Steam Classic Magazine, May 1992 Issue

CLASSIC COMMENT- Going Great Central - reflections on a record-breaking gala
WIN A VIP VISIT FOR TWO TO THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM - Go behind the scenes at York with this free-to-enter competition
OBSERVATIONS - Britannia, Kolhapur, Butler Henderson - and Sainton - supplying welcome ‘winter warmers’
STEAM ON THE MAIN LINE - Kill hits a spot of bother - more outings for No69621 - Metropolitan Line steam update
NEWS - Suffolk's Steam fraction opens its doors - more steam at Scunthorpe steelworks - steaming dates for Cheddleton’s 4F
THE GREAT DESIGNERS: GOOCH AND THE GREAT WESTERN - Martin Smith begins a two-part evaluation of the first Great Western locomotive engineer, Sir Daniel Gooch
BROADLY SPEAKING - One hundred years ago, Brunel’s broad gauge was consigned to the history books - and the Swindon scrapheap. But was it a change for the better?
STEAM PORTFOLIO: LAST, BUT NOT LEAST - The locomotives of the Great Central Railway, from Charles Sacre to the 9F swansong, the last rites of the ‘Black 5s’ and Bls and the renaissance that is today’s Great Central
THE GRIME BEFORE THE GLORY - LMS engineman Roy Winstanley recalls his days as a rookie cleaner, when the glamour of steam was lost in the grime
THEY MADE HISTORY: GRESLEY’S GRAND DESIGNS - First of two articles analysing the great experimental locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley - and accompanied by two of the finest exploded drawings you’re ever likely to see. The month, NolOOOO: the ‘Hush Hush’ to some; ‘Flying Sausage to others!
RESTORATION UPDATE - News of the replica “Patriot” project - a new arrival on the Isle of Wight - farewell to Swindon
ON CLOSER INSPECTION: THE DOG STARS - Stroudley’s immortal ‘Terriers’ - the data and the detail
WHERE THERE’S STEAM - Yom area-by-area, fine-by-line guide to steam activity throughout England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man over the coming weeks

FRONT COVER - At the moment, the genius of Sir Daniel Gooch can only be witnessed in action in the shape of the National Railway Museum's replica 4-2-2 Iron Duke, seen here in April 1985 on a specially-laid broad gauge demonstration track in London's Kensington Gardens, part of the GW150 celebrations. Another broad gauge replica, Fire Fly, is under construction at Didcot Railway Centre, where there is a permanent stretch of Brunei's seven-foot. Two Gooch engines in steam together? It could happen.