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Railway Magazine November 1994 No 1123 Vol 140
CONTENTS
NEWS
HEADLINE NEWS6-12
Deaths of O.S.Nock, Dai Woodham, Ron Jarvis and Miles Beevor; Holidaymaker killed on West Somerset; Vic Berry fraud case dropped; BR stages a deliberate level crossing smash just days before a real tragedy; British Nuclear Fuels to operate class 20s; Regional Railways markets its flagship services as 'Alphaline'; Clan Line returns . . . with air-brakes; MendipRail trawls the world for spare wagons after major derailment.
DIESEL & ELECTRIC PRESERVATION NEWS 57-60
50 027 moves to NYMR; NRM stock goes into temporary storage; D4 - and possibly a class 31 - head for the Great Central; 'Rodney' quits the Gloucestershire Warwickshire and moves with 50026 to MoD Bicester; D8 makes its preservation debut; Waterman ready to swap his class 26; Clayton goes into service at Chinnor; First class 26s freed of asbestos; South Yorkshire to hold open day.
STEAM NEWS35-45
Moors gala: First appearance for 75014 as 'Taw Valley' bows out; Llangollen extension hit by grants freeze; Scots hope for Lochty line replacement; Return of Isle of Man's 'Caledonia' delayed again; New steam centre for Barnsley; Margaret Parker takes charge at Mid-Hants; Shanes Castle railway finally closes.
STEAM
DOING IT THE GREAT WESTERN WAY26-29
Editor Nick Pigott travels down to the West Country to see how the South Devon Railway is ploughing its own furrow - after cutting itself free from the old Dart Valley Railway in more ways than one.
WANDERING WILLIES! 68-69
Concluding last month's feature on some of the wonderful names applied to locomotives based on characters found in Sir Walter Scott's novels. In this issue, J.M. Craig chronicles their allocations and work history.
TRUSTING IN THE WORTH VALLEY74-75
The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway aims to raise ,000 to take it forward into the 21st century. Assistant Editor Chris Milner finds out how.
SPECIAL FEATURES
PANORAMA 46-48
A welcome return to a photo-feature last seen in 1989 as Railway Magazine provides a medium not only for topical pictures but for those which are pleasant on the eye . . . no matter when they were taken.
THE CLASSIC YEARS 66-67
Turning the clock back to the golden years of the 'fifties and 'sixties: Four colour scenes from the days many enthusiasts now recall with great fondness and affection. Future issues will feature the 'thirties and 'forties - and the 'seventies and eighties.
ALL CHANGE HERE91
A photographic comparison showing a prime railway location in its heyday - and what it looks like today.
MODERN TRACTION NEWS & INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE49-55
InterCity sleepers under threat; New Level 5 livery unveiled; Setback for class 157 deal; Major derailment at Hungerford; Focus on Derby Carriage Works; Royal Mail class 325 consultation starts; Aldwych & Ongar lines close; BR phone bureaux slammed; Transrail identity launched.
OPERATIONS NEWS 76-81
'Eurostar' passengers get to France...by ferry!; Special Trains passengers forced to go from Victoria to Taunton...Nia Birmingham; Class 47/3 on passenger working; New station at Prestwick Airport; Toton recommences class 47 repairs; Class 92s on test running create signalling interference on the WCML,
MODERN TRACTION
RAIL ROVERS17-21
Currently enjoying a buoyant time, car manufacturer Rover, now owned by BMW, remains true to rail for the dispatch of its finished vehicles to mainland Europe and continues to operate three separate private rail systems. John Stretton went to investigate.
SOUTH WEST TRAINS: A WEST COUNTRY REVOLUTION23-25
Chief Correspondent Peter Semmens devotes this months 'Railway Practice & Performance' to comparing class 159 units against the power of class 50s and 'Merchant Navys' on the former London & South Western mainline.
WINTER TIMETABLE CHANGES 31
Making his bi-annual delve into BR's timetable, John Cormack analyses the major changes and finds a regular HST service to Waterloo.
THE CLASS 47 STORY NUMBERS AND NAMES 61-65
In an appendix to Allan Baker's eight-part magnum opus on the ubiquitous Brush Type 4s, Colin Marsden rounds the story off nicely with the complete numbering and naming history of this 512-strong class.
REGULAR FEATURES
STOCK SPOT15
BOOKSHELF16
ANSWERS30
MAILBAG32
COMING EVENTS70
STORED STOCK UPDATE 73
VIDEO BREAK83
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