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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
EADLINES 6 a€~Evening Stara€ to run again a€ on Great Central; daffodil opening for new Corwen station; 11th-hour failure fails to derail Steel, Steam & Stars IV; global interest as elite collectors eye Pete Waterman model sale; teak train considered for North Yorkshire Moors Railway Whitby services; and Barber makes its South Tynedale debut. NEWS 10 Royal steam opening for Borders Railway; work starts on GCR Loughborough embankment as money match appeal launched; BBC names Severn Valley as Heritage Site of the Year; a€~lasta€ standard gauge steam engine set for May debut; Tornado to head Railway Children special; Rail Minister rides on a€~firsta€ train from Wareham to Corfe Castle; Betton Grange gets its cylinders; action from Nene Valley and Mid Hants spring steam galas; Battlefield Linea€ s part in the funeral of King Richard III; jumbo grant for Bluebell elephant van; Britannia joins big West Somerset gala; British-built Garratt behemoth hauls first passenger trains; plus... football ref stops a game a€" to watch steam train! MAIN LINE NEWS 60 David Buck delighted with Mayflower which runs unaided to Cardiff; Network Rail boss says Britaina€ s railways are a a€ scrapheapa€ ; MP lobbies for a€~Scarborough Spa Expressa€ return; Irish veteran 4-4-0 steams again; and New Orleans via Leicester! WITH FULL REGULATOR 66 Don Benn compares Duchess of Sutherlanda€ s recent performances in the northern fells with Duchess of Hamiltona€ s in the 1980s. Regulars Railwayana 56 Geoff Courtneya€ s regular column. Centre spread 58 John Titlowa€ s St Davida€ s Day image of No. 61306 en-route to Cardiff. Main Line Tours 70 Steam and heritage diesel railtours. Off the Shelf 82 Scale Heritage Railway 94 LNER K1 2-6-0 and three J15s. Platform 98 Where your views matter most. David Morgan 101 Up & Running 102 Guide to railways running in March. The Month Ahead 114 Upcoming galas and events. Features In this, the second of an occasional series of historical reviews featuring locomotive engineers of the a€~Big Foura€ companies, Heritage Railwaya€ s Cedric Johns highlights the career of R E L Maunsell, who became the Southern Railwaya€ s first chief mechanical engineer. Famous British locomotive engineers: Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell Southern Railway he Talyllyn Railway in the Haydn Jones era 72 The Talyllyn Railway is familiar today, but it has now been preserved for 63 years. Dan Quine gives a rare insight into what the line was like before it became a heritage line in 1951. Ladies first! 76 The Severn Valley Railway has announced that Princess Anne is to make her first visit to the line on April 13 as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, and may ride on the footplate. However, Heritage Railway advertising manager Sue Keily has beaten her to it. She drove and fired a classic locomotive on a journey from Bewdley to Bridgnorth and said that anyone can do it. Robin Jones reports. 84 No Wilting in Wiltshire Who would ever preserve a length of railway on the outskirts of Swindon which was never part of the pre-Grouping Great Western? Peter Brown reports on the latest developments on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway. 90 Gresley meets Chapelon: the best of both worlds! One of the major challenges in building the seventh Gresley P2, No. 2007 Prince of Wales, is choosing the valve gear. Director of engineering David Elliott details the research and design route which has led to the P2 Steam Locomotive Company deciding to evolve an improved form of Lentz apparatus.
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