ISSUE 199

February 12 - March 11

CONTENTS: LMS Princess Coronation Pacific No.46233 Duchess of
Sutherland climbs the1-in-80 to Shap summit at Greenholme with
the Railway Touring Company’s‘Winter Cumbrian Mountain
Express’on January 31.BRIAN SHARPE

COVER: LMS Princess Coronation Pacific No.46233 Duchess of
Sutherland climbs past ShapWells with the‘Winter Cumbrian
Mountain Express’on January 31.MAURICE BURNS

News

HEADLINE NEWS 6
Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral train
goes on show in the National
Railway Museum; Flying Scotsman to
reappear later this year in BR
Brunswick green as No. 60103; funds
roll in for Bala Lake Railway town
centre extension project; plus the
latest updates on the big Steel,
Steam & Stars IV gala at the
Llangollen Railway in March.

NEWS 10
Second landslip at Spa Valley; Olton
Hall stars in new Harry Potter
attraction opening on March 19;
Wells & Walsingham founder dies
aged 92; passenger records broken at
several UK lines; North Norfolk gets
£500K government grant; Pete
Waterman in £1 million models sale;
reunited Great Central will input
£51 million into local economy says
study; action from GCR winter gala;
dismay over decision to axe Snibston
Discovery Museum; Military Railfest
moves to Nene Valley Railway;
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
centenary celebrations; why a
business case is paramount for new-
build projects, and the new Heritage
Railway Association chairman
outlines his vision for the future.

MAINLINE 56
Pathfinder Tours to run Tornado’s
comeback trip; all change for ‘Great
Britain VIII’; Steam Dreams celebrates
15 years; GWR Hall opens Vintage
Trains season; shares in Duke of
Gloucester on offer and senior Tories
hint at Exeter-Okehampton-
Plymouth reinstatement.
Don Benn reports on the ‘go-
anywhere’ LMS ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0

Regulars

Centre Spread 54
Duchess of Sutherland in wintry
conditions on the Settle & Carlisle.
Steam and heritage diesel railtours.

Off the Shelf 67
Latest book review
Geoff Courtney’s regular column.

Platform 84
Where your views matter most.
Scale Heritage Railway 88
Hornby’s latest 4VEP EMU.
The venues running in February.
The Railway Children at King’s
Cross Theatre, by Robin Jones.

Features
Enthusiasts will again flock to Llangollen in March for the fourth Steel
Steam and Stars gala on the line. Many will want to photograph the
variety of steam power from the lineside; Phil Jones gives advice on the best places to go.48

The Month Ahead 106

68 Last Train to York
Whitby lost its train services along
the coast to Scarborough and across
the moors to Malton on March 6,
1965. To commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the closure of these
routes, part of which was
subsequently saved as the North
Yorkshire Moors Railway, Maurice
Burns, then an 18-year-old lad, recalls
his memories of catching the last
train to York from Whitby.

78'Night Owl' gains Momentum
Having quietly amassed a vast array
of donor parts from ex Barry
locomotives which, realistically, were
unlikely ever to run again, steady
progress has been made at
Llangollen over the last 18 months in
assembling the frames for the new-
build Churchward 47XX 2-8-0. Great
Western Society chairman Richard
Croucher brings the story up to date
and explains how the project is now
within striking distance of having a
complete chassis.

88 The gala season starts
Mist, fog and snow did not deter
visitors to the first steam gala of
the year; Brian Sharpe reports on
the East Lancashire Railway’s
January event.

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