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Steam Railway #138 1991 October 20th Anniversary supplement included
Steam Railway #138 1991 October 20th Anniversary supplement included
CONTENTS
NEWS Semi-naked girl tied to the line on the South Devon Railway! Ashford-Hastings line to see steam next year; NSE confirms Exeter specials; 'Cambrian Limited' may divert to Aberystwyth; 5407 transfers to the Highlands; City of Truro doubles Dean Forest figures; Tyseley locos move out as Birmingham Railway Museum joins forces with GCR; Tanfield doubles length of line. All these stories and MUCH more in the country's leading steam news pages. Remember - you saw it first in Steam Railway.
KODAK COMPETITION WINNERS A bumper entry to the prestigious Kodak- sponsored competition launched in our June issue provided an invidious task for the judges. We have pleasure in publishing the winners along with three runners-up.
SWANAGE SWANSONG? The survival, and in many cases, improving success, of our nation's preserved railways during the current recession is wonderful news. But what of those lines where things aren't exactly coming up roses? Andrew Britton examines the plight of one such line, the Swanage, and finds reason for optimism.
ISLAND SUNSHINE Scenes from the newly-opened Isle of Wight Steam Railway extension, including one from the still overgrown platform at Ashey station.
GALLERY Double-headed QJs battling through a mountainous terrain in China grace this month's centre spread.
GLORIOUS YEARS Line bashing tales and full-colour pictures from the heyday of steam, photographed by this month's guest cameraman, Peter Coton.
WORLDWIDE REPORT Good news from the South African museum front, and pictures of live steam surviving just! - on the Greek national railways.
FARE'S FAIR? We have now reached the era of the 10 return fare on some steam lines. Is the 50 day-out too much for an average family to afford? Are the railways in danger of pricing themselves out of the market? David Wilcock reports.
MAILBAG The furore over window bars goes on, Duncan Cotterill puts the case for foreign steam and our readers' free request column 'Help' gets a pat on the back.
REFRESHING CHANGES Next time you're choking on a stale sandwich or drinking cold mud coffee, think of Victorian passengers. 150 years ago they had to pay the penalty for GWR penny-pinching, as Roy Stevens explains.
METAMORPHOSIS AT THE NRM Exclusive photographs from the new National Railway Museum contrast sharply with pictures showing the way it was.
STEAM RAILWAYANA Roger Malone investigates a Cotswold garden in which ground frames exist side-by-side with cold frames.
'THE LORD WILL PROVIDE' In the eighth in our 'Steam Lines' series, we move off the beaten track. Melvyn Hopwood visits the Cadeby Light Railway.
PERMANENT WAY A pair of photographs which graphically illustrate the demise of heavy industry.
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