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The Railway Magazine 2000 November Big Ben meets Bodmin Eurostar
The Railway Magazine 2000 November
News
5 Headline News
Railtrack plea for an end to 'civil war'; Fuel crisis brings 'windfall% Four foreign railways bid for TOCs; Drivers poached by rivals; Dublin to get an underground railway
- plus: New train commissioning delays; Special Report.
Track Record
THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE'S MONTHLY NEWS DIGEST
12 Traction & Stock News
Refurbished Class 317s on Stansted route; Class 57s clock up a million miles; Virgin Class 47 named after modelmaker.
76 Steam News
Pannier blows cylinder; Trouble-torn Mid-Hants seeks way forward; Pegler explodes Pullman myth; Steam visits Essex branches.
86 Narrow Gauge 88 'Special' Pages 90 Network News
93 Fight for Freight
94 Classic Traction
97 Metro News
98 Operations News
105 Traction Update
106 Tomorrow's World 106 Search Engine
Features
18 Atlantic Swells
It is 50 years since the last of lvatt's GNR 4-4-2s was withdrawn. Keith Farr traces the history of the Large Atlantics in a two-part tribute.
26 The Salt of the Earth
Many railway men and women work at remote locations, keeping the railway running in all weathers. They are indeed the 'Salt of the Earth' as Jim Davies reports.
34 A-Z of New Trains
By popular demand ... Colin Marsden unravels the technical details of Britain's new trains in the first of a two-part summary.
43 Atlantique Coast Express
Report from France on the record-breaking 2,040km Eurostar railtour to La Rochelle.
46 Winter timetable
John Cormack begins his summary of winter timetable changes. More next month.
48 'Steam in Paradise'
The first Railway Magazine readers' tour of Cuba went like a dream. Nick Pigott reports. See also page 107.
56 The Dreaming Spires
Practice & Performance looks at the changes to Paddington-Oxford services spanning more than 50 years.
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