Issue 200

ISSUE 200 March 12 – April 8
News

HEADLINES 6
‘Evening Star’ to run again – on
Great Central; daffodil opening for
new Corwen station; 11th-hour
failure fails to derail Steel, Steam &
Stars IV; global interest as elite
collectors eye Pete Waterman model
sale; teak train considered for North
Yorkshire Moors Railway Whitby
services; and Barber makes its South
Tynedale debut.

NEWS 10
Royal steam opening for Borders
Railway; work starts on GCR
Loughborough embankment as
money match appeal launched; BBC
names Severn Valley as Heritage Site
of the Year; ‘last’ standard gauge
steam engine set for May debut;
Tornado to head Railway Children
special; Rail Minister rides on ‘first’
train from Wareham to Corfe Castle;
Betton Grange gets its cylinders;
action from Nene Valley and Mid
Hants spring steam galas; Battlefield
Line’s part in the funeral of King
Richard III; jumbo grant for Bluebell
elephant van; Britannia joins big
West Somerset gala; British-built
Garratt behemoth hauls first
passenger trains; plus... football ref
stops a game – to watch steam train!

MAIN LINE NEWS 60
David Buck delighted with Mayflower
which runs unaided to Cardiff;
Network Rail boss says Britain’s
railways are a “scrapheap”; MP
lobbies for ‘Scarborough Spa Express’
return; Irish veteran 4-4-0 steams
again; and New Orleans via Leicester!
WITH FULL REGULATOR 66
Don Benn compares Duchess of
Sutherland’s recent performances in
the northern fells with Duchess of
Hamilton’s in the 1980s.

Regulars

Railwayana 56
Geoff Courtney’s regular column.

Centre spread 58
John Titlow’s St David’s Day image
of No. 61306 en-route to Cardiff.

Main Line Tours 70
Steam and heritage diesel railtours.

Off the Shelf 82

Scale Heritage Railway 94
LNER K1 2-6-0 and three J15s.

Platform 98
Where your views matter most.

David Morgan 101

Up & Running 102
Guide to railways running in
March.

The Month Ahead 114
Upcoming galas and events.

Features
In this, the second of an occasional series of historical reviews featuring
locomotive engineers of the ‘Big Four’ companies, Heritage Railway’s
Cedric Johns highlights the career of R E L Maunsell, who
became the Southern Railway’s first chief mechanical engineer.

Famous British locomotive engineers:
Richard Edward Lloyd Maunsell
Southern Railway
he Talyllyn Railway
in the Haydn Jones era

72 The Talyllyn Railway is familiar today,
but it has now been preserved for 63
years. Dan Quine gives a rare insight
into what the line was like before it
became a heritage line in 1951.
Ladies first!
 
76 The Severn Valley Railway has
announced that Princess Anne is to
make her first visit to the line on
April 13 as part of its 50th anniversary
celebrations, and may ride on the
footplate. However, Heritage Railway
advertising manager Sue Keily has
beaten her to it. She drove and fired a
classic locomotive on a journey from
Bewdley to Bridgnorth  and said that
anyone can do it. Robin Jones reports.

84 No Wilting in Wiltshire
Who would ever preserve a length
of railway on the outskirts of
Swindon which was never part of the
pre-Grouping Great Western?
Peter Brown reports on the latest
developments on the Swindon &
Cricklade Railway.

90 Gresley meets Chapelon:
the best of both worlds!
One of the major challenges in
building the seventh Gresley P2,
No. 2007 Prince of Wales, is
choosing the valve gear. Director of
engineering David Elliott details
the research and design route
which has led to the P2 Steam
Locomotive Company deciding
to evolve an improved form of
Lentz apparatus.