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38 GREAT CENTRAL JANUARY BLOSSOM
The Great Central Railwaya€ s January 27-29 winter steam gala gets better and better each year, and officials were checking the record books to see if the latest one marked an all-time high for the event. It saw 10 engines in steam, with Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46521 - which achieved fame as Blossom in the TV series Oh Dr Beeching! - making its long-awaited Loughborough debut following overhaul, writes Robin Jones.
44 WAITING IN WEYMOUTH
It is more than 20 years since a train rumbled through the streets to Weymouth Quay, but still there is talk locally that trains will one day run again. Peter Brown tries to separate the facts from the wishful thinking.
50 THE CLASS OF a€ 62
BR steam still had six years to go: J Crosse looks back 50 years to the events of 1962 that helped shape todaya€ s preservation motive power scene.
74 BRITAIN AT WAR - AGAIN! Advertising feature
One of the biggest attractions on heritage railways today are Forties or Wartime Weekends, in which hundreds of re-enactors recreate the life and times of the Second World War. We look ahead to some of the very best to be staged in 2012.
80 FIRST STEAM GALA OF THE YEAR
The East Lancashire Railway traditionally stages the first major steam enthusiast event of the year towards the end of January, taking a chance that the weather will be fine. The 2012 event was no exception and a varied motive power line-up and dry weather conditions combined to ensure that it was a weekend to savour.
85 ITALIAN STEAM: WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED
Preserved steam has always been on something of a precarious footing in Italy, unlike Britain, France and Germany, and it remains a country largely unexplored by UK enthusiasts. Robin Jones looks at the history of Italian preservation and a new tour that includes the finest of the countrya€ s modern day main line steam.
90 GERMAN PLANDAMPF CONTINUES!
There were fears that further route modernisation on the Eisenach to Meiningen line would result in the annual a€~Steam meets Gravela€ three-day Plandampf event, held in October 2010, being the last. Fortunately, the worst fears proved unfounded and the same organisers were able to stage another memorable event last October. Along with many other British enthusiasts, David Rodgers participated in this event and gives an illustrated account of heavy freight on the main line.
Regulars
6 HEADLINE NEWS
Fast steam from Weymouth to Waterloo for July; will Dominion of New Zealand make an early return to its Bittern identity? Elsecar defends a€~scrappinga€ of steam locomotive; green light for Glyn Valley Tramway revival from Chirk and Severn Valley Railway renegotiates locomotive hire contracts.
10 NEWS
a€~Snowy Sundaya€ - when steam still ran as Britain ground to a halt; Prince Charles renames Britannia at a€~worsta€ station in Britain; a€~Winter Cumbrian Mountain Steama€ spectacular; Ã
38 GREAT CENTRAL JANUARY BLOSSOM
The Great Central Railwaya€ s January 27-29 winter steam gala gets better and better each year, and officials were checking the record books to see if the latest one marked an all-time high for the event. It saw 10 engines in steam, with Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 No. 46521 - which achieved fame as Blossom in the TV series Oh Dr Beeching! - making its long-awaited Loughborough debut following overhaul, writes Robin Jones.
44 WAITING IN WEYMOUTH
It is more than 20 years since a train rumbled through the streets to Weymouth Quay, but still there is talk locally that trains will one day run again. Peter Brown tries to separate the facts from the wishful thinking.
50 THE CLASS OF a€ 62
BR steam still had six years to go: J Crosse looks back 50 years to the events of 1962 that helped shape todaya€ s preservation motive power scene.
74 BRITAIN AT WAR - AGAIN! Advertising feature
One of the biggest attractions on heritage railways today are Forties or Wartime Weekends, in which hundreds of re-enactors recreate the life and times of the Second World War. We look ahead to some of the very best to be staged in 2012.
80 FIRST STEAM GALA OF THE YEAR
The East Lancashire Railway traditionally stages the first major steam enthusiast event of the year towards the end of January, taking a chance that the weather will be fine. The 2012 event was no exception and a varied motive power line-up and dry weather conditions combined to ensure that it was a weekend to savour.
85 ITALIAN STEAM: WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED
Preserved steam has always been on something of a precarious footing in Italy, unlike Britain, France and Germany, and it remains a country largely unexplored by UK enthusiasts. Robin Jones looks at the history of Italian preservation and a new tour that includes the finest of the countrya€ s modern day main line steam.
90 GERMAN PLANDAMPF CONTINUES!
There were fears that further route modernisation on the Eisenach to Meiningen line would result in the annual a€~Steam meets Gravela€ three-day Plandampf event, held in October 2010, being the last. Fortunately, the worst fears proved unfounded and the same organisers were able to stage another memorable event last October. Along with many other British enthusiasts, David Rodgers participated in this event and gives an illustrated account of heavy freight on the main line.
Regulars
6 HEADLINE NEWS
Fast steam from Weymouth to Waterloo for July; will Dominion of New Zealand make an early return to its Bittern identity? Elsecar defends a€~scrappinga€ of steam locomotive; green light for Glyn Valley Tramway revival from Chirk and Severn Valley Railway renegotiates locomotive hire contracts.
10 NEWS
a€~Snowy Sundaya€ - when steam still ran as Britain ground to a halt; Prince Charles renames Britannia at a€~worsta€ station in Britain; a€~Winter Cumbrian Mountain Steama€ spectacular; Ã
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