Steam Railway #180 1995 April Landslip severs Bluebell RY Waterman main line ste
Steam Railway #180 1995 April
CONTENTS
COVER STORIES.
NEWS Landslip severs Bluebell RailwayPAGE 7
DOWN MAIN Waterman's main line steam programmePAGE 60
NEWS Free Pullmans - to good homes! PAGE 13
Q&A Your steam questions answeredPAGE 32
EXCLUSIVE Limited edition Elizabethan' print offerPAGE 34
NEWS ,000 repair cost for Blue PeterPAGE 6
NEWS SVR's Hagley Hall for sale?PAGE 15
REGULARS
6 NEWS More than 14 pages of the latest news stories - the biggest and best news section money can buy.
23 MORGAN David Morgan examines the role of the Association of Railway Preservation Societies.
29 REVIEWS The latest book and video releases, what should you be buying?
32 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS All the questions about steam you ever wanted to know - but were afraid to ask, are answered in our popular feature.
43 GALLERY 'Top link' pictures from Britain's leading photographers.
53 MAILBAG Readers views, comments and theories about railway preservation today.
60 DOWN MAIN David Wilcock puts more flesh on the bones of Waterman Railways' summer programme and asks, is there life after Special Trains?
67 OFFERS IN THE REGIONS Mel Holley reviews property with a railway flavour.
68 PERMANENT WAY AND NOT SO PERMANENT WAY Brian Morrison revisits Ashford shed and finds little but memories.
74 THE GLORIOUS YEARS Former BR steam driver Peter Rose recalls days on the footplate and serves a helping of top-quality nostalgic W black & white photographs.
80 THE ONE-STOP STEAM GUIDE Lynne Best's authoritative guide details where you can find steam this month.
90 MIXED TRAFFIC Editor Nigel Harris discovers how Brunet's atmospheric railway really worked and sees red!
SPECIAL FEATURES
24 NEVER MIND THE P2' - BUILD A 'P3! As the A I Steam Locomotive Trust makes solid progress with its new 'A I', it has announced its next project will be one of Gresley's long-gone `P2' 2-8-2s. Steam locomotive engineer Dusty Durrant argues the case for developing Peppercorn's proposed 4-8-4 by building a `P3' instead!
34 THE STEAM RAILWAY `ELIZABETHAN' LEAVES KING'S CROSS An exciting and EXCLUSIVE reader offer, unveiled by Steam Railway editor, Nigel Harris.
36 LIGHT RAIL- VICTORIAN STYLE Today 'light rail' means trams and street running in Victorian times, it meant Colonel Stephens' lightly laid railways, Mel Holley visits the Kent & East Sussex Railway to see if the Colonel's spirit is alive and well.
48 SWANAGE - EXPLODING THE MYTH Near financial collapse, resignations, redundancies and dissent - just some of the ingredients of the volatile atmosphere which has swirled around the picturesque Swanage Railway in recent years. Andrew Britton goes undercover to sift fact from rumour.
56 INTO THE LIGHT! Graham Wignall presents a selection of his bold, striking photography, where mood, silhouette, clag and composition are used to create powerful and dramatic images.
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