BEFORE the development of a decent road network, the onlyway to transport milk quickly from rural dairy farms to consumers in large cities was by rail. Some of the main flows were from the West Country to London, with one operated by the Southern Railway (and later British Railways’ Southern Region) from Torrington (Devon) to Clapham Junction for onward tripping to bottling plants at Vauxhall and Morden South.
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LNER puts remaining ‘91s' into warm store
The ongoing pandemic restrictions and major engineering works have resulted in the complete withdrawal of the last remaining ‘Electras’ from passenger service, although the plan is to resurrect them in the summer.
Mk.1 Restaurant-Buffet (RBR) cars
A SURPRISING number of Mk.1catering cars have survived to see service on the privatised railway, in private operator and charter trains. They may turn up on anything from an enthusiast special to higher-end dining trains and have been formed in trains as prestigious as the locomotive-hauledBlue Pullman’ set, the ‘Great Britain’ tours operated by West Coast Railways and the ‘Northern Belle’ tour train.
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Service reductions as Covid cases increase
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East West Rail funding go-ahead
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Travellers-Fare with Hornby's Mk.1 Restaurant-Buffet car
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Class 92 revolution
Despite its complex shape and high detail ratio compared to other modern six-axle locomotives, Revolution Trains chose the Class 92 to be its first 'N' gauge locomotive model.
Bottling it!
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1990s ‘N' gauge Class 950
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