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photographer's guide to... STEAM ON SHED!
The heritage railway movement has inadvertently recreated one of the best-remembered features of real steam days a€ for locomotive sheds are nearly as inaccessible now as they were in the 1960s! Could this make today's engine portraits on shed as sought after as the classic shed shots of days gone by? Brian Sharpe investigates.
THE CHANGEOVER YEARS: CHILL FACTOR '63
Forty years ago, the changeover from steam to diesel traction was gathering pace with a vengeance, and many classes had been withdrawn. Then Britain was hit by one of the worst cold spells of the 20th century, bringing much of the country to a standstill and wreaking havoc with its transport system a€" and so many of the 'old soldiers' were given a new lease of life as the diesels began to fail. Brian Sharpe and Robin Jones look back at the winter of 1962-63.
INDUSTRIAL SCENE: Transylvania's woodland wonder
Romania is the latest country to join the growing list of those with a volunteer-run preserved railway. In this case, it is a narrow gauge system with a unique inclined plane as its centrepiece, as long-time admirer and supporter John Titlow reports.
THE GCR a€" A NATIONAL TREASURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?
Loughborough's Great Central Railway has been dogged by debts and shortage of finance, yet it has nonetheless become Britain's only double-track main line in preservation. As 2003 hopefully ushers in a fresh start in its financial affairs, what will be the new way forward? Robin Jones argues that the line, situated near the centre of England, should be developed as a national operational railway museum.
SUCCESS BORN OUT OF FAILURE!
The Stour Valley Railway Preservation Society failed completely to save the GER Sudbury-Marks Tey branch a€" because it was never closed after all! However, the massive drive behind the campaign to keep open the line manifested itself instead in the little gem that is today's East Anglian Railway Museum at Chappel & Wakes Colne station, writes Laurence Osborne.
FULLY INTEGRATED VICTORIAN TRANSPORT
David J. Williams reviews the current position regarding the transport network in the Isle of Man, where classic Victorian engineering still serves the needs of the 21st century in style, and talks to the island's Director of Public Transport David Howard about present and future policy.
The heritage railway movement has inadvertently recreated one of the best-remembered features of real steam days a€ for locomotive sheds are nearly as inaccessible now as they were in the 1960s! Could this make today's engine portraits on shed as sought after as the classic shed shots of days gone by? Brian Sharpe investigates.
THE CHANGEOVER YEARS: CHILL FACTOR '63
Forty years ago, the changeover from steam to diesel traction was gathering pace with a vengeance, and many classes had been withdrawn. Then Britain was hit by one of the worst cold spells of the 20th century, bringing much of the country to a standstill and wreaking havoc with its transport system a€" and so many of the 'old soldiers' were given a new lease of life as the diesels began to fail. Brian Sharpe and Robin Jones look back at the winter of 1962-63.
INDUSTRIAL SCENE: Transylvania's woodland wonder
Romania is the latest country to join the growing list of those with a volunteer-run preserved railway. In this case, it is a narrow gauge system with a unique inclined plane as its centrepiece, as long-time admirer and supporter John Titlow reports.
THE GCR a€" A NATIONAL TREASURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?
Loughborough's Great Central Railway has been dogged by debts and shortage of finance, yet it has nonetheless become Britain's only double-track main line in preservation. As 2003 hopefully ushers in a fresh start in its financial affairs, what will be the new way forward? Robin Jones argues that the line, situated near the centre of England, should be developed as a national operational railway museum.
SUCCESS BORN OUT OF FAILURE!
The Stour Valley Railway Preservation Society failed completely to save the GER Sudbury-Marks Tey branch a€" because it was never closed after all! However, the massive drive behind the campaign to keep open the line manifested itself instead in the little gem that is today's East Anglian Railway Museum at Chappel & Wakes Colne station, writes Laurence Osborne.
FULLY INTEGRATED VICTORIAN TRANSPORT
David J. Williams reviews the current position regarding the transport network in the Isle of Man, where classic Victorian engineering still serves the needs of the 21st century in style, and talks to the island's Director of Public Transport David Howard about present and future policy.
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