Issue 184 December 19 – January 16, 2014

6 HEADLINE NEWS
LNER A4 Pacific No. 4464 Bittern hits
93mph on East Coast Main Line during
early December runs; extended Bluebell
named Railway of the Decade in National
Railway Heritage Awards, with accolades for
the Great Central, Mid-Norfolk and
Ffestiniog railways.

10 NEWS
Network Rail plans for new Great Central
bridge unveiled; Met 150 and Bluebell top
recommendations for the Heritage Railway
Association annual awards; red GWR prairie
heads Underground steam specials to
Uxbridge; Bluebell hires an Ecclesbourne
Valley Class 101 DMU for winter services;
Elsecar Heritage Railway wins People’s
Millions TV poll; Collett 0-6-0 reappears in
lined green; B1 back on the main line; new
Gresley P2 appeal doubles its initial target;
Mallard link to medal to be auctioned; first
steam passenger train over Great Central
Mountsorrel branch; Isaac joins the Lynton
& Barnstaple fleet; new Southwold Railway
gets its first operational locomotive and buys
station; GCR asks Lottery for £10 million for
Leicester North museum; charter organiser
launches appeal launched to turn D49
Morayshire black; Woodhead Tunnel electric
locomotive preserved; Flying Scotsman
resumed overhaul ‘progressing’; new bid to
revive Tralee & Dingle; newly-wheeled
Patriot joins First World War locomotives at
Warley National Model Railway Exhibition,
and the day that Bahamas visited
Heritage Railway’s Horncastle offices!

REGULARS

53 RAILWAYANA
Geoff Courtney on latest auction prices.

54 CENTRE
BR Standard Britannia Pacific No. 70013
Oliver Cromwell in the autumn landscape at
Beeston Castle by Phil Waterfield takes
centre stage.

56 MAIN LINE NEWS
LMS ‘Black Five’ stalls on Parkstone Bank,
Tangmere connecting rod comes off on
Weymouth trip, steam charter trains boost for
new Waverley route, Tornado moves to Barrow
Hill, Braunton heads British Pullman and Earl
of Mount Edgcumbe in East Anglian first.

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

73 MORGAN
Why social media is important to railways.

74 PLATFORM
Where your views matter the most.

76 SCALE HERITAGE RAILWAY
Hornby announces its 2014 range, with a
new limited edition issue of the six surviving
A4 Pacifics, a Franco-Crosti 9F, J15, K1,
D16/3, Drummond 700 0-6-0, 2HAL EMU
and affordable digital sound.

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

106 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.