China's high speed ambitions accelerate, the Ankara-Istanbul line is sabotaged....270 times... and HS2 hasn't even got going yet...but plenty of time for it to start...or stop....
The European elections might yet impact on deliberations.....
We shall see......
Headlines
Bombardier's site at Litchurch Lane in Derby is commemorating 175 years of train manufacture in the city..(Bombardier on YouTube).
With Michael Portillo.
Railway line shut by Beeching 'can save us £36bn': Critics put forward alternative route using track closed in the 1960s.(mailonline)
HS2 campaigners tell of 'true' cost of £42 billion scheme.(Farmers Guardian)
Christian Wolmar at the Hay Festival
To the Edge of the World: The Story of the World’s Greatest Railway
Event 186 • • Venue: Elmley Foundation Stage
The Trans-Siberian stretches nearly 6,000 miles between Moscow and Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast. It was the most ambitious railway project of the C19th. It is intimately involved with Russian and Soviet history. And it reminds travellers of the vastness of our world and hints at the hardships that were endured in its construction. Chaired by Oliver Bullough.
Ankara-Istanbul high-speed railway inauguration delayed by ‘sabotage’ (hurriyetdailynews.com)
270 sabotage attempts on Turkey's new high-speed train. (World Bulletin)
Swiss tests confirm Baseline 3 backwards compatibility - Railway Gazette
Bombardier Has Delivered 125 FLEXITY LRVs to the Frankfurt Transport Authority VGF
China
China’s rail ambitions show no sign of hitting buffers.(Al Arabiya News)
New Zealand
Unearthed steam locomotive a possible project at Ohai.
It is reported that the rusted remains of an old steam locomotive built in 1907 were unearthed when Solid Energy was working on a new coal-mining area at Ohai recently.
The remains of the locomotive, belived to be a Hudswell Clarke, built in the United Kingdom, were uncovered at the site of Ohai's old Wairaki No1 underground mine while the state-owned coal miner was stripping the overburden in preparation for mining the coal.
USA
Norfolk Southern Railway to roll out modified GE locomotive model as part of multi-year rebuild program.(www.progressiverailroading.com)
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