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Railway Magazine 1998 January Lickey Conquered
Railway Magazine 1998 January
Eurotunnel locos join the rail freight business
Eurotunnel Bo-Bos Nos. 0002 and 0005 wait to leave Coquelles with a rake of 20 MoD `warflats' bound for England on November 11 - one of the first occasions on which Eurotunnel operated non-Shuttle commercial freight trains. see story, page 11. BOB SWEET.
NEWS
HEADLINE NEWS 4-13
The Railway Magazine helps to make history as steam tops the Lickey; Eurostars for West Coast duties? GEC/Fiat tilting train bid launched; Kent & East Sussex gets a million pounds for Bodiam extension; RfD sale to EWS confirmed; Sir Nigel Gresley to haul spark test train; More steam for Scotland? B 12 for GCR galas. Plus the Special Pages.
STEAM NEWS21-29
'Duchess' repaint nets more than ,000; Shackerstone looks at northern extension; RPSI relaunches steam from Belfast; South Devon may extend to Ashburton. Plus a special night-time Steam News Portfolio.
NARROW GAUGE NEWS 30
Generator power on the Manx Electric; International visitors for Bure Valley; AIRPS chairman heads Welsh Highland dispute talks.
NETWORK NEWS35-36
Update on Midland Metro progress; Railtrack to build a polystyrene embankment; Facelift for Royal Albert Bridge; Nuneaton-Peterborough resignalling plan; Central Trains resurrects Stansted service.
PRESERVED
TRACTION NEWS38-40
Main line debut again for Fifty Fund's loco; Gordon Highlander to become dedicated VSOE loco; Specialist repairs for D200.
TRACTION &
STOCK NEWS44-50
Special West Coast upgrade report; Class 168 rolled out; Adtranz 'Classic' EMU unveiled; Ten year franchise for Great Western confirmed as it orders new trains; New livery for North West Class 323s; 'Tour of Hope' becomes a record breaker.
OPERATIONS NEWS 70-75
A round-up of news from the train operating companies, railway workshops and freight companies
SPECIALS
LICKEY CONQUERED! 14-17
Nick Pigott reports on how steam conquered the Lickey bank once again and Peter Semmens looks at some specific performances of trains over the Lickey.
THE RAILWAY BARONS 18-19
Following his exclusive meetings with Richard Branson, James Sherwood and Brian Souter, Editor Nick Pigott continues this hard-hitting series by interviewing EWS mastermind Ed Burkhardt.
'98 RAILTOUR GUIDE 51-63
A VERY MERRY "ti- i'`~w CHRISTMAS
AND A PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR
The Editor and staff of The Railway Magazine
extend seasonal greetings to all our
subscribers, readers and contributors and to
all those associated with the railway industry
and the railway heritage movement.
REGULARS
READERS' FORUM33
BOOKSHELF64-65
CROSSWORD & ANSWERS 66
FIGHT FOR FREIGHT69
TRACTION GUIDE77
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