You are currently viewing the Canada version of the site.
Would you like to switch to your local site?
LESS THAN 1 MIN READ TIME

DIARY

Purchase options below
If you own the issue, Login to read the full article now.
Single Digital Issue August 2023
 
$6.99 / issue
This issue and other back issues are not included in a new subscription. Subscriptions include the latest regular issue and new issues released during your subscription. Railway Magazine
Annual Digital Subscription $46.99 billed annually
Save
44%
$3.92 / issue
6 Month Digital Subscription $24.99 billed twice a year
Save
40%
$4.17 / issue
Monthly Digital Subscription $5.49 billed monthly
Save
21%
$5.49 / issue
PRINT SUBSCRIPTION? Available at magazine.co.uk, the best magazine subscription offers online.
 

This article is from...


View Issues
Railway Magazine
August 2023
VIEW IN STORE

Other Articles in this Issue


Editorial
‘Castle’ Centenary
After being withdrawn in May 1960, first-built ‘Castle’
Headline News
‘Jacobite’ service suspended after concerns over door locking safety
The twice daily‘Jacobite’ steam train between Fort William and Mallaig was suspended from July 15 after safety concerns were uncovered by an inspector from the Office of Rail and Road.
€300million already spent on Metro North despite no actual construction yet
ALMOST €300 million has been spent on the
£30million awarded for two new railway ‘centres of excellence’
Funding will help establish‘world-leading’ research facilities in East Yorkshire and South Wales.
Last call to book on The Railway Magazine charity ‘Deltic’ railtour
THERE is still time to book on The
SIDELINES
Class 58s down to 10 WITH the recent
IDRS reports a year of progress
Much has happened on the project to re-create LMS diesel No. 10000 since its donor Class 58 frame was lifted and turned one year ago.
Backlash against Government’s mass ticket office closure plan
13 operators plan to close up to 1,000 ticket offices across England and cut 2,000 jobs.
Argument for more open access operators moves forward
Hull Trains has been running open access services
Battery future for ex-LNR Class 230s?
GWR takes delivery of former Marston Vale Vivarail units after purchasing them at scrap value.
10 MINUTES 10 QUESTIONS
Steven Knight puts flamboyant transport designer Ray Stenning
Regulars
Railways in Parliament
Closure consultations WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols is
Subscribe and Save
● Save 27% off the cover price
PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (RM JUN-JUL)
■THE article on the preservation of a Class
Felixstowe freight
CONGRATULATIONS to John Heaton and GBRf for the
Final‘King’
The RM arrives here in Perth, Western Australia,
MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 Enfield Transport Circle. Enfield Drill
FROM THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
100 YEARS AGO AUGUST 1923 Britain’s fastest train
The RCTS: then and now
Britain’s leading Railway Society
Panorama
TEBAY RESTART: A heavy downpour greets ‘Jubilee’ No.
QUIET BETWEEN TRAINS
Books, videos and other items for possible review
DISCOVERING AMAZING WOMEN BY RAIL – 2 LIVERPOOL LIME STREET TO WATFORD JUNCTION
BOOK 1 was launched in 2018 covering the
Reader Services
How to order a subscription Have your RM
Prize crossword
Where is it?
Our pictorial quiz, for fun only
HS2 News
SIDELINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Competition to build and run HS2 link begins
The search is underway for a firm that can design, supply and operate the 1.4 mile automated people mover link in the West Midlands.
Piecing viaduct together
WORK is underway to assemble HS2’s Thame Valley
Features
WATERLOO MARKS ITS 175TH ANNIVERSARY
Britain’s busiest station is celebrating a milestone year, as Chris Milner reports.
THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Still climbing ‘halfway to the stars’, San Francisco’s cable cars have survived natural disaster and political animosity to reach their 150th year, as Tom Ingall reports.
A CLASS ABOVE
Celebrating the GWR’s ‘Castle’ Class, which entered service 100 years ago this month.
On named trains
‘Castles’ are strongly associated with the famous ‘Cheltenham Flyer’ but, being among the most powerful GWR locomotives, they also handled many other prestigious named trains, as this selection shows.
‘CASTLE’ CENTENARY
FCILT analyses some ‘Castle’ Class performances from the
Off the beaten track
A series of railtours towards the end of the British Railways steam era in the 1960s took No. 7029 Clun Castle away from its usual GWR/Western Region stamping grounds.
‘Castles’ footplate tales
Gareth Evans talks to three individuals about their experiences of operating ‘Castles’ on main line and heritage sectors – and looks at the current status of the seven surviving members of the class.
Through the decades
We delve into the archives to illustrate ‘Castles’ at work over their first 100 years.
Track Record
TRACKRECORD
The Railway Magazine news digest
‘T3’ moves under its own power!
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Management changes
TAKING SHAPE AT SHEFFIELD PARK: The project to
The 10 to 10 to Tenterden
ON selected dates this summer, the Kent &
Lakes traffic
AS the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway was about
Drive for £10
EAST Somerset Railway is offering ‘Driver for a
Pannier milestone
THE overhaul of GWR 0-6-0PT No. 7754 at
SIDELINES
Sir Nigel Gresley trips LNER ‘A4’ Pacific A4
NG DIARY
Aug 5-6 West Lancashire Light Railway summer gala
Gearing up for autumn steam gala season
Visiting locos set to provide variety at a host of heritage line enthusiast events.
Pendennis helps pull in crowds for steam gala
THE Epping Ongar Railway is celebrating its most
Tender decision made for Toddington BR Standard
TODDINGTON Standard Locomotive Limited (TSLL), owner of BR
‘Priority’ overhaul for ‘Q’
MAUNSELL ‘Q’ 0-6-0 No. 30541 left the Bluebell
DIARY
Aug 2, 9, 16,23, 30 Ribble Steam Railway:
Crewe commemorated
Exhibition at Crewe Heritage Centre celebrates anniversary of
Erlestoke Manor’s return is celebrated
No. 7812 Erlestoke Manor is at Bishops Lydeard
New Peterborough heritage gateway station plans progress
THE project to reconstruct a historic station building
New homes for ‘really useful’ wagons
HERITAGE WAGONS TRACK RECORD
Thomas takes shape
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
No. 5 to return to action
Lambton Locomotive Trust to restore 0-6-2T at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
SINGLE LINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Russell returns to WHR metals for centenary
Celebrations dampened by rain and failure of newly restored Baldwin ‘590’
Gowrie funding support enables production of cylinder patterns
THE Gowrie Locomotive Trust, which is constructing new-build
Corris new-build Falcon enters final phase of construction
CORRIS Railway’s new-build Falcon 0-4-2ST No. 10 which
Further sales news from Beeches LR auction
IN addition to securing Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR)
Dundee Gasworks No. 2 chassis assembled for tests at Beamish museum
THE chassis of Kerr, Stuart 0-4-0WT 721/1901 Dundee
Major Lister gathering planned for 2024
COMING UP WITH THE GOODS: Talyllyn Railway’s Fletcher,
Sir Drefaldwyn hauls first passenger train in nearly a quarter of a century
S F Belge 0-8-0T (ex-No. 699.01) No. 10
SINGLE LINES
■ BRESSINGHAM Steam Museum is holding a minigala
Railways to be reviewed
Manx 150 celebrations commence – as does public consultation.
Groudle Glen Railway appeal to overhaul Walrus
GROUDLE Glen Railway (GGR) has launched an appeal
‘Levelling Up’ grant to finance new LCLR station
CONSTRUCTION of a station at Lincolnshire Coast Light
Dual gauge gala
‘Audience participation’ in Eastleigh Lakeside special event.
12¼in gauge loco exchanges
A post-event ‘seminar’ of the Littlehampton gala’s three
Treasure Hunt
We all love a summer read, and we’ve
Steam Portfolio
STEAM ON THE MOORS North Eastern Locomotive Preservation
SIDELINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
‘Coronation’ tram preparations continue
Cracked brake block slows progress with getting Blackpool No. 304 in traffic.
Is a Kent farm the ‘new Coventry’ for EMUs?
With few heritage railways prepared to accept vintage electric multiple units, finding homes for such historic and technically interesting vehicles has always been a challenge.
KWVR’s diesel gala was well worth attending
Two main line locos appeared at the KWVR’s
SIDELINES
Two Brush Type 2s on the move CLASS
‘Hymek’ back in action
East Lancashire Railway-based diesel-hydraulic makes welcome return to
Isle of Wight’s essential personnel carriers refurbished
KNOWN by the Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Hydraulics in focus as SVR announces the ‘Autumn Diesel Bash – The Magnificent Seven’
THE Severn Valley Railway’s September 28-October 1 diesel
Thursday DMU trips on Great Central’s Mountsorrel branch
EVERY Thursday throughout August the Great Central Railway
Isle of Wight Class 483 project is back on track
The scene at Holliers Park, Isle of Wight
Classic Traction Portfolio
OLD OAK RE-CREATED: Doing a very passable impression
Pathfinder plans S&C steam special
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
‘Rare track’ in the East
‘Anglian Angel’ tour to visit Potters at Ely and Middleton Towers branch.
Steam Dreams announces Christmas tour programme
WHILE many are enjoying summer, thoughts for tour
Scottish push-pull set returning to Inverness
THE award-winning former Locomotive Services Group ScotRail Class
‘Hoover’ pair head to Edinburgh to help celebrate 100 Class 50 railtours
ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: ‘Merchant Navy’ 4-6-2 No. 35018 British
BOOKING CONTACTS
MP – Midland Pullman 0800 038 5360 NENTA
NOTES
■ Please note that advertised traction, routes, times
SIDELINES
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Improvements for Ebbw Vale
WORK on a £70m project to upgrade the
Transport Minister signs off Dawlish sea wall project
£80m scheme to protect main line from sea officially opened.
Ryde Pier line reopens
TRAIN services between Ryde Esplanade and Pier Head
Trent Valley upgraded
A NINE-day closure of the West Coast Main
Contractor appointed for Troon rebuild
NETWORK Rail has appointed AmcoGiffen as the main
£34m Thanet Parkway opens
A NEW station in Kent, Thanet Parkway, opened
Hope Valley loop progress
CONSTRUCTION of a new passing loop in the
Lost Frank Hornby plaque returned to Lime Street
A LONG-lost plaque marking the birthplace of engineer
Cable theft arrests double
WITH the theft of metal, particularly cables, still
Scottish footbridge plans submitted
NETWORK Rail (NR) has applied to Dumfries and
Royal Mail Midlands hub opens
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Freight scope for Bow Yard reinvigoration
Network Rail highlights potential to broaden the role of one of London’s largest railheads.
DB Cargo on track with British rail order for Belgium
TRACK manufactured by British Steel in Scunthorpe, for
Rail financial incentive available for deep sea container customers
LOGISTICS provider DP World, which operates rail-linked deep
Investigation into Bulwell derailment
RAIB looks into circumstances after Nottingham tram leaves tracks and collides with overhead line support pole.
Eleven more DLR trains ordered
No. 201, one of 54 new trains being
NEW DEPOT CONTROL GOES
LIVE: Control of movements at the Tyne &
Another dip in Metro reliability
STADLER has apologised to Tyne & Wear Metro
Class 730/0 ‘Aventra’ put on display at MK Central
West Midlands Railway gives preview of new three-car electric multiple unit.
SIDELINES
Hitachi TPE Nova 1 contract extended HITACHI Rail’s
Time called on Nova 3s to Cleethorpes – and cracks found on coaches
ROYAL HIGHNESS: Crossing the 65ft high, 43-arch Grade
CELEBRATING RAILWAY HISTORY
MAJOR ANNIVERSARIES: On June 23 (left) TransPennine Express
Carlisle Power Signal Box half-century marked
Direct Rail Services Class 66 named as part of 50th anniversary celebrations.
SWR ‘confident’ about Class 701 performance
SOUTH Western Railway says it is “increasingly confident”
WAGON REPORT
ROBEL Bahnbaumaschinen in Germany has supplied eight type
Stock Update
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Operations
Call: 01507 529589 email: railway @ mortons.co.uk Your
Operations
Trains on the North Wales Coast were affected
IÉ’s recovery continues
Annual report for state-owned operator shows a small financial surplus and year-on-year increase in passengers numbers.
Foynes reconstruction sees more track removed
WORK on rebuilding the Foynes line continues, and
Steam railroad reopens line after 38 years
Completion of civil engineering repairs to flood damage allows services to resume over full length of West Virginian route.
‘Flirts’ planned for Lithuania
Your reports and pictures are most welcome. Highly
Honolulu Metro section opens
THE first 17.7km section of the Honolulu Metro
Lines re-open in Argentina
TWO railways have re-opened to passengers in the
Rovos Rail expands fleet
Rovos Rail Class 5E1 locos E1105 and E1115
‘Vectron’ Dual Mode works Czech passenger test trains
A Siemens ‘Vectron’ Dual Mode (DM) loco was
Second successful BLS tour in Poland
Veteran PKP electric loco No. EP05-23 with the
Chat
X
Pocketmags Support