September 2013

Contents
September 2013. No. 1,349. Vol 159. A journal of record since 1897

Track Record The Railway Magazine’s monthly news digest

64 Steam & Heritage
Heritage lines share £1.5million lottery cash; Vandalism
damages‘Black Five’; Steam return for Robertsbridge.

72 Steam Portfolio

74 Railtours
Heritage minnow gets main line connection; £40,000 bill
after Class 97 tour axed; Tornado to steam onto Bluebell.

80 Traction & Stock
Network Rail Class 313 unveiled; GBRf’s‘Dutch’Class 66s
approved;SWTs Bournemouth paintshop opens.

83 Traction Update
Scrapped, sold, renumbered, repainted? Full details here.

86 Freight
GBRF runs electric intermodal from Ipswich to Manchester;
Potash mine may bring passenger benefits too.

88 Network
Tender issued for Edinburgh-Glasgowelectrification;
£48millionWales upgrade completed; Rails to Skelmersdale?

90 Narrow Gauge

95 Metro
Oyster card celebrates 10 years; Loss predicted for
Edinburgh trams.

96 Classic Traction
Prototype HST power car started; Plan to swap a‘chopper’
for a‘tractor’; Romanian‘Grid’fired up.

100 World
Swiss centenaries celebrated; New Italian high speed train
unveiled; Skoda wins German train order.

102 Operations News
News from the train and freight operating companies.

Regulars

24 All Change – Eastfield
A look at how the railway has changed over the years.

29 TimeTraveller
A look into The RM archive at some photographic gems.

36 Reviews
A selection of book reviews.

39 Readers’ Platform
The lively letters page on which YOU have your say.

52 Subscriptions Offer

55 Multiple Aspects

55 Railways in Parliament

56 Panorama
Our monthly showcase, with the best in rail photography.

108 100 Years Ago
A look back to what Britain’s senior rail title was
reporting 20, 50 and 100 years ago.

108 Meetings
Details of railway society meetings near you.

109 Heritage Diary
A comprehensive listing of dates when heritage
railways and steam centres will be open.

113 Reader Services

114 Prize Crossword and Where Is It?

Features

14 The Lion that roared
Adrian Curtis sheds new light on the diesel
prototype Lion, one of the most striking
locomotives to grace Britain’s railways.

18 Cambrian test bed
With considerable talk about how ETCS will change
signalling, for Practice & Performance, John Heaton
visits the Cambrian line where the new system is
live.

27 Prototype that fulfilled its promise
Greg Lilleker, a key member of the prototype HST
commissioning team in the 1970s, reveals secrets
behind the first press run of the train, as its 40th
anniversary approaches.

31 Grantham: Back in the headlines after 50 years
To mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of
Grantham engine shed, Nick Pigott provides an
overview of the town’s railways, ahead of a two-day
visit by world speed record holder A4 No. 4468
Mallard in September.

40 10 minutes, 10 questions
In the first of a new series, Steven Knight grills key
railway executives and decision-makers as part of a
quick-fire interview. First in the spotlight is GB
Railfreight managing director John Smith.

42 The driver who went to prison
A century on, Howard Routledge relates the story of
the 1913 Ais Gill crash.

48 The work of RSSB
Striving for a safer railway. Greg Morse explains the
role of the Railway Safety & Standards Board (RSSB).

61 Tito’s mobile palace
Keith Fender reports on a new operation that
allows passengers to travel in luxury on the private
train of the former Yugoslav leader, President Tito.