The Railway Magazine 2000 August The Cruel sea Guide to all new trains SVR
The Railway Magazine 2000 August
News
5 Headline News
SSRA redraws the franchise map; Breakthrough in North Downs Tunnel; Safety fears after two moil Thames Trains SPADs; Great Central commissions double track Working steam returns to the UK; Severn Valley to pull out of main line steam running.
Track Record
THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE'S MONTHLY NEWS DIGEST
58 Traction & Stock
Virgin `Pendolinos' take shape; Nightstar stock on test in Canada; GNER launches the 'White Rose'.
63 Steam News
Resignations rock Kent & East Sussex; Steam returns to Hull Docks; Swindon's museum opens; Big party planned for Pendennis Castle.
13 Narrow Gauge 74 'Special' Pages 77 Network News 80 Classic Traction 82 Operations News 88 Traction Update 90 Fight for Freight 90 Metro News
Regulars
4 Subscription Offer 31 Railway Answers 33 Readers' Platform 41 100 Years Ago
44 Reviews
Features
18 Britain's New Trains
An at-a-glance guide to who's ordered what and when.
20 Euro Privatisation
So you thought rail privatisation was a British phenomenon? Rodger Bradley explains what is happening in other EU countries as a result of Brussels directives.
26 COVER STORY Could some of our railways go under?
Global warming and coastal erosion could result in thousands of square miles of land being submerged. David Thrower reports on how such a catastrophe could affect Britain's railways.
36 The 'Lincoln' sets
Peter Wombwell and Colin Marsden remember the 'Derby Heavyweight' DMUs which monopolised rural services in Lincolnshire for the best part of three decades.
45 Panorama Our monthly photo showcase.
48 Tyneside Electrics
Then and Now
In Practice & Performance,
Peter Semmens looks at almost 100 years of electric services on Tyneside.
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