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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
FEATURES:
Sleeping Beauty awakes in the Churnet Valley - Michael Harris is briefed on the Churnet Valley Railway's plans to offer a six-mile journey this season and learns of exciting possibilities for the future
Blackpool & Fleetwood - a tramway centenary Part 2: Handel Kardas previews the celebrations of the centenary this year of the northern half of the line
Take Four - Features the work of Roger Siviter
The Bala Lake Railway - Cliff Thomas looks at 25 seasons of a determined 2ft gauge survivor
SR steam and diesel in tandem - Brian Denton describes the work of the 71A Group and its contribution to the 'Pines Express' and main line steam and diesel operations
Project Unbelievable - Hengist, the eleventh 'Clan' - Russell Newland reintroduces The Standard Steam Locomotive Company and its aims. After three years of planning and fund-raising, it has started manufacturing parts for the locomotive.
Marshalling Yard - Railway World's review of what is on offer to readers including book and video reviews, products, our diary of events - and not forgetting Bill Ansell's cartoon
Society Spotlight - falls on the Burton Railway Society
COMMENT:
RW Comment
The missing years - A look back to the years immediately after the End of BR Steam and what they represent
Independent Forum - David Madden considers Customer Service on Heritage Railways
lan Allan Writes - Pays tribute to the work of the late Peter Thomas; discovers a picture of one of the Cruden Bay Hotel's trams; in reflective mood concludes that 'whatever we think of our railway system today, deep down we know it is a darn sight better than it used to be'; leafs through a 1942 copy of the Southern Railway Magazine and WTP's odd ode; commences his research into railway hotels
Letters - Where you, our readers, have your say
Young Isambard - Railway World's wry observer of the world of railways
Mel goes on record - Mel Chamberlain of Days Out charters meets the Editor to give his opinions of the main line steam business
National Network - Our update on the national system: Privatised Railway provides the comment behind the news, and Brian Morrison reports in news and pictures
European Steam Scene - Colin Boocock reports on France: The Chemin de Fer du Vivarais and the Chinon-Richelieu operation; Romania: Railtours with a difference; Germany's oldest preserved railway: Bruchhausen-Vilsen, and this year's events and DB steam; Slovakia: Celebrating 150 years of railways...? Replicas; and, not least, Bosnia: Surviving with steam
Standard Lines - Latest news from the standard gauge heritage railways
Narrow Lines - All the news from the less than 4ft 8'/2in gauge. ..but 1 Sin-plus., railways
Classic Traction - John Crane reports on developments in the preservation of diesel and electric traction
On Main Lines - Looking at excursions on the national network - Rail Excursion Roster lists the wide range of main line excursions with diesel and electric traction, and Steam Mainliners lists the winter steam charters on Railtrack
NRM Spotlight - Ed Bartholomew, Curator of the Photographic Collections at the NRM, explains some of the ways in which the Museum will mark the Year of Photography and Electronic Imaging
Cover Picture - '57xx' 0-6-0PT No 7752 heading a mixed freight at Congerstone Road bridge, Battlefield Line, 30 December.
Sleeping Beauty awakes in the Churnet Valley - Michael Harris is briefed on the Churnet Valley Railway's plans to offer a six-mile journey this season and learns of exciting possibilities for the future
Blackpool & Fleetwood - a tramway centenary Part 2: Handel Kardas previews the celebrations of the centenary this year of the northern half of the line
Take Four - Features the work of Roger Siviter
The Bala Lake Railway - Cliff Thomas looks at 25 seasons of a determined 2ft gauge survivor
SR steam and diesel in tandem - Brian Denton describes the work of the 71A Group and its contribution to the 'Pines Express' and main line steam and diesel operations
Project Unbelievable - Hengist, the eleventh 'Clan' - Russell Newland reintroduces The Standard Steam Locomotive Company and its aims. After three years of planning and fund-raising, it has started manufacturing parts for the locomotive.
Marshalling Yard - Railway World's review of what is on offer to readers including book and video reviews, products, our diary of events - and not forgetting Bill Ansell's cartoon
Society Spotlight - falls on the Burton Railway Society
COMMENT:
RW Comment
The missing years - A look back to the years immediately after the End of BR Steam and what they represent
Independent Forum - David Madden considers Customer Service on Heritage Railways
lan Allan Writes - Pays tribute to the work of the late Peter Thomas; discovers a picture of one of the Cruden Bay Hotel's trams; in reflective mood concludes that 'whatever we think of our railway system today, deep down we know it is a darn sight better than it used to be'; leafs through a 1942 copy of the Southern Railway Magazine and WTP's odd ode; commences his research into railway hotels
Letters - Where you, our readers, have your say
Young Isambard - Railway World's wry observer of the world of railways
Mel goes on record - Mel Chamberlain of Days Out charters meets the Editor to give his opinions of the main line steam business
National Network - Our update on the national system: Privatised Railway provides the comment behind the news, and Brian Morrison reports in news and pictures
European Steam Scene - Colin Boocock reports on France: The Chemin de Fer du Vivarais and the Chinon-Richelieu operation; Romania: Railtours with a difference; Germany's oldest preserved railway: Bruchhausen-Vilsen, and this year's events and DB steam; Slovakia: Celebrating 150 years of railways...? Replicas; and, not least, Bosnia: Surviving with steam
Standard Lines - Latest news from the standard gauge heritage railways
Narrow Lines - All the news from the less than 4ft 8'/2in gauge. ..but 1 Sin-plus., railways
Classic Traction - John Crane reports on developments in the preservation of diesel and electric traction
On Main Lines - Looking at excursions on the national network - Rail Excursion Roster lists the wide range of main line excursions with diesel and electric traction, and Steam Mainliners lists the winter steam charters on Railtrack
NRM Spotlight - Ed Bartholomew, Curator of the Photographic Collections at the NRM, explains some of the ways in which the Museum will mark the Year of Photography and Electronic Imaging
Cover Picture - '57xx' 0-6-0PT No 7752 heading a mixed freight at Congerstone Road bridge, Battlefield Line, 30 December.
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