The Railway Magazine - 1 Dez 2025
The ‘Duke’ is back!
UNOFFICIAL HEADBOARDS
JOHN VAUGHAN
READER MEMORIES
70 years and counting
Practice & Performance
The ‘Spark’ that lit the fl ame
Meet Mr Headboard
A safe pair of hands
Headline News
Years Ago
Subscriptions Off er
Reviews
Freight
Narrow Gauge
Metro
Industrial Steam
Heritage Carriages & Wagons
Panorama
Traction & Stock
Crossword & Next Month
Railtours
Heritage Trams
Classic Traction
World
Steam News
Network
Stock Update
Operations News
Meetings
Miniature
Irish
A job well done!
OUR WRITING TEAM
TIMEWARP:
TIMEWARP:
Government publishes Railways Bill
ORR approves access to Temple Mills depot for Virgin Trains
SHAP DERAILMENT:
Passenger demand grows but revenue lags behind
Lumo seeks rights extension for Stirling to Euston service
PLYMOUTH‘TURBO’:
Man charged with the Huntingdon stabbings
Early December launch expected for the first of EMR’S ‘Aurora’ fleet
IRISH RAIL REOPENING
Railways in Parliament
New Docklands trains stopped
The Duke is back
The Duke is back
Table: Crewe to Penrith
70 years and counting
Meet Mr Headboard
The spark that lit the flame
THANKS ALSO GO TO…
A safe pair of hands
The RCTS: then and now
YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 2005
YEARS AGO
DECEMBER 1975
YEARS AGO DECEMBER 1925
TERRIFIC PACIFIC:
Clun Castle recreates 1965’s Paddington farewell to steam
Britannia headlines NNR’S 50th finale
Chinnor gala breaks records
‘Manor’ suffers piston failure
‘Merchant Navy’ bows out
BLUEBELL RED:
Eddystone’s first steam over restored East West Rail route
Pump trolley challenge raises funds for Pannier appeal
Main line tour in Kent commemorates Armistice Day
Dunrobin regains boiler
‘2MT’ heads to NVR for the winter
Audrey Boston 1932-2025
BLS PAIR:
No ‘Santa’ season for Weardale
Spooks galore on the Bluebell’s Halloween specials
Strathspey Railway’s £1 million anonymous donation
DIARY
‘Lizzie’ latest
Pendennis Castle to spend winter at GSWR
January
Beamish Museum hands over two locomotives to the Tanfield Railway
Gala features all of Stephenson’s working locos
Progress with reassembly of Slough Estates No. 3
New shed crucial to East Somerset Railway carriage restoration project
Wensleydale home for Brake Gangwayed No. 92347
ONE IN AND ONE OUT:
British Rail blue locomotive steams on the Rheidol again
DIARY
RUSTON SURVIVOR:
Fiftieth anniversary of last MER mail service marked at end of season
Ernest Twining locomotives’ reunion at Romney
Office of Rail and Road requires LBR to end flagging of road crossings
Unique steam Monoloco returns to operation
W&LLR acquires Austrian observation carriage
SIDELINES
New-build Hunslet 2-8-4T project is no longer a secret
Electrifying names for battery locos
Severn Beach Miniature Railway plans abandoned
Tunnel trains will return next year
GUEST APPEARANCE:
Return of heritage trams to Blackpool seafront was ‘huge hit’ with passengers
TSO to sponsor work on Crich-based Johannesburg No. 60
Highly successful Halloween at EATM
Santa’s at Shipley Glen
End of the road approaches for the final unrestored ‘Peak’
AC Cars railbus returns to Cirencester Town after a gap of 63 years
‘HYMEK’LOOKS THE Part:immaculate
EDWARDIAN ELECTRIC TAKES A STROLL:ONE
Class 08 acquistion takes DEPG up to 11
DIARY
SIDELINES
Popular railtours market still facing a challenging time as 2025 draws to a close
COASTBOUND ‘TRACTOR’:
ON HIRE:
MAKING A SCENE:
Longer trains launched to serve Teesport’s Scottish customers
Network Rail prepares to promote freight potential of Tavistock Junction Yard
Freightliner holds event in remembrance of colleagues
New DRS Daventry to Coatbridge service is launched
Major repairs now completed to Metrolink’s Whitefield Tunnel
‘Tap in, tap out’ fare payment system coming soon to West Midlands Metro
Trial leads the way to permanent welcome for dogs on Supertram
PRE-ORDER TODAY!
Simpler fares mean average tickets will fall by 5.6%
SHAPING-UP:
Step-free access for travellers at Warwick
Second platform is inaugurated at Newquay
PRE-ORDER TODAY!
More multi-dimensional maps of Southeastern stations to go online
Twelveof Manchester Piccadilly’s 14 platforms to be closed for track and signalling upgrades
Network Rail launches Platform4 to regenerate land across its estate
Bridge due for installation
SIGNALBOXES CLOSE:
NEW FOOTBRIDGE:
First-of-a-kind low-carbon track laid in South London
Regulator makes redress mandatory for failed passenger assistance
SWR restores West of England timetable
Filey gets £3.6m facelift
Name chosen for new railway training centre
Transformation for waiting room
ORR gives the go-ahead for new Class 99s to enter into service
Variable rate sanding equipment for Scottish DMUS
Procurement process now launched for Scotrail’s suburban trains
Five-year ‘Electrostar’ refurbishment programme completed at Selhurst
WEARING POPPIES WITH PRIDE
Alstom and South Western Railway agree £66 million support and spares deal for Class 701 ‘Arterio’ fleet
Second Shuttle named
Class 332 vehicle donated for fire service training
No. 60060 may be set for return to action
Class 380 to East Kilbride
Wagon Report
MULTIPLE UNITS
LOCOMOTIVES
HAULED COACHING STOCK
POOL CODES
The network’s notable moves
The network’s notable moves
Foynes roof work under way as line advances towards reopening
DEMOLITION TRAIN:
Legal challenge threatens €650 million Enterprise fleet replacement contract
King’s Award for Downpatrick & Co Down
Mixed fortunes for passenger operations in the United States
BLS TOURS VIENNA
New Vectrons for Czech and Slovak operators
DB Museum in Halle to close due to costs
Rails around Manchester
Railway 200 keepsake
‘Western’ calendars
From Chocolate to Cider
British Railways Freight Terminals Since 1960
Locomotion No. 1
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