Steam Railway #205 May 1997 Duke of Gloucester Pendennis Castle overhaul
Steam Railway #205 May 1997
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CONTENTS
26 What GWR 'Super Museum' will mean to Swindon
A National Heritage Memorial Fund Lottery grant of nearly £8m has ensured that the Great Western Railway will get a prestigious memorial at its 'home town' of Swindon. Hugh Madgin meets GWR Museum Keeper Tim Bryan to discuss the 'project with no name'.
40 '04' Appeal latest
As our 'gauge glass' marker continues to climb, we publish the names of many who have contributed so far - and firm up on the plans for our 'End-to-End' cycling marathon in June which, we hope, will see the fund-raising through to its conclusion.
52 What's happening on the Epping-Ongar branch?
Is the 'mothballed' Epping-Ongar branch of London Underground's Central Line still on schedule to become London's first steam railway in the not-too-distant future? David Wilcock quizzes London Underground, Pilot Developments Ltd. and the Ongar Railway Preservation Society.
57 Don't miss our great trip for Polish steam!
All the mouth-watering details of Steam Railway's forthcoming readers' trip to the 'time warp' world of Polish steam.
58 The 'do anything' engines of Sir William A. Stanier
In the second part of his 'Steam Century' article about Sir William Arthur Stanier FRS, David Jenkinson highlights the magnificent 'Black Five' 4-6-0s and other standard LMS workaday designs.
78 A fine lady - make no mistake!
The widow of 'A I' design chief Arthur H. Peppercorn, Mrs. Dorothy Mather, who has become a tireless worker for the A I Locomotive Project constructing No. 60163 Tornado, is interviewed by Peter Kelly.
6 News
Charters are safe, says EWS chief Ed Burkhardt;'A I' frames arrive at National Railway Museum; Earl of Mount Edgcumbe restoration appeal launched.All this plus much more in David Wilcock's news pages.
20 Narrow Gauge News
Peter Johnson's monthly round-up of all that's happening on the narrow gauge scene.
22 Morgan
More from the outspoken AIRPS Chairman David Morgan.
24 World Steam News
Surviving steam in India; Garratts keep Zimbabwe on the map; Steam will herald 'new era' in Scandinavia. David Thornhill tells these stories and more on his monthly pages.
33 Mailbag
Is Terence Cuneo turning in his grave? After three reproductions of his paintings were featured 'back to back' with a pull-out poster of Cindy Crawford in a lads' magazine, one reader certainly thinks so.
36 Down Main
David Wilcock's informed monthly comment about main line steam - especially what might happen this summer - is one of the best-read features in Steam Railway.
44 Better Steam Photography
It's the acid test as Les Nixon shows the results he achieved with the new APS photographic system, and answers your questions about railway photography.
48 Gallery
82 Immingham coaling tower - monolith out of its time
The deteriorating remains of the former LNER coaling plant at Immingham are still a landmark more than 30 years after the closure of the steam depot it served. John Hunt visits the stripped structure and asks why.
76 Questions & Answers
Clive Groome presents more theories about firebox 'humming' this month, and there's an interesting question about an American urban railway.
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90 Reviews
Fittingly, in view of the great news about Swindon's GWR 'super museum', a great title about the heyday of Swindon and its locomotives is included in two pages of book and video reviews.
98 Mixed Traffic
With the first of our regular 100-page issues, Nigel Harris fixes the tail lamp to a longer 'train' than usual this month. Among his 'finds' - a pencil sketch of a super-looking Hughes-Fowler compound 'Pacific'.
86 Drive a Garratt and help Lvd project
With the Ffestiniog Railway-based project to build a replica Lynton & Barnstaple Manning Wardle 2-6-2T well on track, Paul Lewin gives details of a chance for Steam Railway readers to drive a Welsh Highland Railway Garratt at a bargain price.
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