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Steam Railway #1 Preservations Special Leander UK steam stocklist
Steam Railway #1
CONTENTS
6 A star is born It's the classic irony Leander, sent for scrap in 1964, is hired back by BR in 1979. Fame is the aim but can Leander overshadow Flying Scotsman?
10 Win a camera Your chance to win a Canon G3 QL camera worth in a simple and free to enter 'spot the difference' competition.
12 Nightmare! Tales of Barry scrapyard are legion but for Dai Woodham who runs it, it's been a nightmare that has haunted him for nearly 20 years.
16 Next train to Blaenau . . . The Festiniog miracle is almost complete. With just over a mile to go before Blaenau Ffestiniog is reached, we examine the achievments, and prospects
22 A King for a king's ransom Would you pay ,000 for a nameplate? Some people will others go to extraordinary lengths to acquire relics and that includes theft and forgery.
28 Main line magic Nothing inspires like main-line steam, and 'Steam Railway's' cameramen have been at the lineside to record the best of the SLOA specials this year.
30 Steam returns to the Smoke King George Vs run from Paddington broke a 10-year ban on London steam . . . it also broke down at Didcot. The men on the footplate explain how.
32 Green Arrow to the rescue Full colour recital of the V2 no 4771's run from York with The Northumbrian Limited a run rescheduled following the Penmanshiel Tunnel disaster.
34 Steam and steamers It's boats, rather than engines that provide the impetus for the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railwaythe first in a series of 'preserved line profiles'.
39 Preserving a Standard Taffy Cook is a real Inter City man. He helped restore 'City of Truro', now he's helping restore a rather individual Class 5 no 73050 'City of Peterborough'.
42 Thinking your way to better pictures Do trees sprout from chimneys? Does bad weather mean bad pictures? Expert railway photographer Mike Esau prescribes some photo-remedies.
48 Return to Carnforth An ample helping of nostalgia as ex-fireman Paddy Knight returns to his home depot after 24 years to fire a Black Five once again.
52 Here is the news . . . . . . before it happens! Britannia leaves the Severn Valley, plus huge coverage of steam news from the four corners of Britain, on FIVE big pages.
57 UK Steam Stocklist Everything you need to know about preserved main-line engineswhere they are, who owns them, what condition they're in.
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