The Railway Magazine
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Final push for Llangollen Railway’s £10,000 appeal to fill the Corwen ‘gap’
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THE Llangollen Railway’s appeal to raise £10,000 to help fund the infilling of the ‘Gap’ in the embankment at its new Corwen Central station site had reached the £7,800 mark by mid-March. Support has come from all over the country as promotion of the appeal has spread, helped by a BBC news item on the…
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1501 and Barclay heading to west country for golden celebration gala
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Outside-cylindered Hawksworth pannier No. 1501 is making its first visit to the South Devon Railway.
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‘B1’ and ‘Caley’ tank add Northern Soul to Gloucestershire Warwickshire festival
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REPRESENTATIVES from each of the ‘Big Four’ railway companies will make up an eight-engine line-up at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s Cotswold Festival of Steam on May 25-27. The RM-sponsored event has been given the theme ‘Northern Soul’ to reflect the presence of two of the visiting locomotives – LNER ‘B1’ No. 1264 and Caledonian Railway…
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Wales, wind and the Western dominate SVR’s spring gala
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THE Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR)season-opening Spring Steam Gala took place over the three days of March 15-17 It brought together a variety of tank engines of predominantly, but not exclusively, GWR origin with links to Wales. It’s fair to say that after the snows of 2018 the SVR was hoping the weather would be kinder…
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There were other ‘Castle’ name changes
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THANK you for the supplement sent with the March 2019 issue. Item 24 states the name Penrice Castle was carried by three separate members of the same class. That is true, but it also applies to eight other ‘Castle’ names. Even more remarkably, the names Denbigh Castle and Ogmore Castle were each carried by four separate members of the class. The first…
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Retaining heritage skills for the future
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We talk to 21-year-old Bradley Windridge about his experiences as a heritage signal maintenance technician.
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Is it a bus? Is it a train? It’s a supertram!
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John Heaton FCILT takes a look at Britain’s first tram-train operation in Sheffield.
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Back from the brink
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The West Somerset Railway (WSR) held a frank and honest briefing for members and shareholders on March 2, at which it laid out the problems it faces, and discussed the ways in which the WSR hopes to overcome them. Gary Boyd-Hope reports. YOU could be forgiven for thinking the title of this article is a…
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Feature | Access all areas?
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Ben Jones looks at the thorny issue of open access in the UK and Europe, its successes and failures, and the arguments for and against. ASK someone for their views on open access passenger operations and the response will give you a pretty good idea where they stand on the much larger issues of railway…
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40 not out for RPSI steam crew
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THE Railway Preservation Society of Ireland’s two ‘Midlander’ tours from Dublin to Maynooth and back on March 18 included a ‘first’ for Irish main line steam – a steam crew with an average age of 40 years or under. After years of concerns over the increasing age profile of the certified steam crews, Irish Rail…
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