Issue 224
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ISSUE 224
January 13 – February 9, 2017


Headline News 6
Steam on London Underground
to return for two weekends in
September; Ian Allan quits railway
publishing; British Empire Medal
for Didcot Railway Centre lifelong
volunteer; miniature live steam Flying
Scotsman sells for £35K and money
rolls in for new Patriot ‘Tenner for the
tender’ appeal. 65

News 10
Top Heritage Railway Association
award for Leighton Buzzard; Peckett
Jurassic back after 32 years; ‘forgotten’
Darlington turntable moves to Kirkby
Stephen East; Didcot prepares for a
Saintly spring; Thomas the Tank
Engine ‘banned’ from West Somerset;
National Rail Heritage Awards 2016
winners; Lottery awards £1.1m for
Bluebell exhibition project; fast-track
overhaul for NER Q6; appeal launched
for Blackmoor Vale inner firebox;
enthusiasts vow to fight shock closure
of railway museum and remembering
the pioneer West Somerset-Taunton
railbus.

Main Line News 63
The political U-turns that saved
Settle and Carlisle line revealed
for the first time; Mayflower back
in March; ‘Cathedrals Express’
overcomes motive power shortage
and Western diesel hydraulic 40th
celebrations on hold.

With Full Regulator 68
Don Benn reports on steam
performances in Kent.

Regulars

Centre 54
Duchess of Sutherland at speed by
Andrew Southwell.

Main Line Itinerary 67
Steam and heritage diesel railtours.

Railwayana 72
Geoff Courtney’s regular column.

Platform 88
Where your views matter most.

Off the Shelf 100
Latest book and DVD releases.

Up & Running 101
Guide to railways running in January.

The Month Ahead 106

Features

A Trip to the Unknown
Britain’s heritage railways may set out to re-create the experience of a
bygone age, but still have to interact with the digital age. Peter Brown
reports on how the use of social media now has potentially far-reaching
implications for the steam movement.

Events Guide 47
The definitive list of all heritage line
enthusiasts’ events in 2017.

74 The Brecon Mountain Railway
Narrow gauge heritage lines run
on standard gauge trackbeds in
many parts of Britain. Mark Smithers
outlines the history of one line in
South Wales and its motive power.

80 Holidays by Steam 2017
Advertising feature.

90 The fascination of footplate
working - the other side of the story!

Working on the footplate is often
regarded as having been glamorous,
especially as a driver. Brian Bell
tells what it was like as a fireman,
keeping the coal flowing towards
the metropolis in the 1950s.

96 The Vivarais Railway in France

It is unusual for a well-established
preserved railway to be forced to
close, but fortunately, in one case,
this proved not to be the end of
the story. Don Benn reports on the
revival of one of France’s best-known
heritage lines.





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