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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
They'll pull anything, anywhere! That's one driver's comment on the English Electric Class 40s - and John Nelson climbs aboard 40086 with a slow freight from
Healey Mills to Skipton. - You did it at last, Isambard. It is now possible to get from Paddington to Edinburgh and Glasgow direct. Peter Kelly heads north as the old Great Western gets to Scotland at last!
Your letters - Why the former Woodhead Co-Cos should remain in Dutch colours; the preservation chances we missed; British Rail's fares jungle and much more in this month's selection.
Money, money, money ... Railway finance is among the most involved and confusing of subjects- Geoffrey Freeman Alien makes a straight comparison between the system here and in France.
Brian Morrison in Camera - A four-page selection of photographs from the camera of Brian Morrison, one of the most respected names in rail photography.
The bird that flew to Russia - The 4,000bhp Brush Kestrel prototype was the most powerful diesel in Britain - but after a period of trial running she was shipped to Russia and hasn't been seen since.
The Railroad Still Lives - Although not a patch on the glamorous trains of the 1930s and 40s, some striking passenger trains still survive in the United States, as Jim Winkley shows.
Greetings from Manxland - The Manx Electric Railway is tailor-made for colourful postcard scenes. Eddie Bellass looks at the railway whose youngest power car was built in 1906!
Stopping in a hurry - Basil Cooper explains the well-tried air brake system, invented in America 100 years ago and which still provides the stopping power for our 125mph High Speed Trains. ;
Thunder in the Rockies - The motto of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad is "Over the Rockies, not round them" and C. R. Davis describes the sight and sound of nine big diesels in full cry.
Looking Ahead
All Change
Readers' Round-up
News
Works Report
Healey Mills to Skipton. - You did it at last, Isambard. It is now possible to get from Paddington to Edinburgh and Glasgow direct. Peter Kelly heads north as the old Great Western gets to Scotland at last!
Your letters - Why the former Woodhead Co-Cos should remain in Dutch colours; the preservation chances we missed; British Rail's fares jungle and much more in this month's selection.
Money, money, money ... Railway finance is among the most involved and confusing of subjects- Geoffrey Freeman Alien makes a straight comparison between the system here and in France.
Brian Morrison in Camera - A four-page selection of photographs from the camera of Brian Morrison, one of the most respected names in rail photography.
The bird that flew to Russia - The 4,000bhp Brush Kestrel prototype was the most powerful diesel in Britain - but after a period of trial running she was shipped to Russia and hasn't been seen since.
The Railroad Still Lives - Although not a patch on the glamorous trains of the 1930s and 40s, some striking passenger trains still survive in the United States, as Jim Winkley shows.
Greetings from Manxland - The Manx Electric Railway is tailor-made for colourful postcard scenes. Eddie Bellass looks at the railway whose youngest power car was built in 1906!
Stopping in a hurry - Basil Cooper explains the well-tried air brake system, invented in America 100 years ago and which still provides the stopping power for our 125mph High Speed Trains. ;
Thunder in the Rockies - The motto of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad is "Over the Rockies, not round them" and C. R. Davis describes the sight and sound of nine big diesels in full cry.
Looking Ahead
All Change
Readers' Round-up
News
Works Report
Article Snippets
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