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    rodneypitt9
    • 12 minutes ago
    • 2 min

    Government Offers £30 million Support for Rail Training Centre of Excellence

    A £30 million UK Government contribution to a planned rail testing complex between Neath Port Talbot and Powys has been welcomed by the l...
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    Hitachi Rail Starts Welding Brand New British Trains as Investment in Factory Reaches £110 million
    rodneypitt9
    • 3 hours ago
    • 4 min

    Hitachi Rail Starts Welding Brand New British Trains as Investment in Factory Reaches £110 million

    A watershed moment has been reached for train building in the North East as Hitachi Rail starts welding new passenger trains at its facto...
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    HS2 Shortlists Quartet for £540m Signalling contract
    rodneypitt9
    • a day ago
    • 1 min

    HS2 Shortlists Quartet for £540m Signalling contract

    HS2 has shortlisted four signalling contractors for the job of delivering signalling and control systems across phase one. The £540m job ...
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    GBRf unveil Partnership to Transform Railway Weed Control Maintenance
    rodneypitt9
    • a day ago
    • 2 min

    GBRf unveil Partnership to Transform Railway Weed Control Maintenance

    GB Railfreight (GBRf) has announced a landmark cooperation with Bayer Environmental Science, Network Rail, and a number of start-up compa...
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    A Coat of Paint Saves £40 million!
    rodneypitt9
    • 3 days ago
    • 3 min

    A Coat of Paint Saves £40 million!

    In a world first, electric resistant paint combined with voltage-controlled clearance (VCC) has helped make a Victorian railway bridge us...
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    Network Rail Invests in Rail Investment Centre of Excellence
    rodneypitt9
    • 4 days ago
    • 4 min

    Network Rail Invests in Rail Investment Centre of Excellence

    Network Rail remains committed to being easier to engage with, agile, and an efficient and dependable partner, and has created the Rail I...
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    New trains are driving home support for Hope House
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 24
    • 2 min

    New trains are driving home support for Hope House

    One of the new Mark 4 trains Transport for Wales will be raising awareness of Hope House Children’s Hospices and two other charities on n...
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    Flythrough of Luton Airport’s new Automated Cable Railway
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 24
    • 2 min

    Flythrough of Luton Airport’s new Automated Cable Railway

    Trains under construction ((c) London Luton Airport) Luton Airport is currently building a new light rail link, and they’ve released a fl...
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    British Steel Claims Two World Firsts
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 24
    • 2 min

    British Steel Claims Two World Firsts

    Wonder product Zinoco upgraded five years on from initial release (Image: British Steel) Two world firsts are being claimed by British St...
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    HS2’s Chiltern Tunnel Headhouse Vent Shaft gains Planning Approval
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 24
    • 2 min

    HS2’s Chiltern Tunnel Headhouse Vent Shaft gains Planning Approval

    The headhouse will have a 78m ventilation shaft reaching down to the twin tunnels below, regulating air quality and temperature, removing...
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    More Pictures of 4709's First Cylinder
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 22
    • 2 min

    More Pictures of 4709's First Cylinder

    The new cylinder blocks have been redesigned and manufactured to bring the width and height within the current Network Rail Loading Gauge...
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    4709’s First Cylinder cast satisfactorily at Boro Foundry
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 20
    • 3 min

    4709’s First Cylinder cast satisfactorily at Boro Foundry

    The new 4tonne casting outside Boro Foundry After more than a few trials and tribulations, the first of the two new cylinders for 4709 ha...
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    Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) Performs Well in DB Cargo UK Tests
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 18
    • 1 min

    Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) Performs Well in DB Cargo UK Tests

    A trial using a Class 66 diesel locomotive powered by Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and hauling a long-welded steel track train from ...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 18
    • 2 min

    World's First Hydrogen Train Coradia iLint honoured

    Alstom's innovative hydrogen train project Coradia iLint, commissioned by Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG), has been ho...
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    £1.7 billion boost for Bombardier in Derby
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 21
    • 2 min

    £1.7 billion boost for Bombardier in Derby

    A CONSORTIUM led by Bombardier Transportation has confirmed a deal with the Egyptian Government to build two new monorails, with the supp...
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    Welsh Government Assessing Plans for Powys £100m Rail Testing Site
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20
    • 2 min

    Welsh Government Assessing Plans for Powys £100m Rail Testing Site

    According to a report in the Powys County Times, the Welsh Government is sifting through responses to a pre-application consultation on d...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20
    • 1 min

    Wabtec and RATP Partner to Test Innovative “Green Friction” Braking Solutions

    Wabtec and RATP, Paris region operator as well a major international public transport operator, announced a partnership to test Wabtec’s ...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20
    • 2 min

    Success is in the Pipeline!

    Railway infrastructure contractor BAM Nuttall has signed a solus agreement with Polypipe for the supply of drainage products to its infra...
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    A Chip Off the Old Block/Trunk!
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20
    • 2 min

    A Chip Off the Old Block/Trunk!

    Not satisfied with having the world’s first rubber-tracked and rail-mounted chipper in its railway plant fleet, national rail contractor ...
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    Mechan Gives Devon Depot a Lift
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20
    • 2 min

    Mechan Gives Devon Depot a Lift

    Mechan’s equipment is set to improve servicing times in the South West, increasing passenger capacity. The Company has developed a set of...
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