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Steam Railway #227 February 1999 No refunds for passengers as Days out sinks wit
Steam Railway #227 February 1999 No refunds for passengers as Days out sinks wit
Steam Railway #227 February 1999 No refunds for passengers as Days out sinks wit

Steam Railway #227 February 1999 No refunds for passengers as Days out sinks wit

Steam Railway #227 February 1999
CONTENTS
NEWS
6 No. 20 back on Furness metals
Furness Railway 'A5' tender engine, rebuilt from a saddle tank, moves to Haverthwaite.
7 Days Out sinks: debts over $100.000
Nottingham-based railtour operator goes bust; passengers will lose money.
9 Introducing the 'Monoloco'...
World's only steam monorail launched.
10 'L&B' buys Chelfham station 
Railway revival group beats property developers in £I75,000 purchase.
11 Road collapses under No. 76070
BR Standard '4' marooned in Leicestershire after road collapses under low loader.
12 HRA collars Minister on Sustrans row
Glenda Jackson hears Heritage Railway Association David Morgan's speech salvo.
13 KWVR and NYMR share £911.000
Lottery cash to finance Oxenhope carriage shed and Pickering refurbishment.
17 West Somerset Inns 'Prairie' No. 5193
Derelict Southport engine at Minehead.
23 Narrow Gauge Nos
Three Garratts move to Exmoor Steam Railway and young offenders help Talyllyn.
25 World Steam
Real steam makes comeback in Arkansas; restoration plan for Zimbabwe engines.
FEATURES

30 Steam on rebuilt Waverley Route in five years? Yes, say backers
January 6 sees the 30th anniversary of the closure of the Waverley Route but - thanks to plans to rebuild the line from Carlisle to Riccarton Junction for timber trains from Kielder Forest - steam may return. Howard Johnston looks at the Waverley's past and its new prospects.
36 Sudden Snow
Snow and steam combine to form beautiful images in winter, with white exhaust steam hanging in the air, mirroring the snow on the ground.The weekend of December 5/6 brought wintry weather to the hills of northern England, including the Settle & Carlisle line, with several photographers taking advantage.
40 Steam's next 'new horizon' – Chatham Historic Dockyard
Steam is set to return to the historic Chatham Dockyard, now a tourist attraction.A sneak preview took place with RSH 0-4-OST Ajax hauling pre-Grouping wagons around what's left of the dock railway. David Wilcock takes an in-depth look at this exciting new steam venue.
56 Wensleydale: taking the first steps back
The Wensleydale Railway Association has an ambitious target - the return of passenger trains to the 40-mile line from Northallerton to Garsdale. John Hunt explains that a community bus service could be the first step in realising its dream, despite the need to relay 18 miles of track from Garsdale to the current railhead at Redmire.
76 The locomotives that time forgot
In the north east of England, work goes on to build two new locomotives. While 'A1' Tornado at Darlington is well known, Elephant, a six-wheel locomotive based on a I 815 design, at Beamish Museum is not. Phil Haigh visits Beamish and discovers the background to this exciting project that has unearthed several forgotten locomotives.



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