A Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado steam locomotive has become the first railway vehicle of its kind to operate with Hitachi Rail’s European Train Control System (ETCS). Hitachi Rail's ETCS ...

The celebration took place on a day when a 25-member team of the parliamentary standing committee on railways visited the hills The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway’s heritage steam loco, which completed ...

The news comes as last year Network Rail issued a £40m tender document for companies to bid to fit 24 main line steam and heritage diesel locomotives. Bosses launched the ETCS technology in 2021.

A steam locomotive has successfully run using Hitachi Rail’s European Train Control System (ETCS) digital signalling technology for the first time. The trial, completed on the Cambrian line in Wales, ...

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Network Rail has begun testing at speed for an operational steam locomotive fitted with ETCS (European Train Control System) technology.

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