Freightliner has taken delivery of the most powerful production diesel locos to work in Britain as its first two brand new 3,700hp General Electric (GE) Class 70s docked at Newport on November 7. The company says the locos -designated PowerHaul by GE - are for growth of the business and...
In the late 1860s, the powerful Midland Railway decided to build its own main line to Scotland. Its existing main line stretched from London St Pancras to Leicester, Sheffield & Leeds, but the London & North Western Railway had become increasingly obstructive in allowing Midland Railway trains ...
The AS616 was Baldwin's most powerful six-axle model, in terms of both horsepower and tractive effort. The locomotive was also the last in its "All Service" series. Ironically, it was the best selling road switcher Baldwin ever produced during a time when the builder was attempting to re...
The VanishersbyHeidi Julavits: The fourth novel fromBelievereditor Julavits tells the story of an academy for psychics and the battle between two powerful women, the masterful Madame Ackermann and her most promising — and hence threatening — student Julia Severn. After Ackermann forces Julia to re...