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Refurb of world’s largest working mechanical signal box completes

25 May 2021 | 4 min read

The largest working mechanical signal box in the world has just had its biggest refurbishment in more than a decade….

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Why the end of the gauge war didn’t standardise Britain’s railway

20 May 2021 | 7 min read

The battle to establish a standard gauge between the rails across Britain ended 129 years ago. So why do we…