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Woodstown Central steam locomotive sidelined
Woodstown Central steam locomotive No. 9 is temporarily out of service. It will be replaced in excursion service by an ...
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Union Pacific heritage locomotive honors Abraham Lincoln
The latest heritage unit to join Union Pacific’s fleet honors Abraham Lincoln, who enabled the building of the transcontinental railroad.
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Fears for steam trains after plans to abolish traditional signals
The experiments have seen Tornado, a steam locomotive built by train lovers in 2008 based on ... ETCS sees train drivers ...
British steam train featured in Paddington 2 and Top Gear is first in the world to be future-proofed as Network Rail plots to remove traditional signals from the railways
The changes, set to be rolled out across the country in coming years, mean Britain will be following in the footsteps of ...
Future of steam trains in doubt as railway signals face the axe
Britain’s steam trains are facing an uncertain future as Network Rail pushes ahead with plans to abolish traditional railway ...
The Engineer15d
UK steam locomotive is first to operate with digital ETCS signalling system
A Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado steam locomotive has become the first railway vehicle of its kind to operate with Hitachi ...
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Steam Locomotive Operates with Digital Signalling in Industry First
A steam locomotive has successfully run using Hitachi Rail’s European Train Control System (ETCS) digital signalling ...
The News Portsmouth15d
Historic locomotives set to make first-ever appearance at The Watercress Line's Spring Steam Gala
The Watercress Line’s Spring Steam Gala features guest locomotive L&YR No. 752 / LMS 11456. Also making her debut appearance is L&YR A Class 52322 , courtesy of Andy Booth and the East ...