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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Rude awakening - The approaches to Paddmgton Station were devastated on the morning of Wednesday, November 23 when the incoming sleeper train from Penzance was derailed. Photo-report by Peter Kelly .
The 'Hawk' project - The LMS-ordered 10800, completed in 1950, ended its days as a test-bed for some important
Bush Electrical Engineering developments. - George Toms tells the story.
Could there have been a 'Deltic' HST - Britain's Paxman Valenta-powered Inter-City 125 trains are now a common sight on parts of our railway system. But at one time, writes Roger Ford, "Deltic"-powered HSTs were envisaged.
It's the service that counts - That's the approach taken by the North Yorks Moors Railway, where steam and diesel operate side-by-side in a delicate balancing act. Fred Kerr reports.
Silent as the grave - There's a fatal fascination about a locomotive scrapyard, writes lan Cowley - and not just when it comes to those silent steam ranks at Barry Scrapyard, either.
The Swinging Sixties - Alan Tyler s transparencies record the days when most British Railways' diesel locomotives were painted green and their numbers bore no relationship to classes.
Locos from Uncle Sam - In these days of price-pruning, asks Geoffrey Freeman Alien, is it such a far-fetched idea to imagine General Motors locomotives in service on British Rail
Drawing on the juice - Alan Tayler explains the ingenious methods that have been employed on the Southern Region to overcome the problems of locomotive operation with third-rail pick-up.
Electric Bray to Howth - From the land where railways still have an image of old-time romance, Sean MacUighilin reports on the ultra-modern Dublin electrification scheme.
Also: Letters
News
All Change
Looking Ahead
Works Report
Readers' Round-Up
Books
Modelling
The 'Hawk' project - The LMS-ordered 10800, completed in 1950, ended its days as a test-bed for some important
Bush Electrical Engineering developments. - George Toms tells the story.
Could there have been a 'Deltic' HST - Britain's Paxman Valenta-powered Inter-City 125 trains are now a common sight on parts of our railway system. But at one time, writes Roger Ford, "Deltic"-powered HSTs were envisaged.
It's the service that counts - That's the approach taken by the North Yorks Moors Railway, where steam and diesel operate side-by-side in a delicate balancing act. Fred Kerr reports.
Silent as the grave - There's a fatal fascination about a locomotive scrapyard, writes lan Cowley - and not just when it comes to those silent steam ranks at Barry Scrapyard, either.
The Swinging Sixties - Alan Tyler s transparencies record the days when most British Railways' diesel locomotives were painted green and their numbers bore no relationship to classes.
Locos from Uncle Sam - In these days of price-pruning, asks Geoffrey Freeman Alien, is it such a far-fetched idea to imagine General Motors locomotives in service on British Rail
Drawing on the juice - Alan Tayler explains the ingenious methods that have been employed on the Southern Region to overcome the problems of locomotive operation with third-rail pick-up.
Electric Bray to Howth - From the land where railways still have an image of old-time romance, Sean MacUighilin reports on the ultra-modern Dublin electrification scheme.
Also: Letters
News
All Change
Looking Ahead
Works Report
Readers' Round-Up
Books
Modelling
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