Rail Express - 22 Apr 2025
VINTAGE LOOK FOR GBRF CLASS 69
MODELLING SECTION
The ‘Adelante’ story
‘AZUMA’ VISITS ST PANCRAS
GRAND CENTRAL ORDERS HITACHI TRI-MODES
MODELLING
LNER ‘Azuma’ visits St Pancras, new livery for Class 69, Grand Central orders tri-mode Hitachi trains, Temple Mills does have some space capacity, Chiltern to operate East West line.
Now 25 years since the Class 180 ‘Adelantes’ first entered service, David Russell traces their chequered history.
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A round-up of this month’s interesting and unusual workings, class-by-class.
Fraser Pithie tells the story of the derailment and demise of prototype DP2.
Ex-Fastline ‘Grid’ No. 56301 bought by Cappagh/DC Rail.
Converted KEA wagons stored after two weeks.
Debut for Eastern Rail Services Mk.2 stock.
A Class 37 returns – with a railtour rescue!
Testing times for new Piccadilly line stock.
A retrospective view of the past 50 years.
Final Class 720 and 805 units delivered.
New Alstom bi-mode appears on test.
Appeal launched for Western Lady repairs.
SHUNTERS AND INDUSTRIALS
EXPRESS
EXPRESS
New Class 69 livery variant marks EMD-GBRf relationship
‘Azuma’ visits St Pancras in night-time test
CLASS 69 LIVERIES AND NAMES
Arriva orders Hitachi tri-modes and eyes Grand Central expansion
Chiltern confirmed as East West operator
STEP FORWARD FOR OKEHAMPTON
23-DAY CLOSURE OF CUMBRIAN COAST LINE
NETWORK RAIL CEO TO RETIRE
MAINTENANCE UNIT FOR BARNETBY
New HNRC Swietelsky livery emerges
Severn Valley secures two Class 56s for diesel gala
Tracklaying underway for Coventry VLR demo
Expansion at London Gateway
Plans to be submitted for Cardiff Central upgrade
Gemini Trains plans Eurostar challenge
Continued rise in passenger numbers
WEST MIDLANDS OPENS EMU MAINTENANCE DEPOT IN COVENTRY
LOCAL GROUP SEEKS MEMORIES OF WESTERFIELD STATION
NEW STATION PLANNED FOR FILTON NORTH
4G AT CORROUR IMPROVES CONNECTIONS
Lineside signs to mark Stockton & Darlington bicentenary
RAIL 200 EVENTS
Open Access trial run to Wrexham
EXHIBIT ADDITIONS
Report says Temple Mills could handle other international trains
Island Line to reopen earlier
Longer ScotRail trains to Fort William
FIRE CUTS HEATHROW SERVICES
NEW STATION FOR ROTHERHAM
SCOTRAIL TRIALS HVO FUEL
THREE-WEEK CLOSURE OF FAR NORTH LINE
56301 sold to DC Rail as Colas stores two more Class 56s
NEWS ROUND-UP
DMU
Final ‘720’ and ‘805’ deliveries take place
DEMU
EMU
CLASS 777
IET
Debut passenger outing for ERS Mk.2 set
NETWORK RAIL MK.3 MOVE
SRPS MK.1 UPDATE
HST COACHES GO ON HIRE
LOCOMOTIVE SERVICES SLEEPER ACQUISITION
GWR REPAINT LATEST
HAULED COACHING STOCK
Powerscene
Powerscene
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
WLA launches D1048 loco appeal
Main line visitors for May galas
2025 GALA DATES
MULTIPLE UNIT DEVELOPMENTS
IN BRIEF
EM2 traction motors repatriated for LMS 10000 project
COACH NEWS
Quadruple switch for Freightliner 08s
PRESERVATION
NEWS ROUND UP
INDUSTRIALS
Portbury-Margam KEA conversions stored after two weeks
DEVELOPMENTS
NORTHERN IRELAND RAILWAYS (NIR)
Reliveried GM 201 Class locomotive re-enters revenue earning service
IARNROD EIREANN (IE)/IRISH RAIL
Railway 200 celebration models revealed
LMS 20T BRAKEVAN
Electrostars are a GO!
HELJAN ‘O’ CENTRE HEADCODE CLASS 37S
RAINBOW SCOTRAIL CLASS 153
1980s ‘Skinhead’ Class 31
MODEL FEATURES
RAILFREIGHT NO. 31110 IN DETAIL
Authentic sounds for the Hornby ‘Gronk’
Yorkshire shunting power in ‘O’ from Heljan
MODEL FEATURES
Diagram 1/108 and 1/109 16t mineral wagons in ‘OO’
MODEL FEATURES
‘Warships’ in ‘N’
MODEL FEATURES
Modelling with High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
BENEFITS OF MODELLING WITH STYRENE HIPS:
The Adelante fleet: 25 years on
The Adelante fleet: 25 years on
TIME TRAVELLER
The demise of DP2
The demise of DP2
Class 37 back in business – and with a loco rescue!
East Rail Services stock debuts on railtour
IN BRIEF
Saltburn Railtours heads to Oban
24 Tube Stock: Line testing begins
Is LU experiencing ‘managed decline’?
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