Railway Magazine 2003 May Up for the cup Rails to the Artic Circle HSTs Midland
Railway Magazine 2003 May 2003 No 1225 Vol 149
CONTENTS
News
4 Headline News
Midland Mainline shows off its first refurbished HST; A Virgin Voyager reaches Blaenau Ffestiniog; The Great Marquess bought by John Cameron; Class 66-type loco in fatal smash; EWS Class 58s for Spain; Bath Road for demolition. 'Thomas' "scares children".
Features
14 Bridging the Gap
Despite fears of Beeching-style cuts to the rail network, Rhodri Clark finds that there is great cause for optimism on the Mid-Wales line.
24 Western Glory
They were thought by many to be the finest Type 4s ever built. Keith Hill looks back on the Class 52 'Westerns'.
32 Going to Hell
Nick Pigott travels up through Norway to the Arctic Circle, where trains can be photographed in daylight ... at midnight!
40 Up for the Cup
In Practice and Performance, chief correspondent Peter Semmens recalls some of the football and racing specials that were winners for the railway companies.
51 Panorama
Five pages of superb photographs in Panorama this month, sponsored by Fuji Sensia II film
57 Wight 50 Years On
Half a century ago, the Isle of Wight suffered its first line closure. David Thrower traces the changes that have taken place since that fateful day.
PLUS
84 Summer Gala Guide
A special two-page 'at-a-glance' summary of heritage line galas and other events over the coming summer.
Track Record THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE'S MONTHLY NEWS DIGEST
68 Traction & Stock
Class 312 damaged in arson attack; Voyagers clock up quarter of a million miles each!; 12-car Electrostars reach London; Central and ScotRail unit swap?
72 Network News
First it had a Platform 93% for the 'Harry Potter' movies, now King's Cross is to get a Platform 0 in real life! Midland Mainline to undercut Virgin fares to Manchester; plus Swansea swansong.
75 Steam News
Southall fights eviction order; Council backs GCR Loughborough rail bridge plan; Storm over Bulleid Swanage; Partnership revives Aln Valley hopes; Bitumen trains for Ribble line.
86 Narrow Gauge
88 Classic Traction
91 Specials & Rail Tourer
95 Fight for Freight
97 Operations News
104 Traction Update
Regulars
13 Photographer of the Year
20 Subscriptions Ad
23 Multiple Aspects
23 Railways in Parliament
30 Readers' Platform
37 Railway Answers
38 Events/100 Years Ago
47 Book & Video Reviews
50 Tomorrow's World
63 Classified Ads
66 Prize Crossword
66 Where Is It?
106 Reader Services
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