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Railway Magazine 1999 March Great Central 100 REcord year for SVR Big Boy to ste
Railway Magazine 1999 March 1999 No 1175 Vol 145
CONTENTS
NEWS
HEADLINE NEWS 4-15
Passengers escape serious injury as derailed 'Sprinter' is hit by coal train; Top heritage award for Barrow Hill roundhouse; Bluebell to build an Al (a 'Terrier', that is!); Supersaver fares take another hit; Motorail trains return; Leicester North station to be built; Union Pacific 'Big Boy' to steam again!
METRO NEWS14 Llandudno to get a tramway? Midland Metro hit by fines; Two Docklands stations close; Trafford Centre to get a monorail?
FEATURES
GREAT CENTRAL 100 18-26
Superbly engineered and built to the Berne loading gauge, the Great Central Railway's London Extension opened 100 years ago this month. It was the last main line to be built and the first to close. As the centenary celebrations get into full swing, Keith Farr looks at the line's history.
PRESERVATION'S FUTURE IS IN THEIR HANDS40-43
Britain's heritage railways could be facing a serious skills crisis within ten years unless more young people are trained in locomotive restoration techniques. Birmingham Railway Museum has found the answer with a prize-winning team of youths, as Chris Milner reports.
OPERATION CLAMPDOWN46-50 Railway accidents caused by trespass and vandalism on Britain's railways are reaching epidemic proportions. Terry Hope looks at the problem and the steps being taken to eradicate it.
STEAM NEWS27-36
'Moorsline' to run more main line specials; Ashburton plan feasible, says report; Al Trust in bid to double covenants; More locos for West Somerset gala.
NARROW GAUGE 37-38
Mystery legacy for Welshpool; Crucial winter for Sittingbourne's viaduct; More on the steam monorail loco.
TRACTION & STOCK 60-62 T
rain crew averts disaster after car crash; More Class 66s enter traffic; Changes to Class 59 workings; Connex shunter unveiled.
ROLLING STONES66-72
In part three of our focus on the British freight scene, Paul Shannon takes an in-depth look at the multi-million pound business of moving aggregates from quarries to construction sites.
WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD74-79
Colin Marsden is given an exclusive behind-the-scenes insight into operations at the American headquarters of Wisconsin Central owner of English Welsh & Scottish Railway.
SPECIALS
PANORAMA 51-53
Another selection of top-quality photographs in our regular monthly showcase, sponsored by Fuji Sensia II film.
THE ART OF TIMING TRAINS54-58
Having spent 50 years timing trains all over the world, Peter Semmens explains the highly-specialised procedure involved.
NETWORK NEWS 63-65
Railtrack reveals further punctuality decline; Refurbishment for Cardiff Central; investment for Norfolk line Plus rail route changes.
CLASSIC TRACTION 81-82
Feasibility study for a main line 'Western'; Pioneer Class 31 for Barrow Hill; Preservation for celebrity Class 47?
OPERATIONS NEWS 84-89
Our monthly round-up of news from the train operating companies, freight companies and railway workshops.
PLUS: NEW SERIES UP TO SPEED59
We are delighted to introduce a new column detailing progress on the building of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Compiled by Peter Semmens, whose similar items on the Channel Tunnel construction were extremely well-received, this series will appear whenever there is significant progress to report.
REGULARS
`SPECIAL' PAGES16-17
READERS' FORUM44-45
RAILWAYS IN PARLIAMENT 65
FIGHT FOR FREIGHT74
TRACTION UPDATE90-91
REVIEWS92-93
100 YEARS AGO95
COMING EVENTS95-96
ANSWERS97
PRIZE CROSSWORD102
WHERE IS IT?102
ALL CHANGE103
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