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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
News - Including the last knockings of 1998 plus New Year events such as four 'Cromptons' travelling up the ECML to go into storage! Taking Stock - This month we have a further 'bumper bundle' of changes as EWS proceed with their ruthless 'spring cleaning'. Preserved Traction - Featuring updates of loco restorations as well as news of forthcoming events. Railtour Files - Amongst the current options is the chance for some MoD diesel haulage at Kineton. Classic Classes - The 'Peaks' Part 2 - Class 45/Os. Mike Kerry moves on a Class in this four-part series. As Times Goes By - David Holmes presents some fascinating lineside logs from the period 1973-81. Showcase - Another unashamed selection of nostalgic scenes of some of our classic traction. Freight Survivors - Middlesbrough. Stuart Craig gives a brief history and a 'rough guide' of the freight traffic to be found at this North East 'hotspot'. The Signalman's Log - Some interesting records of loco movements in the Bristol area between 1966 and 1970 by P D Rendall. Gone but not Forgotten - March. Chris Booth recalls some highlights in the history of this Fenland depot. Class 37/0 & 37/3 fleet report - This month Paul Scott focuses on these ever popular sub-classes of the EE Type 3s which face an uncertain future. A Diet of Coke - A pictorial presentation by Larry Goddard focusing on the motive power used on a distinctive traffic flow known as the 'Cokes'. 47 Heaven - Dave Mitchell's record of an afternoon of Brush Type 4 activity at Exeter Riverside. TPO - The pick of the mail sack. The Selling Power of Traction - Putting hydraulics on the map. Robert Forsythe discusses the use of 'Warships' in early BR publicity material. Review - New books, videos and a CD-ROM are put to the test by our team of reviewers. Scoring in the Seventies - Norman Preedy recalls summer Saturdays when 20s, 25s and 31s used to regularly appear at the head of service trains. Cover: Memories of March depot are evoked by the contrasting pair of nose ends from 37 051 and 31 327, seen at the stabling sidings on August 15 1987.
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