News
Two A4s WILL be repatriated from North America
25 January 2012
Agreement has been reached by the National Railway Museum to temporarily repatriate to the UK the two A4 Pacifics that are resident in Canada and the United States.
Home wanted for redundant rail bridges
25 January 2012
Civil engineering contractor Amey is offering two railway bridges to the heritage railway movement.
‘Fab Four’ gala tickets now on sale
20 January 2012
Tickets for what is destined to become an historic railway preservation event have gone on sale.
Between April 13-15, Barrow Hill Roundhouse is hosting it’s ‘Fab Four’ gala that will feature the first ever preservation line-up of A1, A2, A3 and A4 LNER Pacific locomotives.
Other News
- HRH Prince Charles to re-name 'Britannia'
- Government confirms HS2 to go ahead
- DRS orders 15 Vossloh Eurolight locos
- Passengers injured after DMU hits fallen tree
- Stormy weather causes rail disruption
- Bombardier win £188million EMU order
- Second train to celebrate ‘The Berliner’
- Complaint over passenger's ejection from train
Feature Articles
Smith & Donald - The Dorset Dazzlers - Part 2
4 January 2012
Last month, Mike Arlett told how legendary Somerset & Dorset footplate crew Donald Beale and Peter Smith, manning a ‘West Country’ Pacific with a 2P pilot, set off from Bath in heroic style to try to make up a three-quarter hour deficit and recounted their storming climb to Masbury summit. In this concluding chapter, Mike relates the exceptional run from there to Bournemouth.
Lychgate Tunnel
7 December 2011
IT had been the classic ‘railway hotel’ in bygone days, but now it was just a pub. We ordered food and drinks and gathered in a half-circle by the roaring fire.
Other Feature Articles
Letters
Traffic lights at level crossings make sense
4 January 2012
I HAVE just been reading your January editorial, in which you suggest that the flashing level crossing lights should be replaced by standard junction lights.
Control staff: Damned if they do and...
4 January 2012
THANK you for the informative article on the East Coast Control Centre last month, the kind of thing your magazine does so well.
Other Letters
Videos
29 September 2011
An interesting archive film of Brown Boveri-built gas turbine loco No. 18000 just after it had been built in 1947 at Baden. Contains some fascinating scenes of railways in Switzerland too. Shame about the weather!
See it here: www.zeitraumaargau.ch/?v=e86dgy9d#/detail/e86dgy9d
Other Videos
Current Issue: Feb 2012
■ GREAT WESTERN ‘PENDOLINOS’?
Class 390s a better option than all-new design, says lease company Angel
■ BELGIAN MARINE RESURFACES
■ TITLED TRAINS PART 3
■ WENSLEYDALE FOCUS
■ HARRY’S WISH COMES TRUE
■ MANCHESTER UNITED PLATE SOLD AFTER ‘FAKE’ SCARE
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: 1 Feb 2012
