Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
NEWS:
Headline News - Go-ahead for major changes at King's Cross; North-South High-Speed Line back on cards; Million pound vote of confidence for the Caledonian Sleepers; HRA rules on 'Nazi' re-enactments; Olympic Games committee given tour of CTRL tunnels; Trent Valley stations on hit list; Thirteen new Class 66s on the way; Rail-making to end at Workington.
Features:
GCR - At the Double - The Great Central Railway has answered its critics over financial matters and delivered a unique and first class double-track railway Cliff Thomas reports from Leicestershire.
Heralding a New Class - If some members of the British Transport Commission had had their way, the 'Deltics' might have carried a different set of names, as A.J. Mullay discovers.
Freight Locomotive Maintenance - There has been a major shift during the last two years in the way freight locomotives are maintained. Nicholas Walker explains.
A Rail Rover's Kit List - David Wright lists a dozen 'must-have' items you should take with you when travelling on a Rail Rover ticket.
Carnforth Cornucopia - For more than ten years, the West Coast Railway Company has been a successful yet intriguing operator. Phil Marsh reports evclusively from behind the closed gates of Carnforth.
'Truro' Rides Again - In Practice & Performance, Keith Farr records the stirring exploits of GWR 4-4-0 City of Truro, which returned to its home town in November.
Panorama - It's a Panorama with a difference this month as we showcase a selection of the 'new' archive slides available from the Colour-Rail catalogue.
Track Record:
Traction & Stock News
Traction & Stock Portfolio
Network News
Steam News
Steam News Portfolio
Narrow Gauge News
Miniature Railway News
Classic Traction News
Fight for Freight
Metro News
'Special' Pages
Operations News
Traction Update
Regulars:
Multiple Aspects
Railways in Parliament
Readers' Platform
Subscriptions Ad
Coming Events
100 Years Ago
Answers/Over to You
Classified Ads '
Reader Services
Prize Crossword
Where Is It?
FRONT COVER: 'Black Five' No. 45407 (running as Eastfield's scrapped No. 44996) catches the glint on Rannoch Moor on October 10, 2004, during the Highland Rail Festival operated by the West Coast Railway Company - whose exclusive story begins on page 34. INSETS: King's Cross is the subject of two radical looks this month; As detailed on this page and Headline News, the present concourse is to be replaced by a brash new structure, while, on the tracks, GNER is backing Britain's bid to stage the 2012 Olympic Games.
Headline News - Go-ahead for major changes at King's Cross; North-South High-Speed Line back on cards; Million pound vote of confidence for the Caledonian Sleepers; HRA rules on 'Nazi' re-enactments; Olympic Games committee given tour of CTRL tunnels; Trent Valley stations on hit list; Thirteen new Class 66s on the way; Rail-making to end at Workington.
Features:
GCR - At the Double - The Great Central Railway has answered its critics over financial matters and delivered a unique and first class double-track railway Cliff Thomas reports from Leicestershire.
Heralding a New Class - If some members of the British Transport Commission had had their way, the 'Deltics' might have carried a different set of names, as A.J. Mullay discovers.
Freight Locomotive Maintenance - There has been a major shift during the last two years in the way freight locomotives are maintained. Nicholas Walker explains.
A Rail Rover's Kit List - David Wright lists a dozen 'must-have' items you should take with you when travelling on a Rail Rover ticket.
Carnforth Cornucopia - For more than ten years, the West Coast Railway Company has been a successful yet intriguing operator. Phil Marsh reports evclusively from behind the closed gates of Carnforth.
'Truro' Rides Again - In Practice & Performance, Keith Farr records the stirring exploits of GWR 4-4-0 City of Truro, which returned to its home town in November.
Panorama - It's a Panorama with a difference this month as we showcase a selection of the 'new' archive slides available from the Colour-Rail catalogue.
Track Record:
Traction & Stock News
Traction & Stock Portfolio
Network News
Steam News
Steam News Portfolio
Narrow Gauge News
Miniature Railway News
Classic Traction News
Fight for Freight
Metro News
'Special' Pages
Operations News
Traction Update
Regulars:
Multiple Aspects
Railways in Parliament
Readers' Platform
Subscriptions Ad
Coming Events
100 Years Ago
Answers/Over to You
Classified Ads '
Reader Services
Prize Crossword
Where Is It?
FRONT COVER: 'Black Five' No. 45407 (running as Eastfield's scrapped No. 44996) catches the glint on Rannoch Moor on October 10, 2004, during the Highland Rail Festival operated by the West Coast Railway Company - whose exclusive story begins on page 34. INSETS: King's Cross is the subject of two radical looks this month; As detailed on this page and Headline News, the present concourse is to be replaced by a brash new structure, while, on the tracks, GNER is backing Britain's bid to stage the 2012 Olympic Games.
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