ISSUE 222

November 17 – December 14, 2016

News

Headline News 6
Heritage Railway readers invited
to help complete new Patriot The
Unknown Warrior by subscribing to
new Tenner for The Tender appeal;
Patriot to appear in LMS crimson
lake; Chinnor & Princes Risborough
extension threatened by eviction
move, and BR Standard 4MT
No. 76084’s first railtours.

News 10
Lynton & Barnstaple buys Parracombe
‘obstacle’ house; new trains arrive as
Post Office museum Mail Rail gathers
pace; West Somerset could buy
freehold under new deal; ‘futuristic’
design chosen for new Great Central
museum; Gloucestershire
Warwickshire Railway reaches
Worcestershire; gala action from
Severn Valley and Swanage railways
and NELPG’s 50th anniversary on the
North Yorkshire Moors; group
campaigns to save Hythe Pier
Tramway; autumn ‘Jacobite’ picture
special and Leighton Buzzard opens
first purpose-built station.

Main Line News 60
New festive season ‘Jacobite’ and
complete round-up of all Christmas
main line tours; Defiant appeal gets
£50,000 in a week; Flying Scotsman
for Railway Touring Company
summer trips and Sir Nigel Gresley
boiler at Llangollen for repairs.

With Full Regulator 66
Don Benn reports on another
outstanding performance by Earl of
Mount Edgcumbe.

Regulars

Railwayana 48
Geoff Courtney’s regular column.

Centre 58
Welshpool & Llanfair No. 823
Countess by Robert Falconer.
Main Line Itinerary 69
Steam and heritage diesel
railtours.

Platform 84
Where your views matter most.

Off the Shelf 98
Latest book and DVD releases.

Up & Running 102
Guide to railways running in the autumn.

The Month Ahead 114
 
Features

Steam’s top ten
Which are Britain’s top 10 steam engines? Brian Sharpe compares the
history and performance of the 10 biggest, currently working main line
engines in roughly chronological order of the introduction of the class.50

Llangollen Railway:
locomotive building centre
of excellence – four new
builds on the stocks
In recent years the Llangollen Railway
has developed a reputation as a
centre of excellence for building
new steam engines. Allan George
investigates how the workshops
have become the centre of new
locomotive construction to fill in gaps
in classes in preservation.70

NER 9F finale
The 9F 2-10-0 was described as the
best of BR’s Standard steam designs.
Robert Anderson outlines the history
of the class and relates the story of
a ride on the last steam-hauled ore
train to Consett.78

Banbury ‘box closed 88
Martin Creese reports on the closure
of the two former Great Western
Railway signalboxes at Banbury.

Douro Valley Steam 90
Revival
Lionel Price reports on the return of
steam to this scenic route in Portugal.

The Great Survivor’s 94
Last Indian Summer
Geoff Silcock reminisces about the
12 consecutive days in August that
saw two Brighton ‘Terriers’ rostered
for more than 500 miles of timetabled
running on the KESR.