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Railway Magazine 2014 June Realtime Trains Class 67 first action shots
Railway Magazine 2014 June REALTIME TRAINS
Railway magazine is printed monthly in the UK. #1359 Vol160. Front cover, MAIN IMAGE: Smeared with limescale deposits in true mid-60's style, 9F No.92214 is seen from the footplate of a passing loco on the Great Central Railway on May 11. NICK BRODRICK
INSET 1: Class 68 No.68004 working its first revenue earning train see main picture left. JOHN WHITEHOUSE
FEATURES
16 Real Time Rail Times
For Practice & Performance, John Heaton meets the creator of the Realtime Trains website and looks at what it provides and how it benefits enthusiasts.
22 British Freight Today
In the first of a new series looking at the changing face of rail freight, Paul Shannon puts the coal and biomass operations under the spotlight.
30 The Duchy in a Day
Gareth David explains hove to travel over all the main and branch lines in Cornwall in the space of a day.
42 A Willing Little Workhorse
Launching a boiler appeal, Chris Proudfoot details
the major advances with the project to build
a new BR Standard 3MT 2-6-2T, No.82045.
48 A 'Great' Railway Indeed
There were plans, well before the Grouping, for the Great Northern, Great Eastern and Great Central railways to merge. Peter Bateman tells the story.
65 Railtour Guide 2014
In our bi-annual railtour guide, there's some great ideas for rail-based holidays in Britain, Europe and the rest of the world.
HEADLINE NEWS
GOVIA wins lucrative Thameslink,,Southem & GN franchise; New trains for GN suburban and Gatwick Express; Derby celebrates 175 years of train building; Gresley's grandsons launch frame cutting for P2; GCR collision investigated; Castle'5043 smashes
50-yearold record; Council shelves Somerset sale.
TRACK RECORD
76 Steam & Heritage
,000 bridge contract awarded by G-WR;Patriot
outside cylinder cast Authentic tender for Stirling Single.
86 Steam Portfolio
88 Traction & Stock
More Class 68s delivered: First Class 387 built; Cold weather
tests for Class 700Thameslink EMU.
93 Traction Update
Scrapped, sold, renumbered, repainted? Full details here.
94 Traction Portfolio
96 Freight
97 Network
Renewals taken back in-house by Network Rail; Cambrian
reopens to Harlech; Borders Rail construction anniversary-
99 Railtours
MoD rejects charity charter; New gauging idea mooted-
102 Classic Traction
Class 50 and 'Deltic' star at Swanage gala;'Daisy'' to make
Llangollen DMU debut Rare outing for Dean Forest ED-
107 Narrow Gauge
Leighton Buzzard buys a'Feldbahn; Lappa Valley jobs
assurance; Bala Lake extension and museum plan-
110 World
Political instability affects Egyptian Railways; Closure
threat for rural French lines; Russia tests hybrid loco-
112 Metro
Final bow for Metrolink T68 trains; May 31 start for
Edinburgh trams-
113 Operations
News from the train and freight operating companies-
Three more loco repatriations; Leighton Buzzard to reveal
mystery hooded loco; Six in steam at Amerton.
88 Classic Traction
'Thumper'golden jubilee celebrated; First loco at Alnwick.
91 Metro
New entrance opens at Paddington: Boost for Croydon.
92 World
Monorail construction boom; Vienna's new main station
almost complete; More Siemens electrics for Australia.
94 Operations News
News from the train and freight operating companies.
REGULARS
12 Multiple Aspects
12 Railways in Parliament
32 Readers' Platform
The lively letters page on which YOU have your say.
36 Subscriptions Offer
43 Meetings
Details of railway society meetings near you.
53 Panorama
Our monthly showcase presents the best in railway
photography.
101 Heritage Diary
A comprehensive listing of dates when heritage
railways and steam centres will be open.
FEATURES
16 Half a Century of Class 47s
In the first of a two-part feature, Paul Bickerdyke looks at the life and times of the Class 47s, which were BR's most numerous main line diesels.
26 Arthurian Legends
Southern Railways'King Arthur'N15 class were named after the legendary Knights of the Round Table. In the first of a two-part story for Practice& Performance, Keith Farr looks at their complex history.
34 Back Burners
The subject of stationary boilers has created a lot of interest and correspondence. Here we present an update based on the latest info.
38 North London Spurs
Although situated in the midst of a large conurbation of several million people, the freight lines in North London are seldom photographed, as Dr John Hurst explains.
46 A Day to Remember
Mike Arlett tells the story of how a young man aged just 24 drove the heaviest passenger train over the Mendips with a single locomotive.
45 End of the line for Healey Mills
Paul Bickerdyke looks at the history and background to Healey Mills marshalling yard and depot, and reasons for its recently announced closure.
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