30 articles including christianwolmar.co.uk - TheRise of Railway Nostalgia. In this era of leaves on the line, protests over High Speed 2 and malfunctioning franchises, it is hardly surprising that rail passengers hark back to a golden age.
Christian Wolmar
World Heritage & Railway News
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The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway ‘on-air’ for reopening..
If you can't make the re-opening celebrations on Tuesday 30 October, you will at least be able to follow the event on Radio Winchcombe 107.1 live on-air or online.
Like the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, this excellent community radio station is volunteer-run. Once only broadcasting for short periods it received its full broadcast licence from Ofcom early this year, having beaten off stiff competition from other potential broadcasters in the region. It has been on-air full-time since 18 May 2012 on 107.1FM.
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Including ..Bombardier employment opportunity......
Crossrail has marked a major milestone in the construction of London’s new rail line with the lowering of a 550 tonne tunnelling machine into a 40 metre deep shaft in east London last night (Thursday), ahead of the start of tunnelling for Crossrail’s eastern section of the new rail line.
For the Historian....From Railways Archive....
Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Copenhagen Tunnel on 18th January 1869
25 October 2012,
19:58:31
The report on the collision of a coal train
with the buffers of a short siding, near Holloway station.
Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Colwyn Tunnel on 16th July 1869
25 October 2012,
19:38:36
The report on a rear-end collision between a
passenger train and a goods train inside Penmaenrhos tunnel, near Colwyn
Bay.
Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Clifton Junction on 24th July 1869
25 October 2012,
19:16:48
The report on a collision between a
passenger train and a light engine, which was running round its train
Vossloh- InnoTrans 2012 Review
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