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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
FEATURES:
a€~BRITAINa€ S MOST POWERFUL EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVESa€ - In a year which has witnessed the restoration of Nunney Castle and Earl of Mount Edgcumbe to main line running, it is timely to recall that when the flagship of the class, No 4073 Caerphilly Castle, was outshopped from Swindon in 1923, the Great Western Railway was quick to publicise the appearance of its new four-cylinder 4-6-0 as a€~Britaina€ s most powerful express passenger locomotivea€ . Cedric Johns elaborates...
DAMPF TRIFFT KIES (STEAM MEETS GRAVEL)
a€~The Plandampfa€ - Last year saw what was expected to be the last Plandampf in Germany, but David Wilcock reports on the latest a€~lasta€ Plandampf, and another one is planned for next year.
ABERGLASLYN TRIUMPH! - The phenomenon of the photo charter still shows no sign of abating, despite rising prices and the effects of the credit crunch. Snowdonia saw steam history being made in late October, as Brian Sharpe reports.
SETTLE & CARLISLE: A LINE WHICH DEFIES LOGIC AND POLITICIANS - In the 1980s, the Settle-Carlisle line was under severe threat of closure, with Whitehall mandarins determined to close the route down. But, thanks to a co-ordinated and tenacious campaign, they failed. Geoff Courtney has visited the line and in his characteristic style, reports on its beauty, its successes, its many reminders of steam, its history and its future.
1968 - THE LAST WORD - After a summer of intense media interest in the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the end of BR steam, following the emergence of yet further information, Alan Castle, author of the recently published Heritage Railway special publication Steam - The Grand Finale, now helps to complete the picture.
REGULARS:
HEADLINE NEWS - Tornado makes main line debut; Duchess of Sutherland to stay green; Seven Valley plans big engine gala with Oliver Cromwell and Duke of Gloucester; and Royal Scot available for hire.
NEWS: THE WIDEST COVERAGE OF THE UK PRESERVATION SCENE - Government asked to help save Sittingbourne & Kemsley - while it runs real freight trains to help the company which wants to close it down; Ã
a€~BRITAINa€ S MOST POWERFUL EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVESa€ - In a year which has witnessed the restoration of Nunney Castle and Earl of Mount Edgcumbe to main line running, it is timely to recall that when the flagship of the class, No 4073 Caerphilly Castle, was outshopped from Swindon in 1923, the Great Western Railway was quick to publicise the appearance of its new four-cylinder 4-6-0 as a€~Britaina€ s most powerful express passenger locomotivea€ . Cedric Johns elaborates...
DAMPF TRIFFT KIES (STEAM MEETS GRAVEL)
a€~The Plandampfa€ - Last year saw what was expected to be the last Plandampf in Germany, but David Wilcock reports on the latest a€~lasta€ Plandampf, and another one is planned for next year.
ABERGLASLYN TRIUMPH! - The phenomenon of the photo charter still shows no sign of abating, despite rising prices and the effects of the credit crunch. Snowdonia saw steam history being made in late October, as Brian Sharpe reports.
SETTLE & CARLISLE: A LINE WHICH DEFIES LOGIC AND POLITICIANS - In the 1980s, the Settle-Carlisle line was under severe threat of closure, with Whitehall mandarins determined to close the route down. But, thanks to a co-ordinated and tenacious campaign, they failed. Geoff Courtney has visited the line and in his characteristic style, reports on its beauty, its successes, its many reminders of steam, its history and its future.
1968 - THE LAST WORD - After a summer of intense media interest in the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the end of BR steam, following the emergence of yet further information, Alan Castle, author of the recently published Heritage Railway special publication Steam - The Grand Finale, now helps to complete the picture.
REGULARS:
HEADLINE NEWS - Tornado makes main line debut; Duchess of Sutherland to stay green; Seven Valley plans big engine gala with Oliver Cromwell and Duke of Gloucester; and Royal Scot available for hire.
NEWS: THE WIDEST COVERAGE OF THE UK PRESERVATION SCENE - Government asked to help save Sittingbourne & Kemsley - while it runs real freight trains to help the company which wants to close it down; Ã
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