Tickets are now on sale for the one-off anniversary railtour organised by Modern Railways in partnership with Crosscountry on board one of the operator's HSTs. The trip on Tuesday 27 September will run from Leeds to the Severn Valley Railway, including the unusual chance to enjoy a return ...
each power car had a new diesel engine, the 12-cylinder Paxman Valenta, running at 1,500rpm and developing 2,250bhp (1,680kW). A first class heritage rail tour snakes through