rail Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/rail/ Mechanically-minded travel Sat, 19 Sep 2026 11:54:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 Chiltern Railways brought into public ownership https://mechtraveller.com/2026/09/chiltern-railways-brought-into-public-ownership/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/09/chiltern-railways-brought-into-public-ownership/#respond Sat, 19 Sep 2026 11:53:09 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13505 Chiltern Railways services will move into public ownership tomorrow – Sunday 20 September 2026. Connecting London Marylebone with communities across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands, Chiltern Railways will become the sixth operator whose services transfer into public ownership as part of the government’s drive to build Great British Railways (GBR) its new national […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/09/chiltern-railways-brought-into-public-ownership/feed/ 0 New Battery-Electric Trains for TransPennine Express https://mechtraveller.com/2026/09/new-battery-electric-trains-for-transpennine-express/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/09/new-battery-electric-trains-for-transpennine-express/#respond Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:05:26 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13487 Rail passengers are set to enjoy faster and more frequent services when a new fleet of battery-electric trains begin operating on TransPennine Express* routes. Great British Railways (GBR), the UK Government’s new body that runs most of Britain’s rail network, has signed a £1 billion contract with train manufacturer Alstom to build 29** of their […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/09/new-battery-electric-trains-for-transpennine-express/feed/ 0 Diesel D6535 Returns to Service Following a Major Restoration https://mechtraveller.com/2026/06/diesel-d6535-returns-to-service-following-a-major-restoration/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/06/diesel-d6535-returns-to-service-following-a-major-restoration/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:41:32 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13187 The Great Central Railway and 5305 Locomotive Trust are celebrating the completion of a major restoration project on the National Railway Museum’s National Collection Class 33 locomotive D6535 – one of Britain’s most significant early diesel locomotives. Visitors will have the opportunity to see the restored locomotive in action during Great Central Railway‘s Autumn Diesel […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/06/diesel-d6535-returns-to-service-following-a-major-restoration/feed/ 0 First Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Section Immersed https://mechtraveller.com/2026/05/first-fehmarnbelt-tunnel-section-immersed/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/05/first-fehmarnbelt-tunnel-section-immersed/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 16:41:06 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=13116 The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is a major European civil engineering project to lay an 18 km (11.2 mile) road and rail tunnel under the Baltic Sea between Germany and Denmark. (See The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel for overview.) Earlier this week, the first of its 89 pre-fabricated concrete tunnel sections was floated out of the harbour at Rødbyhavn […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/05/first-fehmarnbelt-tunnel-section-immersed/feed/ 0 Great Central Railway is to host a classic diesel locomotive this year https://mechtraveller.com/2026/02/great-central-railway-is-to-host-a-classic-diesel-locomotive-this-year/ https://mechtraveller.com/2026/02/great-central-railway-is-to-host-a-classic-diesel-locomotive-this-year/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:18:56 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=12660 The Great Central Railway (GCR) has confirmed that Class 55 Deltic D9015 Tulyar will be based at the heritage railway during 2026* and that it will hopefully mark a major milestone for diesel preservation when it hauls its first passenger train in 29 years. Owned by the Deltic Preservation Society (DPS), D9015 is one of […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2026/02/great-central-railway-is-to-host-a-classic-diesel-locomotive-this-year/feed/ 0 200 Years of Railway Heritage celebrated at the Vienna Museum of Science and Technology https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/200-years-of-railway-heritage-celebrated-at-the-vienna-museum-of-science-and-technology/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/200-years-of-railway-heritage-celebrated-at-the-vienna-museum-of-science-and-technology/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:21:20 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=12541 The Museum of Science and Technology in Vienna (Technisches Museum Wien) is, like us in the UK, celebrating 200 years of technical and social advances brought about by the railway. Their temporary exhibition Under the Spell of the Railway – 200 Years of Rail Transport, opened in October and uses impressive models, historical objects, and […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/12/200-years-of-railway-heritage-celebrated-at-the-vienna-museum-of-science-and-technology/feed/ 0 A ‘Whistle Up’ will start the 200th Anniversary of Rail on New Year’s Day https://mechtraveller.com/2024/12/a-whistle-up-will-start-the-200th-anniversary-of-rail-on-new-years-day/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/12/a-whistle-up-will-start-the-200th-anniversary-of-rail-on-new-years-day/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:00:49 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11233 Next year is a significant milestone for the railway industry, and society. 2025 marks the 200th anniversary of rail, which began with the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in September 1825. A cross-industry organisation, Railway 200, set up to co-ordinate and highlight the anniversary year events*, is starting the year off with a […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2024/12/a-whistle-up-will-start-the-200th-anniversary-of-rail-on-new-years-day/feed/ 0 The extraordinary ‘Mount Emily Shay No.1’ geared steam engine has a new home https://mechtraveller.com/2024/02/the-extraordinary-mount-emily-shay-no-1-geared-steam-engine-has-a-new-home/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/02/the-extraordinary-mount-emily-shay-no-1-geared-steam-engine-has-a-new-home/#respond Sat, 17 Feb 2024 12:31:51 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=9745 The 100-year-old American steam logging locomotive, Mount Emily Shay No.1, travelled by flatcar to its new home, the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, on Thursday (15 Feb). The historic locomotive had been in the care of the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) for more than six decades when, in 2022, OHS chose to transfer the Shay to […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2024/02/the-extraordinary-mount-emily-shay-no-1-geared-steam-engine-has-a-new-home/feed/ 0 Nevada State Railroad Museum Receives a Funding Boost https://mechtraveller.com/2023/06/nevada-state-railroad-museum-receives-a-funding-boost/ https://mechtraveller.com/2023/06/nevada-state-railroad-museum-receives-a-funding-boost/#respond Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:05:35 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=9045 The Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City will receive more than $23 million to build a new visitor centre as part of a capital bill passed earlier this week by the state legislature. The museum operates a historic train experience on 4½ miles of the old branch line which brought workers and materials into […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2023/06/nevada-state-railroad-museum-receives-a-funding-boost/feed/ 0 Norfolk and Western Railway archives have a new home https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/norfolk-and-western-railway-archives-have-a-new-home/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/norfolk-and-western-railway-archives-have-a-new-home/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:10:19 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7379 The Norfolk Southern Corporation is donating its complete collection of historical documents and archives from predecessor company Norfolk and Western Railway to the Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC). The collection dates from the 1840s and includes thousands of photographs and glass plate negatives, as well as business records, annual reports, blueprints, plans, bridge […]

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