Contents
November 2015. No. 1,376. Vol 161. A journal of record since 1897.

On the cover
MAIN IMAGE: The heyday
of ‘Deltic’ operation on
the ‘Flying Scotsman’
is rekindled as No.
D9009 Alycidon powers
through Dentdale with
the ‘Magnificent Settle &
Carlisle’ railtour on October
3. The Type 5 worked the
train from Doncaster and
back via Leeds, Carlisle and
York. STUART BROWN
INSET 1: A quintuple-
headed freight in
California – see p28.
JOHN VAUGHAN

INSET 2: Before the HSTs:
Practice & Performance –
see p22. COLOUR RAIL
INSET 3: Troubled times for Welsh narrow gauge in 1949.
See p52. DAVID ELLIOTT

Headline News
Great Western electrification costs rise to £2.8bn; New
Oxford-London route opened by Chiltern; Great Central
opens branch line; More migrant intrusion disruption
for Eurotunnel; Closure row simmers over Island Line;
Runaway success for Borders Railway; Virgin and
Stagecoach want licensing, not franchises.

Track Record The Railway Magazine’s monthly news digest

72 Steam & Heritage
Comeback for “Standard Arthur”; ‘Scotsman' tickets go
on sale; A1 boost for West Somerset; Landmark loco
meeting at Tyseley.

82 Steam Portfolio

84 Network
100mph railway at Norton Bridge; Smart ticketing for
Thameslink; No Irish Rail privatisation.

86 Traction & Stock
Allerton's £23m upgrade; Caledonian Class 73/9
appears; Abellio Mk 3 programme quarter through;
Class 47 goes to Budapest.

89 Traction Update
Scrapped, sold, renumbered, repainted? Details here.

90 Traction Portfolio

93 Freight News

94 Railtours

100 Classic Traction
Triumphant return for Bodmin “Hoover”; Colne Valley
begins downsizing; Lymington branch EMU named.

106 Narrow Gauge

110 World
Kiwi Rail takes on more Chinese diesels; First train for
Saudi inter-city route; BR Class 04 for sale...in Italy.

112 Metro

116 Operations
A round-up of news from the train and freight operating
companies.

Regulars

36 Time Traveller

38 Multiple Aspects

38 Railways in Parliament

40 Readers’ Platform

48 Subscription offer

63 Panorama
Our monthly gallery of the best railway images.

68 100 years ago
What The RM was reporting 20, 50 and 100 years ago.

124 Meetings
Details of railway society meetings near you.

125 Heritage Diary
Opening times of steam centres and heritage railways.

129 Reader Services

130 Prize Crossword

130 Where Is It?