The Railway Magazine - 2021-08-30

• Action needed, not just words
• On the cover
• Headline News
• Inside the beating heart
• JOHN FARROW SALUTE:
• Government urged to commit to hydrogen train fleets
• TUNNEL NAVVY MEMORIAL UNVEILED:
• FIRST STEAM TEST FOR PENDENNIS:
• TRACTOR SMASH:
• Floods cause further setback to Island Line revamp progress
• 150th anniversar­y for Sutherland’s railway
• Ticket machines back online after suspected cyber attack
• ‘SWIFT’ ON TEST:
• Llangollen Railway services steam back to Carrog
• SOUTH COAST ‘GATEX’:
• Another call for Midlands Hub investment
• New plans for Forth Bridge visitors
• S&D exhibits cooperatio­n
• Green light for test centre
• Duchess joins Tyseley roster
• Higher inflation threatens a large increase in fares...
• ...but final decision on 2022 rail fares deferred
• Competitio­n seeks best young photograph­ers
• Castle Line anniversar­y
• Energy use falls
• Accessibil­ity boost
• More Eurostars
• Second Calvert railhead opens for HS2 materials
• Chiltern tunnel vent shaft excavation gets underway
• Tunnel segment contract awarded
• 3D concrete printing
• Carboncutt­ing trial gets certificat­ion
• B1’s TODAY
• Ex-LT Pannier preservati­on
• Early DC EMU carriage restored
• Cambrian and Woodhead memories
• End of BR steam
• Metric confusion
• Up the junction
• ‘Keep it simple stupid’
• On Great British Railways…
• The RCTS: then and now
• Hall connected
• ‘P2’ donor milestone
• Watchet wants models
• LSWR ‘T3’ boiler overhaul on course at the Flour Mill
• S&D theme for Watercress Line gala
• South Devon stock shuffle
• Ropley’s Ivatt tank tries to attack Bodmin’s banks!
• West Somerset plc generates a profit
• More Mynydd Mawr open days
• ELR open-top tours
• Eden Valley returns
• Blaenavon ‘normality’
• ‘Green Dragon’ and ‘MacRats’ to feature in Worth Valley mixed traffic gala line-up
• BACK IN ACTION:
• Trailing truck and crank axle progress for Bulleid ‘GSN’
• New wheels for ‘Patriot’
• Western and London galas
• Chassis focus for ‘heavy freight’ restoratio­n
• Exhibition is Worth a look!
• Extension progress
• Restaurant refurbishe­d
• ‘N7’ boiler update
• Cheltenham to Bluebell
• Didcot’s Diamond Jubilee gala
• McAlpine’s Fawley Hill flat moves up to the Moors
• Second ‘Conflat’ joins Nene Valley Railway fleet for Express Freight Train
• Shop role for CCT
• Triumphant return for Moorbarrow at Gwili
• Blaenavon line bounces back with industrial gala
• Middleton debut for Swanscombe No. 6
• Second Sentinel moves to Cholsey
• The Duke reboilered at Wirksworth
• ‘Austerity’ for Lamport gala
• Boiler lift for exSwansea Sentinel
• North Bay Railway’s Georgina and Steamplex for sale
• Two new-build steam locos almost ready for service
• New TR carriages to be built at Boston Lodge
• New ‘Quarry Hunslet’ will be named Juliette
• Ramsey pier tram visits section of restored pier
• La’al Ratty celebrates 60 years of preservati­on
• World Heritage Site status for Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales – including Talyllyn and Ffestiniog
• SINGLE LINES
• Bressingha­m celebrates 60th anniversar­y
• A new railway opens in Cornwall
• Trolley mast for Chester No. 4
• Upholstery and rewiring work on 279
• Underframe arrives
• A triumphant return for Western Courier
• £100,000 restoratio­n appeal for ‘Thousand’ No. D1010
• Tanat Valley Class 107 DMUs for sale
• Two pioneer Birmingham RCW locos to visit KWVR gala
• Two ‘Deltics’ to visit Great Central
• North Norfolk Brush Type 2 relaunched into traffic
• ‘03’ shunt-release at Dunster
• Last Darlington-built Type 3 returns home
• S&D Wickham Wednesdays went well at Midsomer Norton
• ‘Crompton’ stands in for failed NLR main line residents
• Second World War shunter moves to Derwent Valley
• Stratford 47 Group locos reunited
• Didcot gives heritage diesels an airing
• Lavender Line stock for sale
• Vintage Trains’ season off to a troubled start
• Ex-GWR Pannier No.9466toact as Lickey Banker
• Pathfinder announces ‘Northern Star’ Christmas trip
• ‘BACKBONE’ HEADS NORTH:
• InterCity tours with ‘20s’ and ‘40s’ sell out
• Two Kentish freight lines for ‘Doctor Syn’ excursion
• ‘Staycation Express’ drops Sunday services
• Network Rail acquires Okehampton line
• Troon station reopens
• Use of human lookouts ends in Wales & Borders
• Old Levenmouth track on offer to heritage lines
• Local vote on Strathbung­o footbridge design
• Tram train stop consultati­on
• Barry to benefit from £3.3m investment
• Eridge restoratio­n harks at former glory
• Bessie’s painted ballast raises £5800 to aid Samaritans
• Milestone for sea wall protection
• West Drayton becomes another step-free station
• Ambitious plan to extend Island Line
• Millom leak free
• Special tunnel built for beavers
• Final contract for Barmouth Bridge awarded
• ‘DRAG’ FOR ORION SET:
• DB Cargo to make £2.6m investment in Toton
• Calculator could benefit operators and customers
• SUPPLIER SOUGHT FOR VIGILANCE DEVICE
• Staff absences lead to reduced Metrolink service
• ‘SO LUCKY’ SIGHTING:
• Croydon tram crash families examine options for further legal action
• Tram-train plans consultati­on
• Plans for Magna tram stop
• TfW ‘FLIRT’ testing begins
• Welsh Class 387 first for GWR
• Fourteen surplus Class 60s for sale at DB Cargo’s Toton depot
• TFW AGREES PULLMAN RAIL PURCHASE
• ‘HybridFLEX’ officially launched at Marylebone
• SVR POWER CARS:
• ‘66’ GOES GREEN:
• WAGON REPORT
• CrossCount­ry names Class 170 DMU
• IPSWICH GETS A ‘GRONK’:
• Operations Track Record
• Operations Track Record
• Could passenger trains between Calgary and Banff aid modal shift?
• Tasmania’s final home for last built EE diesel
• Alstom wins Italian order
• Classic European EMU designs withdrawn
• New link from Bucharest Airport to rail network
• Czech metre gauge interurban tramway to be rebuilt
• Tampere tram network open
• DVD: IVO PETERS COLLECTION VOLUME NINE NARROW GAUGE STEAM IN THE EARLY 60s
• Southern to the Coast
• Steaming back to Kirkby loco
• The Storage and Disposal of Mark 1-Mark 4 Loco Hauled Coaching Stock & NPCCS
• BRITISH RAILWAYS MODERNISAT­ION-ERA DMUs
• Prize crossword
• Where is it?
• Solution to the July issue.

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