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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
EWS:
GENERAL NEWS - National Power's class 59/2 arrives; Ixion tour put back; Ripple Lanea€the end; Old Oak 'Factory's' 47 004 triumph; Refur- bished Mk 11 Is on Intercity Great Western; Alun Rees is Severn Valley's new General Manager.
STEAM NEWS - A1 Project strikes driving wheels deal; Restoration plan for Beattie well-tank; Fenella's future under discussion; Barry engines ""going home'; Bradley Manor running-in trials; Main line steam latest.
SECTOR NEWS - Class 309s for Regional Railways; Air- brakes only for Res class 47s; Class 58s for non-coal traffic; Sole class 87/1 moved to class 90 pool.
DIESEL & ELECTRIC PRESERVATION - Class 89 renumbering for preserved main line diesels; former class 48 joins Water- man fleet; D172's eventful first run; NRM plans two-week Diesel Extravaganza.
STEAM:
A SASSENACH JN GLASGOW - Pure nostalgia as John Faulkner recalls the mid-1950s days when the whole of Glasgow just upped and went on holiday a€"mostly by train, of course!
STEAMING ALONG AT TYSELEY - Assistant Editor Chris Milner gets his hands on the regulator handle of A3 Pacific No. 60103 Flying Scotsman and describes the mood of optimism breaking out at the Birmingham Railway Museum in the wake of its pioneering footplate courses.
MODERN TRACTION:
MAIL BY RAIL - With the immediate future of rail-borne postal traffic secured, and a new class of dedicated EMU on the way, John Cormack goes behind the scenes to explain the more efficient services being planned.
THE CLASS 47 STORY - In his second article on the development of the Brush Type 4 diesel-electrics, Allan C. Baker delves into the many specification changes made to the locomotives during their formative years.
BEEN THERE, DONE IT! - lan Smith describes his successful partic- ipation in 'Le Walk' through the Channel Tunnel on 12 February.
WIN SOME, LOSE SOME - Dr Iain C. Scotchman details the line closuresa€"and, luckily, some openings too a€"which occurred on Britain's railways during 1993.
BY TRAIN TO THE AIRPORT - In this month's 'Railway Practice & Per- formance', Chief Correspondent Peter Semmens takes a look at rail routes to airportsa€"including the charming steam- hauled journey to Ronaldsway Airport, on the Isle of Man.
SPECIAL FEATURE:
A PLAIN MAN'S GUIDE TO RAIL PRIVATISATION - As our railways speed towards their biggest shake-up since 1948, Nick Pigott gallantly attempts to sort out the railway privatisation tanglea€"in a language most people might understand!
REGULARS:
Mailbag
Video Break
Withdrawn & Stored Stock Update
Channel Tunnel Update
Stock Spot
Bookshelf
Coming Events
Backward Glances
Answers
GENERAL NEWS - National Power's class 59/2 arrives; Ixion tour put back; Ripple Lanea€the end; Old Oak 'Factory's' 47 004 triumph; Refur- bished Mk 11 Is on Intercity Great Western; Alun Rees is Severn Valley's new General Manager.
STEAM NEWS - A1 Project strikes driving wheels deal; Restoration plan for Beattie well-tank; Fenella's future under discussion; Barry engines ""going home'; Bradley Manor running-in trials; Main line steam latest.
SECTOR NEWS - Class 309s for Regional Railways; Air- brakes only for Res class 47s; Class 58s for non-coal traffic; Sole class 87/1 moved to class 90 pool.
DIESEL & ELECTRIC PRESERVATION - Class 89 renumbering for preserved main line diesels; former class 48 joins Water- man fleet; D172's eventful first run; NRM plans two-week Diesel Extravaganza.
STEAM:
A SASSENACH JN GLASGOW - Pure nostalgia as John Faulkner recalls the mid-1950s days when the whole of Glasgow just upped and went on holiday a€"mostly by train, of course!
STEAMING ALONG AT TYSELEY - Assistant Editor Chris Milner gets his hands on the regulator handle of A3 Pacific No. 60103 Flying Scotsman and describes the mood of optimism breaking out at the Birmingham Railway Museum in the wake of its pioneering footplate courses.
MODERN TRACTION:
MAIL BY RAIL - With the immediate future of rail-borne postal traffic secured, and a new class of dedicated EMU on the way, John Cormack goes behind the scenes to explain the more efficient services being planned.
THE CLASS 47 STORY - In his second article on the development of the Brush Type 4 diesel-electrics, Allan C. Baker delves into the many specification changes made to the locomotives during their formative years.
BEEN THERE, DONE IT! - lan Smith describes his successful partic- ipation in 'Le Walk' through the Channel Tunnel on 12 February.
WIN SOME, LOSE SOME - Dr Iain C. Scotchman details the line closuresa€"and, luckily, some openings too a€"which occurred on Britain's railways during 1993.
BY TRAIN TO THE AIRPORT - In this month's 'Railway Practice & Per- formance', Chief Correspondent Peter Semmens takes a look at rail routes to airportsa€"including the charming steam- hauled journey to Ronaldsway Airport, on the Isle of Man.
SPECIAL FEATURE:
A PLAIN MAN'S GUIDE TO RAIL PRIVATISATION - As our railways speed towards their biggest shake-up since 1948, Nick Pigott gallantly attempts to sort out the railway privatisation tanglea€"in a language most people might understand!
REGULARS:
Mailbag
Video Break
Withdrawn & Stored Stock Update
Channel Tunnel Update
Stock Spot
Bookshelf
Coming Events
Backward Glances
Answers
Article Snippets
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