ISSUE 211
January 14 – February 10 , 2016
News
HEADLINE NEWS 6
Flying Scotsman debuts on East
Lancashire Railway passenger
traffic after £4.2 million overhaul is
completed; LMS icon No. 46100
Royal Scot set for main line ticket
after 53 years; Dorset Police
investigate Urie Locomotive Society’s
missing £27k; Swanage Railway
delays Wareham trial DMU services
until early 2017 and Witherslack Hall
booked for Severn Valley Railway
spring steam gala.
NEWS 10
Flying Scotsman nameplate auction
may set new record; six Somerset
& Dorset locomotive types booked
for Minehead March gala; inside
the LNER ‘time warp’ dynamometer
car which recorded Scotsman and
Mallard’s record runs; Gloucestershire
Warwickshire Railway to reopen Hayles
Abbey Halt; floods swamp Keighley &
Worth Valley; ‘Dawlish Mk.2’ erosion
closed Kent main line; Gresley P2
No. 2007 Prince of Wales has cab fitted;
10th Churchward ‘Night Owl’ officially
exists and new bid to buy entire
Southwold Railway route launched.
MAIN LINE NEWS 63
Office of Rail and Road may revoke
West Coast Railways’ licence; grant
to revive St Blazey turntable; 76084
Locomotive Company’s BR Standard
4MT set for main line; Mayflower
out of traffic and steam returns to
south coast.

WITH FULL REGULATOR 68
Don Benn reports on Flying
Scotsman's performance since the
1960s.
Regulars

Railwayana 40
Geoff Courtney’s regular column.

Centre 54
Karl Heath’s view of LMS maroon
‘Crab’ No. 13065 on the East
Lancashire Railway.

Main Line Tours 71
Steam and heritage diesel
railtours.

Platform 86
Where your views matter most.

Up & Running 101
Guide to railways running in the
new year.

The Month Ahead 106

Features
Life on Mars?
Yorkshire’s East Riding is a rare
stamping ground for steam
these days. Chris Gee presents
a selection of views of steam
on the surviving routes in the
area.

Events Guide 47
The complete Heritage Railway
guide to special events at preserved
lines and museum centres for 2016.
Events are listed in chronological
order, concentrating on those
of interest to the enthusiast. All
railways will be holding additional
events which are aimed more
towards the family market, details
of which can be obtained direct
from the railway.

In sight of Alnmouth 72
The original Alnwick Railway Society
aim of restoring the three-mile
Alnwick branch; Hugh Dougherty
reports that the heritage line is well
advanced with its plans to reconnect
the Northumberland market town
with the East Coast Main Line.

Rocks by Rail 74
The former Rutland Railway Museum
has a collection which not only
includes a wide array of locomotives
but also rolling stock and ancilliary
equipment from the East Midlands
ironstone industry. Mark Smithers
reviews the exhibition which has
recently been rebranded under its
present name.

Capturing the past
Railway-themed pub signs range
from outstanding works of art to
unbelievably bad. John Wright meets
Rob Rowland and presents a selection
of railway scenes painted by one of the
masters of his field.

Czech and Yugoslav 84
steam in Austria
In October, Czech steam power took
to the Austrian main line.
Dave Rodgers captured it along with
the reopening of a narrow gauge
line with Yugoslavian steam power.

Bleak, isolated – and site 88
of an LNER terminus and MPD
The Rosedale branch was very close
to the North Yorkshire Moors line but
ran over the hills, not through a valley.
Geoff Courtney delves into the history
of a remote railway outpost that
closed in the 1920s.
Railway holidays 91