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COVER:Now resident on the North Norfolk Railway,LNER B14-6-0No.61306 Mayflower departs from Hellifield with a mainline proving run from Carnforth on May 2, 2013. BRIAN SHARPE News 6 HEADLINE NEWS B1 Mayflower moves to North Norfolk after sale; Great Central link project boosted by canal bridge survey sponsorship; West Coast supremo David Smith hits out at main line steam ban and the Severn Valley Railway locomotive fleet passes the two million miles mark. 10 NEWS Welsh Highland flagship Russell back in traffic; first DMU into new Corwen station; first steam in Oswestry station since 1965; riding the new North Staffordshire Railway train; P2 project reaches nearly a quarter of cost in pledges; official launch for East Lancashire a€~Craba€ ; A4 Dwight D. Eisenhower exhibition opens in Wisconsin; plans to rebuild worlda€ s first steam railway in Merthyr Tydfil; preview of National Railway Museuma€ s Trainspotting exhibition; Rudyard Lake Railway up for sale; teenage railway owner buys second line; British-built locomotive in French main line debut and anniversary celebrations at Chinnor. 56 MAIN LINE GWR steam railmotor for Brentford branch in October; Tangmere slips at Evershot after returning from repair; a€~Torbay Expressa€ picture special, Princess Elizabeth back next year. Tornado boiler to be serviced back in Meiningen and Britannia return delayed. 88 AUTUMN GALAS GUIDE Regulars Centre spread 54 Metropolitan No. 1 at Faringdon by Brian Sharpe. Main Line Tours 63 Steam and heritage diesel railtours. Railwayana 46 Auction news and events. Scale Heritage Railway 77 GNR C1 No. 251 from Bachmann. Platform 84 Where your views matter most. Up & Running 90 Museums and heritage lines. The Month Ahead Features 48 Capital steam supreme Following in the wake of last yeara€ s national award-winning Metropolitan Railway 150 celebrations, fare-paying steam returned to London Underground on four weekends in August. The trips celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Hammersmith & City Railway and the 125th of the Chesham branch. Robin Jones was on board to savour another landmark for Londona€ s transport heritage. 66 UK-built Garratt taking Oz by storm Beyer-Garratt 4-8-4+4-8-4 No. 6029 has returned to the main line after a seven-year restoration project and 33 years after it was last steamed. Geoff Courtney looks into the story of a major railway preservation achievement that ranks with the best. 70 The Golden Hour The sky lightens in the east to lift the gloom of night and signal a new day as the sun slowly peeps above the horizon, lighting up the scene with glorious rays of light, helping to create pictures of pure gold. Robert Falconer presents his impressions of steam in the golden hour. 78 Duchess Demise In September 1964 one of Britaina€ s favourite classes of express steam engine was suddenly rendered extinct with the withdrawal of all 19 survivors. J Crosse recounts the history of the LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics. 86 Threlkeld Nostalgia Inspired in no small part by Ivo Petersa€ wonderful book on narrow gauge quarry railways entitled The Narrow Gauge Charm of Yesteryear, Martin Creese recounts how he set out to recreate the atmosphere of these long-defunct lines. 76 WIN A HIGH SPEED TRAIN CAB RIDE in conjunction with the Heritage Railway-backed Derby 175 Etches Park open day on September 13.
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