tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79573986034502505742024-02-26T11:43:44.881+13:00JC's Trains, Railways all Transport Photos of loco's, trains and Transport as we find themJChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16923554526038086853noreply@blogger.comBlogger6457125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7957398603450250574.post-47655106135973707042024-02-26T11:43:00.000+13:002024-02-26T11:43:12.470+13:00Steam locomotive 2999 Lady of Legend to visit Gloucestershire this May<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><header class="single-header" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282828; font-family: Oxygen, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 20px; position: relative; z-index: 109;"><h1 class="s-title fw-headline" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--headline-fcolor,var(--h1-fcolor)); font-family: var(--headline-family,var(--h1-family)); font-size: var(--headline-fsize,var(--h1-fsize)); font-style: var(--headline-fstyle,var(--h1-fstyle)); 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text-underline-offset: 1px; transition: var(--effect); vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts tagged with Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a> <a class="st_tag internal_tag " href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/tag/warwickshire" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: var(--hyperlink-style,normal); font-weight: var(--hyperlink-weight,700); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--hyperlink-line-color,transparent); text-underline-offset: 1px; transition: var(--effect); vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts tagged with Warwickshire">Warwickshire</a> Railway (GWSR) is gearing up for a spectacular event, the ‘Cotswold Festival of Steam', set to take place on May 25th, 26th, and 27th, 2024.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This year, visitors are in for a treat as two newly built steam locomotives, 2999 Lady of Legend and 6880 Betton Grange, will be showcased.</p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The ‘Lady of Legend', completed in 2019, revives the iconic Saint Class design, a brainchild of the celebrated G. J. Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This impressive locomotive was crafted by the <a class="st_tag internal_tag " href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/tag/great-western-society" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: var(--hyperlink-style,normal); font-weight: var(--hyperlink-weight,700); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--hyperlink-line-color,transparent); text-underline-offset: 1px; transition: var(--effect); vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts tagged with Great Western Society">Great Western Society</a> at <a class="st_tag internal_tag " href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/tag/didcot-railway-centre" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: var(--hyperlink-style,normal); font-weight: var(--hyperlink-weight,700); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--hyperlink-line-color,transparent); text-underline-offset: 1px; transition: var(--effect); vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts tagged with Didcot Railway Centre">Didcot Railway Centre</a>, utilising components from the Hall Class locomotive 4942 ‘Maindy Hall', which was saved from a scrapyard. This choice pays homage to the original Saint Class locomotives, none of which survived to see preservation.</p><div class="raila-5f3b8d1d739002fefd959edcb1a8df3b raila-content-mobile" id="raila-5f3b8d1d739002fefd959edcb1a8df3b" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-395312" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_395312" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin: 1rem auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: 750px;"><img alt="6880 at-Tweerton Tunnel from painting by Malcolm Root GRA. Credit: GWSR" class="size-RA-Article wp-image-395312" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="559" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6880-at-Tweerton-Tunnel-from-painting-by-Malcolm-Root-GRA-1-750x559.jpg.webp" srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6880-at-Tweerton-Tunnel-from-painting-by-Malcolm-Root-GRA-1-750x559.jpg.webp 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6880-at-Tweerton-Tunnel-from-painting-by-Malcolm-Root-GRA-1-300x224.jpg.webp 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6880-at-Tweerton-Tunnel-from-painting-by-Malcolm-Root-GRA-1-966x720.jpg.webp 966w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6880-at-Tweerton-Tunnel-from-painting-by-Malcolm-Root-GRA-1-768x573.jpg.webp 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6880-at-Tweerton-Tunnel-from-painting-by-Malcolm-Root-GRA-1-860x641.jpg.webp 860w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6880-at-Tweerton-Tunnel-from-painting-by-Malcolm-Root-GRA-1-760x567.jpg.webp 760w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6880-at-Tweerton-Tunnel-from-painting-by-Malcolm-Root-GRA-1.jpg 1450w" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; vertical-align: middle;" width="750" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-395312" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--meta-family); font-size: var(--meta-fsize); font-style: var(--meta-fstyle); font-weight: var(--meta-fweight); letter-spacing: var(--meta-fspace); margin: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-transform: var(--meta-transform);">6880 at-Tweerton Tunnel from painting by Malcolm Root GRA. Credit: GWSR</figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">These engineering marvels will be joined by two more Great Western 4-6-0 locomotives from the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway's own collection, 7820 ‘Dinmore Manor' and 7903 ‘Foremarke Hall', alongside other notable members of the railway's fleet, including the 2807 and 8850 freight locomotives, and the Southern Railway Merchant Navy Class 35006 ‘Peninsular & Oriental S.N. 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overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tickets for the ‘Cotswold Festival of Steam' are now available for purchase on the <a href="https://gwsr.vticket.co.uk/section.php/173/1/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: var(--hyperlink-style,normal); font-weight: var(--hyperlink-weight,700); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--hyperlink-line-color,transparent); text-underline-offset: 1px; transition: var(--effect); vertical-align: baseline;">railway's website</a>. Early Bird tickets are priced from £33 for a one-day pass to £75 for a three-day pass, with special rates for children and family tickets.</p><div class="raila-bad6634c0efe450bd334a4ea809d6df9 raila-content-mobile" id="raila-bad6634c0efe450bd334a4ea809d6df9" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spanning 14 miles between <a class="st_tag internal_tag " href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/tag/broadway" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: var(--hyperlink-style,normal); font-weight: var(--hyperlink-weight,700); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--hyperlink-line-color,transparent); text-underline-offset: 1px; transition: var(--effect); vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts tagged with Broadway">Broadway</a> and <a class="st_tag internal_tag " href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/tag/cheltenham-racecourse" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: var(--hyperlink-style,normal); font-weight: var(--hyperlink-weight,700); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--hyperlink-line-color,transparent); text-underline-offset: 1px; transition: var(--effect); vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts tagged with Cheltenham Racecourse">Cheltenham Racecourse</a>, the <a class="st_tag internal_tag " href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/tag/gloucestershire-warwickshire" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: var(--hyperlink-style,normal); font-weight: var(--hyperlink-weight,700); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--hyperlink-line-color,transparent); text-underline-offset: 1px; transition: var(--effect); vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts tagged with Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway">Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway</a> provides a breath-taking backdrop for this historic event, promising a memorable experience for families, train enthusiasts, and history buffs alike.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-395316" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_395316" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin: 1rem auto 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; width: 750px;"><img alt="7820 Dinmore manor with the goods at Toddington. Credit Ian Crowder" class="size-RA-Article wp-image-395316" decoding="async" height="502" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/7820-Dinmore-manor-with-the-goods-at-Toddington-pic-Ian-Crowder-750x502.jpg.webp" srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/7820-Dinmore-manor-with-the-goods-at-Toddington-pic-Ian-Crowder-750x502.jpg.webp 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/7820-Dinmore-manor-with-the-goods-at-Toddington-pic-Ian-Crowder-300x201.jpg.webp 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/7820-Dinmore-manor-with-the-goods-at-Toddington-pic-Ian-Crowder-1076x720.jpg.webp 1076w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/7820-Dinmore-manor-with-the-goods-at-Toddington-pic-Ian-Crowder-768x514.jpg.webp 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/7820-Dinmore-manor-with-the-goods-at-Toddington-pic-Ian-Crowder-330x220.jpg.webp 330w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/7820-Dinmore-manor-with-the-goods-at-Toddington-pic-Ian-Crowder-420x280.jpg.webp 420w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/7820-Dinmore-manor-with-the-goods-at-Toddington-pic-Ian-Crowder-860x575.jpg.webp 860w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/7820-Dinmore-manor-with-the-goods-at-Toddington-pic-Ian-Crowder-760x508.jpg.webp 760w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/7820-Dinmore-manor-with-the-goods-at-Toddington-pic-Ian-Crowder.jpg 1450w" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; vertical-align: middle;" width="750" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-395316" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: var(--meta-family); font-size: var(--meta-fsize); font-style: var(--meta-fstyle); font-weight: var(--meta-fweight); letter-spacing: var(--meta-fspace); margin: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-transform: var(--meta-transform);">7820 Dinmore manor with the goods at <a class="st_tag internal_tag " href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/tag/toddington" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: var(--hyperlink-style,normal); font-weight: var(--hyperlink-weight,700); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--hyperlink-line-color,transparent); text-underline-offset: 1px; transition: var(--effect); vertical-align: baseline;" title="Posts tagged with Toddington">Toddington</a>. Credit Ian Crowder</figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tom Willson, Chairman of the event's organising committee, says: “Seeing the Saint grace the rails of the <a href="http://www.gwsr.com/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: var(--hyperlink-style,normal); font-weight: var(--hyperlink-weight,700); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--hyperlink-line-color,transparent); text-underline-offset: 1px; transition: var(--effect); vertical-align: baseline;">GWSR</a> really is a dream come true for the many supporters of our railway. We are deeply grateful to the Great Western Society and Didcot Railway Centre for entrusting us with their fine new locomotive. 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Last year we were honoured to have won a Cotswold Concierge award as the ‘Best Event in the Cotswolds' and we are working hard to make the 2024 Festival even better!”</p><div class="raila-0c1720941d6d72e9c80b11a3af2f4d74 raila-content-mobile" id="raila-0c1720941d6d72e9c80b11a3af2f4d74" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5rem; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Richard Jermyn of the Great Western Society added: “We are equally delighted to see <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lady of Legend </em>appear at the GWSR, an ambition we have held since the locomotive was completed. We have had a long and happy relationship with the GWSR and a number of locomotives from Didcot have visited the Cotswold line over the years. Original ‘Saints' used to work expresses over this route between the Midlands and the West Country. Seeing a Saint on one of its old stamping grounds will be a real thrill.”</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoyed this post? 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Photo: China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation</div></div></div><div class="main__row row" data-v-f5612e00="" style="-webkit-box-align: start; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; -webkit-box-pack: start; align-items: stretch; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-flow: row nowrap; font: inherit; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="row__details details" data-v-f5612e00="" style="-webkit-box-align: start; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; -webkit-box-pack: start; align-items: stretch; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-flow: column nowrap; font: inherit; justify-content: flex-start; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px;"><div class="lazyload-component" data-v-1854add0="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div data-v-1854add0="" style="border: 0px; 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line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">China is likely to build its first <span class="generic-article__body article-details-type--a content--a" data-entity-bundle="article" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="072f61bf-4488-4b20-bef7-759cb7d40ab9" data-v-03dbdbc7="" data-v-e5d603e4="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_self" title=""><a class="link-text" data-v-03dbdbc7="" href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3207355/chinas-hyperloop-completes-first-test-runs-pushing-ahead-race-ultra-fast-land-transport?module=inline&pgtype=article" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #001246; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="text" data-v-03dbdbc7="" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(27, 142, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">hyperloop train</span></a></span> line between Shanghai and Hangzhou, according to the nation’s top engineering and rail design institutes.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">The 150km-long (93-mile) in-vacuum tunnel will allow maglev trains to travel at speeds of up to 1,000km/h (621mph).</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">The Chinese Academy of Engineering and rail authorities commissioned a “comprehensive assessment on the candidate construction sites for ultra-high speed pipeline maglev system demonstration line”, and the two richest cities in the east coast emerged as winners, said scientists involved in the project in a report published in the Chinese-language journal Railway Standard Design on April 17.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; 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Top scientists and engineers from the academy are directly involved in the conception, design and construction of the nation’s largest infrastructure projects.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="generic-article__body article-details-type--outstream-1 content--outstream-1" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="outstream__ad-container outstream__ad-container--size-1x1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="inner" data-google-query-id="CK-dha7Q0P4CFWyJZgIdjEwBVw" id="div-outstream-ad-3232aa20-e704-11ed-bd37-331e4bb23776" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; 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The transport system uses vacuum-sealed tubes to transport passengers and cargo.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">China has taken the idea seriously because it has the potential to revolutionise transport and provide a faster, more efficient way to move people and goods.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; 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font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">candidate lines</span></a></span> competed for the hyperloop project in China, including the Beijing-Shijiazhuang, Guangzhou-Shenzhen and Chengdu-Chongqing lines. Each had unique advantages, according to Zhang’s team.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">A Beijing-Shijiazhuang line would connect the capital city of Beijing with Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei province, thereby connecting two major cities in northern China and relieving congestion on existing transport routes around the capital region.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="generic-article__body article-details-type--div content--div image-inline-container" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.35714rem; margin: 0px 0px 2.28571rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><div alt="A model of the transport system using a high-speed maglev train in a vacuum pipeline. 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margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">The economic potential of each line was evaluated according to factors such as population density, economic activity and existing transport infrastructure.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">The assessments also considered technical feasibility, social impact, political support such as government policies and funding availability, and integration with existing transport infrastructure.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">A Hangzhou-Shanghai line would be most feasible and beneficial for China to pursue, according to the report.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">The line was judged to have strong economic potential due to its high population density and the vibrant economic activity in both cities, and with relatively flat terrain, it also has good technical feasibility<span class="generic-article__body article-details-type--strong content--strong" data-v-e5d603e4="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span> Such a project would also have a positive social impact by promoting regional integration between Shanghai and Hangzhou, the report said.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">Shanghai and Hangzhou are both major cities in China with strong economic and cultural significance.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">Shanghai, the largest city in China by population, is a global financial centre and home to the world’s largest Tesla car factory, which is run by Musk. Hangzhou, famous for its natural beauty, is a hub for e-commerce companies such as Alibaba, which owns the South China Morning Post.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="generic-article__body article-details-type--div content--div image-inline-container" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.35714rem; margin: 0px 0px 2.28571rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><div alt="Tesla CEO Elon Musk originally proposed the hyperloop concept in 2013. Photo: Reuters" class="generic-article__body article-details-type--img content--img image-inline caption" data-fid="13480435" data-resolution="1" data-v-27fef566="" data-v-e5d603e4="" headline="Has China just finalised the world’s first hyperloop destinations?" showimageshare="true" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0.857143rem 0px 2.28571rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="body__image image image--landscape" data-v-27fef566="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px;"><div class="image_wrapper wrapper" data-v-27fef566="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; left: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: inherit; margin-right: inherit; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100vw; padding: 0px; position: relative; right: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"><img alt="Tesla CEO Elon Musk originally proposed the hyperloop concept in 2013. Photo: Reuters" class="wrapper__img preview-img-item" data-src="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2023/04/21/e72fc4a8-7c09-4967-acc9-4811b45023a2_5589ff77.jpg" data-v-27fef566="" lazy="loaded" src="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2023/04/21/e72fc4a8-7c09-4967-acc9-4811b45023a2_5589ff77.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: block; font: inherit; margin: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px;" /></div><div class="description-wrapper" data-v-27fef566="" style="-webkit-box-align: start; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; -webkit-box-pack: start; align-items: center; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-flow: row nowrap; font: inherit; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="wrapper-item" data-v-27fef566="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0.857143rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px;"><div class="image__title" data-v-27fef566="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6f6f6f; font-family: "Font Roboto", "Roboto fallback", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.42857rem; margin: 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tesla CEO Elon Musk originally proposed the hyperloop concept in 2013. Photo: Reuters</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">At a distance of 200km, travelling by car between the cities takes about three hours, or about an hour by high-speed rail. But according to some estimates, a hyperloop line could cut the trip to about 15 minutes.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">In just 15 years, China has built enough <span class="generic-article__body article-details-type--a content--a" data-v-03dbdbc7="" data-v-e5d603e4="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_self" title=""><a class="link-text" data-v-03dbdbc7="" href="https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3200811/high-speed-railway/index.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #001246; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="text" data-v-03dbdbc7="" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(27, 142, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">high-speed rail</span></a></span> to circle the Earth. Some engineering experts say that experience can be leveraged to accelerate the construction of a hyperloop.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">China’s vast high-speed rail network has required massive investment in research and development, engineering expertise and advanced manufacturing. Industry experts have said these same resources could be applied to the development of hyperloop technology.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">China’s experience in building high-speed rail had also provided valuable lessons in project management, logistics and safety that can also be applied in hyperloop projects, they said.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 class="generic-article__body article-details-type--h3 content--h3" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.42857rem; margin: 0px; padding: 1.42857rem 0px 0.714286rem; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="generic-article__body article-details-type--a content--a" data-entity-bundle="article" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="13aec609-11df-4afa-acfd-6a44148037a1" data-v-03dbdbc7="" data-v-e5d603e4="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title=""><a class="link-text" data-v-03dbdbc7="" href="https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2166767/future-travel-first-hyperloop-passenger-capsule-unveiled?module=hard_link&pgtype=article" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #001246; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div data-v-03dbdbc7="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="recirc" data-v-03dbdbc7="" data-v-f541516a="" style="align-items: flex-start; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(216, 216, 216); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 2.14286rem; min-height: 5.85714rem; padding: 0.857143rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px;"><div class="recirc__left left" data-v-f541516a="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 1 1 0%; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="left__title" data-v-f541516a="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First hyperloop passenger capsule unveiled</div><div class="left__date" data-v-f541516a="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #aaaaaa; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.857143rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1rem; margin: 0.571429rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3 Oct 2018</div></div><div class="recirc__right right" data-v-f541516a="" style="aspect-ratio: 100 / 62; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font: inherit; margin: 0.142857rem 0px 0.142857rem 0.857143rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 9.42857rem;"><img alt="" data-src="https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/237x147/public/images/methode/2018/10/03/22e982e0-c6c6-11e8-9907-be608544c5a1_image_hires_125610.JPG?itok=iYfBD5BN&v=1538542574" data-v-f541516a="" lazy="loaded" src="https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/237x147/public/images/methode/2018/10/03/22e982e0-c6c6-11e8-9907-be608544c5a1_image_hires_125610.JPG?itok=iYfBD5BN&v=1538542574" style="aspect-ratio: 100 / 62; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; object-fit: contain; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 9.42857rem;" /></div></div></div></a></span></h3></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">But for those involved in the world’s first hyperloop project, 2035 may not seem that far away.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">Developing the technology required for a <span class="generic-article__body article-details-type--a content--a" data-v-03dbdbc7="" data-v-e5d603e4="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_self" title=""><a class="link-text" data-v-03dbdbc7="" href="https://www.scmp.com/video/world/3109197/virgin-hyperloop-hypersonic-train-carries-first-passengers-us-state-nevada?module=inline&pgtype=article" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #001246; display: inline; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="text" data-v-03dbdbc7="" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(27, 142, 248); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;">hyperloop system</span></a></span> is still in its early stages, and before it can be implemented on a large scale, many daunting technical challenges must be overcome.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">Building the necessary infrastructure for a hyperloop system – including low-pressure tubes and specialised stations – will require significant investment and expertise.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">Legal and regulatory challenges also lie ahead. There are currently no regulations in place for the operation of hyperloop systems.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">The high speeds demanded for hyperloop travel also mean safety would also be a major concern that must be addressed through rigorous testing and development.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 class="generic-article__body article-details-type--h3 content--h3" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 2rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.42857rem; margin: 0px; padding: 1.42857rem 0px 0.714286rem; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="generic-article__body article-details-type--strong content--strong" data-v-e5d603e4="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">High speed rail and hyperloop</span></h3></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">China has built high speed rails long enough to circle the Earth in just about 15 years. Some engineering experts believe that experience in building high-speed rail can be leveraged to speed up the construction of hyperloop.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">The construction of high-speed rail in China has required significant investment in research and development, engineering expertise, and advanced manufacturing capabilities. These same resources can be applied to the development of hyperloop technology.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">China’s experience in building high-speed rail has also provided valuable lessons in project management, logistics and safety that can also be applied in hyperloop projects, they said.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">But developing the technology required for a hyperloop system is still in its early stages, and there are many technical challenges that need to be overcome before it can be implemented on a large scale.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">Building the necessary infrastructure for a hyperloop system, including low-pressure tubes and specialised stations, will require significant investment and expertise.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">There are currently no regulations in place for the operation of hyperloop systems, which could pose legal and regulatory challenges for their implementation.</p></div><div data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p class="generic-article__body article-details-type--p content--p" data-v-e5d603e4="" data-v-f5612e00="" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: Merriweather, "Merriweather fallback", serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.28571rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 2.14286rem; margin: 0px 0px 1.42857rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 573.201px; word-break: break-word;">Due to the high speeds involved in hyperloop travel, safety will also be a major concern that needs to be addressed through rigorous testing and development processes.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoyed this post? 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In late summer, the first new vehicles will be handed over to RMV and more than half of the trains are expected to be in service for the start of passenger operation in December.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Taunus network comprises four routes: RB11 Frankfurt-Höchst - Bad Soden; RB12 Frankfurt - Koenigstein; RB15 Frankfurt - Brandoberndorf; and BR16 Bad Homburg/Friedrichsdorf - Friedberg.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;">The lines are operated by the DB subsidiary Start Germany, which replaced previous operator Hessische Landesbahn in December 2021.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;">To bridge the gap between the introduction of the first hydrogen trains in December and the completion of deliveries, Alstom will be organising replacement vehicles and interim forms of operation according to contractual arrangements drawn up with RMV.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;">“The 27 hydrogen trains make the Taunus a pioneering region in Germany and beyond," says Mr Ulrich Krebs, deputy chairman of the RMV supervisory board and district administrator of the Hochtaunuskreis district.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;">“For passengers, this means more seats and free Wi-Fi,” says RMV managing director, Professor Knut Ringat. “In addition, the hydrogen trains are locally emission-free. With hydrogen as a low-emission technology, we are investing in the future with climate-neutral public transport. Our ambitious goal is to do without diesel vehicles from 2030, with the right financing framework and availability."</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;">“The combination of the war in Ukraine affecting the supply of vehicle parts and the still tense Covid-19 situation pose an unprecedented challenge for the entire railway industry,” says Mr Müslüm Yakisan, president of Alstom in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. “This delayed the delivery of the trains by a few weeks. Nevertheless, we are very pleased that the first vehicles for the RMV are now starting test operations on the future operational routes in the Rhine-Main area.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;">“Our goal is for all 27 vehicles to be delivered by the end of March 2023,” Yakisan says.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit;">Elsewhere in Lower Saxony, operation with hydrogen trains commenced on the regional line from Cuxhaven to Buxtehude via Bremervörde, west of Hamburg, on July 25.</p></span></div><div class="ct-text-block" id="text_block-27-57265" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #212529; font-family: Average; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Categories</span>: <span class="ct-span" id="span-28-57265" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; text-decoration: inherit;"><a href="https://www.railjournal.com/category/passenger/commuter-rail/" rel="tag" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3069b3; 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padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Share on Fa</span></a></div></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">In this short video RailView captures the return of a diesel legend, Class 37/9 37901 Mirrlees Pioneer, the sole surviving Mirrlees engined Class 37 for the first time in over 20 years.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">The video begins at Tapton which is just north of Chesterfield Station and sees 37901 Mirrlees Pioneer dragging 37510 Orion and powering away from Chesterfield Station after crossing over from the Midland Mainline to the Erewash Valley Line.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-167366" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_167366" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px auto 1.25em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 750px;"><img alt="Class 37 37901 Mirrlees Pioneer returning to the mainline on the 16th of June 2022" class="wp-image-167366 size-jnews-featured-750 entered litespeed-loaded" data-lazyloaded="1" data-ll-status="loaded" data-pin-no-hover="true" data-placeholder-resp="750x422" data-sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" data-src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-750x422.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-750x422.jpg 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-600x338.jpg 600w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266.jpg 1280w" height="422" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-750x422.jpg" srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-750x422.jpg 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-600x338.jpg 600w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/360A7266.jpg 1280w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="750" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-167366" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #a0a0a0; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Class 37 37901 Mirrlees Pioneer returning to the mainline on the 16th of June 2022 // Credit: Cameron White/RailView</figcaption></figure><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">One hour later we capture Slug 1 once again, this time through Chesterfield Station where the 37/9 is seen roaring through with a two-tone horn and her unique engine sounding incredible.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">A thank you has to go out to the driver for putting on a fantastic show especially as this was our first time seeing her too – we look forward to capturing more of this noisy beast in future!</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">You can watch the video below:</p><div class="raila-6defd4c2d6813473d43a627978b08f22 raila-ra-member-mid-article" id="raila-6defd4c2d6813473d43a627978b08f22" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="entered litespeed-loaded" data-lazyloaded="1" data-ll-status="loaded" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sSrS7NCMv6s" frameborder="0" height="315" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sSrS7NCMv6s" style="border-style: initial; 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Credit: Tram Talk.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYfCDOfdPduHzRWoq94DIA5o0F2S9wArA7oU-xkayszjSbBPkyWoFFYkTFPZWNnM0dRJ_O1-TCrtgWbLjkgLoH3lT-3hIYUlIoC4p70t9BobWdgFR3lBbho5gPqA2GR3GzGaxU9QMu2PMfbV_RVsjl7wZHPfIiywyLWksGTfxKHEdANULq02_hgJ4/s1280/Tram-710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYfCDOfdPduHzRWoq94DIA5o0F2S9wArA7oU-xkayszjSbBPkyWoFFYkTFPZWNnM0dRJ_O1-TCrtgWbLjkgLoH3lT-3hIYUlIoC4p70t9BobWdgFR3lBbho5gPqA2GR3GzGaxU9QMu2PMfbV_RVsjl7wZHPfIiywyLWksGTfxKHEdANULq02_hgJ4/s16000/Tram-710.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">The Fleetwood Heritage Leisure Trust (FHLT) is disposing of its trams but is experiencing problems finding a home for Balloon Car 710 which has been stored at Wyre Dock for several years.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">The Trust has a deadline in 2022 to remove its trams from Wyre Dock. Without a firm commitment to remove the tram from Fleetwood, the Trust will need to arrange for it to be dismantled for scrap or spare parts.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">There are various examples of this tram at Rigby Road Depot in Blackpool, so there is no need to add a further example to the existing lines of trams stored there. However, there may well be options for it to be moved elsewhere in the country which may not necessarily be of a transport heritage profile.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoyed this post? 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Credit: John Woodman.</figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Car 710 is a vintage tramcar built in 1934. It was originally open-topped as part of Walter Luff’s grand Five Year Plan to upgrade all of Blackpool’s municipal transport system, both tram, bus, and infrastructure. The tram was built on Strand Road, Preston by the English Electric Company.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">It is famous for its starring role in the Coronation Street episode watched by over 11 million viewers in which villain Alan Bradley met his demise.</p><div class="raila-ffcbec9d49037b6de9dea201e5892b48 raila-ra-member-mid-article" id="raila-ffcbec9d49037b6de9dea201e5892b48" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Number 247, or 710 in its later format, retains its swing back seating on both decks with seats stored seperately. It also retains its half-drop side windows and has the original alhambrinal-type ceiling panels, although they are painted over. On the top deck the curved corner glazing remains unaltered from its wartime enclosed addition.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoyed this post? 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Never miss out on future posts</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://follow.it/trainsandrailways?action=followPub"><img border="0" data-original-height="50" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguw9vEt1m4X5fVTFdCTgzpqVPli3G_wwjY913fSal95ohhgxo9ZTApD3_DUgF3mbJ1g8S4HOv0nVZKL1XS2TQZiJz2MaD7fa83hJCIF649_ubndgP2h9WRl_hfVMharQbaJKJeVjIn84Q/s0/14+%25282%2529.png" /></a></div><br />.</div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>John Currinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06524320221828686018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7957398603450250574.post-79340390124307164902022-06-06T12:33:00.001+12:002022-06-06T12:33:46.285+12:00Steam locomotive 60009 Union of South Africa unveiled at Bury Transport Museum<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6U1i9RYIPLFmArmWIB684ryVNOwSF78VwlLFJMAOpZC8p35PYuXEDKKPs4BWWRYzY-B1PYRP05DL444Omydil3uVWnI8BGUnxrMUq1EtA7l--o-k2K6JHwXe6gpm-FynstFjQxd4tp_BiU1F-kNvrKb-WfyTytIjpRx25GvfJbm7RDrOuRxuNEeag/s1140/IMG_20220531_1142232-1140x857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6U1i9RYIPLFmArmWIB684ryVNOwSF78VwlLFJMAOpZC8p35PYuXEDKKPs4BWWRYzY-B1PYRP05DL444Omydil3uVWnI8BGUnxrMUq1EtA7l--o-k2K6JHwXe6gpm-FynstFjQxd4tp_BiU1F-kNvrKb-WfyTytIjpRx25GvfJbm7RDrOuRxuNEeag/s16000/IMG_20220531_1142232-1140x857.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Today, RailAdvent was invited to the Bury Transport Musuem to see Ex-LNER A4 No. 60009 Union of South Africa unveiled at its new home.</span></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Since its withdrawal from the mainline and later <a href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/10/60009-union-of-south-africa-a4-steam-locomotive-formally-withdrawn-from-service.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #990000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">withdrawal from heritage railway service</a>, the A4s future has been uncertain, but a <a href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/04/steam-locomotive-60009-union-of-south-africa-set-for-new-exhibition-in-bury.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #990000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">new deal between the BTM / ELR and the owner of the locomotive, John Cameron</a>, will see the A4 parked in the Bury Transport Museum for 2022 with its new exhibition.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">You may think it’s odd that an East Coast thoroughbred is on the West side of the country? Well did you know that Sir Nigel Gresley, designer of 60009 Union of South Africa, actually began his railway career with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and worked at both Blackpool and Horwich sheds?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-161144" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_161144" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px auto 1.25em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1280px;"><img alt="60009 Union of South Africa at Bury Transport Musuem " class="size-full wp-image-161144 entered litespeed-loaded" data-lazyloaded="1" data-ll-status="loaded" data-pin-no-hover="true" data-placeholder-resp="1280x960" data-sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562.jpg 1280w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-960x720.jpg 960w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-600x450.jpg 600w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-750x563.jpg 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-1140x855.jpg 1140w" height="960" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562.jpg" srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562.jpg 1280w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-960x720.jpg 960w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-600x450.jpg 600w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-750x563.jpg 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1143562-1140x855.jpg 1140w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="1280" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-161144" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #a0a0a0; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">60009 Union of South Africa at Bury Transport Musuem // Credit: RailAdvent</figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Open from tomorrow (1st June), visitors to the museum will be able to get up close and personal with the A4 class locomotive, inspecting its huge driving wheels or getting a photo in front of the locomotive.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">What’s more, visitors can visit the footplate of the locomotive and sit in the driver’s seat,</p><div class="raila-4ac7b6135fa5e070046639cfdc70ea70 raila-ra-member-mid-article" id="raila-4ac7b6135fa5e070046639cfdc70ea70" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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transition: color 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">East Lancashire Railway: Elizabeths ride free ahead of the Jubilee Weekend</a></h3><div class="jeg_post_meta" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #a0a0a0; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="jeg_meta_date" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/05/east-lancashire-railway-elizabeths-ride-free-for-the-jubilee-weekend.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="fa fa-clock-o" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; 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font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px auto 1.25em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1280px;"><img alt="On the footplate of 60009 Union of South Africa // Credit: RailAdvent" class="size-full wp-image-161145 entered litespeed-loaded" data-lazyloaded="1" data-ll-status="loaded" data-pin-no-hover="true" data-placeholder-resp="1280x1058" data-sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505.jpg 1280w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-300x248.jpg 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-871x720.jpg 871w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-768x635.jpg 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-600x496.jpg 600w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-750x620.jpg 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-1140x942.jpg 1140w" height="1058" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505.jpg" srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505.jpg 1280w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-300x248.jpg 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-871x720.jpg 871w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-768x635.jpg 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-600x496.jpg 600w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-750x620.jpg 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_121505-1140x942.jpg 1140w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="1280" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-161145" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #a0a0a0; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On the footplate of 60009 Union of South Africa // Credit: RailAdvent</figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Whilst sad to see the locomotive parked in a museum, its good news that the locomotive can still be seen and it is also undercover, meaning the locomotive’s condition will not deteriorate.</p><div class="raila-96da768010ec372c6713a655706b990d raila-content-7" id="raila-96da768010ec372c6713a655706b990d" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="raila-content-7" id="raila-113583149" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="raila-target" data-advadstrackbid="1" data-advadstrackid="108385" id="raila-917767167" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="adv-link" href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/plus" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #990000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="" height="360" loading="lazy" src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/DYK-Crich-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></a></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">The Bury Transport Museum is open 10 am until 4 pm whenever the East Lancashire Railway is operating, you can find out more on the <a href="https://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/plan-your-day-out/bury-transport-museum/" rel="noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #990000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">East Lancashire Railway website</a>.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-161146" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_161146" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px auto 1.25em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1280px;"><img alt="60009 Union of South Africa at Bury Transport Musuem // Credit: RailAdvent " class="size-full wp-image-161146 entered litespeed-loaded" data-lazyloaded="1" data-ll-status="loaded" data-pin-no-hover="true" data-placeholder-resp="1280x962" data-sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452.jpg 1280w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-958x720.jpg 958w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-768x577.jpg 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-600x451.jpg 600w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-750x564.jpg 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-1140x857.jpg 1140w" height="962" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452.jpg" srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452.jpg 1280w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-958x720.jpg 958w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-768x577.jpg 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-600x451.jpg 600w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-750x564.jpg 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220531_1224452-1140x857.jpg 1140w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="1280" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-161146" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #a0a0a0; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">60009 Union of South Africa at Bury Transport Musuem // Credit: RailAdvent</figcaption></figure></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/05/steam-locomotive-60009-union-of-south-africa-unveiled-at-bury-transport-museum.html?ml_subscriber=1966168291961478029&ml_subscriber_hash=h7n9">https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/05/steam-locomotive-60009-union-of-south-africa-unveiled-at-bury-transport-museum.html?ml_subscriber=1966168291961478029&ml_subscriber_hash=h7n9</a><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoyed this post? Never miss out on future posts</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://follow.it/trainsandrailways?action=followPub"><img border="0" data-original-height="50" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguw9vEt1m4X5fVTFdCTgzpqVPli3G_wwjY913fSal95ohhgxo9ZTApD3_DUgF3mbJ1g8S4HOv0nVZKL1XS2TQZiJz2MaD7fa83hJCIF649_ubndgP2h9WRl_hfVMharQbaJKJeVjIn84Q/s0/14+%25282%2529.png" /></a></div><br />.</div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>John Currinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06524320221828686018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7957398603450250574.post-69616971731181272872022-06-06T12:27:00.002+12:002022-06-06T12:27:36.592+12:00Steam Dreams and 61306 Mayflower acquired by Crewe based Locomotive Services Group<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxD8T_V9IQj5IrWVhTFGrTZMiMN5abQ95NoehIsYo8_81K4aOBIN3Ald4HgapN-CahRBEvPGNS8f4OIrMRA3Kf8ExEOCQOqK5oUkGeiVT0cgbVzx5gHLwrcX7NmhX2RX264ZP6V4Py2sJUbcz4DzlzxtP64gm8cooFv6uaussaxy8lU8t5DPFaPRRl/s1068/MS-61306-1068x601.jpg.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="1068" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxD8T_V9IQj5IrWVhTFGrTZMiMN5abQ95NoehIsYo8_81K4aOBIN3Ald4HgapN-CahRBEvPGNS8f4OIrMRA3Kf8ExEOCQOqK5oUkGeiVT0cgbVzx5gHLwrcX7NmhX2RX264ZP6V4Py2sJUbcz4DzlzxtP64gm8cooFv6uaussaxy8lU8t5DPFaPRRl/s16000/MS-61306-1068x601.jpg.webp" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">David Buck’s LNER B1 61306 Mayflower and Steam Dreams Rail Co have been acquired by Crewe based operator, Locomotive Services Group.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Locomotive Services Group, owned by Jeremy Hosking, will take Steam Dreams Rail Co under the LSL group and will sit alongside its other brands – Saphos Trains, Midland Pullman, Statesman Rail and Intercity.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">LNER B1 61306 Mayflower will join the Locomotive Services Group fleet of locomotives, with the group saying that they intend to care for the B1 in the same way as David Buck has previously.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">The 2022 Steam Dreams programme will remain the same, the same staff operating the trains.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Steam Dreams Chairman, David Buck, is looking forward to a new era. ‘We have had a fantastic four years, despite the pandemic, successfully consolidating Steam Dreams’ existing strengths with the launch of new products including our Royal Windsor and Sunset Steam Express brands which have gone from strength to strength.’</p><div class="raila-b3fab33a2470389d039fb9486817b0ad raila-ra-member-mid-article" id="raila-b3fab33a2470389d039fb9486817b0ad" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Buck added: ‘I am delighted that the LSL Group will be taking on Mayflower which has achieved such a strong reputation over the years.’</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">An LSL Spokesperson said ‘The integration of the Steam Dreams business into LS Group operations perfectly complements our existing products. As we continue our drive to deliver the highest possible quality of Charter Train operations in the UK, this acquisition will see our Group increase its presence in the South of the country, building on the hard work of the Steam Dreams team over many years. Their brand is synonymous with the same high quality passenger experience as our own, and this combined with our nationwide train operating capability and strong asset base make for a very natural partnership. We are also extremely pleased to welcome B1 Locomotive “Mayflower” into our operating steam fleet. 61306 has been lovingly owned by David and Patricia Buck, and we intend to continue to care for it in the same way that they have.’</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: x-large;">Enjoyed this post? Never miss out on future posts</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://follow.it/trainsandrailways?action=followPub"><img border="0" data-original-height="50" data-original-width="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguw9vEt1m4X5fVTFdCTgzpqVPli3G_wwjY913fSal95ohhgxo9ZTApD3_DUgF3mbJ1g8S4HOv0nVZKL1XS2TQZiJz2MaD7fa83hJCIF649_ubndgP2h9WRl_hfVMharQbaJKJeVjIn84Q/s0/14+%25282%2529.png" /></a></div><br />.</div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>John Currinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06524320221828686018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7957398603450250574.post-74706213648611596252022-06-06T12:23:00.000+12:002022-06-06T12:23:14.187+12:00Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust launches appeal to buy steam loco 7109 “Joyce”<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFuBIWH-shW7abSP0h21UaEgP-zq9FAwNo91fc_ciD2SeXiuBsmfp2d23rkVVsmgtHka-aW35FN0-5EcrPWGM4NFpvbA3RLZXCEy1g48Ecw311Q1jHCwW9ixjXOdj4oP8ytFJJ57zjvSpR6SEy5O-naVrwBr_yXF57tXDEqKkFcJ-utRMxSHQsL-i/s1140/Santa-Special-7109-1140x760.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="1140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFuBIWH-shW7abSP0h21UaEgP-zq9FAwNo91fc_ciD2SeXiuBsmfp2d23rkVVsmgtHka-aW35FN0-5EcrPWGM4NFpvbA3RLZXCEy1g48Ecw311Q1jHCwW9ixjXOdj4oP8ytFJJ57zjvSpR6SEy5O-naVrwBr_yXF57tXDEqKkFcJ-utRMxSHQsL-i/s16000/Santa-Special-7109-1140x760.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust has been given the opportunity to purchase its resident Sentinel steam locomotive 7109 <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joyce</em> by its owner Andy Chapman.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joyce</em> arrived at Midsomer Norton in 2004 and has been restored to full working order. Since 2016 it has been the backbone of the Trusts’s steam-hauled services.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Although <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joyce</em> is not historically a Somerset & Dorset locomotive, its design was the basis for two almost identical locomotives that were purchased by the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway Company for use at Radstock. These were numbered by the LMS as 7190 and 7191, then renumbered by BR as 47190 and 47191.</p><div class="raila-88631ac5b6964df274b92c3f92fdb08b raila-content" id="raila-88631ac5b6964df274b92c3f92fdb08b" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="raila-content raila-target" data-advadstrackbid="1" data-advadstrackid="39427" id="raila-2029149399" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1855742918545992" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-slot="3703639860" data-ad-status="filled" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 280px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 550px;" vspace="0" width="550"></iframe></ins></ins></ins></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">The Trust wishes to complete the purchase of <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joyce</em> so that it can be enjoyed by future generations at Midsomer Norton. It needs to raise £55,000 to cover the purchase of Joyce, and provide a strategic reserve to help cover the cost of <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joyce’s</em> next major overhaul which is scheduled for 2026; these overhauls have to be carried out every 10 years.</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-162330" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_162330" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 5px auto 1.25em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 750px;"><img alt="sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image(981x599-crop)" class="size-jnews-featured-750 wp-image-162330 entered litespeed-loaded" data-lazyloaded="1" data-ll-status="loaded" data-pin-no-hover="true" data-placeholder-resp="750x458" data-sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" data-src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-750x458.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-750x458.jpg 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-300x183.jpg 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-1179x720.jpg 1179w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-768x469.jpg 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-600x367.jpg 600w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-1140x696.jpg 1140w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop.jpg 1280w" height="458" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-750x458.jpg" srcset="https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-750x458.jpg 750w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-300x183.jpg 300w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-1179x720.jpg 1179w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-768x469.jpg 768w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-600x367.jpg 600w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop-1140x696.jpg 1140w, https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sentinel_news_item_02_06_22-image981x599-crop.jpg 1280w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="750" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-162330" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #a0a0a0; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sentinel 7109 ‘Joyce’. Credit: Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust.</figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust is inviting the public to make donations so that the purchase of <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Joyce</em> can be completed as soon as possible. Anyone donating over £750 will be invited to a special day at Midsomer Norton, where they will be able to operate Joyce under supervision.</p><div class="raila-f9307ee08cacaf9b861c465d4562f0f6 raila-ra-member-mid-article" id="raila-f9307ee08cacaf9b861c465d4562f0f6" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Donations can be made online by clicking <a href="https://sdjr.digitickets.co.uk/products/345450?navItem=317536" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #990000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">here</a> to visit their website, in person at the station, or by cheque payable to the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust, details are in the donations link.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #231f20; font-family: Montserrat; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoyed this post? 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