Whyperion SUBS 10th Jan 2014
| | Steam Railway issue 423 January 3-January 31 2014
Steam Railway magazine http://www.steamrailway.co.uk/
For more than 30 years Steam Railway has been at the forefront of the railway preservation movement, reporting all the latest news as and when it occurs. Whether it's happening on the main line or on preserved railways, this news, written by some of the most respected journalists in the industry, is backed up by stunning photography from equally well-respected lensmen. In addition, each issue contains a wide variety of informative and probing features that get to the heart of the present day steam scene, together with historical and archive material that makes Steam Railway a magazine you'll want to keep and refer back to again and again. Inside you'll also find our one-stop guide to forthcoming steam events, galas and main line railtours, along with reviews of the latest railway books and visual media. If you're interested in steam on the railways, you only need Steam Railway.
Gary Boyd-Hope, Editor
Steam Railway
What's inside....
News
- Bittern’s 90mph runs – full reports in News and Down Main
- Work to start on new-build ‘Patriot’ firebox this month
- 92214 group donates £25k to Great Central ‘Gap’ appeal
- New ‘P2’ to be wheeled by the end of 2014?
- RAIB investigates Tangmere connecting rod failure
- 1450 to move to Severn Valley
- ‘J15’ for main line running to Cromer?
- Iron Duke replica moves to Didcot
- ‘Met 1’ suffers third failure during ‘London Underground 150’
- Betton Grange attains ‘4-6-0’ status as bogie is completed
- Wightwick Hall and ‘MN’ No. 35006 to steam in 2014?
- Photographer Geoff Rixon dies at 84
- Future of Polish steam hangs in the balance
- Bulleids return to the West Country for Bodmin and West Somerset galas
- Foxcote Manor withdrawn at Llangollen with firebox cracks
- Council to decide on sale of West Somerset Railway
Features
- Part two of Tony Streeter’s interview with GCR managing director Bill Ford
- Plus an Irish-themed issue to mark 50 years of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, with additional features on the Tralee & Dingle Railway and the Downpatrick & County Down Railway
And much much more
- In Tony Streeter’s ‘Down Main’: Earl of Mount Edgcumbe to mark 1964 railtour anniversary with non-stop South Devon banks run
- More confessions of steam-era locospotting high-jinks in David Wilcock’s ‘Running Free’
- Mike Notley examines Bittern’s 90mph runs in ‘Top Link’
- Guide to 2014 special events
- Plus the best photography from the top lineside lensmen. |