The Railway Magazine - 2020-06-01

• Are road schemes getting priority over rail?
• The fear factor and uncharted waters ahead
• Steam & Heritage
• Traction & Stock
• CLASS ACT: By rail to the music halls
• SIX-COUPLED SUCCESS: Pradice & Performanc­e
• The Barry Tourist Railway
• The Awkward Squad
• The Midland's Paget Locomotive
• East Midlands unveils 25-year rail expansion plan for Toton HS2 hub
• RAIB report laments fatal safety lapses
• Train services increase but overriding message remains not to travel
• Concerns mounting over future and viability of open access services
• Network Rail wants 80% of British network electrifie­d by 2050
• High Speed 2 programme 'reset' after Public Accounts Committee criticism
• Old Oak constructi­on work imminent as HS2 seeks contractor­s
• DfT announces first winners of £50million developmen­t funding
• Cambrian Heritage Railways welcomes a pair of 'Pacers
• SIDELINES
• Railways in Partliamen­t
• Steam returns as a number of heritage lines consider reopening options
• Question mark over West Somerset jobs as 43 staff are put on notice
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF BARRY'S RAILWAY
• HOW MANY EXACTLY? NOT AS SIMPLE A QUESTION AS IT MIGHT SEEM...
• Redhill station - Evacuation trains from Dunkirk 1940
• Inspired by Dick Blenkinsop
• More 'Nuckle' memories
• The RCTS: then and now
• FROM THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
• KING COAL - BEYOND THE CORONAVIRU­S
• Almost £3m raised for SOS appeals as public dig deep
• Terrier Trust to outshop 'Rooter' as LBSCR Poplar
• SIDELINES
• Vintage Trains cancels 2020 railtour programme after coronaviru­s strikes
• VINTAGE TRAINS SEEKING VOLUNTEERS TO HELPWITH COVID-19 FIGHTBACK
• Gloucs-Warks pulls plug on all events for this year
• Southern Locomotive­s take on Brockleban­k Line restoratio­n
• PM offers vocal Llangollen line's future
• Hastings project moves to Statfold for completion
• Appeals raise big amounts to support narrow-gauge lines
• Bure Valley fights insurance claim rebuff
• SINGLE LINES
• Transport experts call for quick start on Manchester 'super hub'
• Re-alignment of Bletchley flyover underway to enable high-level platforms to be built
• GB Railfreigh­t postpones September 2020 charity railtour - April 2021 slot pencilled in
• Pathfinder issue revamped late-summer tour schedule
• Unique Metro-Vick Co-Bo making steady progress at East Lanes
• Rail investment underway in Bangkok
• Three new freight flows from DB Cargo
• Double naming for Captain Tom Moore
• WAGON REPORT
• Track Record
• RAIL GUIDE 2020
• Prize crossword

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