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Steam Railway #179 1995 March Fort William Steam Galatea Green Arrow main line r
Steam Railway #179 1995 March
CONTENTS
COVER STORIES
NEWS Main line repair for NRM's Green ArrowPAGE 7
NEWS Mid-Hants engine shed redundanciesPAGE 8
NEWS A scramble to buy GalateaPAGE 6
DOWN MAIN Full four-month main line diaryPAGES 54-58
DOWN MAIN Axe falls on Fort William steamPAGES 54-58
DOWN MAIN Easter Penzance trip for BritanniaPAGES 54-58
REGULARS
6 NEWS More than 16 pages of the latest news stories - the best in w the business!
25 MORGAN David Morgan comments on railway privatisation.
26 PERMANENT WAY AND NOT SO PERMANENT WAY Peter Fitton recalls Blackpool Central at the height of the holiday season; today it's a memory.
29 MAILBAG Readers' views - including their reaction to Colin Gifford's new book ...And Gone Forever.
38 REVIEWS A look at the latest book and video releases - what should you buy?
42 GALLERY World class pictures from Britain's leading photographers.
54 DOWN MAIN David Wilcock has all the latest main line news and comment.
67 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Your questions about steam locomotives and railways answered by our team of experts.
71 OFFERS IN THE REGIONS Mel Holley looks at property with a railway flavour.
74 THE ONE-STOP STEAM GUIDE Lynne Best's authoritative guide for steam this month.
82 THE GLORIOUS YEARS Sparkling pre-war black & white images from G.P. Keen.
90 MIXED TRAFFIC Editor Nigel Harris eats humble pie and discovers some unusual water troughs.
SPECIAL FEATURES
32 FLYING SCOTSMAN - THIS IS YOUR LIFE!
Without question Flying Scotsman is the world's most famous locomotive and the only one to have circumnavigated the globe. Edward Gardener charts the full history of this remarkable locomotive.
37 SO YOU THINK YOU'RE A SAFE BET AT THE LINESIDE, HUH? Steam Railway was the only organisation allowed to photograph our 'Elizabethan' trains from the lineside on Holloway bank. But to get past the fence, David Wilcock had to attend a personal track safety course - and pass an examination. Find out how he got on - could you have correctly answered all the questions?
48 SNOW! RAMMING SCOTTISH SNOW DRIFTS AT 50MPH Faced with 15ft snow drifts blocking the Edinburgh main line in 1963, former District Engineer, Stewart Currie recounts the remarkable clearance he organised, with just a trio of 'Black 5s' and an army of permanent way men. The dramatic story - told here for the first time - includes his previously unpublished photographs taken during the 50mph clearance attempts.
61 PULLMAN CAR FINGALL The riches-to-rags...and back to riches story of a 1924 Pullman restored over 12 years on the Bluebell Railway. Heidi Mowforth recounts how a derelict 'chicken-shed' wreck was transformed into an opulent rolling restaurant.
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