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Steam Railway #181 1995 May Engines for war WD 2-8-0s Peak rail FOrt William ste
Steam Railway #181 1995 May
CONTENTS
COVER STORIES.
Save ! Details of a very special offer PAGE 49
Engines for war - The WD' 2-8-0sPAGE 39
Peak Rail -Can the dream come true?PAGE 54
Fort William steam is back on the agenda!PAGE 7
New 'Al' Tornado to be built in Darlington...PAGE 24
REGULARS
6 NEWS 15 pages of news - the biggest and best news section in the business.
23 MORGAN Columnist David Morgan comments on the forthcoming ARPS/AIR merger.
29 REVIEWS Our reviews sort the wheat from the chaff - we've also got a very special discount offer that will save you money!
36 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Your steam questions answered - this month our popular feature includes Walschaerts valve gear, GWR cast iron stoves, water troughs and more about Little Eva and the Vernon Girls bunking engine sheds!
44 GALLERY A showcase of top-quality pictures by Britain's leading contemporary photographers.
51 MAILBAG Readers views, comments and theories, including reaction to Days Out's main line steam programme.
60 DOWN MAIN David Wilcock has the latest news and comment about steam on the main line.
67 PERMANENT WAY AND NOT SO PERMANENT WAY John & Ron Robinson visit Tipton St. Johns, to discover only memories remain.
74 THE THEAKSTON ONE-STOP STEAM GUIDE Wondering where to go for steam this week? Then check out Lynne Best's guide, the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide that money can buy!
80 THE GLORIOUS YEARS Evocative quality colour images from the 1960s by Graham Morgan.
90 MIXED TRAFFIC Editor Nigel Harris lights the tail lamp once again, discovers a new branch of `scholarship' at the National Railway Museum and delves deeper into the great British footplate breakfast!
SPECIAL FEATURES.
23 THE STEAM RAILWAY `ELIZABETHAN' LEAVES KING'S CROSS Don't miss this exciting offer, exclusive to Steam Railway, for limited edition prints of our historic train. Turn to page 23 now!
24 A1 TRUST CHOOSES DARLINGTON - not Doncaster to build Tornado Nigel Harris reports on the Al Trust's decision to build No. 60103 in Darlington's Stockton & Darlington Carriage Works and examines why Doncaster is out of the running - we have exclusive pictures of this historic building.
30 THE KODAK/STEAM RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD 1994 Editor Nigel Harris unveils the names of the winners and runners-up in this year's prestigious competition - and publishes the winning pictures.
34 WORKING STEAM IN THE 1990s Heavy trains, wet rails, sharp curves, bad coal and steep gradients are all part of the daily challenge for crews on narrow gauge lines in Saxony. Mel Holley reports on Steam Railway's readers' trip to this outpost of genuine everyday working steam.
39 ENGINES FOR WAR: The `cheap and nasty' Stanier `8Fs' In part one of a major new series, Philip Atkins looks at locomotives built for war use starting with the development of Stanier's '8F' into a cheaper 'Austerity' version.
49 MAINLINE POINTS We launch a unique coupon collection scheme which will save you ats on a wide range of products. You can also collect coupons in our sister-titles Steam World and RAIL. Turn quickly to page 49 to find out more!
54 PEAK RAIL - CAN THE DREAM COME TRUE? Peak Rail has promised much, but to date apparently delivered little. Mel Holley visited the line to see if the spirit is still willing and to find out whether Peak Rail can still realise its ambitious project to rebuild a 20-mile railway through the Peak National Park.
69 POWERHOUSE ON WHEELS - STEAM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY! With its oil waning, Australian locomotive engineers are looking at alternative sources of power and steam is on the agenda again! Bill Alborough reports on serious proposals to build not only a 2-14-2+2-14-2 but also a 4-10-4+4-10-4 Garratt.
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