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NEWS:
HEADLINE NEWS - Shock as Museum Head Andrew Dow leaves the NRM; Ixion's main line debut postponed yet again; 'Eurostar' shows its paces - at 186mph; class 50 finale; Bittern to be restored at Great Central Railway; luxury trains to combine in tribute to Bluebell's Mike Sharland; March Depot to close; 'Ocean Liner Express' plans revealed; new leasing stock ownership explained.
CINDERELLA SHALL GO TO THE BALL - Although the BR Standard class 6 'Clan' Pacifies were always the 'Cinderellas' of this otherwise fine group of locomotive classes, there are some people who would like to see one built again from scratch. In his inimitable style, Nick Pigott tracks down Paul Burns, of the 72010 Hengist Locomotive Group, to find out why.
DIESEL & ELECTRIC PRESERVATION - Electro-Diesel Group's plans; late trains at Llangollen gala; Class 47 Preservation Project launched; No. 37 032 bought for preservation; NRM 'Deltic' goes to Tyneside; Growler Group buys No.37 215; Caledonian Railway break-through; A1A Group progress;WLA 'Western' ready for season; St Leonards Railway Engineering report; 46 move thwarted again.
DUTCH TREAT - Easy to get at thanks to a superbly well- ntegrated transport system, the steam centres of Holland are well worth visiting. Robin and Liz Stewart-Smith explain what there is to see.
TOM CLARK - HERO OF THE LMS - In me 1930s, when inter-railway rivalry made big headfries n the British press, drivers like Tom Ctark. of Crewe North - who was at the regulator during some tnriing Stanier Pacific record attempts - became the heroes of the hour. B.H.Watey bmgs those exciting times back to life.
GENERAL NEWS - Class 92 trials; more redundancies at ABB Transportation; Newton Abbot collision; Corkerhill's new maintenance facilities; Wemyss Bay restoration; South West Trains launch; class 92 cab layout explained; London-Brighton record; 'North London developments planned; Harrow derailment; rail route changes; Glorious hand-over; Chinley collision report 'inconclusive'.
STEAM NEWS - More steam on the 'Met'; Severn Valley bridge hit by lorry; main line farewell to Bahamas; big plans for South West Steam Group;Ã
HEADLINE NEWS - Shock as Museum Head Andrew Dow leaves the NRM; Ixion's main line debut postponed yet again; 'Eurostar' shows its paces - at 186mph; class 50 finale; Bittern to be restored at Great Central Railway; luxury trains to combine in tribute to Bluebell's Mike Sharland; March Depot to close; 'Ocean Liner Express' plans revealed; new leasing stock ownership explained.
CINDERELLA SHALL GO TO THE BALL - Although the BR Standard class 6 'Clan' Pacifies were always the 'Cinderellas' of this otherwise fine group of locomotive classes, there are some people who would like to see one built again from scratch. In his inimitable style, Nick Pigott tracks down Paul Burns, of the 72010 Hengist Locomotive Group, to find out why.
DIESEL & ELECTRIC PRESERVATION - Electro-Diesel Group's plans; late trains at Llangollen gala; Class 47 Preservation Project launched; No. 37 032 bought for preservation; NRM 'Deltic' goes to Tyneside; Growler Group buys No.37 215; Caledonian Railway break-through; A1A Group progress;WLA 'Western' ready for season; St Leonards Railway Engineering report; 46 move thwarted again.
DUTCH TREAT - Easy to get at thanks to a superbly well- ntegrated transport system, the steam centres of Holland are well worth visiting. Robin and Liz Stewart-Smith explain what there is to see.
TOM CLARK - HERO OF THE LMS - In me 1930s, when inter-railway rivalry made big headfries n the British press, drivers like Tom Ctark. of Crewe North - who was at the regulator during some tnriing Stanier Pacific record attempts - became the heroes of the hour. B.H.Watey bmgs those exciting times back to life.
GENERAL NEWS - Class 92 trials; more redundancies at ABB Transportation; Newton Abbot collision; Corkerhill's new maintenance facilities; Wemyss Bay restoration; South West Trains launch; class 92 cab layout explained; London-Brighton record; 'North London developments planned; Harrow derailment; rail route changes; Glorious hand-over; Chinley collision report 'inconclusive'.
STEAM NEWS - More steam on the 'Met'; Severn Valley bridge hit by lorry; main line farewell to Bahamas; big plans for South West Steam Group;Ã
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