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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
ews Headline News 6 Green Goddess overturned in Romney; Hythe & Dymchurch Railway tractor crash; new man at the top for Great Central as managing director retires; monobloc cylinder casting designed for new P2 and Steam on the Met weekend called off over strike action fears. News 10 Best viewpoints for Flying Scotsman and Tornadoa€ s Severn Valley visits; Britaina€ s newest steam locomotive appears on Somerset & Dorset; newly-restored BR Standard to debut in Great Central gala; referendum on future of Totnes Brunel pumping station; Decauville tank engines batch planned; share issue for air-smoothed Merchant Navy project; derailments disrupt two narrow gauge lines; 120 years of the Snowdon Mountain Railway and last hurdle removed for new Corwen station. Main Line News 56 Oliver Cromwell returns for Railway Touring Company; Princess Elizabeth comeback dogged by delays; Tornado rededicated; Ferryhill turntable lifted for repair; fire brigade saves Scots Guardsmana€ s day and Dover road reopens three months early. With Full Regulator 64 Don Benn reports on an epic run by Tornado from Kinga€ s Cross. Regulars Railwayana 46 Geoff Courtneya€ s regular column. Centre 54 a€~Black Fivea€ No. 44871 on a€~The Jacobitea€ by Karl Heath. Off the Shelf 88 Latest book and DVD releases. Main Line Itinerary 62 Steam and heritage diesel railtours. Platform 90 Where your views matter most. Up & Running 94 Guide to railways running in the autumn. The Month Ahead 106 Features The LMS after Stanier Charles Fairburn took over the reins as the chief mechanical engineer of the LMS from Sir William Stanier in 1944 before being quickly succeeded by George Ivatt. Brian Sharpe examines the contributions made by these two engineers to British locomotive development in a short time. GER No. 229 a€ A born survivor 68 An eagerly-awaited return to steam is the 0-4-0ST sold by the Great Eastern Railway in 1917. Mark Smithers reports on the overhaul being carried out at the Flour Mill. A visit to a dump 74 Many pre-Grouping steam engines soldiered on until the end of the 1950s but were then withdrawn faster than the locomotive works were able to scrap them. Robert Anderson recalls a trip to see some vintage steam power dumped in a remote corner of Lancashire in 1959. Fairbourne goes to Kirklees 80 The 15in gauge Kirklees Light Railwaya€ s September steam and diesel gala had a Fairbourne Railway theme Not to be: The end of the Corris Railway 82 The Corris Railway was one of the first lines to be closed by BR and it was a very long time before a part of it was reopened. Dan Quine presents a series of views of the railway in the period immediately following closure. Joint line visitor 92 A Somerset & Dorset Joint 7F visits the Midland & Great Northern Joint.
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