Editor's Intro
Hooray for common sense. What a shame we must wait until 2026
1 February 2012
RARELY in the history of railways can opinion have been so divided. The subject is, of course, HS2 – the route of which was finally revealed by the Government in January.
Why should our heroes have to fear the threat of prosecution?
4 January 2012.
IN early December, a ticket inspector on a ScotRail train came across a youth he considered to be in possession of an invalid ticket. He pointed this out and was met with foul language and a refusal to pay the correct fare.
Good news and not so good on the rail front
7 December 2011.
THE ‘A to Z’ of titled trains souvenir issue received a wonderful response from readers – so much so that we would have been justified in calling it an ‘Encyclopaedia of Titled Trains’.
Is NR trying to snuff out steam as well as fires?
2 November 2011.
CHARTER promoters are reluctant to attack Network Rail in public. Not only do they know which side their toast is buttered on but have no proper legal redress against the infrastructure giant as their contractual relationship is with the operator and not regulated by the Office of the Rail Regulator.
A warm welcome to our express trains souvenir
5 October 2011.
THE reason for this special edition came about during an office discussion in which it was pointed out that only two or three books have been published over the years on the subject of named trains and that there appeared to be no one place where every such express had been brought together into a single reference point.
Rising passenger figures: This is one of the reasons
7 September 2011.
THE other day, I had cause to call in at Narborough station, a small semi-urban location in Leicestershire.
Has time come for return of the night watchmen?
3 August 2011.
THE theft of £60,000 worth of metal castings from the workshops of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway (see Headline News) is just the latest in a long line of similar reports it has been our miserable duty to publish over recent years.
Such wonderful news, yet tinged with mixed feelings
6 July 2011.
I REALLY do feel myself torn when I hear news like the Thameslink contract award. On the one hand, I’m over the moon at the massive investment the Government is making with its decision to buy £1.4billion worth of new trains for Britain’s railways.
Is it a case of ‘back to the future’ with McNulty?
1 June 2011.
THE much-awaited ‘McNulty Report’ on value for money in the rail industry has been published and contains much on which to deliberate.
Black and blue – now for colours of another hue?
4 May 2011.
THE National Railway Museum’s bold decision to paint Flying Scotsman into wartime black, albeit only for a short time, is noteworthy not only in its own right, but for the fact that nothing similar has happened before.
Current Issue: March 2012
• EXCLUSIVE - MALLARD AND GREEN ARROW TO JOIN
THE ‘BIG FOUR’ GALA AT BARROW HILL
• HS2 GETS THE GO-AHEAD
• BRITANNIA HAULS THE ROYAL TRAIN
• FREIGHT ONLY LINES
Where they are and what they carry
• PLAYING TO THE WHISTLE
Links between railways and football
• TITLED TRAINS
• WORLD GAUGE SURVEY
• DRS ‘CLASS 68s’
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: 7 March 2012
