ISSUE 215
May 5 – June 1, 2016

6 Headline News
Flying Scotsman to revisit East
Lancashire Railway in October;
Broadway last mile share issue raises
£400K in three weeks; fresh hopes
of saving Wolverton Works after
planning decision over six windows;
Bournemouth funicular damaged
in landslide and 'lost' Hunslet tank
unveiled at Nene Valley.

10 News
The disused London Underground
station that saved the world; Flying
Scotsman comeback boosts museum
visitor numbers; new narrow gauge
train for Snowdonia; Churnet Valley
Leek extension blocked by planners;
sea bathers’ line marks KESR twinning
link; Beamish remembers WW1;
prototype HST on tour; steam back
in Wadebridge “by 2020”; new owner
for Southport’s Lakeside Miniature
Railway; Leighton Buzzard aims for
longest Simplex train record; work
starts on Great Central bridging the
gap project and half the money raised
for new Betton Grange project.

56 Main Line News
Is Flying Scotsman now too famous to
run? ‘Great Britain IX’ sets off; steam
football special for Crystal Palace
fans; West Coast Railways back in
action and challenges Network Rail
over Southall shed move and Duke of
Gloucester benefits from legacy.

64 With Full Regulator
Don Benn reports on Tornado’s run
to Exeter.

Regulars

52 Railwayana
Geoff Courtney’s regular column.

54 Centre
Royal Scot roars through
Warrington by Phil Jones.

58 Mainline
Steam and heritage diesel railtours.

84 Platform
Where your views matter most.

78 Off the Shelf
Latest book and DVD releases.

94 Up & Running
Guide to railways running over Easter.

106 The Month Ahead

Features
On the trail of the last ‘Six- Nine- Fivers...
The unveiling of Sir Nigel Gresley's statue on the 75th anniversary of
his passing on April 5 tempted ECML devotee Geoff Silcock to delve
into his long distant past of 54 years ago, when he recorded and noted
almost the last swansong of the native Gresley N2 0-6-2Ts in his North
London area.

68 The LNER after Gresley:
Edward Thompson and
Arthur Peppercorn
Sir Nigel Gresley’s untimely death
in 1941 after 30 years as CME of the
GNR and LNER, left the LNER with
problems in finding a replacement
and there were two CMEs during the
last seven years of the company’s
existence. Brian Sharpe contrasts the
careers of Edward Thompson and
Arthur Peppercorn.

76 BR black on the Cambrian
Brian Sharpe reports on the
Llangollen Railway’s steam gala

80 Georgina debuts at Scarborough
Mark Smithers reports on the launch
at Scarborough’s North Bay Railway
of its new steam locomotive.

88 The Bieszczady Forest Railway
Few heritage lines have quite the
history of this narrow gauge line in
Poland. Andrew Rapacz reports on
a successful tourist operation on a
railway, which has served a number
of different European countries since
it was built.