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Sir Nigel Gresley Stands in for King Edward I RailwayThe Herald www.railwayherald.co.uk Issue 123 - 7th March 2008 ISSN 1751-8091 Contents Newsdesk EWS moves potatoes from Elgin to Norfolk in new freight trial Page 3 NRM acquires historic steam locomotive Page 4 Cotswold Rail operates scrap metal freight flow Page 5 Sir Nigel Gresley steps in for King Edward I with Steam Dreams charter Page 7 Railtour Listings Page 6 Preservation View Page 11 Events Diary Page 12 Front Cover Freightliner Heavy Haul Class 66/5 No. 66507 rounds the curve at Althorpe, near Scunthorpe, on 3rd March with an empty rake of HHA hoppers, bound for loading at Immingham Docks. Richard Tuplin Rear Cover Class 159/0 No 159013 in Bournemouth Traincare Depot undergoing Level 6 maintenance on 25th February, after FCC Class 03 stars at Nene Valley Gala weekend refurbishment at Wabtec, p First Capital Connect Class 03 No. 03179 was moved by road from Hornsey Depot to the Nene Valley Railway for Doncaster. Brian Morrison the line's diesel gala weekend. Unfortunately, the locomotive hit problems when it was declared a failure part way through the event. Other locomotives in action included visiting Class 24 No. 24081, Class 27 No. 27066, Class 33/0 Publication No. 33053 and Class 66/7 No. 66727, plus the resident fleet, which included the line's Class 56s. 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Registered office: Hobarn House, 12 Brompton Road, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL6 1DY © Copyright Railway Herald Ltd 2006-2008 2 RailwayThe Herald NewsDesk u Virgin Trains has teamed up with mobile telephone operator T-Mobile to provide improved Wi-Fi in all of its First Class lounges at London Euston, Coventry, Birmingham New Street, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent and Manchester Piccadilly and soon at Runcorn and Birmingham International. The facility is available free to all First Class ticket holders using the lounges that have WiFi- enabled laptops, and not just T-Mobile users. Mobile phone reception is also being improved onboard Virgin trains to provide the same level of reception inside the train as is available outside. The first 16 upgraded trains are already in service and will soon be easily identifiable by special labels on the mobile phone and laptop charging points. u Due to extensive upgrade work taking place in the Rugby area over the Easter Holiday period to streamline the complicated set p Class 60 No. 60018 passes North Fen Drove, Ely with 09.18 Doncaster Belmont - Eccles Road potato train on 4th of junctions north and south of March. Iain C. Scotchman the station, trains will be unable to pass through the area while Potatoes from Elgin to East Anglia most of the work is going on. This By Iain C. Scotchman 09.55 to Laurencekirk, where both attached to the rear of the Fridays- will mean that there will not be A second trial train operated by were attached to the empty pipe only Lairg oil tanks to Inverness. any direct trains through Rugby EWS on behalf of MH Higgins working to Mossend, the wagons The snow clearance Class 37 loco to and from London Euston on Group of Doncaster, arrived in then being worked down to based at Inverness then tripped the Good Friday 21st March. between Norfolk on 4th March conveying Doncaster Belmont Yard. The final wagons to Elgin for re-loading. The Saturday 22nd March and Easter 312 tonnes of seed potatoes. leg to Norfolk on 4th March being first train ran two weeks earlier. Monday 24th March inclusive, and The trial, which began early in the 09.18 Belmont Yard – Eccles The trial has been successful there will be significant reductions February, involves the movement Road, where the loco ran round so far, each train taking some 12 to the normal weekday services on of seed potatoes, grown in north- the train and propelled it into the lorries off the road. Two further Tuesday 25th March. east Scotland, from Elgin to rail terminal to allow the wagons trains are planned, with proposals the Snetterton rail terminal for to be unloaded. The final short leg for an extended operation next u Nexus is marking the opening planting in Norfolk. being completed by road lorries. year, possibly including trains of its 60th Tyne & Wear Metro Originating in Elgin yard the The empties were worked to Cornwall. Thanks to Andy station at Simonside on South previous day, the train comprised back to Doncaster as the 19.45 Gaddas, Commercial Manager at Tyneside by giving away a week’s six IZA vans hauled by Class 37/4 from Eccles Road and onwards MH Higgins for his assistance and free travel to 2,000 people living No. 37422 Cardff Canton as the to Mossend where they were information in the local area who will be entitled to unlimited free travel on the system from 17th to 23rd More Bombardier Electrostars for Southern March. The special offer has been Bombardier Transportation is at Bombardier's Litchurch Lane, coaches already in service with introduced to showcase the £3.2 to construct another 11 four- Derby, site and will be delivered to c2c, Southeastern and Southern. million station, which opens on car Class 377 Electrostars for the franchise during 2009. The trains have been named the 17th March, and to show the Southern. The Electrostars are now a well most reliable modern EMU in the benefits of having Metro on their The trains will be manufactured proven product, with over 1,600 UK for the past three years. doorstep. Special packs containing the free Metro travel vouchers were sent out on 7th March. The new station at Simonside, Cracking down on cable theft which has been part funded On 5th March, British Transport involved in stealing cables from the dangerous to those involved, with £800,000 by the European Police (BTP) conducted a railway. and can cause hours of delay Regional Development Fund, offers dedicated police operation at As part of the operation to the thousands of passengers the residents five trains an hour Stockingford, Nuneaton, to crack officers will make use of the who rely on the network. BTP in each direction towards South down on cable theft from the latest technology in the form of a has recorded 1,928 metal Shields town centre, Gateshead railways. Microdrone - an unmanned, almost theft offences and arrested 396 and the centre of Newcastle. Police will be targeting known silent helicopter that can film from people in 2007 compared with The new station forms the first cable theft hotspot areas, local more than 350ft and is invisible 1,142 offences and 317 arrests in part of plans for the future of scrap metal dealers and conducting to the naked eye. The remote 2006. Tyne & Wear Metro put together an Automatic Number Plate controlled helicopter – the size Should any reader have by Nexus, which is seeking £600 Recognition (ANPR) operation. of a dustbin lid - beams back live information about individuals million to modernise the system Officers will also be engaging with video footage and infrared imagery engaged in metal theft or dealing over 20 years. Future plans the local community and seeking to operators on the ground.
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