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EATURES
CARRIAGE & WAGON NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: GRESLEYa€ S TEAKS
This spring, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway is marking one of the landmark dates in British railway history a€ the appointment of Nigel Gresley to the Great Northern Railway. Most popularly associated with the likes of world-beaters Flying Scotsman and Mallard in the minds of the public, Gresley made his name in the carriage department, and his teak stock eventually made up almost the entire fleet of the LNER. Robin Jones, Brian Sharpe and Roger Melton look at the history of Gresley teak stock and its place in preservation.
NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: AGAINST ALL ODDS
The heritage railway sector has been shocked to learn of the sudden departure of Great Central Railway chief executive Graham Oliver from the line, more than 36 years after he became involved with the revival group that established it. Robin Jones looks back at his role in the ground-breaking development of an average saddle tank-and-two-coaches outfit into Britaina€ s only double-track standard gauge heritage main line since that time.
NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: BIRCH GROVE THE BLACK SWAN!
The reincarnation in British Railways livery of London Brighton & South Coast Railway E4 0-6-2T No 473 Birch Grove after 43 years presented the commercial department of the Bluebell Railway with the perfect a€~home-growna€ locomotive as the star of its Branch Line Weekend over 26-27 February and subsequent events. One of the a€~E4 conspiratorsa€ , photo charter organiser Geoff Silcock, tells the inside story of the return of No 32473 in words and pictures.
RAILWAYANA NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: HAS THE RAILWAYANA BUBBLE BURST?
In Heritage Railway issue 69, we reported the purchase by London multi-millionaire enthusiast and steam locomotive owner Jeremy Hosking of a nameplate from LNER A4 Pacific No 4495 Golden Fleece for a world record Ã
CARRIAGE & WAGON NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: GRESLEYa€ S TEAKS
This spring, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway is marking one of the landmark dates in British railway history a€ the appointment of Nigel Gresley to the Great Northern Railway. Most popularly associated with the likes of world-beaters Flying Scotsman and Mallard in the minds of the public, Gresley made his name in the carriage department, and his teak stock eventually made up almost the entire fleet of the LNER. Robin Jones, Brian Sharpe and Roger Melton look at the history of Gresley teak stock and its place in preservation.
NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: AGAINST ALL ODDS
The heritage railway sector has been shocked to learn of the sudden departure of Great Central Railway chief executive Graham Oliver from the line, more than 36 years after he became involved with the revival group that established it. Robin Jones looks back at his role in the ground-breaking development of an average saddle tank-and-two-coaches outfit into Britaina€ s only double-track standard gauge heritage main line since that time.
NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: BIRCH GROVE THE BLACK SWAN!
The reincarnation in British Railways livery of London Brighton & South Coast Railway E4 0-6-2T No 473 Birch Grove after 43 years presented the commercial department of the Bluebell Railway with the perfect a€~home-growna€ locomotive as the star of its Branch Line Weekend over 26-27 February and subsequent events. One of the a€~E4 conspiratorsa€ , photo charter organiser Geoff Silcock, tells the inside story of the return of No 32473 in words and pictures.
RAILWAYANA NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: HAS THE RAILWAYANA BUBBLE BURST?
In Heritage Railway issue 69, we reported the purchase by London multi-millionaire enthusiast and steam locomotive owner Jeremy Hosking of a nameplate from LNER A4 Pacific No 4495 Golden Fleece for a world record Ã
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