Rail Enthusiast 1983 October D200: not bad for an old Banger!
Rail Enthusiast 1983 October D200: not bad for an old Banger!
Rail Enthusiast is published monthly. Front Cover, Front cover: An unusual angle on the immaculately-restored D200, before even the yellow front ends were applied, at Toton on Wednesday, July 22. Photo: Paul Johnson.
Contents
Not bad for an old banger!Page 6
D200 is alive and well and, shortly before this issue was produced, was running almost daily on Leeds-Carlisle services. Howard Johnston tells of her inaugural run after rebuilding on "The Hadrian Pullman" on Sunday, July 31.
The big Brushes Part TwoPage 10
Fred Kerr concludes his profile on the Class 47 Co-Cos a type which proved its worth on a large variety of duties, from heavy freights to 95mph passenger working and push-pull operations between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
British Rail's Five-Year PlanPage 15
BR Chairman Sir Peter Parker and his colleagues made public their big report on our railways' immediate future on Thursday August 18. Peter Kelly was there and our news story is to be followed by a detailed analysis next month.
Now for a Class 58 group!Page 23
No kidding that's one of the ideas put forward in our readers' letters pages this month. Also, a Class 20 group gets under way; more information on the "Stalybridge Mail" and Fiddler's Ferry MGR workings; and a plea for Class 25s.
100 Years of ElectrificationPage 26
A century ago, Magnus Volk's electric railway first ran in Brighton and it's still going strong. Ray Vickers takes the opportunity to look back over the developments in electric motive power since those early days.
TGV: The completion of a dreamPage 32
With the opening of the northern section of France's LGV or high-speed line this month, Brian Perren looks at the TGV programme in detail. Mike Turner produces a superb centre-spread painting of the 170mph supertrain, and you can win a Lima TGV model!
Inter-City German-stylePage 52
Businessmen on crack trains in Germany can even use the telephone during their journey. It's just a small part of the significant developments that have been happening on the DB system. Geoffrey Freeman Allen explains.
The Southern's versatile MLVsPage 56
They might not be much to look at, but the Southern Region's MLVs, or motor luggage vans, have some fascinating mechanical features. Technical expert Basil Cooper tells how they operate.
Class 33 with Honda power!Page 58
Our modelling page takes a look at Dave Campling's superb five-inch gauge working model of 33027 Earl Mountbatten of Burma, which is powered by a Honda 50 engine and can pull a dozen people for an hour on a pint of juice!
Also: Looking Ahead, Page 18; Works Report, Page 21; All Change, Page 22; Readers' Round-Up, Page 43; Around the Regions, Page 60.
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