The Railway Magazine - 2021-10-04

• How do you solve a problem like Scotsman?
• Headline News
• ECTS digital signalling trial successful
• November opening for Island Line
• Official opening for new Rail Heritage Centre
• A bad month for bridge strikes
• Unaccompan­ied Channel Tunnel freight service begins
• Dig reveals layers of 300-year-old Scottish waggonway
• ROUNDEL ON THE WING:
• Historic lift reopens
• Two become one?
• Coach disposal mystery solved
• Wigan-Bolton wires go-ahead
• Rail travel needs predictabi­lity
• Last chance to win stunning prizes in ‘Young Rail Photograph­er’ competitio­n
• MAIN LINE ‘WESTERN’ ON HOLD:
• Rail air quality review launched
• ‘CITY BEAMS’ ENTER SERVICE:
• Blue is the colour, gala is the game
• Bredgar seeks £250k to secure future
• ‘Pacer’ transforma­tion
• Transport attraction for Birkenhead
• Hull milestone
• Willesden the ‘beating heart of HS2 in London’
• Double-naming ceremony for HS2 fan Jermaine
• Minister responds to public call for a debate on HS2
• Bidders for Solihull and Washwood Heath
• Phase 2b business case will explore Covid-19 impact
• Curzon Street restoratio­n
• 20,000 jobs reached
• ‘Double arrows’ go green
• Railways in Parliament
• Brighton bids to be the ‘greenest’ station on the network
• The best laid schemes…
• STEAM DOWN UNDER
• A ‘37’ AT 60
• MODEL MARKS DIAMOND ANNIVERSAR­Y
• GUARDSMAN ON PARADE
• POISONING THE WELL
• Splendid isolation!
• London Transport pannier tanks: before and after
• Station seagulls
• On the cusp of preservati­on
• Early 1500V DC units
• FROM THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
• The RCTS: then and now
• Toddington’s ‘Standard 4’ boiler in ‘very good order’
• Auto tank receives overhaul boost
• Bury ‘Mickey Mouse’ gets attention
• Duke progress
• Downs becomes a CIO
• NRM stock available
• Severn Valley delights with Autumn Steam Gala
• Sir Nigel Gresley turns black
• GCR reunificat­ion project hits £1 million milestone
• GWSR ‘mess’ departs
• More on ‘Moguls’
• Anniversar­y gala
• Helston relics
• 92 Squadron almost ready for action
• East Lancs Railway set for No. 9’s last gala
• North Norfolk Railway gala rides a season of success
• Another month in profit
• Pontycymer project on track as target met
• Taff Vale tank overhaul to start at Gwili imminently
• Watercress Line restructur­e to make it ‘fit for the future’
• Severn Valley Railway ‘in survival mode’ due to impact of Covid-19
• Chinnor auto-trains
• Frames in focus
• Tender loan
• Midsomer departures
• The writing was on the wall!
• Wagon Division formed at Minehead
• Swanscombe No. 6 returns to action at Middleton as ‘H’ No. 1310 prepares for a rest
• Cosmetic restoratio­n for Barclay Harry
• Lady Nan stripped for repairs
• Milestone reached for Tanfield’s No. 38
• Three in steam at Foxfield
• Edward Thomas’s 100th birthday celebratio­ns
• SINGLE LINES
• Corris loco hauls Corris passenger train for first time in 80 years
• Statfold Barn pair visit Bressingha­m for gala
• VoR NG/G13 Garratt expected to steam in the coming weeks
• Double launch at RH & DR
• Sybil joins Richmond LR collection
• New Westonzoyl­and stock shed officially opened
• Second steam loco for Corris coming together
• SINGLE LINES
• New owner for first loco to run on L&BR post-closure
• Steam loco Faith for sale
• Littlehamp­ton’s ‘new’ steam loco enters service
• Second steam loco debuts at Hastings
• Channel Islands minature railway revived
• Beamish Museum trams back in business
• Blackpool No. 631 becomes Reginald Dixon MBE
• Solent Sky museum to host heritage trams event
• Visitor accreditat­ion for Seaton Tramway
• Blackpool depot tours
• ‘Western’ diesel pair to go carbon neutral
• BLUEBELL STAGES A DIESEL SHUNTING EVENT:
• Progress with DEPG’s ‘Teddy Bear’ restoratio­n
• Change of WSR ‘Hymek’ running day
• DMU trailer departs Midsomer Norton
• S&D Locos Class 20 pair reunited at Watercress Line
• NYMR Type 3 is in much demand
• ‘VANGUARD’ 4WDH FRESH FROM OVERHAUL AT CHASEWATER:
• Clacton EMU group formed
• DPS makes a major push to complete Tulyar rebuild
• Cab Yard collection to set up a display at Cynheidre
• Peter Briddon loco moves
• Yeovil’s diesel Tuesdays trips prove popular
• EAST SOMERSET RAILWAY DMU RESTORATIO­N COMPLETED:
• CLASS 483 CAR TO BE RESTORED AT CRANMORE:
• Bideford Railway Heritage Centre reopens
• Gwili diesels update
• ‘Plastic Pig’ driving trailer saved
• Yorks Wolds acquires a loco from industry
• Gearing up for the Christmas market
• Pathfinder plans to take ‘Hoovers’ to Tyneside
• Staycation Express back for half-term trips
• Second phase of work at Newcastle underway
• Denmark Hill is Europe’s first carbon positive station
• East Linton station approved
• Testing phase begins for Werrington diveunder
• Cononley crossing reopens
• Nuneaton footbridge and clock upgrade
• Ashington station plan approved
• Bottleneck at Bristol East is removed
• Purfleet station to be moved and rebuilt
• No evidence of call before crossing collision
• £350,000 for Peterborou­gh improvemen­ts
• Greater Anglia fare dodgers stung for £325,000
• Barmouth viaduct closed for three months
• Rare tunnel tour of New Street
• Soham on track for December opening
• Nightclub role for former Glasgow station?
• Added bonus for Hidden Glasgow Central tours
• TransPenni­ne secures extra Anglo-Scottish services
• Malton facilities upgraded
• More work on Anglian bridges
• Strikes continue on Scotrail and EMR
• Tile map installed at Hunmanby
• West Drayton expects rise in tonnage Further rail growth expected at Teesport
• Tarmac is RFG Business of the Year
• New Northern Line extension opens
• VLR vehicle undergoes trials
• Four trains added to Tyne & Wear order
• Flexible travel on Metrolink
• New Class 777 shown off to passengers
• Class 197 instructor training commences
• Hixon remembered
• GBRf namings
• Depot use changes after noise complaints
• Class 93 testing expected next year
• Class 720s make route debuts
• Train toilets chlorinate­d in wake of legionella
• £10m Class 375 upgrade
• Southeaste­rn Class 707 launch
• TPE units earmarked for digital technology fitment
• WAGON REPORT
• Operations Track Record
• Operations Track Record
• Operations Track Record
• Irish Rail opens its 145th station on the national network
• B134 overhaul making strides at Inchicore
• RPSI van saves ‘Sperry Train’
• Drumboe to finally return to Donegal
• 071 logo applicatio­n creates backlash
• Plaque honours Mallow’s war dead
• Grain contracts change hands in Western Australia
• KiwiRail loco goes for a swim
• New ‘main’ station for Warsaw is not ‘central’
• Brno main station to move out of city
• Siemens Vectrons take over in Denmark
• CELEBRATIN­G 50 YEARS OF THE IOWSR
• Freight Trains in the North of England
• The Whitland & Cardigan Railway
• The Sierra Leone Government Railway – From Creation to Preservati­on
• Pandemic fears see Warley cancelled
• Captain Sir Tom still raising money for charity
• Continue your model journey with Mortons Books
• Off-hand joke led to shop’s 21st anniversar­y
• Hornby to hold Mind the Gap event for mental health awareness
• ‘Hidden’ Hornby collection fetches £21k
• Trains Galore goes German

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