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34 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL THE GREATEST GATHERING OF THEM ALL!
Two historic days a€ and thousands of unforgettable golden railway moments a€" were laid on at the Heritage Railway-sponsored Great Gathering open weekend at Crewe on 10-11 September. Our man Keith Langston, who produced the programme for the charity event, played a pivotal role in the build-up to it over several months. He was also on the ground for 10 days before the weekend, and witnessed all the action as the star-studded locomotive guest list took shape.
40 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: MENDIPS THEN, MINEHEAD NOW!
It's been nine-and-a-half years since the distinctive sound of a Somerset & Dorset 7F 2-8-0 has been heard in one of its native counties a€" albeit on a former GWR branch line. But that silence is about to be ended with the completion of a long and very expensive overhaul of the Somerset & Dorset Trust's No 88 at the West Somerset Railway, in time for autumn gala appearances and action, reports Don Bishop.
46 NEW GENERATION LINES NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: WHERE TATTOOS ARE BACK IN FASHION
One of the biggest heritage movement milestones of 2005 came on 20 August when the revived Corris Railway ran its first steam-hauled passenger train, marking the culmination of a 10-year project to recreate a type of locomotive that ran on the legendary line first time round a€" the Kerr Stuart Tattoo. Corris Press officer Richard Greenhough looks back at the history of the Tattoo class and the survivors and near-relatives in preservation.
64 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: CLAY COUNTRY CREAM
The arrival of GWR 2-8-0T No 4247 has added yet another string to the bow of the Bodmin & Wenford Railway's growing fleet of ex-main line engines, giving it the ability to recreate a West Country branch line of the mid-20th century, one on which the cultures of two great rival companies came together, as highlighted by the superb 3-5 September steam gala, report Brian Sharpe and Robin Jones.
68 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: SIGN CRAZY!
Once it was hailed across the world as a timewarp taking you back to the days of Victorian railways. Now the 21st century and its 'nanny state' approach to public safety has made its mark on the Isle of Man Railway, with a flurry of ugly modern warning signs that have ruined its unique ambience, reports Curtis Devereau
72 INDUSTRIAL SCENE: THE NCB SCHOOL OF ENGINE DRIVING
There was engine driving in the BR textbooks, and there were other styles. Steve Oakden explains that methods employed in the coal industry were often poles apart from accepted ideas, yet many of these engines survived years of abuse to become pampered museum pieces on heritage lines.
74 THE CHANGEOVER YEARS: DIESELS TAKE OVER THE ROUNDHOUSE
Barrow Hill is Britain's last roundhouse still in use. Its survival is remarkable as it was one of the few sheds of its type to make the change from steam to diesel traction, and was the only former steam shed in the Sheffield area to remain in use in to the diesel era. The building survived in use for original purpose right up to 1991, one of t very last pre-Grouping locomotive sheds in use by British Railways. In a feature building up to the venue's big 8-9 October steam gala and 16-17 October diesel event, Jeff Colledge and Brian Sharpe unravel the story
80 CARRIAGE & WAGON DEPARTMENT: DOUBLE TROUBLE... OR DOUBLE THE FUN'
In a bid to ease passenger congestion on commuter lines, the Government recently said it would be looking at the possibility building double-deck trains, despite the limitation of the British loading gauge. Stephen Nash outlines how we have been down this path before and the attempts to preserve the two remaining items of Bulleid double-deck stock.
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5 HEADLINE NEWS
Resounding success for the Heritage Railway-sponsored Great Gathering at Crewe as record crowds attend; Duke of Gloucester sets new record over Shap a€" and is rostered for a Plymouth-Inverness five-day tour; North Yorkshire Moors Railway plans Lottery bid for new Pickering station roof and further progress in proposals for major new railway museum in Eastleigh Works.
10 NEWS: THE WIDEST COVERAGE OF THE UK PRESERVATION SCENE
GWR 56XX tank resteams after 41 years on Swanage Railway a€" first pictures; Scotsman smoke deflectors 'back to stay' after failed experiment; Hull turntable to form heart of new Buckfastleigh depot; December date for Bluebell extension Ã
34 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL THE GREATEST GATHERING OF THEM ALL!
Two historic days a€ and thousands of unforgettable golden railway moments a€" were laid on at the Heritage Railway-sponsored Great Gathering open weekend at Crewe on 10-11 September. Our man Keith Langston, who produced the programme for the charity event, played a pivotal role in the build-up to it over several months. He was also on the ground for 10 days before the weekend, and witnessed all the action as the star-studded locomotive guest list took shape.
40 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: MENDIPS THEN, MINEHEAD NOW!
It's been nine-and-a-half years since the distinctive sound of a Somerset & Dorset 7F 2-8-0 has been heard in one of its native counties a€" albeit on a former GWR branch line. But that silence is about to be ended with the completion of a long and very expensive overhaul of the Somerset & Dorset Trust's No 88 at the West Somerset Railway, in time for autumn gala appearances and action, reports Don Bishop.
46 NEW GENERATION LINES NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: WHERE TATTOOS ARE BACK IN FASHION
One of the biggest heritage movement milestones of 2005 came on 20 August when the revived Corris Railway ran its first steam-hauled passenger train, marking the culmination of a 10-year project to recreate a type of locomotive that ran on the legendary line first time round a€" the Kerr Stuart Tattoo. Corris Press officer Richard Greenhough looks back at the history of the Tattoo class and the survivors and near-relatives in preservation.
64 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: CLAY COUNTRY CREAM
The arrival of GWR 2-8-0T No 4247 has added yet another string to the bow of the Bodmin & Wenford Railway's growing fleet of ex-main line engines, giving it the ability to recreate a West Country branch line of the mid-20th century, one on which the cultures of two great rival companies came together, as highlighted by the superb 3-5 September steam gala, report Brian Sharpe and Robin Jones.
68 NEWS FOCUS SPECIAL: SIGN CRAZY!
Once it was hailed across the world as a timewarp taking you back to the days of Victorian railways. Now the 21st century and its 'nanny state' approach to public safety has made its mark on the Isle of Man Railway, with a flurry of ugly modern warning signs that have ruined its unique ambience, reports Curtis Devereau
72 INDUSTRIAL SCENE: THE NCB SCHOOL OF ENGINE DRIVING
There was engine driving in the BR textbooks, and there were other styles. Steve Oakden explains that methods employed in the coal industry were often poles apart from accepted ideas, yet many of these engines survived years of abuse to become pampered museum pieces on heritage lines.
74 THE CHANGEOVER YEARS: DIESELS TAKE OVER THE ROUNDHOUSE
Barrow Hill is Britain's last roundhouse still in use. Its survival is remarkable as it was one of the few sheds of its type to make the change from steam to diesel traction, and was the only former steam shed in the Sheffield area to remain in use in to the diesel era. The building survived in use for original purpose right up to 1991, one of t very last pre-Grouping locomotive sheds in use by British Railways. In a feature building up to the venue's big 8-9 October steam gala and 16-17 October diesel event, Jeff Colledge and Brian Sharpe unravel the story
80 CARRIAGE & WAGON DEPARTMENT: DOUBLE TROUBLE... OR DOUBLE THE FUN'
In a bid to ease passenger congestion on commuter lines, the Government recently said it would be looking at the possibility building double-deck trains, despite the limitation of the British loading gauge. Stephen Nash outlines how we have been down this path before and the attempts to preserve the two remaining items of Bulleid double-deck stock.
regulars
5 HEADLINE NEWS
Resounding success for the Heritage Railway-sponsored Great Gathering at Crewe as record crowds attend; Duke of Gloucester sets new record over Shap a€" and is rostered for a Plymouth-Inverness five-day tour; North Yorkshire Moors Railway plans Lottery bid for new Pickering station roof and further progress in proposals for major new railway museum in Eastleigh Works.
10 NEWS: THE WIDEST COVERAGE OF THE UK PRESERVATION SCENE
GWR 56XX tank resteams after 41 years on Swanage Railway a€" first pictures; Scotsman smoke deflectors 'back to stay' after failed experiment; Hull turntable to form heart of new Buckfastleigh depot; December date for Bluebell extension Ã
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