Steam Railway #210 October 1997 Steam must not be driven off main line by hidden

Steam Railway #210 October 1997

CONTENTS

28 Main line steam - it's time to end the crisis NOW!

After more than two years of shilly-shallying, the national track-owning monopoly Railtrack is being brought to book by Rail Regulator John Swift QC - whose exclusive interview with News Editor David Wilcock is dynamite.

46 'Crewe Works' of Bury is going for growth

Since setting himself up in the steam locomotive overhaul business ten years ago, Ian Riley has built up an enviable reputation for quality work, delivered on time, from his Bury works - and now expansion is in the air, writes Peter Kelly.

54 Robinson '04' Appeal Latest

More than 90 Steam Railway readers boosted the appeal for the restoration to steam of Robinson '04' 2-8-0 No. 63601 when they drove Stanier '8F' No.48305 at Swithland, Great Central Railway, in August.With the fund now at more than {62,000, the '04' Auction is gathering momentum, too.

58 Friends - and enemies!

In steam days, getting on with your mate was something that could never be taken for granted. Former North-Eastern footplateman Harry Friend gives two contrasting tales which illustrate the point only too well.

72 Making the bodies beautiful!

Hugh Madgin visits the carriage works at Bewdley, Severn Valley Railway, where coaches receive body repairs before being turned out, immaculately, for further service.

76 Tanfield: Bridge to the Past Dating back nearly a century before the Stephenson era, the Tanfield Railway has reached one of the most exciting phases in its history, writes John Hunt.

82 A heavyweight Manx Peacock'

Although visitors to the Isle of Man are familiar with the game little Beyer Peacock 2-4-0Ts of the island's steam railway, how many know that in 1945 a much larger 2-6-2T was proposed, but never built? David Lloyd-Jones tells the story.

Cover Stories 

28 Steam must not be driven off main line by `hidden agenda'

10 Bury's 'Crab' for Moors line

6 'Duke' pioneer Colin Rhodes killed in airfield tragedy 

8 Strathspey connects with Highland main line 

54 Now '04' Appeal tops £62,000!

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