RAIL Magazine Editor Rich Sampson shares his perspective on the latest news, trends and ideas in passenger rail. Includes discussion on all forms of passenger rail: high-speed and intercity, commuter rail, heavy rail metros and subways, light rail, regional rail, streetcars, trolleys, monorails, people movers and airport rail systems, along with important topics such as rail-oriented development, intermodalism, station facilities, infrastructure and investment.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
A New Partnership to Share Passenger Rail News
RAIL Magazine is proud to announce a new partnership with On-Shed and The Railway Chronicle – which fall under the Steam Tube umbrella – to bring readers of both outlets access to the latest and highest quality content on passenger rail around the world.
You're already familiar with RAIL's comprehensive coverage of passenger rail in North America – from high-speed rail to streetcars – through our quarterly digital and print editions, the @RAILMag handle on Twitter and this blog. Now, we're excited to work with Steam Tube and their component platforms to share the latest development in passenger rail overseas and especially the United Kingdom through Steam Tube's myriad sources and links.
From our inception, RAIL has made a conscious decision to focus almost exclusively on the renaissance of passenger rail in North America for a few reasons (although, we have included a few feature-length pieces on individual elements of international rail, such as our profiles of the London Jubilee Line in RAIL #19 and Dublin's Luas light-rail system in RAIL #26).
First, there's no shortage of fine publications and media outlets relaying the latest news on passenger rail elsewhere. Second, the passenger rail renaissance in the United States, Canada and Mexico encompasses a narrative unique to this continent's transportation history, one that is not very similar to that of Europe and Asia, in particular. Lastly, our editorial offices and staff are located here in Washington, D.C., and journalism is at its best when it can observe and interact with its subjects as directly as possible.
By sharing content and resources with Steam Tube's portfolio of media, we can offer RAIL readers access to international passenger rail news that's developed, compiled and organized by those who know the trends, topics and issues the best. We'll, in turn, share our knowledge and insights on what's happening here with our friends overseas.
So, stay tuned to posts on this blog, @RAILMag on Twitter and upcoming editions of RAIL – as well as Steam Tube's family of pages – to see this exciting new alliance in action!
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Wednesday 1st May 2013
The Lakeland Moorlander (Compass Tours)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Kidderminster (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Rowley Regis (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Walsall (pu) - Cannock (pu) - Hednesford (pu) - Rugeley Town (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe - Preston - Shap - Carlisle (break/rev) - Carlisle - Maryport - Workington - Sellafield - WUlverston - Carnforth - Preston - Crewe - Stafford (sd) - Rugeley Town (sd) - Hednesford (sd) - Cannock (sd) - Walsall (sd) - Tame Bridge Parkway (sd) - Rowley Regis (sd) - Stourbridge Junction (sd) - Kidderminster
Friday 3rd May 2013
The Mayday Highlander: Day 1 (UK Railtours)
- To be confirmed London Kings Cross (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - York - Durham - Hexham (break) - Carlisle - Dumbarton
The British Pullman Circular Luncheon Train (VSOE)
- 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Barnes - Staines - Virginia Water - Woking - Guildford - Shalford - Reigate - Redhill - East Croydon - Selhurst - Clapham Junction - London Victoria
Saturday 4th May 2013
The Anglo Scotsman (NENTA Traintours)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Norwich (pu) - Diss (pu) - Ipswich (pu) - Stowmarket (pu) - Bury St. Edmunds (pu) - (Cambridge service train connection) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Doncaster - York (sd) - Newcastle Central (sd) - Berwick upon Tweed (sd) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return
The Heart Of Midlothian (Railway Touring Company)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Huddersfield (pu) - Dewsbury (pu) - Leeds (pu) - York (pu) -
- 60009 York - Darlington - Newcastel upon Tyne - Berwick upon Tweed - Edinburgh Waverley
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Berwick upon Tweed - Newcastle upon Tyne - Darlington - York (sd) - Leeds (sd) - Dewsbury (sd) - Huddersfield
Additional Tour Information
16/4: now steam northbound from York to Edinburgh. 60009 replaces 70013
Added 13:49 on Tuesday 16th April 2013The Welsh Borders Express (Railway Touring Company)
- 34067 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Gloucester (pu) (rev) - Stroud - Kemble - Swindon - Didcot - Oxford - Moreton in the Marsh - Evesham - Worcester Shrub Bhill (break) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Worcester Foregate Street (pu) - Great Malvern - Ledbury - Hereford - Abergavenney - Maindee Junction - Severn Tunnel Junction - Chepstow - Lydney - Gloucester (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads
Additional Tour Information
10/4: 34067 replaces 34046 which remains unavailable
Added 19:50 on Wednesday 10th April 2013Fort William & Mallaig (SRPS Railtours)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Glenrothes with Thornton (pu) - Kirkcaldy (pu) - Dalgety Bay (pu) - Forth Bridge - Dalmeny (pu) - Linlithgow (pu) - Falkirk High (pu) - Croy (pu) - Westerton (pu) - Dumbarton Central - Helensburgh Upper - Crianlarich - Rannoch - Fort William (sd) (rev) - Mallaig (break/rev) & return
Llandudno Victorian Statesman (Statesman Rail)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Cambridge (pu) - Waterbeach (pu) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Whittlesea (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Stamford (pu) - Oakham (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Leicester (pu) - Hinckley (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Llandudno Junction (sd) - Llandudno Town (break/rev) & return
The Mayday Highlander: Day 2-train 1 (UK Railtours)
- To be confirmed Dumbarton - Crianlarich - Rannoch - Fort William & return
The Mayday Highlander: Day 2 - Train 2 (UK Railtours)
- To be confirmed Dumbarton - Stirling - Perth - Aviemore - Inverness & return
Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza & Transport Festival (Vintage Trains)
- 4965 and 5043 Tyseley Warwick Road (pu) - Walsall (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Chester - Rhyl - Llandudno Junction - Llandudno Town (break/rev) & return
Edinburgh-Settle & Carlisle (West Coast Railway Company)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) St. Neots (pu) - Huntingdon (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Grantham (pu) - Newark (pu) - Retford (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - S&C - Carlisle - Edinburgh Waverley
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Berwick Upon Tweed - Newcastle upon Tyne - Durham - York - Doncaster (sd) - Retford (sd) - Newark (sd) - Grantham (sd) - Peterborough (sd) - Huntingdon (sd) - St. Neots
Sunday 5th May 2013
The Mayday Highlander: Day 3 - Combined Train (UK Railtours)
- To be confirmed Dumbarton - Dundee - Montrose - Stonehaven (break/rev) & return
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CHINA: Two urban rail operating partnerships were agreed on April 26 during a state visit by French President François Hollande to China.
Today, Lorenzo Simonelli, President and CEO of GE Transportation, a unit of the General Electric Company, released a statement in support of the 2013 Railroad Day on Capitol Hill.
World Heritage & Railway News
NYMR - 40th Anniversary Special Evening Talk – 1st May at 19:00
Pickering Station – its history and rebuilding
by Mark Sissons, NYMR Archivist and Nick Bielby, NYMR Train of Thought Project Manager
Time: 19:00 – 20:30Cost: £2.50 per person, includes refreshments. No need to prebook
Venue: The Learning Centre, Platform 2, Pickering Station
Parking: The normal visitor car park will be open as usual for parking to come to the talks.
Railway Engineering News
From progressiverailroading.com.....Guest Comment: On the right (connected) track with the Industrial Internet..
Lorenzo Simonelli, president and CEO, GE Transportation explains that the Industrial Internet. is a software-driven movement that will transform the global hardware industry by combining industrial systems with the power of advanced computing, visualization, analytics, low-cost sensing and new levels of connectivity enabled by the Internet. There is the potential to bring about profound transformation globally — improving industry and lives by connecting people and businesses to the nearly 50 billion machines and systems that move our world, and in turn generate massive value in asset and operational improvements.
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