Railway Magazine May 2015 Back Issue

In the May issue of Britain's best-selling rail title:
Near-disaster devastates Main line steam - West Coast Railway banned after steam special overshoots red signal.
The train of the future - Hitachi Super Express makes first run under its own power.
Celtics on the Bluebell!
Plus, the 'new' Crewe, Pier railways and Quintinshill crash centenary.
From the Editor: Fate is indeed a fickle mistress. In the very issue in which we mark the centenary of Britain’s worst train disaster, only sheer good fortune has prevented us having to report on one almost as terrible.
The Quintinshill tragedy, in which more than 220 people perished in 1915, involved express trains and signals. Those same ingredients were present in what could have gone down in the dark annals of railway history as the Wootton Bassett disaster of 2015.
As it was, catastrophe was averted with less than 60 seconds to spare, but the enormity of the Wootton Bassett near-miss will have repercussions
for a long time to come. Indeed, as we closed for press, every steam enthusiast and everyone whose livelihood depends on the main line charter business was nervously awaiting decisions from Network Rail...
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