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Rail Enthusiast 1984 June Oban line: The Passed Over Paradise
Rail Enthusiast 1984 June Oban line: The Passed Over Paradise staining - see photos
Rail Enthusiast is published monthly. Front Cover, Front cover: Pre-heat unit ADB 968000, formerly D8243, shows off a smart coat of paint on the site of the old steam shed at St. Philip's Marsh, Bristol, on March 24. Will one be preserved? A letter from the Class 15 Preservation Society appears in this issue. Photo: Geoff Cann. Back cover: 31166, in charge of a Tyne Yard-Tinsley steel train originating from Consett, is overtaken by the 17.57 Newcastle-King's Cross HST near Ouston Jct. on August 9, 1979. Photo: Peter J. Robinson.
Contents
110mph in new WCML schedules
Geoffrey Freeman Allen explains the London Midland Region's speeded-up new summer
schedules in searching detail.Page 6
First glance at the Class 150 DMU
Our News Focus camera captures the latest class of diesel multiple unit to emerge
from York.Page 11
Tyne & Wear's Metro miracle
As the last phase of Geordieland's Metro system is completed, Murray Brown attends the
ceremonies and tells the story so far.Page 23
47408 the memorial loco
The naming carried out on Brush Co-Co No. 47408 brought honour on the late lamented Finsbury
Park depot. There's colour of the last night, too.Page 30
Heyday of the 40s
The pioneering days when diesels were green and "Whistlers" were top-link locomotives
are brought back to life in our special colour feature.Pages 32-33
Oban line: the passed-over paradise
Spectacular and beautiful though the main West Highland and Kyle route are, the Oban
branch is still something special, says Eddie Bellass.Page 35
Anglia electrification
Murray Brown reports on the progress being made with this major electrification scheme which BR
hopes will bring new life to East Anglia.Page 40
Warships, ocean liners and racehorses
David Maxey completes his all-embracing naming survey by giving us the fruits of his research into
the names that adorn some Class 50 locos, along with 40s and "racehorse" Deltics.Page 51
Also: Letters, Page 12; News Lines, Page 15; Rolling Stock News, Page 18: Railtour Review, Page 21:
Departmental Notes, Page 26; The RDS Column, Page 29; Readers' Round-Up, Page 43; Works Report, Page
50; Looking Ahead, Page 56; Around the Regions, Page 57: Books, Page 59: All Change, Page 63.
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