Steam Classic Magazine, October 1994 Issue

TRAFFIC NOTICES - The Great Marquess for Edinburgh - Clan Line for Weymouth - Sir Lamiel for Dover - an Sl5 from Bristol to Exeter - double-heading from Edinburgh to Newcastle - 300 miles behind Union of South Africa over the Welsh Marches - Drummond M7 on Yeovil shuttles - Ivatt Mogul on the S&C - and Blue Peter between Edinburgh and York. What a prospect! Now, will someone please resolve the signalmens' dispute!
OBSERVATIONS SK-HITS! - A pictorial survey of that most archetypal of British steam locomotive types, the six- coupled goods engine
RESTORATION UPDATE - The story of Bury's 'Black 5' - mainframes profiled and cylinder contracts placed for Peppercorn Al - Dean Forest Prairie returns - NY&R welcomes Standard 4
REMEMBER WHEN...? ...it was all "Halls" on the Western? Vintage images of the most numerous of GWR 4-6-Os
ON CLOSER INSPECTION - The inside story - literally - of Bulleid's Merchant Navy" class Pacific
STEAM PORTFOLIO - SALUTE TO THE 'CLANS' - Richard Derry chronicles the smallest of the Riddles Standard Classes (apart from the solitary Class 8 Pacific), the "Clans", while Paul Burns of the'Hengist Locomotive Society gives an update on the plans to build a brand-new "Clan" Pacific
THE CLASSIC IMAGE - Duchess of Hamilton is back and the subject of this month's locomotive portrait as it clocks up the miles running in on the Great Central Railway before returning to the main line on August 28
A DAY RETURNED - UP THE JUNCTION - Brian Seddon recalls a day spent at the mecca of Southern enthusiasts, Clapham Junction, back in 1957
STEAM LIVES - BLACK POWER (part 2) - Gerry Penreth concludes our diamond jubilee commemoration of the Stanier Class 5MT 4-6-0 with an assessment of the class's development under H.G. Ivatt
THE LOCOMOTIVE IN QUESTION - HITTING THE TARGET - Which is what Sir Nigel Gresley managed with what many consider the finest of his designs, both in terms of performance and appearance,the V2 2-6-2
WRITE LINES - Taking issue over the 'Turbomotive' and questioning those British Tourist Authority figures for Britain's top ten preserved rail- ways (according to the BTA, that is)
WHERE THERE'S STEAM - Your area-by-area, line-by-line guide to steam activity throughout England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man over the coming weeks, including details of autumn gala events
NEXT MONTH'S 'STEAM CLASSIC' IS PREVIEWED ON PAGE 45

FRONT COVER - Illustrating our data-and-detail feature on the Bulleid "Merchant Navy" Pacifies, No35005 Canadian Pacific strides away from Rothley with a Great Central Railway service for Leicester North. Andrew Naish's "MM" completed its restoration in 1990 and swiftly became a stalwart of the GCR fleet. The past year, however, has seen Canadian Pacific showing its paces at other venues, including the East Lancashire Railway, Didcot Railway Centre, the Mid-Hants Railway and the Birmingham Railway Museum. With No35027 Port Line undergoing repairs, CP is currently the only working "Merchant Navy" but is scheduled to be joined in traffic by No35028 Clan Line in September. And to think there are still another eight of Oliver Bulleid's finest in various stages of restoration.