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18th January 2010 | Issue No: 133
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FEATURES
34 THEY SHAPED THE SECOND STEAM AGE!
This year marks 60 years since the public meeting which not only launched the volunteer-run Talyllyn Railway but also the heritage
railway movement. In those six decades, revivalists have battled
against the odds to pull off an astonishing series of achievements 'to make it happen'. Many of them are the stuff that transport
legends are made of. In this special feature, Brian Sharpe and
Robin Jones pick out 20 of the greatest landmarks which helped
shape today's preservation scene.
49 2010 GALAS AND SPECIAL EVENTS GUIDE
Here it is again – Heritage Railway’s famous guide to all the enthusiast events at Britain’s heritage railways and museums big and small
throughout 2010. A pull-out-and-keep guide for ready reference, or
a must when you are planning your days out this year.
68 SIXTY YEARS ON THE RAILWAYS
Aled Roberts drove steam trains in North Wales. George Smith tells
the story of one man's railway career, including his involvement in a spectacular derailment near Llangollen.
72 NEW BUILD SIGNALS ON THE MOORS
Much has been written recently about new build steam locomotives,
but while this has been getting a lot of publicity, Craig Donald
explains how the North Yorkshire Moors Railway has been doing
its own new builds, not with locomotives but with North Eastern
Railway signals!
76 CHINA: STEAM'S LAST STAND
Ten years ago, it looked as if 'real' working steam had finally ended,
but it was not so, Robert Falconer has just witnessed steam power
still employed on revenue-earning duties, in the Chinese coalfields in freezing conditions.
82 ADVERTISING FEATURE: SEE THE WORLD BY RAIL IN 2010!
You might expect that by 2010, so much of world steam and classic traction would have been lost forever. However, there is still so much to see and do, not because of the many preservation groups that thrive in other countries, but the gems where ‘real’ steam is just about clinging on. If you did not go abroad last year because of fears surrounding the credit crunch, maybe, it's high time take the plunge again, because there’s so much happening overseas in 2010 that if you miss it, you’ll definitely miss out.
REGULARS
6 HEADLINE NEWS
Flying Scotsman return hit by discovery of wheel problems; No 70000 Britannia to return in unlined black livery: OBE for Welsh Highland
pioneer Mike Hart and how heritage railways faced the coldest wintry period since 1962/63.
10 NEWS
Heritage Railway readers raise £20,000 for new Patriot wheels inside six weeks; best-ever year for heritage lines as credit crunch beaten; saved Deltic moves to East Lancashire; why 8F group wants to leave Peak Rail; change of ‘Black Five’ for big Great Central winter steam gala; ‘Bristolian’ to run non-stop to Paddington – with new water supply; inside story of hit TV drama Cranford filming at Foxfield; pier scheme could include ‘mini Mumbles Railway’; Edward Sholto may relaunch Penrhyn Railway; Sittingbourne runs ‘real’ trains for landlord M-Real; Launceston Steam Railway to build DMU; £35,000 appeal launched for Edith Cavell van; former GWR station scoops major national award; the enthusiast-recorded final days of Ben Alder, and the finest steamy snow pictures from the
big freeze.
42 THE THIN RED LINE
How 2009 saw possibly the biggest number of steam trains on the national network since the end of BR steam haulage in 1968, why a top video film company is turning away from Royal Scot, and more controversy over Duchess of Sutherland’s livery.
88 PLATFORM
The pages where your views matter the most.
61 MAIN LINE NEWS compiled by Cedric Johns
Jubilee Galatea and ‘Black Five’ No 44932 ‘running on main line by
Easter’; Duchess of Sutherland to turn black and Union of South Africa overhaul starts.
67 MAIN LINE TOUR ITINERARY
Brian Sharpe’s guide to steam and heritage modern traction tours.
71 SUBSCRIBE TO HERITAGE RAILWAY!
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75 MORGAN
Heritage Railway Association chairman David Morgan questions whether political correctness will in future define what is or is not heritage.
92 RAILWAYANA
Geoff Courtney on the latest from the auction scene.
94 SCALE HERITAGE RAILWAY
Robin Jones reports on new releases announced by Hornby for 2010, and Bachmann’s magnificent 4CEP EMU set.
100 UP AND RUNNING
Brian Sharpe’s full listing of operational lines and museum venues.
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