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Steam Railway #13 1981 May Steam centre guide Morayshire story
Steam Railway #13 1981 May
CONTENTS
Can preservation survive? Of course it can, but Michael Draper, the general Manager of the Severn Valley Railway, sees problems ahead.
The Morayshire story. In the care of the Scottish Railway Preservation Society, the D49/1 4-4-0 No.246 Morayshire has become a main-line star.
Magic of the main line. Our photographic round-up includes the "Duchess" on the Cumbrian Mountain Express and the "King" on the Welsh Marches.
Your letters. Plenty of talk about this month, including why Dinting's hands are tied regarding the controversial A2 Pacific Blue Peter and A4 Bittern.
High Road to Buxton. Mike George travels North to find out all about the Peak Railway Society's plans for a steam line from Matlock to Buxton.
Super Trooper. That was No.850 Lord Nelson, when she powered the 13-coach "Troops by Train" 150th anniversary special from Liverpool to York.
A new first. We've commissioned Mike Turner to do a fantastic new series of steam paintings. We introduce him wait till you see our centre spread!
Up the workers! We hear plenty about preserved steam, but here and there it still lives on doing the job it was meant to in the first place.
Plym Valley steam dream. Roger Malone visits Colin Rolfe, the man behind the Plym Valley Railway project, and finds a determined steam enthusiast.
The lady loves steam. There's an oft-quoted misapprehension that women and steam locomotives don't mix. We find one who blows the theory apart.
How it all started. The Stephenson Locomotive Society decided to preserve steam, in the shape of the 0-4-2 Gladstone many years ago.
Steam Centre Guide. A comprehensive list of what's on, where and when at the steam centres in Britain this year. Plus a list of preserved locos.
Chinese giant comes home. That's one of the stories in our news round-up this month. Also, the results of the recent ARPS magazine contest.
Tales from the footplate. Including a runaway push-and-pull, and the "King" that did a "ton" or so the driver claimed for old time's sake.
The Bowes Railway uses pulleys as well as locomotives in its reincarnation of a very early railway system. It's the subject of our Preserved Line Profile.
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