Hamlet Seaboard RR station.
GB Railfreight (GBRf) has announced that one of their Class 66 locomotives has been named after the now decommissioned King’s Cross Power Signal Box.
Trains on the West Coast Main Line are currently being delayed following a train hitting a person at Penrith.
Virgin has unveiled designs for a new fleet of trains which is set to replace the InterCity 125 on the East Coast Main Line. The new Virgin Azuma trains will…
This book illustrates railways in the eastern counties from when locomotives hauled main line trains and diesel multiple units operated branch lines
A new fleet of trains with faster acceleration will cut journey times on the East Coast Main Line by up to 22 minutes, Virgin claims.
Les Richardson satisfied his layout-building addiction with this ode to the trains of yesteryear on the rails of the East Coast Main Line in County Durham.
Since their introduction to the Great Western Main Line in October 2017, there have been many mixed reviews on the first class for the Class 800 / 802 trains.
On the main ex-GNR line from London to the north, this station has trains from King's Cross and from Moorgate, to a variety of suburban destinations further north.
Yesterday, the official presentation of Deutsche Bahn's new PESA link DMU for the Dreieichbahn took place at Frankfurt Main Station. The trains will enter regular service tomorrow, Saturday 02.02.2019.The new Pesa Link DMU will be introduced on Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund's (RMV) line RB 61 b
Class 253 Intercity 125 borrowed from Westeren Region (East coast main line Class 254's werent built then) on diisplay to the public at Bradford Interchange opening day 1977 What good value these trains have been.
Tom had no particular prototype in mind for his "retirement railroad," (thus the tongue-in-cheek name) but wanted a double track-main and the ability to see trains "cross over one another" along with logging and coal industries. I designed a SP-flavored pike with a double-track mainline upon which trains use a "high line" and "low line" to conquer a grade, resulting in said crossing over.
UK: Operator Avanti West Coast and leasing company Angel Trains have awarded Alstom a £642m, seven-year contract to overhaul and maintain the 56 Class 390 Pendolino tilting trainsets which entered service on the West Coast Main Line from 2003.
LNER, Mk3 Trailer Standard Open, Coach G, 42158 - Era 11
The BR Standard Mk.3 coach was introduced to traffic between 1975 and 1988, on both high speed and locomotive hauled services. They quickly became a regular sight on Britain's main line services.
When Virgin Trains East Coast lost the East Coast Main Line franchise, the London North Eastern Railway name was...
Penn Central GG-1 motor # 4877 is seen with an eastbound passenger train that's operating on the former New Haven Railroad electrified main line at Stamford, Connecticut, 1969. These GG-1 led trains are Pennsylvania Station trains operating out of New York City, which in most cases originated in Washington, D.C. You can see the engineer in his cab window. Bob Hughes was able to capture this photo image from his work place in tower SS38.
shunting bogie wagons near Locomotion site Jan 1978. The one remaining siding. The area to the right is only a small part of the sidings to the right of the main line. The rough area to the left is the beginning of the marshalling yard where freight trains were held and then sorted into the main yard past the cattle bridge.
Hoisington yard is jam packed with Southern Pacific trains on September 3, 1995. On the left, a freight led by No. 8668 has one of the crew struggling with a couple of bags of ice on the front platform, and will be soon departing eastbound. This former Missouri Pacific route was how Rio Grande/SP trains got to Kansas City from Colorado’s Tennessee Pass line from Pueblo. The yard is much, much quieter now, with this through main line route severed in two places; abandoned west of Herington to Geneseo, and McCracken to Healy, all in Kansas.
After waiting for a couple of Santa Fe trains to clear the diamond, a long and heavy Belt Railway of Chicago freight gets its turn on the crossing at McCook, Illinois, on September 6, 1986. Alco C424s Nos. 605 and 603 power the southbound train operating on the Indiana Harbor Belt main line.
The 48 Class were to dieselise branch lines, with the first entering service in September 1959, and, making them Australia's most numerous class, 165 by October 1970. There were four versions: Mark 1: 4801 – 4845; Mark 2: 4846 – 4885; Mark 3: 4886 - 48125; Mark 4: 48126 – 48165. They worked branch lines, main line and metropolitan trains. Withdrawals started August 1994. In December 1994 the first Mark 1s were sold. By June 1997 FreightCorp's fleet was 120 units. Over 50 remain in service.
The 161st Street-Yankee Stadium station services the 4 train on the IRT Jerome Avenue line and the B and D trains on the IND Concourse Line. Opened on June 2, 1917, the IRT Jerome Avenue station has three tracks and two side platforms. The station contains two mosaics that indicate "161st Street," which are painted over at the main exit stairs on each platform. Windscreens have been installed, which block the view of Yankee Stadium from the station Opened on July 1, 1933, the IND Concourse Line has three tracks and two side platforms.