December 2013

Contents
December 2013. No. 1,352. Vol 159. A journal of record since 1897

On the cover
Main image: a superb
Malcolm root painting
of Gresley P2No. 2002
Earl Marischal at
Montrose South in the
mid-1930s.Note the
four smoke deflectors.
See feature on page 14.
INSET 1: Britain’s
shunters - where they
all are - see page 86.
INSET 2: Changes are
planned to rail tickets.
Full story on page 37.
INSET 3: New livery
for east Coast Class 91
and Mk4s. See page
8. Phil Bevan


Track Record The Railway Magazine’s monthly news digest

64 Steam & Heritage
Massive support for P2 No. 2007 project; Steam returns to
Robertsbridge; First steam at Aln Valley; N2 visits Bo’ness.

72 Steam Portfolio

74 Multiple Aspects, plus Chinnor gala

76 Classic Traction
‘Switcher’may be scrapped; Pier tram project begins.

80 Traction & Stock
Redundant‘Voyager’vehicles to be re-used; First Southern
377/6 in service; Facelift for‘Pendolinos’and Class 221s.

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

84 Traction Portfolio

86 Shunter Locations
An up-to-date listing of all surviving Class 08s and 09s.

87 Freight

88 Railtours
Charity charters in the money; 90mph A4 trips back on.

91 Network
Brighton’s facelift complete;Wrexham-Chester doubling.

95 Narrow Gauge

98 World

101 Metro

102 Operations
News from the train and freight operating companies.

Regulars

22 All Change
A dramatic ‘then and now’pairing at Mexborough.

51 Location, Location
This month we look at Calstock viaduct, on the border
between Devon and Cornwall.

30 Subscriptions Offer

53 Readers’ Platform

57 Panorama
Our showcase for the creative side of railway imagery.

60 100 Years Ago
What we were reporting 20, 50 and 100 years ago.

74 Railways in Parliament

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 andWhere Is It?