Contents
June 2016. No. 1,383. Vol 162. A journal of record since 1897.

Headline News
Settle & Carlisle closure to run into 2017; Swindon &
Cricklade 'Thumper' gutted in mystery fire; Heritage
livery for Irish '071' class leader; Severn Valley diesel
shed opens; End of the line for printed GBTT; IEP debut
on Hitachi test track; RAIB releases analysis on Wootton
Bassett incident.

On the cover
MAIN IMAGE: On May 14
Flying Scotsman crosses the
iconic Forth Bridge with
Steam Dreams' 'Fife Evening
Circular' from Edinburgh to
Kirkcaldy and back.
NICK BRODRICK  UNDER
NETWORK RAIL SUPERVISION

INSET 1: The many faces of
the HST line up at St Philips
March depot to mark their
40th anniversary - see p34.
CHRIS MILNER

INSET 2: John Cameron talks
railways- see p14.
GEOFF WILKINSON

INSET 3: Britain's last Class 66 No. 66779 Evening Star on
display at the National Railway Museum on May 10 - see p7.
CHRIS MILNER

Track Record The Railway Magazine’s monthly news digest

62 Steam & Heritage
Beachy Head team considers next project; P&O Line
enters service at Toddington; 'Scotsman' attracts bumper
crowds at Bo'ness; Ashburton station finally safe.

68 Industrial Steam

71 Steam Portfolio

74 Traction & Stock
Prototype Class 88 on test; Bombardier opens £12m
test facility; Class 68 on nuclear traffic; Unique Class 89
restoration begins at Barrow Hill.

77 Traction Portfolio

79 Classic Traction
Ex-DRS '47' at Dartmoor Railway; regular diesel services
on Worth Valley; North Norfolk marks 30 years of NSE.

84 Network
Council calls for North Down electrification; ‘lost’ Belfast
station rediscovered; new platform for Rochdale.

86 Metro

88 Narrow Gauge
Bressingham's Gwynedd to return this year; Sir Tom and
Woto to reunite at Threlkeld; Steam guests for Penrhyn.

90 Railtours

96 World
Battle of the Somme remembered in France; Denver
airport link opens; Chilean railways in 2016.

100 Operations
Our round-up of news from the train and freight
operating companies.

Regulars

12 Multiple Aspects
With Lord Berkeley.

12 Railways in Parliament

40 Readers' Platform
Your thoughts and opinions on the topics that matter
to you.

42 100 years ago
What The RM was reporting 20, 50 and 100 years ago.

50 Meetings
Details of railway society meetings near you.

54 Subscription Offer
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56 Panorama
Our monthly gallery of the best railway photography.

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

114 Prize Crossword and Where Is It?

Features

14 Scotland's Union Man
Union of South Africa owner, John Cameron, talks
at length to Nick Pigott in the first of a two-part
feature about his passion for steam, his career at
the top of Scotland's rail industry, and the Lochty
Private Railway.

20 Progress in the Marches
Keith Farr returns to the Welsh Marches for June's
Practice & Performance, this time looking at the work
of diesels and DMUs over the testing North & West
route.

28 Giving the railways an image
Steven Knight explains the process behind rail
branding and talks to Ray Stenning, the man
responsible for designing many of the network's most
recognisable liveries.

34 Four decades of the HST
A special report from GWR's St Philips Marsh open
day on May 2, which paid homage both to the 40th
anniversary of the HST, but also to the man who
designed it.

38 Fête de la Vapeur 2016
Keith Fender reports from this year's multi-gauge steam
festival at France's Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme,
the 10th such event, which was by all accounts the best
one held to date.

44 Moors' heart has a new beat
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway's new general
manager, Chris Price, talks to Gary Boyd-Hope about
money, galas, main line running, future projects and the
Flying Scotsman effect.