FROM TIME TO TIME, a model pops up which is the perfect foundation for a quick weekend modelling project. This time, it is the turn of a Cardiff Canton favourite: No. 56032 Sir De Morgannwg County of South Glamorgan. The base model for this particula

AWC has seen its fleet change drastically. A refurbishment of its Class 390 Pendolino electric multiple units was completed by Alstom at the manufacturer’s Widnes facility in June. The project saw the 11-car ‘390/1s’ treated first, followed by the ‘3

ELIZABETH McKay replaced Sam Mullins OBE as director and CEO of London Transport Museum during the summer of 2023. She became responsible for the award-winning attraction housed in the former Flower Market building in Covent Garden only days after Mr

THE unveiling of No. 69012 Falcon 2 in a two-tone green livery inspired by the prototype No. D0280 Falcon, means that half of the Class 69s in traffic as this issue of Rail Express went to press, carry special liveries. The Class 69 project involves

THE replacement of the Harry Needle Class 08s and ‘09s’ currently employed on the Celsa contract at Cardiff Tidal, remains on schedule following the delivery of the first replacement Zephir road/rail shunter on July 31. The deal to oust the ageing En

00 GAUGE 4mm:1ft 1990s-early 2000s ERA IRISH RAILWAY MODELS followed up on its Northern Irish Railways Mk.2b stock with four runner packs of former BR Mk.2b and Mk.2c coaches which were acquired second-hand in 1990. The story goes that redundant loc

LABOUR’S Public Ownership Bill successfully passed through the House of Commons on September 3, moving the railway a step closer to former franchises being publicly-owned. This took place on the same day that the Government created Shadow Great Briti

THE 25-year history of ‘Peaks’ powering Liverpool-Newcastle expresses is being re-created on November 8, when No. 45118 The Royal Artilleryman is booked to haul ‘The Pennine Peak’ between the two cities. Locomotive Services, through its Inter-City su

00 GAUGE 4mm:1ft 1956-1980s ERA THE BULLEID ‘triangulated’ underframe story being mapped out in 4mm scale by Irish Railway Models (IRM) continues with the 1958-built Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE) ‘LB’ flat wagons, of which 79 were constructed at Inch

PORTERBROOK and Angel Trains have disposed of their first Class 150 and ‘465’ vehicles for scrap, with the movement of vehicles to C F Booth Ltd at Rotherham and Sims Metal at Newport. The two Class 465 ‘Networker’ centre cars, Trailer Standard (TS)

ALL 14 Transport for London (TfL) Scholma locomotives were auctioned by Wilsons Auctions of Newcastle, on August 14. In addition, TfL hopper and rail wagons, along with twin JIB and 7.5 tonne cranes, were also sold off. Railway Support Services (RSS)

TT GAUGE 1:120 1973-present ERA PARALLELS with the ‘OO’ gauge range are appearing in Hornby’s ‘TT120’ gauge collection, with Mk.2f coaches now available in the shops. They will go well with the new refurbished Class 50 models even though the blue a

THE 25-year history of ‘Peaks’ powering Liverpool-Newcastle expresses is being re-created on November 8, when No. 45118 The Royal Artilleryman is booked to haul ‘The Pennine Peak’ between the two cities. Locomotive Services, through its Inter-City su

AWC has seen its fleet change drastically. A refurbishment of its Class 390 Pendolino electric multiple units was completed by Alstom at the manufacturer’s Widnes facility in June. The project saw the 11-car ‘390/1s’ treated first, followed by the ‘3

INTERNATIONAL rail sales and consultancy firm Romic has obtained more High Speed Train rolling stock. The latest acquisitions are four former CrossCountry vehicles which have been purchased from Porterbrook. The coaches – Trailer First (TF) No. 41194

HARRY Needle Railroad Company No. 37405 and Colas Railfreight No. 56090 collected eight Network Rail ZZA independent snowploughs during August, for storage at the former Ministry of Defence site at Eastriggs near Carlisle. This follows the move of NR

THE unveiling of No. 69012 Falcon 2 in a two-tone green livery inspired by the prototype No. D0280 Falcon, means that half of the Class 69s in traffic as this issue of Rail Express went to press, carry special liveries. The Class 69 project involves

00 GAUGE 4mm:1ft 1956-1980s ERA THE BULLEID ‘triangulated’ underframe story being mapped out in 4mm scale by Irish Railway Models (IRM) continues with the 1958-built Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE) ‘LB’ flat wagons, of which 79 were constructed at Inchi

PUBLICATION of the final report of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review on July 31, estimates that some £31 billion will be required over the next 25 years to boost rail in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland infrastructure

THE replacement of the Harry Needle Class 08s and ‘09s’ currently employed on the Celsa contract at Cardiff Tidal, remains on schedule following the delivery of the first replacement Zephir road/rail shunter on July 31. The deal to oust the ageing En

After a few barren weeks, English Electric Type 1s featured on the main line once more during August. Having been in Scotland since May with the Balfour Beatty drain train, Nos. 20901 and 20905 returned south on August 8 with the 6J09 06.21 Bridgeton

HARRY Needle Railroad Company No. 37405 and Colas Railfreight No. 56090 collected eight Network Rail ZZA independent snowploughs during August, for storage at the former Ministry of Defence site at Eastriggs near Carlisle. This follows the move of NR

NEW bi-mode trains will be ordered should Grand Central’s application for extended track access be approved by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). GC, which operates between London King’s Cross, Bradford and Sunderland, currently uses 10 five-car Clas