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2 THE Q6 a€ THE GREAT SURVIVOR
Maurice Burns recalls his personal memories of those dramatic months 40 years ago, and the challenges then facing the volunteers who saved NER Q6 0-8-0 No 63395.
38 A a€~RIVIERAa€ TO REMEMBER!
Michael Mensing presents a selection of views from the days when steam, not the motor car, still reigned supreme in the delectable duchy, and diesels were just beginning to make headway.
46 a€~FIRSTa€ STEAM LINE CELEBRATES 125 YEARS
In August, Britain's first ex-British Railways standard gauge heritage railway celebrated the 125th anniversary of the original opening of the line of which it now forms part.
64 KEITH & DUFFTOWN: OUT OF THE a€~DIESEL CLOSETa€
Hugh Dougherty pays a return visit to the Keith & Dufftown Railway and finds that the line, accepting its limitations regarding traction availability and maintenance, is not only content to run diesel-only services but is proud of the fact.
60 A STANDARD BACK ON THE SEVERN VALLEY
The Severn Valley Railway-based project to build a new BR Standard 3 tank will do much more than fill another major gap in preservation; it may well provide the perfect locomotive to operate heritage lines, as Chris Proudfoot explains.
68 LEEDS: WEST RIDING RAILWAY CROSSROADS
John Whiteley presents a selection of photographs from the heyday of steam in Leeds.
78 A RETURN TO ASHOVER!
The 2ft gauge Ashover Light Railway in Derbyshire closed in 1950. The chairman of the Ashover Light Railway Society, Gary Boyd-Hope, tells of the organisationa€ s plans to reopen a stretch of this railway, 57 years after it closed for good.
REGULARS
5 OPINION
6 HEADLINE NEWS
Severn Valley Railway flood appeal heads towards Ã
Maurice Burns recalls his personal memories of those dramatic months 40 years ago, and the challenges then facing the volunteers who saved NER Q6 0-8-0 No 63395.
38 A a€~RIVIERAa€ TO REMEMBER!
Michael Mensing presents a selection of views from the days when steam, not the motor car, still reigned supreme in the delectable duchy, and diesels were just beginning to make headway.
46 a€~FIRSTa€ STEAM LINE CELEBRATES 125 YEARS
In August, Britain's first ex-British Railways standard gauge heritage railway celebrated the 125th anniversary of the original opening of the line of which it now forms part.
64 KEITH & DUFFTOWN: OUT OF THE a€~DIESEL CLOSETa€
Hugh Dougherty pays a return visit to the Keith & Dufftown Railway and finds that the line, accepting its limitations regarding traction availability and maintenance, is not only content to run diesel-only services but is proud of the fact.
60 A STANDARD BACK ON THE SEVERN VALLEY
The Severn Valley Railway-based project to build a new BR Standard 3 tank will do much more than fill another major gap in preservation; it may well provide the perfect locomotive to operate heritage lines, as Chris Proudfoot explains.
68 LEEDS: WEST RIDING RAILWAY CROSSROADS
John Whiteley presents a selection of photographs from the heyday of steam in Leeds.
78 A RETURN TO ASHOVER!
The 2ft gauge Ashover Light Railway in Derbyshire closed in 1950. The chairman of the Ashover Light Railway Society, Gary Boyd-Hope, tells of the organisationa€ s plans to reopen a stretch of this railway, 57 years after it closed for good.
REGULARS
5 OPINION
6 HEADLINE NEWS
Severn Valley Railway flood appeal heads towards Ã
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