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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Headline News Line faces long closure after colliery landslip; DfT a€~lacked common sensea€ over WCML franchise; Class 91 in James Bond tie-up; Faulty components cause OLE?failures; City of Truro withdrawn for static display; Grant for second Whitby platform; Easter shutdown at Reading; London Overground concession extended. Track Record The Railway Magazinea€ s monthly news digest 64 Steam & Heritage 9F to be sectioned for Dai Woodham display; GCRa€ s winter gala success; a€~Super Da€ and a€~Coal Tanka€ for Pontypool. 73 Steam Portfolio 74 Railtours Responses submitted to ORR charter threat; Wolverton Works has hand in a€~Met 150a€ event; plus railtour listings. 78 Traction & Stock DRS unveils Class 68 livery; Vectron cleared for Channel Tunnel freight; More 110mph running for London Midland. 84 Traction Update Scrapped, sold or repainted? Full details here. 86 Freight Depots and yards sell-off halted; Freight cheer in North East. 88 Network Bridge replaced in Southend High St; Conon Bridge station opens; Big plans for Bromsgrove; Six jailed for cable theft. 90 Narrow Gauge 92 Miniature 95 Metro Metrolinka€ s East Manchester extension opens; Later Tube trains proposed. 97 Classic Traction a€~Peaka€ for Mid-Norfolk gala; Swanage confirms visitors. 100 World New routes and trains in German privatisation move; Cheap main line steam; Au revoir to French classic. 102 Operations News News from the train and freight operating companies. Regulars 12 Multiple Aspects 12 Railways in Parliament 28 Subscriptions Offer 33 Readersa€ Platform The lively letters page on which YOU have your say. 36 Time Traveller A dip into the archives to remember how it used to be. 54 Panorama Our monthly showcase, with the best in railway photography. 108 Meetings Details of railway society meetings near you. 109 Heritage Diary A comprehensive listing of dates when heritage railways and steam centres will be open. 110 100 Years Ago A look back to what Britaina€ s senior rail title was reporting 20, 50 and 100 years ago. 113 Reader Services 114 Prize Crossword and Where Is It? Features 13 Britaina€ s busiest freight terminal A new container terminal being built on the banks of the River Thames could be busier than Felixstowe or Southampton. Chris Milner reports. 16 Testing Times Peter Kelly meets Harry Walker, one of the last men alive to have been involved in the 1948 Locomotive Exchanges. 22 A railway created from scratch Nick Pigott and Roger Jermy look at the 17-year slog undertaken by volunteers to rebuild the Aln Valley Railway in Northumberland. 38 Steaming to the Steamers In this montha€ s Practice & Performance, Keith Farr looks at the operation of boat trains - always guaranteed to raise interest from enthusiasts, but which were not all confined to running from London to the coast. 43 Ocean Liner Expresses An extra to our Titled Trains bookazine looks at the Ocean Liner Express which ran with a range of headboards. 48 Buying Online Chris Milner summarises how to buy and sell railway ephemera online and the eye-watering prices some people are prepared to pay for original transparencies. 50 Every picture tells a story Mike Arlett explains the background to a rare photograph from steam days. 61 Beginning of the End Robert Day reports on the plan to replace with EMUs the electric locos on Austriaa€ s Mariazellerbahn, the vintage of which can be traced back to 1911. On the cover MAIN IMAGE: In a special a€~Skyfalla€ vinyl wrap, East Coast Class 91 No. 91007 (91107 renumbered) crosses the Royal Border Bridge on February 16. Use of a telephoto lens makes the helicopter appear closer to the train than it really was. STEVE MILLER INSET 1: Ocean Liner Express story - see p43. INSET 2: Slag heap movement wrecks main line - see p7
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