The Railway Magazine – August 2019

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EXCLUSIVE-CAF hascompleted the fitout of the first Class 195

DMUat itsNewport, Gw ent, factory.Int hisexclusivepictur e,

set No.195007 sitsoutsidethefactoryon June 20 beforeinitial

testing and deliverytoNorth ern.PHIL MARSH

Having been

withdrawnby

GWR in June and

givenarepaint

by Lairadepot,

HST power

carNo. 43002

briefly visited

STEAM Museum

in Swindon

last month on

its waytoj oin

theNational

Collection inYork.

JACK BOSKETT

Panorama:

Awork-stained

Class 37

No.

pausesat

Bodmin Road

duringacrew

changeon

July 9,1983,

having

broughta

china clay

train down

from Bodmin

General.

STEVE IRELAND

MAIN IMAGE:National

Collection‘T9’4-4-

No.30120 will be one o

thestarguestsat the

Grea tCentralRailway’s

Autumn SteamGala

in October,visiting

from its usual baseat

theSwanageRailway.

STEPHEN GINN

INSET 1:Northern's

newCAF trains in the

spotlight.

CHRIS MILNER

INSET 2:Could TV links

have saved‘Warshi p’

No.D829?

INSET 3:150 years of B.

DCRailClass 56s

Nos. 56103 and

56091 powerthe

15.24Westbury-

Southampton

UpYard used

ballast train

through

Nursling ,on

theoutskirts of

Southampton,

on June 24-the

firstday of the

newservic e.

DAVID FLETCHER

Contents

August 2019. No.1,421 .Vol 165.Ajournal ofrecord since1897.

Regulars

Track Record TheRailway Magazine’smonthly news digest

Headline News On thecover

12 Multiple Aspects

12 RailwaysinParliament

56 Meetings

58 HeritageMatters

60 Subscription Offer

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62 Readers’Platform

64 Panorama

Ourregular galleryofthe bestrailway photographyfrom

around theworld.

68 FromTheRMArchives

Heritage steam operations under threatfromnew

coal-burningrules,Hita chiwins East Midlands bi-mode order,

PM backsManchester-Leeds high-speedline, heatw ave

causestravelchaos,GreaterAnglia‘755s’enter serviceand

‘745s’gainORR approval, Northern ‘Pacer s’to run into 2020.

116 HeritageDiary

129 ReaderServices

130 Crosswordand WhereIsI t?

70 Steam&Heritage

‘Cromwell’tobeoverhauledat GCR, broken piston

sidelinesBradley Manor,Moorsline‘S15’on the

comeback trail,Barrow Hill completesMidland‘1F’

purchase,PRLCT to complete new-build‘Patriot’.

76 Industrial

79 SteamPortfolio

80 Irish

82 Narrow Gauge

86 Metro

87 Freight

88 Network

92 ClassicTraction

95 ClassicTractionPortfolio

96 World

100 Railtours

104 Traction&Stock

GWR unveils namesforClass 255‘Castle’sets,surplus

UK EMUstoSouthAfrica?, TPE accepts first‘Nova 1’and

‘Nova2’sets,Mendip stonetest forFreightliner Class 70.

107 Stock Update

109 TractionPortfolio

111 Operations

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