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News GB Railfreight set to order more Class 66/7s; Network Rail forecasts huge growth in traffic and Whifflet branch to get 25Kv. 14 Relieving the monotony They are everywhere a€ the standard GM freight machines, but a few stand out because of their individual liveries. Enjoy this pictorial. 18 The Pennine Way The Trans Pennine franchise is the most successful of the TOCs. Rail Express surveys the business from 1960 to today. 28 LU World 2012 was another record-breaking year with nearly two billion passengers carried; more C Stock units go for scrap. 29 Railtours Our railtourer joins Retro Railtoursa€ trip to South Wales and UK Railtours tour of branches in the Midlands a€" and they ran to time. 32 Preservation The Fifty Funda€ s 50044 is taken to Loughborough for a power unit swap, getting one from a CP loco, and Chinnor gets second a€~08a€ . 36 Power by the Hour Transmart Trains sells two a€~EDsa€ , one to GBRf and the other to RT Rail. A fourth Class 92 is exported to Bulgaria. 38 Powerscene Another action-filled month a€" we have all the newsworthy workings, backed up with outstanding imagery. 51 Shunter Spot DB Schenker has possibly lost a further shunter contract as a new Class 08 is drafted in at the Hams Hall intermodal facility. 52 Coach Compartment Freight and charter operator, DB Schenker, has issued a tender containing nine of its Mk.2f charter coaches which are stored at Eastleigh depot. 53 Wagons Roll Two VGA vans have been converted to RBAs to be used with the delivery of Southerna€ s five-car Class 377/6 units. 54 Irish Angle Scrapping of a€~Thumpersa€ restarts with a third 8456 Class unit meeting its end after a period in store at Ballymena. 56 Unitary Authority Southern takes delivery of first Class 377/6 EMU and Arriva Trains Wales sells its Class 122 a€~bubblecara€ to Chiltern Railways.
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