Contents
Issue 176 May 9 – June 5, 2013

News
6 HEADLINE NEWS
B1 Mayflower makes suprise main line
comeback; Government refuses to intervene
in Flying Scotsman crisis; three A4 Bittern
90mph runs heading for sell out; National
Railway Museum advertises for new director,
and the maroon GWR prairie set for Steam
back on the Met debut!

10 NEWS
Engineer Roland Kennington breaks silence
over Flying Scotsman reports; Ivatt mogul
derailed at Great Central gala; the ‘Black
Five’ that flattened town centre traffic lights;
Sheringham signalbox damaged in car fire;
Galatea appears in BR maroon; countdown
to the six A4s Great Gathering; GWR Steam
Multiple Unit unveiled at Llangollen; Tyseley
Locomotive Works unveils major new
locomotive workshop; Elsecar Heritage
Railway removes obstacle to expansion;
historic halt ‘reopens’ for Lynton &
Barnstaple gala; new double boost for
London water board railway revivalists;
action from the Beamish Great North
Festival... and the secret standard gauge
heritage railway built on HS2 trackbed!

Regulars

54 CENTRE
A1 Pacific Tornado passing Conwy Castle is
this month’s centre by David Rodgers.

56 MAIN LINE NEWS
London Victoria to Sheffield Park first tour
announced; delays as Tornado’s pump fails
at Rhyl; Deltic returns to main line freight
duty and why Bittern at 90mph is not a
heritage era first.

64 MAIN LINE ITINERARY
Brian Sharpe’s definitive guide to steam and
heritage modern traction railtours in the
coming month.

82 PLATFORM
Should all six LNER streamlined A4 Pacifics
be displayed at King’s Cross?

88 RAILWAYANA
Geoff Courtney reports on the latest prices
from the auction scene and previews what is
coming up for sale.

92 SCALE HERITAGE RAILWAY
Hornby’s new GWR heavy freight trio and
Bachmann’s Somerset & Dorset ‘Jinty’

97 UP & RUNNING
Brian Sharpe’s complete listing of museums
and operational heritage lines.

104 THE MONTH AHEAD
Our new at-a-glance guide to the big events
coming up in the next four weeks, with
Heritage Railway, as usual, bringing
unrivalled coverage

Features
48 RILEY’S ‘FIVES’ TO THE RESCUE
Steam to Newquay, Aberdeen and Kyle
of Lochalsh in a week, much of it
involving ‘Black Fives’. Brian Sharpe
reports on the highlights of ‘Great
Britain VI’ which culminated in some
fine running by two A4s on the
East Coast Main Line.

66 MANX NORTHERN REMEMBERED
With a Manx Northern Railway train headed
by No. 4 Caledonia as its centrepiece, Brian
Sharpe reports on what has become an
annual event, the multi-day photo charter
on the Isle of Man organised by
David Williams.
70 THE HISTORY OF THE H CLASS
Following the non-appearance of Britannia for
the East Grinstead opening, the Bluebell
Railway’s own fleet came to the fore, including
H class 0-4-4T No. 263. Don Benn recounts
the story of this locomotive.

74 THE MAGIC OF THE BRITISH TRANSPORT MUSEUM
The forerunner of York: clapham, 1961-1973
This year, London Transport Museum has been elevated to the international
stage. In July, the National Railway Museum at York will be marking the 75th
anniversary of streamlined A4 Pacific Mallard’s world record speed run. In
this special feature, John Titlow looks back at London’s first big transport
museum at Clapham, the original home to No. 4468.

78 TAW VALLEY REMEMBERED
Bulleid West Country Pacific No. 34027 will
be remembered for an epic voyage while in
the guise of Hogwarts Castle. Cedric Johns
recounts the story of one of Britain’s landmark
steamruns of the heritage era, taking the
engine to such diverse destinations as King’s
Cross, Didcot and Perth.

80 BUILT BY BAGNALL
A reunion of former locomotive
manufacturer employees and the products
they created took place at Foxfield Railway
51 years after the works closed reports
Alan Castle