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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
News:
Headline News - Terrorist bomb attacks kill 52 London commuters but a second attack fails; Crewe Works to be sold to a management buy-out team; Second Romney driver dies in crossing crash; Tunnel collapses at Gerrards Cross; EWS confirms Class 66s will go to France; Closure plan for Ufton crossing; End of the line for Gatwick Class 73s.
Features:
The Severn Valley Railway - what future? - It is 40 years since a group of preservationists took over the moribund tracks of the Severn Valley Railway and turned it into Britain's "premier" steam line. Cliff Thomas looks at how the line is planning to preserve its own future.
Boston Docks - a Railway Backwater - Paul Shannon travels to the Lincolnshire fens to marvel at the operation in Boston Docks, where little has changed since the days of BR Eastern Region and even the GNR!
The Beast of Bilston - In the first of an occasional 'Weird & Wonderful' series, Cliff Thomas explains the extraordinary Shay loco design - and discovers that Britain had a standard gauge Shay too.
Super Voyagers - In Practice & Performance, John " Heaton rides one of the Virgin Crosscountry Super Voyager trains.
Statfold Barn - Cliff Thomas tells the story of the Statfold Barn Railway - a new line with a pedigree stretching back 142 years!
Steam News:
Steam News Portfolio
Narrow Gauge News
Traction & Stock News
Traction & Stock Portfolio
Network News
Classic Traction News
Diesel Gala Portfolio
Fight for Freight
Metro News
Specials Pages
Operations News
Disposals
Traction Update
Regulars:
Railways in Parliament
Multiple Aspects
Readers' Platform
Subscriptions Ad
100 Years Ago
Events Timetable
Reviews
Classified Ads
Reader Services 4
Prize Crossword
Where Is It?
Readers' Holiday Ad
FRONT COVER: The Severn Valley Railway and its plans for preserving its future are the subject of our main feature this month. In this scene, maroon-liveried Class 52 diesel-hydraulic No. D1Q62 Western Courier tops Eardington bank with a matching seven-coach rake forming a Bridgnorth-Kidderminster service. Lower: A form of atrocity never before seen in Britain struck in July when Moslem suicide bombers targeted London's transport system, killing 52 Tube and bus passengers. See Headline News for full story empics Panorama - Our monthly showcase features a fine array of readers' photographs.
Headline News - Terrorist bomb attacks kill 52 London commuters but a second attack fails; Crewe Works to be sold to a management buy-out team; Second Romney driver dies in crossing crash; Tunnel collapses at Gerrards Cross; EWS confirms Class 66s will go to France; Closure plan for Ufton crossing; End of the line for Gatwick Class 73s.
Features:
The Severn Valley Railway - what future? - It is 40 years since a group of preservationists took over the moribund tracks of the Severn Valley Railway and turned it into Britain's "premier" steam line. Cliff Thomas looks at how the line is planning to preserve its own future.
Boston Docks - a Railway Backwater - Paul Shannon travels to the Lincolnshire fens to marvel at the operation in Boston Docks, where little has changed since the days of BR Eastern Region and even the GNR!
The Beast of Bilston - In the first of an occasional 'Weird & Wonderful' series, Cliff Thomas explains the extraordinary Shay loco design - and discovers that Britain had a standard gauge Shay too.
Super Voyagers - In Practice & Performance, John " Heaton rides one of the Virgin Crosscountry Super Voyager trains.
Statfold Barn - Cliff Thomas tells the story of the Statfold Barn Railway - a new line with a pedigree stretching back 142 years!
Steam News:
Steam News Portfolio
Narrow Gauge News
Traction & Stock News
Traction & Stock Portfolio
Network News
Classic Traction News
Diesel Gala Portfolio
Fight for Freight
Metro News
Specials Pages
Operations News
Disposals
Traction Update
Regulars:
Railways in Parliament
Multiple Aspects
Readers' Platform
Subscriptions Ad
100 Years Ago
Events Timetable
Reviews
Classified Ads
Reader Services 4
Prize Crossword
Where Is It?
Readers' Holiday Ad
FRONT COVER: The Severn Valley Railway and its plans for preserving its future are the subject of our main feature this month. In this scene, maroon-liveried Class 52 diesel-hydraulic No. D1Q62 Western Courier tops Eardington bank with a matching seven-coach rake forming a Bridgnorth-Kidderminster service. Lower: A form of atrocity never before seen in Britain struck in July when Moslem suicide bombers targeted London's transport system, killing 52 Tube and bus passengers. See Headline News for full story empics Panorama - Our monthly showcase features a fine array of readers' photographs.
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