{"product_id":"steam-railway-229-april-1999-flying-scotsman-city-of-truro-for-main-line-return","title":"Steam Railway #229 April 1999 Flying Scotsman City of Truro for main line return","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSteam Railway #229 April 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6 King's Cross run for 'Scotsman' \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e'A3' Flying Scotsman will run King's Cross-York east coast excursion in July.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6 S\u0026amp;D 175 cavalcade in 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCavalcade for S\u0026amp;D may be last ever.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7 Mid Hants chief resigns\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMargaret Parker leaves Mid Hants after board makes her position 'untenable'.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8 'Fighting Fund' for Lynton trackbed\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLynton \u0026amp; Barnstaple Railway aims to raise up to £2m to buy L\u0026amp;B trackbed.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10 No Receiver appointed for Days Out\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNo word from Days Out 12 weeks after the company 'ceases trading'.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11 Main line trains to Minehead\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eUpgraded signalling plans may see through trains to West Somerset's Minehead.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12 City of Truro for main line?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOverhaul possible for City of Truro.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e15 BR liven. domination ends at SVR\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBR monopoly ends as 'Pannier' goes green.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e16 Narrow Gauge News\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTaliesin to be launched six months early.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e18 World Steam\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMyanmar steam to be opened to visitors.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e20 GCR faces bridge upgrading bill\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRoad bridge upgrade could cost £200,000.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFEATURES\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e30 George Pembroke\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSteam Railway's columnist George Pembroke runs his rule over one heritage railway each month.This issue it's the turn of the I9 1\/2  mile West Somerset Railway between Bishops Lydeard and Minehead, looking at the service offered to visitors.Are the staff helpful? Are the trains clean? Find out here in his report...\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e34 The Great Central - a railway ahead of its time?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAs the Great Central Railway's London extension reaches its 100th anniversary,Andrew Dow looks back at the drive and leadership that saw the GCR planning to run trains to the Continent via a Channel tunnel. As Railtrack's East and West Coast Main Lines struggle under increasing traffic, should the GC ever have been closed?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e50 Cumbria's Man of Steam\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLakeside and Haverthwaite Railway driver and engineer Alan Middleton has been 'playing with steam' since the 1960s. His latest project has been to help rebuild Furness Railway No. 20 to a tender locomotive. 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