ISSUE 217
June 30 – July 28, 2016
News
Headline News 6
Council buys a million GCR shares;
Broadway share issue passes halfway
mark; Colne Valley, Lynton &
Barnstaple and Southwold schemes
approved; Queen's Award for East
Lancashire and Chasewater, and
computer glitch stops Tornado.

News 10
Helicopter snaps Flying Scotsman
trespassers; Lavender Line gives
arson-hit Swindon & Cricklade two
DEMU cars; Leighton Buzzard sets
new narrow gauge record; four
locomotives on each Steam on the
Met train in September; Falklands
hero Simon Weston becomes Patriot
patron; £1 million government
windfall for heritage lines; green light
for Helston Railway; North Yorkshire
Moors Railway battles to maintain
steam services;10 years' jail for
Ravenglass would-be hero; Class 50
pair first to haul a charter over new
Swanage Railway crossing, and ride
behind Flying Scotsman for £5!

Main Line News 56
Clun Castle boiler steamed; Royal Scot
for Borders Railway trips; Tornado to
head special to Severn Valley Railway
and Scotsman, Scot and a Jubilee on
the ‘Cambrian Coast Express’.

With Full Regulator 64
Don Benn reports on Tornado’s run
from King’s Cross.

Regulars
Centre 54
Royal Scot at Conwy Castle by
Derek Phillips

Mainline Itinerary 67
Steam and heritage diesel railtours.

Railwayana 74
Geoff Courtney’s regular column.

Off the Shelf 88
Latest book and DVD releases.

Platform 90
Where your views matter most.

Up & Running 94
Guide to railways running in July

The Month Ahead 106

Features
FAMOUS BRITISH LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
Frederick W Hawksworth
Great Western Railway
In another occasional series of historical reviews of Big Four locomotive
engineers, Cedric Johns highlights the career of Frederick W
Hawksworth who succeeded Charles Collett in 1941…

68 50 years on – the Fowler 4F
The Fowler 4F 0-6-0 was a very basic
design of steam engine. B J Crosse
recounts the history of a surprisingly
longlived class.

78 Thunder on Blue Ridge
Big American main line steam is
increasingly rare. David Rodgers
reports on the revival of one the
largest US steam engines.

82 A century of beach life!
Could the record-breaking success of
the Fairbourne Railway’s Centenary
of Steam Spring Bank Holiday gala
weekend, which saw four of the line’s
original 15in gauge engines return to
the now-12¼in gauge outfit, pave the
way for a new dual gauge incarnation,
asks Michael Whitehouse.