The Railway Magazine - 2022-09-05

• Rail projects in doubt
• Spot ‘our’ loco for a chance to win a cash prize!
• Headline News
• Controvers­y over proposed fate of Thornbury Castle
• Bowes Railway makes volunteer plea
• EDINBURGH TURNTABLE UNCOVERED:
• Mayors’ anger as Avanti slashes West Coast services from Euston
• Locomotive Services runs extra Friday Euston charter
• OBITUARY Frank Santrian
• Merseyrail network ‘devolution’ talks
• Below-inflation fare increase is promised
• BARROW HILL CELEBRATES ‘150+2’:
• DfT confirms £78m for Oxford
• First of ScotRail’s request-stop kiosks goes live
• SPA VALLEY LASH-UP:
• Felixstowe dock strike
• ‘PLA’ to run at Blaenavon
• Green light for NRM expansion
• Steaming back
• Management buys out Abellio UK from Dutch
• Tornado out until 2023
• Kirkby crash report
• SIDELINES KWVR’s hub plan
• EL cross-London from November
• Ukraine station hit
• New Government faces tough decisions over rail’s future
• Great Central’s ticket link-up aims to enhance experience
• Problems found in tunnel’s concrete segments
• DOROTHY’S BREAKTHROU­GH:
• SUBSTATION PROGRESS:
• Prison for protesters
• How to enter
• FROM THE RM FEBRUARY 1905
• More details about Lion
• Moving Ukrainian grain by rail
• PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
• A purple loco ‘Down Under’
• Copping Mallard
• Bricks by rail
• High temperatur­e effects
• Leek’d informatio­n
• Wrong advice?
• The RCTS: then and now
• Didcot facilities’ upgrade on course – and access project ramps up
• Llan’ on the big screen
• New GM for KESR
• Lakeside path
• Model fundraiser
• Standard 4 overhaul to be completed for the Moors
• Midland loco boost for Barrow Hill
• ‘Patriot’ driving wheels cast
• Government recognises role of young railway volunteers
• Benefactor backs fast-track overhaul of Wadebridge
• ‘Big Large Prairie’ appeal launched – and Erlestoke Manor planned for festive return
• ‘H2’ and ‘Terrier’ boilers in place
• ‘G5’ takes shape
• Swanage milestone
• Poplar fails
• Bury ‘4MT’ back after boiler repairs
• Preservati­on pioneer leaves huge and varied legacy
• Historic station saved for Peterborou­gh
• Grey is proving the way
• ‘B17’ progresses
• Kilmersdon entertains the crowds
• Lewin to be back in Beamish service in 2023?
• SINGLE LINES
• Russell returns to Rhyd Ddu
• SINGLE LINES
• Passenger trains at Mountsorre­l in 2023
• Premier visit to Welshpool & Llanfair gala
• Four locos expected in steam for Alan Keef event
• MER overhead cable theft
• Donations to Colonel Stephens related projects
• Vertical boilered Pacific sold by auction
• Hybrids halted
• SINGLE LINES
• Seaton Tramway halts
• Volunteer shortage
• Set-back for 125 Group’s Valenta restoratio­n plan
• ‘Deltic’ No. 55009’s recent movements
• Second visitor for Dean Forest gala
• ‘Deltic’ No. D9000 completion delayed
• ‘Deltics’ make a spectacula­r debut in the Cotswolds
• COTSWOLD ‘BUBBLECAR’ COMPLETED:
• SHUNTER SWAP:
• EMU PROGRESS:
• The Rail Trolley Trust confirmed as a charity
• Electric train stars at Mid-Hants diesel gala
• SCOTTISH ‘GROWLER’ NOW IN REGULAR USE ON MOORS
• WSR DMU returns to traffic
• ‘Pacer’ begins earning on KWVR
• SVR marks 30 years of Class 50 operations
• SVR gala attraction­s
• Mix of lines and Class 31 for ‘Hoover and Holly’ tour
• BLS to take a ‘37’ and ‘50’ to Whitby
• Driver Kerswill remembered
• Steam Dreams outlines this year’s Christmas market steam specials
• Funding in place for Portishead line rebuild
• Plans approved to upgrade Hartlepool station
• Bridge at Strathbung­o for demolition
• Cable damage delays line opening
• Repairs completed at Lochailort
• Impression­s released of proposed new Oxford stations
• Steam loco highlight for Glasgow Central tour?
• Business case submitted for Shrewsbury route enhancemen­ts
• £5m refurbishm­ent gets underway at Stirling
• Northern staff being trained on spotting vulnerable passengers
• Northern installs water dispensers
• New toilets open after size error
• Sink hole line repaired
• LONG-AWAITED SLATE:
• Rail role in ‘gigaplant’ constructi­on
• Shifting sand
• Exploring modal shift
• NEWEST EXHIBIT:
• Contract awarded for Piccadilly line power upgrade
• Night Tube back on track
• Dogs on board trams
• Time travel on WMM
• AVENTRA ADVENTURES:
• SWR Class 458s are Widnes-bound
• ‘Paragon’ names confirmed
• Makeover for No. 91111
• TAKING SHAPE:
• VICTORY CELEBRATIO­N:
• Nottingham Eastcroft upgrade completed
• RESCUE RELAY:
• Enterprise service marks 75th anniversar­y
• DART + West Railway Order submitted
• A WELCOME RETURN:
• Passenger self-evacuation causes suspension of DART services
• UPGRADE ON TRACK:
• MAINTENANC­E MATTERS:
• US tourist railroads reopen after Covid-19 pandemic
• Hydrogen trains in regular service
• Amtrak extends in Vermont
• China-Myanmar line part open
• Paris gains western orbital tram-train line – and further expansion approved
• Branch Line Society tours Poland
• V/Line standard gauge loco fleet replaced in Victoria
• A detailed history of the LMS Royal Scot 4-6-0s
• Rails Across the Harbour Folkestone and its Branch Line
• Railways of the East Midlands/ Railways of Derbyshire/ Railways of Leicesters­hire
• Rail Guide 2022
• Chance to win a great read
• Where is it? Our pictorial quiz, for fun only
• Solution to the July issue.
• The closing date for this month’s crossword is Friday, October 7, 2022.

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