ISSUE 208
October 22 – November 18

HEADLINE NEWS 6

BR Standard 9F Black Prince bought
by North Norfolk Railway; Mallard
steam speed record plate for auction;
Camelot back for Bluebell Railway’s
Giants of Steam gala; former National
Railway Museum director Steve
Davies joins Bala Lake extension
team, King George V and City of Truro
for Tyseley’s open weekend, and
Mountsorrel Railway opens.

NEWS 10
Tickets on sale for first Flying
Scotsman events as National Railway
Museum announces more details
of comeback celebratory year;
Witherslack Hall running again on
Great Central; Hinton Manor makes it
four for big Severn Valley Manor 50
gala; judicial review may be sought
over Gresley statue duck controversy;
Tornado takes Minehead by storm;
new P2 steams past £2 million mark;
unique EMU threatened with
scrapping; Somme centenary to be
marked in Apedale trenches; Lottery
£1.6 million backing for Volk’s
Electric Raiilway; extra coach added
to North Norfolk vintage set, unique
Clayton diesel on Severn Valley,
steam back at Barrington for the last
time and South Devon marks 50th.

MAINLINE 56
Full itinerary for the Railway Touring
Company’s ‘Great Britain IX’ starring
Royal Scot, Britannia, Oliver Cromwell,
Leander, Galatea and Braunton;
St David’s Day debut for ‘Lizzie’;
troubled Tangmere at Carnforth for
attention; police warning over ‘Harry
Potter’ line trespassing, and Tyseley
suffers two steam failures.

WITH FULL REGULATOR 62
Don Benn reports on Tornado’s epic
run from King’s Cross to Newcastle.

Regulars

Railwayana 52
Geoff Courtney’s regular column.

Centre spread 54
Mark Fielding’s study of
Rood Ashton Hall at Ponthir.

Main Line Tours 66
Steam and heritage diesel railtours.

Scale Heritage Railway 85
Celebrating an icon’s 60th.

Off the Shelf 86
Latest book and DVD releases.

Platform 88
Where your views matter most.

Up & Running 92
Guide to railways running in
October and November.

The Month Ahead 106
Upcoming galas and events.

Features

Famous British locomotive engineers Sir William Stanier of the
London Midland & Scottish Railway
In the latest in our the series about ‘Big Four’ chief mechanical
engineers, Cedric Johns looks at the career of Sir William Stanier.
Gas, teak, epilepsy and Victorian coaching stock 
 
Quintinshill examined 100 years on
Britain’s worst railway disaster was
compounded by the type of wooden-
bodied coaches still in use at the time.
Andrew David tells the story of the
completion of restoration of similar
vehicles, coinciding with the
centenary of the disaster.

72 Severn Valley  ‘Scot’ and ‘Brit’
Royal Scot made its debut in
passenger service in September at
the Severn Valley Railway’s four day
spectacular, where it ran alongside
BR Standard Pacific Britannia.
Brian Sharpe reports on another
successful autumn gala weekend.

76 Rheidol’s ‘Forgotten  Engines’ gala
Gala events frequently see visiting
engines but it is not often that such
events give enthusiasts the
opportunity to see ‘new’ engines
which they have never seen before.
Mark Smithers reports on an event
where narrow gauge engines made
their first public appearance since
the 1950s

80 Moors Line goes Southern
Brian Sharpe reports on the North
Yorkshire Moors Railway’s three-
day steam gala in September... an
event with a Southern theme.