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ROYAL TRAIN SPECIAL
The debut of Princess Coronation Pacific
No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland on Royal Train duties on June 11 was the crowning glory of the heritage railway movementa€ s Golden Jubilee festivities. Our photographic team was linesiding on the North Wales coast line to bring you the finest pictures of this landmark occasion.
BARRY SCRAPYARD SURVIVOVRS: NOW FOR THE SECOND HALF - part one
The next former Barry scrapyard hulk to be returned to steam will mark a major milestone in preservation. For it will reach the halfway stage in terms of the 213 main line engines that were rescued from Woodham Bros. yard. In the first instalment of a major two-part investigation, John Crosse and Robin Jones look at the implications of restoring more Barry engines and the best of them that are set to emerge in the next three years.
NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: RACE TO THE NORTH!
Thirty-one years of low-key but steady progress on the Strathpey Railway passed a new milestone with the opening of the Broomhill extension on May 31, reinforcing its position as Scotlanda€ s longest heritage line, reports Robin Jones.
INDUSTRIAL SCENE: SWALEDALEa€ S PAPER TIGER
Paper manufacturer Bowater made preservation history in 1969 when it handed part of the sprawling 2ft 6in gauge system at its Sittingbourne works over to the Locomotive Club of Great Britain as one of Britaina€ s first wave of heritage lines. More than three decades later, this line has much to offer the narrow gauge aficionado, writes Stephen Nash.
AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPOUND STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
June has really been the spotlight month for recently-overhauled crimson lake-liveried locomotives: Coronation Pacific No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland, and Princess Royal
4-6-2 No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth, Jubilee
4-6-0 No. 5690. Leander is almost back with us too! Missing from this star-studded LMS line-up is the National Railway Museuma€ s Midland Railway compound No. 1000, for which there are, sadly, no current plans to return it to steam. David Jenkinson, former head of education and research at the NRM, looks at this classic 4-4-0 as evidence of a great missed opportunitya€Ã
The debut of Princess Coronation Pacific
No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland on Royal Train duties on June 11 was the crowning glory of the heritage railway movementa€ s Golden Jubilee festivities. Our photographic team was linesiding on the North Wales coast line to bring you the finest pictures of this landmark occasion.
BARRY SCRAPYARD SURVIVOVRS: NOW FOR THE SECOND HALF - part one
The next former Barry scrapyard hulk to be returned to steam will mark a major milestone in preservation. For it will reach the halfway stage in terms of the 213 main line engines that were rescued from Woodham Bros. yard. In the first instalment of a major two-part investigation, John Crosse and Robin Jones look at the implications of restoring more Barry engines and the best of them that are set to emerge in the next three years.
NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: RACE TO THE NORTH!
Thirty-one years of low-key but steady progress on the Strathpey Railway passed a new milestone with the opening of the Broomhill extension on May 31, reinforcing its position as Scotlanda€ s longest heritage line, reports Robin Jones.
INDUSTRIAL SCENE: SWALEDALEa€ S PAPER TIGER
Paper manufacturer Bowater made preservation history in 1969 when it handed part of the sprawling 2ft 6in gauge system at its Sittingbourne works over to the Locomotive Club of Great Britain as one of Britaina€ s first wave of heritage lines. More than three decades later, this line has much to offer the narrow gauge aficionado, writes Stephen Nash.
AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPOUND STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
June has really been the spotlight month for recently-overhauled crimson lake-liveried locomotives: Coronation Pacific No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland, and Princess Royal
4-6-2 No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth, Jubilee
4-6-0 No. 5690. Leander is almost back with us too! Missing from this star-studded LMS line-up is the National Railway Museuma€ s Midland Railway compound No. 1000, for which there are, sadly, no current plans to return it to steam. David Jenkinson, former head of education and research at the NRM, looks at this classic 4-4-0 as evidence of a great missed opportunitya€Ã
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