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In an unparalleled publishing history spanning 115 years,
e Railway Magazine
has produced more than 1,300 issues
covering almost every topic imaginable on railways.
The
‘Best of
The
Railway Magazine’ is a selection of more
than 25 features that were
first
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run from 1897, presented in a re-designed style along with
many new photographs and illustrations.
Compiled by
Chris Milner
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Editor:
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Consultant editor:
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Senior correspondent:
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Picture desk:
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Narrow Gauge News:
Cliff Thomas
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EDITORIAL
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CUSTOMER SERVICES
EWS the Isle of Wight is to get a £26million
investment in its rail network is very welcome
– even if it has been a long time coming.
The investment will feature Vivarail ‘D Trains’,
and assurance has been given they will fit through
Ryde Tunnel!
Planned infrastructure improvements means
the line will eventually have a balanced 30-minute
service, with the retention of the third rail,
permitting the new trains to provide a substantial
improvement over their 80-year-old counterparts
now definitely on their last legs.
Having ridden the ‘D Train’ several times
elsewhere, it’s hard to believe they date from 1978,
and the reworking of Vivarail’s creation, together
with its versatile traction options, along with the
numerous interior design options, is a remarkable
piece of vision and innovation.
Local passengers are expected to embrace
the new trains, with their new facilities, spacious
interiors and ease of boarding.
What is very disappointing was the
announcement – just 48 hours after the Vivarail
news – the Isle of Wight Steam Railway has been
forced to throw its plan for trains to Ryde St John's
Road into the long grass until, it says, at least the
end of the current franchise in 2024.
It’s a decision that is not good for the railway,
nor for the tourism crucial to the island .
To run the distance of one mile, regulatory
considerations, infrastructure costs, coupled with
an onerous demand to work trains in top-and-tail
mode, makes the proposal simply unsustainable,
according to the heritage line.
Considering the NYMR can manage to run its
seasonal trains six miles over Network Rail metals,
let’s hope the parties can get around the table and
salvage what is in essence a great plan, along with
some realistic cost aspirations.
TRAIN OF THOUGHT
Editor’s
Comment
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since November 2016 and
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in each issue,
The Railway
Magazine
still represents great
all round value – even more so
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(see p60).
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Stadler bi-mode Class 755 No. 755414 at Ipswich working an electric test run to
Norwich on August 28.
KEITH PARTLOW
PRINT AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Time for Britain to get serious about tackling emissions
WHEN the French opened the LGV Est high-speed
line in 2007, it led to a substantial cut in flights
between Paris and Strasbourg.
Next year, KLM will replace a Brussels to
Amsterdam flight with a high-speed train. It could lead
to other short journeys being switched to rail, too.
The journey time for rail is double what it is for a
flight, but KLM’s decision is a great step for rail and
cutting carbon emissions, and passengers won’t have
to face the check-in and security rigmarole on top of a
journey to the airport, with its rip-off parking charges.
What’s more, travellers are beginning to look
at their own carbon footprints, with many not only
switching to rail, but liking the relaxation, too.
While HS2 will always have its critics, in time rail
could very well replace several daily flights between
Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh to
London, which leave a massive carbon footprint.
Germany is investing heavily in additional
electric-powered ICE trains over the next three years,
and encouraging rail use by cutting VAT on fares.
But is anything happening in Britain?
If this Government (and indeed the next) is really
serious about cutting emissions, what the UK rail
network needs – as matter of priority – is a programme
of rolling electrification to begin before the end of the
decade. The annual fare increase needs reviewing: is it a
benefit or hindrance to furthering rail travel?
But above all, everyone needs to see that Britain
is serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
and is starting to knock these ridiculous long-distance
workings of diesel trains under electric wires on the
head.
CHRIS MILNER, Editor
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This issue was published on October 2, 2019.
The next will be on sale on November 6, 2019.
October 2019 •
The Railway Magazine
• 3
October 2019. No. 1,423. Vol 165. A journal of record since 1897.
Contents
MAIN IMAGE:
Despite
efforts to rescue it as a
preservation site, the
Longmoor Military
Railway closed 50 year
ago, in October 1969.
‘WD’ 2-10-0 No. 600
Gordon
leaves Liss for
Longmoor during the
last public open day on
July, 1969.
LES NIXON
Headline News
On the cover
The final Class 91 and Mk4 set diagrammed to work into
Glasgow Central was No. 91102 (pictured), which brought in the
15.30 from London King’s Cross. The route changed to‘Azuma’
operation from September 23.
STEVEN CROZIER
INSET 1:
Riding
London Overground's
new ‘Aventra’ EMUs.
BEN JONES
Government confirms HS2 delay and cost increase, no
Greater Anglia‘Aventras’until 2020,Vivarail to supply new
Island Line fleet, HS2 regional services proposed as part
£3.5bn Midlands Engine Rail plan, Forth Bridge visitor centre
plan.
INSET 2:
100 years of
continuous operation
at Leighton Buzzard.
CL
INSET 3:
Ladbroke Grove: The tragedy that changed
Britain’s railways.
CHRIS MILNER
Track Record
The Railway Magazine’s
monthly news digest
70 Steam & Heritage
Severn Valley Autumn Gala highlights,
Shaw Savill
set
for main line return, No. 9466 joins Gloucs-Warks fleet,
single-chimney ‘9F’ steams again at the NYMR,
Foxcote Manor
returning to Llangollen.
76 Industrial
78 Steam Portfolio
80 Irish
82 Narrow Gauge
84 Heritage Trams
86 Metro
88 Network
Unbranded Class 390 No. 390137 passes Grendon, north of
Atherstone, on September 14 with the 08.35 Manchester
Piccadilly-London Euston.
JOHN WHITEHOUSE
92 Classic Traction
95 Classic Traction Portfolio
96 World
100 Railtours
103 Railtours Portfolio
104 Traction & Stock
Official launch for Anglia bi-mode ‘FLIRTs’, reliability
issues for Marston Vale ‘D-Trains’ as battery hybrid
testing reaches the main line, first Merseyrail ‘777’ almost
complete, LNER withdraws more ‘91s’,
SWR suspends ‘442’ operation again.
Maunsell ‘V’ class 4-4-0
Cheltenham
has re-entered traffic
at the Mid-Hants Railway following its repaint into BR
green. The refreshed ‘Schools’ arrives at Ropley with the
12.00 Medstead and Four Marks-Alresford service on
September 14, its first day in traffic in this livery since
1962.
JOHN H BIRD/ANISTR.COM
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107 Stock Update
108 Traction Portfolio
110 Operations
Panorama:
Sparks fly as
Metropolitan-
Vickers electric
No. 12
Sarah
Siddons
leaves
the section for
Neasden Depot
at Wembley Park
while working
a London
Transport
Museum railtour
on September 8.
FRASER HAY
Regulars
12 Multiple Aspects
12 Railways in Parliament
54 Meetings
56 Readers’ Platform
58 Reviews
60 Subscription Offer
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63 Panorama
Our regular gallery of the best railway photography from
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68 From
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68 RCTS
116 Heritage Diary
129 Reader Services
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