ISSUE 220
September 22 –October 19, 2016

News

Headline News 6
Green Goddess overturned in
Romney; Hythe & Dymchurch
Railway tractor crash; new man at the
top for Great Central as managing
director retires; monobloc cylinder
casting designed for new P2 and
Steam on the Met weekend called off
over strike action fears.

News 10
Best viewpoints for Flying Scotsman
and Tornado’s Severn Valley visits;
Britain’s newest steam locomotive
appears on Somerset & Dorset;
newly-restored BR Standard to debut
in Great Central gala; referendum
on future of Totnes Brunel pumping
station; Decauville tank engines
batch planned; share issue for
air-smoothed Merchant Navy
project; derailments disrupt two
narrow gauge lines; 120 years of the
Snowdon Mountain Railway and
last hurdle removed for new
Corwen station.

Main Line News 56
Oliver Cromwell returns for Railway
Touring Company; Princess Elizabeth
comeback dogged by delays;
Tornado rededicated; Ferryhill
turntable lifted for repair; fire
brigade saves Scots Guardsman’s
day and Dover road reopens three
months early.

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

Regulars

Railwayana 46
Geoff Courtney’s regular column.

Centre 54
‘Black Five’ No. 44871 on ‘The
Jacobite’ by Karl Heath.

Off the Shelf 88
Latest book and DVD releases.

Main Line Itinerary 62
Steam and heritage diesel railtours.

Platform 90
Where your views matter most.

Up & Running 94
Guide to railways running in the autumn.

The Month Ahead 106

Features

The LMS after Stanier
Charles Fairburn took over the reins as the chief mechanical engineer
of the LMS from Sir William Stanier in 1944 before being quickly
succeeded by George Ivatt. Brian Sharpe examines the contributions
made by these two engineers to British locomotive development in a
short time.

GER No. 229 – A born survivor 68
An eagerly-awaited return to steam is
the 0-4-0ST sold by the Great Eastern
Railway in 1917. Mark Smithers
reports on the overhaul being carried
out at the Flour Mill.

A visit to a dump 74
Many pre-Grouping steam engines
soldiered on until the end of the
1950s but were then withdrawn
faster than the locomotive works
were able to scrap them. Robert
Anderson recalls a trip to see some
vintage steam power dumped in a
remote corner of Lancashire in 1959.

Fairbourne goes to Kirklees 80
The 15in gauge Kirklees Light
Railway’s September steam and diesel
gala had a Fairbourne Railway theme

Not to be: The end  of the Corris Railway  82
The Corris Railway was one of the first
lines to be closed by BR and it was
a very long time before a part of it
was reopened. Dan Quine presents
a series of views of the railway in the
period immediately following closure.

Joint line visitor 92
A Somerset & Dorset Joint 7F visits
the Midland & Great Northern Joint.