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38 KING EDWARD II: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?
Although considered to be one of the engines at Barry scrapyard which was beyond restoration, Peter Chatman gives the complete story of how the Great Western Society has been able to restore blue King No 6023 to steam.
44 BRITAINa€ S FASTEST STEAM LOCOMOTIVES IN THEIR MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LIVERY
Last montha€ s exclusive in Heritage Railway that Jeremy Hosking-owned A4 Pacific No 60019 Bittern is being converted into classmate No 4492 Dominion of New Zealand, complete with garter blue livery, side valances, and most of the embellishments carried by the original to haul the high-speed a€~Coronationa€ express, has set the world of preservation alight. Former BR executive and avowed LNER aficionado David Ward says the project is a long overdue tribute to what he believes was the zenith of express passenger train steam locomotive performance in this country.
54 ERIDGE AT LAST
The Spa Valley Railway has finally run its first passenger trains to Eridge, where the station is shared with national network trains. Achieving this goal needed much hard work and delicate political negotiations, as David Staines explains.
68 TWO TRUE BRITS
Both preserved Britannia Pacifics are now main line certified for the first time since withdrawal. The class had a unique history in steam days as have the two survivors in more recent times, as Brian Sharpe recounts.
78 LONDON MIDLAND MAIN LINE STEAM
With a reasonably large number of main line certified locomotives having general wide route availability, in recent years former LMS steam power has tended to dominate charter operations in the north of England. David Rodgers presents a selection of views of LMS steam power at work in familiar (and not so familiar) territory.
94 SPRING INTO WALES ADVERTISING FEATURE
With the opening of the new Welsh Highland Railway throughout, now is the time to visit the principality a€ and dona€ t forget, there are many other first class steam lines en route to Porthmadog!
Regulars
6 HEADLINE NEWS
Heritage Railway readers raise Ã
38 KING EDWARD II: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?
Although considered to be one of the engines at Barry scrapyard which was beyond restoration, Peter Chatman gives the complete story of how the Great Western Society has been able to restore blue King No 6023 to steam.
44 BRITAINa€ S FASTEST STEAM LOCOMOTIVES IN THEIR MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LIVERY
Last montha€ s exclusive in Heritage Railway that Jeremy Hosking-owned A4 Pacific No 60019 Bittern is being converted into classmate No 4492 Dominion of New Zealand, complete with garter blue livery, side valances, and most of the embellishments carried by the original to haul the high-speed a€~Coronationa€ express, has set the world of preservation alight. Former BR executive and avowed LNER aficionado David Ward says the project is a long overdue tribute to what he believes was the zenith of express passenger train steam locomotive performance in this country.
54 ERIDGE AT LAST
The Spa Valley Railway has finally run its first passenger trains to Eridge, where the station is shared with national network trains. Achieving this goal needed much hard work and delicate political negotiations, as David Staines explains.
68 TWO TRUE BRITS
Both preserved Britannia Pacifics are now main line certified for the first time since withdrawal. The class had a unique history in steam days as have the two survivors in more recent times, as Brian Sharpe recounts.
78 LONDON MIDLAND MAIN LINE STEAM
With a reasonably large number of main line certified locomotives having general wide route availability, in recent years former LMS steam power has tended to dominate charter operations in the north of England. David Rodgers presents a selection of views of LMS steam power at work in familiar (and not so familiar) territory.
94 SPRING INTO WALES ADVERTISING FEATURE
With the opening of the new Welsh Highland Railway throughout, now is the time to visit the principality a€ and dona€ t forget, there are many other first class steam lines en route to Porthmadog!
Regulars
6 HEADLINE NEWS
Heritage Railway readers raise Ã
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