A quiet news weekend..though not so quiet on the networks with all the last minute holiday shopping, and prospects for delays and challenges ahead due to engineering works...
A look ahead to UK mainline steam as the year ends and 2015 begins...
In India, a derailment, and the Konkan Railway is subjected to a safety audit to lessen the likelihood of future derailments...especially since the network is 25 years old now...
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Headlines
UK
London Tube's lost property treasure trove.(BBC News)
Train passengers happy despite service alterations for holiday engineering work.(Oxford Mail)
Rail excitement at Bicester’s new link to London.(Oxford Mail)
First Great Western at Honeybourne and Chiltern Railways at London Marylebone
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Tuesday 23rd December 2014
The White Cliffs Christmas Circular (Steam Dreams)
- 2 x Black 5 London Victoria (pu) - East Croydon (pu) - Purley (pu) - Redhill (pu) - Godstone (pu) - Penshurst (pu) - Tonbridge (pu) - Dover - Fiolkestone - Tonbridge (sd) - Penshurst (sd) - Godstone (sd) - Redhill (sd) - Purley (sd) - East Croydon (sd) - London Victoria
Tuesday 30th December 2014
The Bittern Farewell Tour (UK Railtours)
- 4464 London Kings Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough - Spalding - Sleaford - Lincoln
- 4464 Lincoln - Newark Northgate - Grantham - Peterborough - Stevenage (sd) - Potters bar (sd) - London Kings Cross
Saturday 3rd January 2015
The Tugging Shedmaster (Pathfinder Tours)
- 2xDBS 66 Stafford (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Aston - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Soho to Perry Barr Junctions - Bescot - Stafford - Gresty lane Junction - Gresty Green
- DBS 60 and DBS 66 tnt Gresty Green - Crewe Station - Crewe Electric Maintenance Depot - Chester Down & Up Goods
- DBS 66 and DBS 60 tnt Chester Down & Up Goods - Helsby - Arpley Junction
- DBS 08/09 Arpley Junction - Latchford Sidings
- DBS 60 Latchford Sidings - Arpley Junction - Acton Grange Junction - Crewe - Stafford - Lichfield TV Chord - Wichnor Junction - Burton upon Trent - Stenson to Sheet Store Junctions - Toton Down reception/South Loco Arrival Line - Toton Depot - North Loco Arrival Line - Stapleford & Sandoacre (swop Class 60)
- DBS 60 Stapleford & Sandiacre - Toton Centre Junction - Leicester - Hinckley - Nuneaton (sd) - Water Orton - Landor Street Junction - Camp Hill Line - Lifford Curve - Five Ways - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Tame Bridge Parkway (sd) - Stafford
Saturday 10th January 2015
The Shropshire Union (UK Railtours)
- DBS 67 London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Bescot
- DBS 67 and DBS 60 tnt Bescot - Wolverhampton - Madeley Junction - Ironbridge (to NR Limit)
- DBS 60 and DBS 67 tnt Ironbridge - Madeley Junction - Cosford - Oxley Curve - Penkridge - Stafford - Crewe Gresty Lane Curve - Whitchurch - Shrewsbury - Wellington - Telford International Railfreight Terminal
- DBS 67 and DBS 60 tnt Telford International Railfreight Terminal - Wellington
- DBS 67 and DBS 60 tnt Wellington - Wolverhampton - Bescot
- DBS 67 Bescot - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston
Saturday 17th January 2015
The Mendip Mariner (Pathfinder Tours)
- DBS Class 66 x 2 tnt Eastleigh (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Westbury (pu) -
- DBS Class 59 and DBS Class 66 tnt Westbury - Bath Spa - Keynsham - Bristol East Down Goods Loop - Dr. Days Junction - Filton West Junction - Hallen Marsh Junction - Avonmouth Docks r
- DBS Class 66 and DBS Class 59 Avonmouth Docks - Severn Beach r
- DBS Class 59 and DBS Class 66 Severn Beach - Holesmouth Junction - Sea Mills - Clifton Down - Narroways Junction - Dr. Days Junction - Bathampton Up Passenger Loop - Trowbridge - Westvury Down Reception Line - Link Line - Clink Road - Frome West - Whatley Quarry Branch (Hanson) (rev) -
- DBS Class 66 and DBS Class 59 Whatley Quarry - Frome North - Clink Road Junction - Westbury
- DBS Class 66 Westbury - Salisbury (sd) - Eastleigh
The Christmas shutdown just makes us drunker, fatter, lazier and lonelier.(The Guardian)
International
China
China's high-speed rail traffic to grow within 20 years: World Bank (WantChinaTimes)
India
India to have New York's Grand Central-like railway stations by 2017 (First Post)
Express train derails as rusty tracks crumble (Mumbai Mirror)
Central Railway season ticket sale slumps as metro, mono, Freeway start.(Times of India)
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu orders safety audit of Konkan Railway.(Economic Times)
Pictures Courtesy Konkan Railway
USA
High-speed rail: California Supreme Court eliminates hurdle.(Macro Insider)
Other Railway Press
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- Comparisons of modes & technologies
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