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Coal and current - a decade of 'Steam on the Met' - For ten years, steam trains have been running on one of London's busiest suburban lines/Steam on the Met' is a masterpiece of planning and operation, and its future looks healthy despite the proposed partial privatisation of the Underground. JOHN HUNT looks back on a memorable decade in words and pictures.
Farewell Southport - hello Preston! - It's not every day that a steam centre 'ups sticks' and moves - locomotives, stock and barrel - to a new site 20 miles away. But that's what Steamport Southport has done, swapping seaside for riverside. And, although the new site in Preston has little railway tradition, its supporters are not sorry to move as DAVID WILCOCK discovers.
GW Museum moves into hands-on era - Forty years ago this September, the last service was held in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Faringdon Road, Swindon.Three years later, the former lodging house reopened as the GWR Museum.TIM BRYAN reviews the history of the much-loved museum and provides a taste of what's in store when it relocates next year.
Ninety glorious years of Garratts! - British-built Garratt locomotives conquered most of the world, their articulation helping them cope with the tightest curves and toughest gradients. As the Garratt celebrates its 90th birthday, A.E. DURRANT reviews the history of a powerhouse engine that was simply "too good to be true".
Winning the battles or losing the war? - Like Richard III, the Battlefield Line has won many battles. Like the last Plantagenet king, however, it also needs a more effective command structure and better deployment of its troops if it is to win the ultimate victory, as GEORGE PEMBROKE contends. He reports on his recent visit to the Leicestershire line.
'B1' storms Mallaig! - The LNER 4-6-0 has redeemed itself after last year's boiler problems.
Go ahead for Oswestry - After 27 years of waiting, steam will return to the Oswestry-Gobowen line next year.
'Scotsman's East Coast Triumph - It was a close shave, but No. 4472 was ready in time for its East Coast comeback.
WHR to open to Waenfawr in 2000 - Tracklaying has started following John Prescott's granting of the WHR order.
90mph running for new 'A1'? - Plans revealed for 90mph running for the new 'A1' - and also with two tenders!
Narrow Gauge - Snowdon oil firing success paves the way for the rest of the fleet.
World Steam - Disappointment for 'Mallet' fans as boiler tube failure scuppers tour.
FREE entry to Readers' Gala! - Free entry to all readers at our August gala - welcome back the '04' on the 'Windcutter*.
Morgan - Says railways should open their workshops.
Mailbag - Safety is 'not a front' says Railtrack.
Gallon Special - The cream of steam photography.
Down Main - 'Duchess' rebuild doubts as VSOE proclaims that steam is 'unimportant'!
Questions and Answers - Your questions answered by our experts.
Review - The good. the bad and the ugly - we tell it like it is. so you'll never buy a 'dud' again!
In The Works - MorayshÃ
Farewell Southport - hello Preston! - It's not every day that a steam centre 'ups sticks' and moves - locomotives, stock and barrel - to a new site 20 miles away. But that's what Steamport Southport has done, swapping seaside for riverside. And, although the new site in Preston has little railway tradition, its supporters are not sorry to move as DAVID WILCOCK discovers.
GW Museum moves into hands-on era - Forty years ago this September, the last service was held in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Faringdon Road, Swindon.Three years later, the former lodging house reopened as the GWR Museum.TIM BRYAN reviews the history of the much-loved museum and provides a taste of what's in store when it relocates next year.
Ninety glorious years of Garratts! - British-built Garratt locomotives conquered most of the world, their articulation helping them cope with the tightest curves and toughest gradients. As the Garratt celebrates its 90th birthday, A.E. DURRANT reviews the history of a powerhouse engine that was simply "too good to be true".
Winning the battles or losing the war? - Like Richard III, the Battlefield Line has won many battles. Like the last Plantagenet king, however, it also needs a more effective command structure and better deployment of its troops if it is to win the ultimate victory, as GEORGE PEMBROKE contends. He reports on his recent visit to the Leicestershire line.
'B1' storms Mallaig! - The LNER 4-6-0 has redeemed itself after last year's boiler problems.
Go ahead for Oswestry - After 27 years of waiting, steam will return to the Oswestry-Gobowen line next year.
'Scotsman's East Coast Triumph - It was a close shave, but No. 4472 was ready in time for its East Coast comeback.
WHR to open to Waenfawr in 2000 - Tracklaying has started following John Prescott's granting of the WHR order.
90mph running for new 'A1'? - Plans revealed for 90mph running for the new 'A1' - and also with two tenders!
Narrow Gauge - Snowdon oil firing success paves the way for the rest of the fleet.
World Steam - Disappointment for 'Mallet' fans as boiler tube failure scuppers tour.
FREE entry to Readers' Gala! - Free entry to all readers at our August gala - welcome back the '04' on the 'Windcutter*.
Morgan - Says railways should open their workshops.
Mailbag - Safety is 'not a front' says Railtrack.
Gallon Special - The cream of steam photography.
Down Main - 'Duchess' rebuild doubts as VSOE proclaims that steam is 'unimportant'!
Questions and Answers - Your questions answered by our experts.
Review - The good. the bad and the ugly - we tell it like it is. so you'll never buy a 'dud' again!
In The Works - MorayshÃ
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