Issue No. 242 July 2016

8 HEADLINE NEWS
First Group wins approval for East Coast Scottish
services; RAIB annual report finds improvements
needed; Caledonian Sleepers considers
expanding; Museum planned for Gloucester
manufacturer; Loco-hauled from Newquay; Major
fleet boost for TPE; Sheffield tram-train scheme
hit by further delays; Three-car ‘D-Train’ unveiled;
Class 66 first for Chinnor; Railways scoop cash
awards from DfT innovation scheme; New life for
exported ‘86s’; Night Tube to start in August.

14 RECORD NUMBERS FOR SVR GALA
The Severn Valley Railway’s diesel gala was the
best yet, featuring a wide range of visiting and
home traction – including Network Rail’s ‘73/9s’.

16 EUSTON ECS LOCOS REMEMBERED
The full story of the ‘Roarer’ electric locos
retained for stock moves
in and out of Euston in the 1980s/90s.

23 TO NORWICH, NON-STOP
‘The EACH Express’ offered the rare chance of a
non-stop Class 37-powered run along the Great
Eastern Main Line. How did it fare?

24 0-60: CLASS 450
The South Western Main Line is the destination
to sample Siemens’ Class 450 ‘Desiros’.

25 TIME TRAVELLER
Looking back to July from decades past.

27 DERBY TRAINMAN
It is man versus machine in the Chadd’ shunt.

28 REVIEWS
London Underground Pictorial; Third-Rail
Centenary; BR DMU allocation history.

29 EXPRESS MAILBAG
Vic Berry and the Tube Stock plan; Andania meets
Andania; Tamworth Castle; Barnstaple HSTs.

30 LU WORLD
Brighter future for Mangapps 1959 Stock trailer.

69 RAILTOURS
Farewell TPE ‘170s’; No. 37025 heads to Inverness.

74 PRESERVATION
‘Thumper’ car destroyed by fire; new ELR ‘Whistler’
starts work; ‘Co-Bo’ restoration makes progress.

78 POWER BY THE HOUR
GBRf ‘newbies’ start work; Euro ‘92’ update.

80 POWERSCENE
Notable workings from around the country.

90 UNITARY AUTHORITY
Class 700s gear up for service: first diagrams.

92 SHUNTER SPOT
End of an era as Class 09s finish on the Southern.

93 COACH COMPARTMENT
Railfilms coaches sold to Locomotive Services.

94 WAGONS ROLL
Unprecedented numbers of wagons on order.

96 IRISH ANGLE
Retro livery for 071 Class; IR and NIR updates.