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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
Golden Jubilee ef the Class 20s - Fifty years ago, in Jin 1957, tbe first English Electric Type I was delivered to British Railways as a pilot for a new class. Andy Flowers tells the story of the locos that started a revolution.
How we saved a€~Britanniaa€ - Iconic status for a loco is no guarantee that its preservation will be easy, as Cohn Richell explains in a revealing story of how the very first BR Standard was saved.
Impertinent Paragraphs - Better late than never, we insert tongue in cheek and bring you one of our irregulara€ (in more ways than one!) humour pages.
Return to Tyne Dock - In Practice & Performance, John Heaton takes a cab ride in a GBRf Class 66 from Tyne Dock to Drax power station with a trainload of imported coal.
Rail Tourersa€ Guide - Our bi-annual guide has a host of ideas from the top tour companies for the best rail-based holidays in 2007 and 2008.
Lazarus Locos - Continuing our popular series of locos being a€~raised from the deada€ , Cliff a€~Thomas looks at plans to build not one but two BR Standard 2-6-2Ts.
Panorama - Our regular monthly showcase featuring some of the best in railway photography.
Headline News Hybrid HST unveiled; New fears over walk-on fares; Twenty 20s for roundhouse gala; Closer links for EWS and DB; Transport 2000 plan could affect heritage lines; Australia next for Freightliner?
Track Record:
Steam News
Steam News Portfolio
Narrow Gauge News
Miniature News
Traction & Stock News
Traction Portfolio
Traction Portfolio
Metro News
Classic Traction News
Diesel Gala Portfolio
Specials Pages
Operations News
Disposals & Stock Spot
Regulars:
Subscriptions Ad
Timetable Changes
Readers' Platform
Time Travellers
Book & DVD Reviews
100 Years Ago
Events Timetable
Classified Ads
Reader Services
Prize Crossword
FRONT COVER: Marking a half-century of the Class 20s, No. D8137 passes Castor on the Nene Valley Railway, during a brief visit to the line for its 1960s gala on April 29. It is seen hauling a Ferry Meadows-Wansford demonstration breakdown train. See news pages and also our in-depth Class 20 feature starting on page 14
INSET: The Mid-Norfolk Railway has largely been thought of as a mainly diesel-operated line, so history was made on May 6 when it hosted its first main line steam loco off NR metals - SR Pacific No. 34067 Tangmere on railtour duty See Headline News.
Golden Jubilee ef the Class 20s - Fifty years ago, in Jin 1957, tbe first English Electric Type I was delivered to British Railways as a pilot for a new class. Andy Flowers tells the story of the locos that started a revolution.
How we saved a€~Britanniaa€ - Iconic status for a loco is no guarantee that its preservation will be easy, as Cohn Richell explains in a revealing story of how the very first BR Standard was saved.
Impertinent Paragraphs - Better late than never, we insert tongue in cheek and bring you one of our irregulara€ (in more ways than one!) humour pages.
Return to Tyne Dock - In Practice & Performance, John Heaton takes a cab ride in a GBRf Class 66 from Tyne Dock to Drax power station with a trainload of imported coal.
Rail Tourersa€ Guide - Our bi-annual guide has a host of ideas from the top tour companies for the best rail-based holidays in 2007 and 2008.
Lazarus Locos - Continuing our popular series of locos being a€~raised from the deada€ , Cliff a€~Thomas looks at plans to build not one but two BR Standard 2-6-2Ts.
Panorama - Our regular monthly showcase featuring some of the best in railway photography.
Headline News Hybrid HST unveiled; New fears over walk-on fares; Twenty 20s for roundhouse gala; Closer links for EWS and DB; Transport 2000 plan could affect heritage lines; Australia next for Freightliner?
Track Record:
Steam News
Steam News Portfolio
Narrow Gauge News
Miniature News
Traction & Stock News
Traction Portfolio
Traction Portfolio
Metro News
Classic Traction News
Diesel Gala Portfolio
Specials Pages
Operations News
Disposals & Stock Spot
Regulars:
Subscriptions Ad
Timetable Changes
Readers' Platform
Time Travellers
Book & DVD Reviews
100 Years Ago
Events Timetable
Classified Ads
Reader Services
Prize Crossword
FRONT COVER: Marking a half-century of the Class 20s, No. D8137 passes Castor on the Nene Valley Railway, during a brief visit to the line for its 1960s gala on April 29. It is seen hauling a Ferry Meadows-Wansford demonstration breakdown train. See news pages and also our in-depth Class 20 feature starting on page 14
INSET: The Mid-Norfolk Railway has largely been thought of as a mainly diesel-operated line, so history was made on May 6 when it hosted its first main line steam loco off NR metals - SR Pacific No. 34067 Tangmere on railtour duty See Headline News.
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