A list of forthcoming railtours is included... and a selection of videos from Steam Tube which cover the steam railtours of this last week....
Enjoy!
Headlines.....
UK News
Getting Dawlish and Britain’s Railways back on track.(Skibbereen Eagle)
Restored historic steam locomotive moves to Carmarthen.(BBC News)
Worcestershire railway line to close for two months.(BBC News)
An Independent Scotland 'would lose its HS2', warns minister .(The Independent)
Railway Herald - Railtours
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Thursday 17th April 2014
Lancashire Hills And Coast (UK Railtours)
- DBS Class 92 London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton keynes Central (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Srtafford - Crewe
- DBS Class 60 Crewe - Sandbach - Stockport - Stalybridge - Standedge - Huddersfield - Hebden Bridge - Copy Pit - Blackburn - Preston - Blackpool North
- DBS Class 60 Blackpool North (pu) - Preston - Warrington Bank Quay - Crewe
- DBS Class 92 Crewe - Stafford - Nuneaton - Rugby (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston
Saturday 19th April 2014
The North Eastern (PMR Tours)
- WCRC Class 47 Leicester (pu) - Loughborough (pu) - East Midlands Parkway (pu) - Derby (pu) -
- 46233 Derby - Chesterfield (pu) - York (sd) - Durham (sd) - Newcastle upon Tyne
- 46233 Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Durham (pu) - York (pu) - Chesterfield (sd) - Derby (sd) -
- WCRC Class 47 Derby - East Midlands Parkway (sd) - Loughborough (sd) - Leicester
The Dartmouth Express (Railway Touring Company)
- WCRC Class 47 Poole (pu) - Bournemouth (pu) - Southampton (pu) - Eastleigh (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Westbury (pu)
- 60007 Westbury - Taunton - Exeter St. Davids - Newton Abbot - Torquay - Paignton - Kingswear
- 60007 Kingwear - Paigntoin - Torquay - Newton Abbot - Exeter St. Davids - Taunton - Westbury
- WCRC Class 47 Westbury - Salisbury (sd) - Eastleigh (sd) - Southampton (sd) - Bournemouth (sd) - Poole
Additional Tour Information
7/4: 60007 replaces 70013 which remains unavailable
Added 09:28 on Tuesday 8th April 201419/3: train reinstated following anticipated completion of work to reopen West of England Main Line at Dawlish two weeks earlier
Added 20:48 on Wednesday 19th March 20141/3: postponed due to uncertainty of Dawlish being re-opened in time
Added 15:43 on Saturday 1st March 2014The Settle & Carlisle Statesman (Statesman Rail)
- WCRC Class 47 & 57 Cambridge (pu) - Watrbeach (pu) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Whittlesea (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Grantham (pu) - Newark Northgate (pu) - retford (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - Leeds- Skipton - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
- WCRC Class 47 & 57 Carlisle (pu) - Penrith - Shap - Lancaster - Preston - Doncaster (sd) - Retford (sd) - Newark Northgate (sd) - Grantham (sd) - Peterborough (sd) - Whittlesea (sd) - March (sd) - Ely (sd) - Waterbeach (sd) - Cambridge
The North Wales Coast Express (West Coast Railway Company)
- WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Bridlington (pu) - Driffield (pu) - Beverley (pu) - Cottingham (pu) - Brough (pu) - Selby (pu) - Chester (sd) - Conwy (sd) - Holyhead (break/rev) & return
Last week's Mainline Steam
Courtesy Steam Tube
Crossrail
Crossrail tunnelling giant Jessica has completed another epic journey through the heart of east London; but this time it was on the back of a lorry.
Just two months after completing her 2.7 kilometre tunnel drive from Pudding Mill Lane to one of Europe's largest mined caverns at Stepney Green, Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Jessica made a 5 kilometre journey to her next launch point at the project's eastern tunnel's Limmo Peninsula site at Canning Town.
To make the trip, Jessica was dismantled, lifted out in pieces by crane, loaded onto heavy load carrying flatbeds and transported from Stepney by road in a series of carefully managed operations taking place during a month long process.
On Sunday 6 April, Jessica's iconic 7.1 metre diameter cutterhead and 65 tonne shield were driven through the streets -- and through the Limehouse Link -- before being unloaded at Limmo Peninsula to be re-assembled and put back to work constructing the final Crossrail tunnels between Limmo and Victoria Dock Portal.
Dragados Sisk Joint Venture, the contractor constructing Crossrail's eastern running tunnels, have spent several months working with the Metropolitan Police and local authorities to carefully plan the route through the heart of east London.
Crossrail has delivered on a commitment to local businesses and residents as Paddington's Eastbourne Terrace reopens to buses on schedule, following a two year closure to enable construction of the new Crossrail station.
Once Crossrail works are completed in 2018, bus stops on Eastbourne Terrace will provide passengers with an easy interchange with Paddington Station through a new Eastbourne Terrace entrance.
The new Crossrail Paddington station is 250 metres long by 30 metres wide and will be 30 metres deep when excavations are completed. Contractor Costain Skanska Joint Venture has used a top down construction technique. Once the box structure and excavations are complete, work will get underway to fit-out the new station with platforms, escalators, lifts and other equipment.
UK Heritage News
GWR - Gloucestershire's mainline heritage railway - Five minutes with ... Bill Britton, chairman of the Broadway Area Group
Volunteer Recruitment Day | North Yorkshire Moors Railway :: A steam train adventure through the stunning Yorkshire Moors
US News
Chicago, Chicago, a Kangaroo Court kinda town. (Skibbereen Eagle)
Australasia News
Do not let 2020 rail deadline rush us on major decisions.(Todayonline)
Shinzo Abe promotes Japanese maglev trains for US railways.(South China Morning Post)
Coalition Government commits to Melbourne Airport Rail Link in State Budget - Premier of Victoria
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