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Steam Classic 1993 June No 39 Coastal command Power over the pennies
Steam Classic 1993 June No 39
CONTENTS
CLASSIC COMMENT4Putting the case for 'Britain's Railway' a few home truths from Colin Garratt
OBSERVATIONS7Swanage on tor and a feast of double-heading, both the evocative and the decidedly exotic
NEWS12Steam at Darlington Birmingham o' course with the Battlefield Line major left from Nene Valley Great War memories revived Midland Trust gets ARPS top award
STEAM ON THE MAIN LINE14Now it's steam on the District Line! Flying Scotsman gets a lifeline more steam tours of Scunthorpe's steelworks `Black 5s' for the West Highland central Wales steam details
RESTORATION UPDATE16June debut for West Somerset Prairie L99 passes steam test another milestone for the 'impossible' B1 L&NWR `Super D' to be restored to working order Holden B12 progress report a roof over its head for No 4247!
WRITE LINES19Two pages of your letters this month, exposing our gross ignorance of things agricultural, and offering a vigourous defence of Hawksworth's "Counties"
FROM THE FOOTPLATE SPIRIT OF '68: WITH A 'BLACK 5' THROUGH THE BLITZ21You're firing Monument Lane's best Class 5, but you also have to cope with the depot's most reckless driver. And on top of that, the Luftwaffe is out to get you...
STEAM PORTFOLIO COASTAL COMMAND26On January 1, 1923, from the Thames to the Tamar became the Southern Railway, the territory of sunshine yellow and malachite green. Continuing his series on the grouping, Martin Smith examines the Southern legacy, from the Baltic tanks of the Brighton line to the Manning Wardles of the Lynton and Bamstaple
THE GREAT DESIGNERS: THE PAST'S MASTER38A tribute to one of the greatest locomotive engineers and railway managers Britain has produced, the Lancashire and Yorkshire's John Audley Frederick Aspinall
A BOOK FOR THE JOURNEY47Recent railway reading evaluated by the 'Steam Classic' team
WATCHING BRIEF 49Richard `Goggle Eyes' Derry scrutinizes steam on video
REMEMBER WHEN...?50This popular feature returns with some memories of steam around London, when one `shed bash' took you around four BR regions
SAVE 50% WHEN YOU VISIT THE NEW NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM HOW TO USE YOUR `STEAM CLASSIC' SUPERSAVER CARD 53
ON CLOSER INSPECTION: SUBURBAN STYLE54It may have only been a suburban tank, but Harry Wainwright's H class possessed the handsome lines of his express passenger designs; it was also a remarkably sturdy and durable locomotive.
WHERE THERE'S STEAM60Your area-by-area, line-by-line guide to steam workings throughout England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man during the coming weeks
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