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Railway Magazine 1998 March Oil-fired steam Palin on Railways
Railway Magazine 1998 March 1998 No 1163 Vol 144
CONTENTS
NEWS
HEADLINE NEWS6-15
Branson: Poor performance dragging down Virgin name; Severn Valley passenger figures soar; Rosco investigation ordered by John Prescott; 'Heathrow Express' starts; 'Saint' components passed for main line; Collectors Corner to move to York; Waverley Route could have been saved; Main line test for 1450; NWT Class 322s for Manchester-Euston services; AIRPS changes its name; New Jubilee Line trains start running.
STEAM NEWS25-35
B1 No. 1264 prepares for main line test; Theft hits 92 Squadron; Less than 1,000 days left to build Tornado; BI2 bids farewell to GCR; 'War' declared at North Norfolk; Still no home for NELPG; Are you Britain's railway brain?
NARROW GAUGE NEWS 36
Another Ffestiniog/Welsh Highland agreement; Locos for sale as North Yorkshire narrow gauge plan is axed; New Bure Valley loco is oilfired.
SPECIALS
PALIN - THE RAILWAY ENTHUSIASTS' CHAMPION38-41
Nick Pigott interviews writer, author, comedian and broadcaster Michael Palin a star who is not afraid to stand up to champion the cause of the railway enthusiast.
PANORAMA 49-53
Our regular showcase of railway photography, sponsored by Fuji, provides another varied selection of thought-provoking images.
DON'T BLAME BR FOR YOUR PROBLEMS!62-63
This year's Sir Robert Reid Lecture was delivered by BRB chairman John Welsby, who says BR should not be blamed for all the problems of the privatised railway industry.
TRACTION & STOCK NEWS58-61
Non-Royal duties for Royal 47; Derailment causes Freightliner havoc; Class 66 construction begins; Class 33 for Valley Lines; Class 86 named Pride of the Nation.
PRESERVED TRACTION NEWS65-67
End of 'preserved' status for some locos; Alycidon moves back to the 'Moors'; Main line aspirations for Harry Needle; Last Class 45 for sale.
NETWORK NEWS72-73
Regulator probes Virgin West Coast deal; Railway deaths at an all-time low. Re-modelling at Leeds; upgrade at Birmingham New St; Investment in Mersey Rail services.
OPERATIONS NEWS 80-85
Our monthly round-up of news from the train operating companies, freight companies and railway workshops. Every month, Operations News also provides an at-a-glance guide to the logos of the many privatised operators.
STEAM 10-24
OIL - THE NEW BURNING ISSUE
The debate over whether to convert steam locos to oil-burning is beginning to hot up. Chris Milner investigates the history and potential of the practice.
HELP BRING A GWR STEAM RAILMOTOR TO LIFE 44-47
The Railway Magazine 1998 is backing the exciting plans by the Great Western Society to build a steam railmotor. Read about how it will be done in this exclusive report by Nick Pigott.
MODERN TRACTION
FOCUS ON THE MIDLAND METRO68-71
John Cormack takes a close look at the new multimillion pound Midland Metro system, due to open in the summer.
THE ALL-TIME TOPS REGISTER74-75
The final part of this special summary guide covers electric multiple unit classes.
EUROPEAN HIGH-SPEED NETWORK EXTENDS 77-78
In Practice & Performance, Peter Semmens looks at the improvements in the schedules with the opening of the new Belgian high-speed line.
REGULARS
MULTIPLE ASPECTS4
THE 'SPECIAL' PAGES 16-17
GRASS ROOTS37
RAILWAY ANSWERS 42-43
READERS' FORUM54-55
MYSTERY TRAVELLER56
STEVE McCOLL56
FIGHT FOR FREIGHT57
ALL CHANGE79
TRACTION UPDATE86-87
100 YEARS AGO89
COMING EVENTS89-90
VIDEO VIEW92
BOOKSHELF93
CLASSIFIED ADS94-97
PRIZE CROSSWORD98
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