Tilting track wagons! Spotted at Basingstoke yesterday, it’s a Colas Rail class 70 and some tilting track wagons - used for Network Rail engineering projects. They’re a smart solution to a tricky problem, with similar seen all over the UK (and in Europe too, where these wagons tend to be built) and as people on the station looked intrigued by it, I thought I’d do this little explainer. Cheers! | Tim Dunn

Train Simulator 2021: Class 70 (Sound Mods) 0J34 Guide Bridge Yard to Brindle Heath RTS

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🚂 British Rail Class 58 – The Modular Workhorse of the 1980s 🚂 The Class 58 might not have had the glamour of a Deltic or the fame of a Class 37, but it earned its place in British railway history through sheer reliability and innovation. Introduced in the early 1980s, these powerful locomotives were designed with a modular, easy-to-maintain structure — a first for BR at the time. From heavy coal trains rumbling through the Midlands to freight duties across the network, the Class 58 proved its

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