livery. On route, three Euro- Newport on 9 April, the batch of '66s' to be built Bombardier’s and MÁV’s The five GBRf Class 66s for Mitsui Rail Capital ship will continue to for DRS Nos. 66411-66420 joint venture production 66/7s were hauled from (Nos. JT6 - JT8) were to off-load the have now been fabricated site in Dunakeszi, Electro Motive Canada, added to the formation in Mitsui fleet. in the London plant. Hungary, near Budapest. Bombardier wins order for 146 LRV for Frankfurt Bombardier The new FLEXITY Transportation has Swift vehicles will be announced it has won used in Frankfurt's a contract for 146 high-floor network. The Bombardier ‘FLEXITY’ design concept is derived Swift high-floor light rail from the Bombardier vehicles to the Frankfurt FLEXITY Classic Transport Authority. which have been in The order is valued at service in Frankfurt since approximately €300 October 2003. A total million and includes of 65 FLEXITY Classic an option for 24 extra trams have been ordered vehicles. Deliveries will by VGF since June 2002. take place between May Twenty-five metres 2008 and mid 2015. long and 2.65 metres The FLEXITY Swift wide the new bi- vehicles will be designed directional vehicles and manufactured at offer capacity for 184 Bombardier’s site in passengers, including Bautzen (Germany), with 48 seated. The vehicles electrical equipment are fully air-conditioned supplied by its plant in and include video Mannheim (Germany). monitoring system. Bogies will be produced The FLEXITY Swift at Bombardier’s Siegen is equipped with the (Germany) production Bombardier MITRAC ABOVE: Artists impression of the Bombardier 'Flexity Swift high-floor rail vehicles to be facility. drive and control system. constructed for Frankfurt. BOMBARDIER

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RIGHT MIDDLE: Over the last few weeks there have been a number of track trains operating between Alexandra Dock Yard, Newport to various locations on the Western Valley lines to Ebbw Vale in conjunction with track laying prior to the reopening of the line to passenger services in 2007. On 21 March, Class 60 No. 60093 passes over Lime Kiln Sidings level crossing at the head of the 08.00 Newport Alexandra Dock Junction to Ebbw Vale engineers train, taking continuous welded rail to Ebbw Vale in preparation of the re-opening of the Gwent Western Valley line. Ashleigh Hunter

RIGHT BOTTOM: On hire to GBRf from EWS, Class 66 No.66125 moves out of the down loop at Bo'ness Junction with the Harwich to Aberdeen 'mud oil' tanks on 28 March. The train was looped to allow the 14.30 Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street and 14.33 Edinburgh Waverley to Dunblane to pass. Normal motive power for this working is GBRf Class 66/7, and with new GBRf Class 66s due to arrive and be commissioned by mid-April, it is unlikely this train will use EWS power again. Jim Binnie

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