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Cover LMS a€~Black Fivea€ 4-6-0s Nos. 44932 and 45231 climb past Mallerstang with Statesman Raila€ s a€~Fifteen Guinea Fellsmana€ on August 7. MARK WALKER News 6 HEADLINE NEWS Dry weather impacts hard on steam railtour promoters; National Railway Museum to restyle Great Hall; approach made to LMS Duchess City of Birmingham owners Lottery bid for Great Central museum to be lodged this autumn and Isle of Wight Ivatt to return to steam afer 43 years at gala. 10 NEWS Land bought to extend North Norfolk Railway to Holt; Lydham Manor for South Devon and West Somerset galas; US visitor for big North Yorkshire Moors gala; 1T57 crews reunited; Brill branch remembered; Mallard 75th anniversary tour now takes in Doncaster and Barrow Hill; Sir Keith Park rededicated at Kidderminster; Great Central Railway bridge appeal reaches quarter of target; railwayana database row; a€~Terriera€ to run at Robertsbridge afer 52 years; Mid- Norfolk double track project; Tyseley to overhaul Bahamas; Lappa Valley Railway for sale; Trevethick engine runs in France; Patriot wheels at Tyseley; worlda€ s first standard gauge railway discovered on Tyneside; Polar Bear steams at Amberley, and see inside the new but secret steam restoration base! Regulars 54 CENTRE The 45th anniversary 1T57 on Ais Gill viaduct as photographed by Maurice Burns. 56 MAIN LINE NEWS Braunton hauls first railtours; Railway Touring Company to run trips from Cannon Street to Uckfield and Bluebell Railway; a€~Great Britain VIIa€ details revealed; and Oliver Cromwell to also head through train to Bluebell. 6 HEADLINE NEWS Dry weather impacts hard on steam railtour promoters; National Railway Museum to restyle Great Hall; approach made to LMS Duchess City of Birmingham owners Lottery bid for Great Central museum to be lodged this autumn and Isle of Wight Ivatt to return to steam afer 43 years at gala. 62 MAIN LINE ITINERARY Brian Sharpea€ s definitive guide to steam and heritage modern traction railtours in the coming month. 70 RAILWAYANA Geoff Courtney covers the auction scene. 72 PLATFORM Where your views matter the most. 75 OFF THE SHELF Latest books and mechandise reviews. 88 SCALE HERITAGE RAILWAY Hornbya€ s new GWR heavy freight tanks. 90 UP & RUNNING Brian Sharpea€ s complete listing of museums and operational heritage lines. 106 THE MONTH AHEAD Our new at-a-glance guide to the big events coming up in the next four weeks, with Heritage Railway, as usual, bringing unrivalled coverage. Features 50 AUGUST 1968 REVISITED After the end of BR steam45 years ago, we can count ourselves extremely lucky that it proved not to be quite as final as it appeared and we can still enjoy the spectacle of main line steam in virtually identical recreations of the good old days. Brian Sharpe reports on the two commemorative specials over the Settle & Carlisle line in August. 64 STEAMING OUT OF THE CROSS During the 1950s and 1960s the Great Northern main line between Kinga€ s Cross and Hadley Wood was a magnet to the many photographers capturing the last of the Gresley Pacifics hard at work. Since the opening up of the line to steam again in 1994, no less than 19 steam engines have run over this section. John Titlow recounts his experiences of photographing steam in recent years. 76 SIGNALLING WEST MIDLANDS STEAM The announcement in July that English Heritage has listed 26 signalboxes follows a report last summer that many of the surviving 500 or so will be made redundant in the next few years as Network Rail concentrates signalling in 14 control centres. Martin Creese looks at the changes across the West Midlands in the last three years and celebrates the buildings and the signalmen who worked in them. 84 NARROW GAUGE IN THE LAKE DISTRICT Brian Sharpe reports from a comparatively recent addition to the range of heritage railways in Britain, a line which has brought steam back to the northern part of the Lake District.
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