The Railway Magazine 2020-04.pdf

(33983 KB) Pobierz
£1.4M GRANT FOR LEEK EXTENSION
■
CHARITY BUYS WEARDALE LINE
BRITAIN’S BEST-SELLING RAIL TITLE
April 2020 • £4.50
CO ID 9 P
RA L H T BY
■
Passenger numbe s do n 70%
■
DfT suspends anc s ng
■
Her tage secto
IC
dec mated by
cancellat ons
f tted
to ne Grange’
PRINTED IN THE UK
■
Bo le
£500M FOR RAIL
REOPENING PLANS
‘NUCKLE’: A LINE OF
TWO HALVES
HULL TRAINS: 20 YEARS
OF OPEN ACCESS
H 2
K UNEA TH 19TH ENTU Y
UN H U E
UK Off-sale date - 06/05/2020
The
Editor:
Chris Milner
Deputy editor:
Gary Boyd-Hope
Consultant editor:
Nick Pigott
Senior correspondent:
Ben Jones
Designer:
Tim Pipes
Publisher:
Tim Hartley
Production editors:
Nigel Devereux and
Sarah Wilkinson
Editorial assistant:
Jane Skayman
Classic Traction News:
Peter Nicholson
Operations News:
Ashley Butlin
Narrow Gauge News:
Cliff Thomas
Metro News:
Paul Bickerdyke
World News:
Keith Fender
By post:
The Railway Magazine,
Mortons Media Group, Media Centre, Morton Way,
Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR
Tel:
01507 529589
Fax:
01507 371066
Email:
railway@mortons.co.uk
© 2020 Mortons Media ISSN 0033-8923
General Queries & Back Issues
01507 529529
Monday-Friday: 8.30am-5pm
Answerphone 24hr
help@classicmagazines.co.uk
www.classicmagazines.co.uk
Archive enquiries:
Jane Skayman 01507 529423
jskayman@mortons.co.uk
EDITORIAL
Covid-19: A national
and global health crisis
the scale of which we
have never faced before
T
CUSTOMER SERVICES
ADVERTISING
Group advertising manager:
Sue Keily
Advertising:
Craig Amess
camess@mortons.co.uk Tel: 01507 529537
By post:
The Railway Magazine advertising,
Mortons Media Group, Media Centre, Morton Way,
Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR
Subscription manager:
Paul Deacon
Circulation manager:
Steve O’Hara
Marketing manager:
Charlotte Park
Publishing director:
Dan Savage
Commercial director:
Nigel Hole
Published by:
Mortons Media Group Ltd,
Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR
Full subscription rates (but see page 46 for offer):
(12 months 12 issues, inc post and packing) - UK
£54. Export rates are also available - see page 105 for
more details. UK subscriptions are zero-rated for the
purposes of Value Added Tax.
Enquiries: subscriptions@mortons.co.uk
Printed by:
William Gibbons & Son, Wolverhampton
Distribution by:
Marketforce UK Ltd,
5 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HU
0203 787 9001
PUBLISHING
SUBSCRIPTION
PRINT AND DISTRIBUTIONS
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
Accepted photographs and articles will be paid for upon publication. Items
we cannot use will be returned if accompanied by a stamped addressed
envelope, and recorded delivery must clearly state so and enclose sufficient
postage. In common with practice on other rail periodicals, all material is
sent or returned at the contributor’s own risk and neither
The Railway
Magazine,
the editor, the staff nor Mortons Media Ltd can be held
responsible for loss or damage, howsoever caused. The opinions expressed
in
The RM
are not necessarily those of the editor or staff. This periodical
must not, without the written consent of the publishers first being given,
be lent, sold, hired out or otherwise disposed of in a mutilated condition or,
in any unauthorised cover by way of trade or annexed to or as part of any
publication or advertising, literary or pictorial matter whatsoever.
This issue was published on April 1, 2020.
The next will be on sale on May 6, 2020.
he rapid spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus)
around the world, said to be the worst public
health crisis for a generation, has shocked
everyone. Its spread shows how easy it is in an age of
fast international travel for a pandemic to develop.
The real depth of the impact was beginning to
be felt as
The RM
April issue closed for press, but the
ramifications of the disease will ripple through society
for many months, possibly years.
Planned events and galas over the spring, income
for which the heritage railway sector rely heavily
upon, have been wiped from the calendar so as not to
spread the disease further. These are unprecedented
and worrying times, and many heritage lines and
museums will be left fighting for their very existence.
Despite a package of Government aid – which is
admirable and a big help – it’s only for three months,
and no one yet knows just how badly – or for how
long – the virus will impact the UK.
Not wishing to be the harbinger of doom, but
some businesses may not survive the dwindling cash
flows, but I’d like to be optimistic and think the
majority will survive.
Many heritage lines have paid staff who will have
job concerns, but large numbers of attractions are
staffed and run by volunteers, many of whom are
more than 70 and fall into the ‘vulnerable’ category;
everything must be done to protect their health and
well-being during the outbreak.
For large numbers, this virus will involve many
weeks of self-isolation which will be really tough on
them. If you know such people, don’t ignore them –
call them and chat regularly, keep their spirits up, as
maintaining a good mental health is also vital.
Closing lines with the result of no income will
also hit preservation projects, and while there may be
no work taking place, this is an ideal time as an
RM
reader offer some financial support. Your donation,
whatever the size, or in lieu of ticket money you'd
have spent, will be most welcome.
Railtour companies also face an uncertain future,
as do specialist railway holiday operators, which work
with a small staff and to tiny profit margins.
There will be an impact on the supply chains,
caterers, hotels and guest houses, restaurants, skilled
engineering outlets – the economic impact of Covid-
19 will be widespread and deeply felt.
Because of the social isolation aspect, there could
even be a bonanza for mail order businesses, such as
booksellers and model railway shops, as people find
ways to occupy themselves.
On the national network, the downturn has been
enormous too, with stations and many trains notably
quieter. TOCs that have budgeted their business-
based specific income plans have seen empty trains
as the public are told to stay at home, and from
March 23, emergency timetables were introduced,
substantially cutting services. The Government has
Covid-19 advice has
appeared at railway
stations, this one at
Hull. IAN LYALL
TRAIN OF THOUGHT
Editor’s
Comment
taken the strategic decision to suspend franchises and
manage them for the next six months.
Staff working for passenger and freight
companies, the latter helping to keep the shops
stocked, have been designated key workers, and
rightly so. Everyone working in the rail industry,
whatever their job, deserves our admiration and
respect for keeping the wheels rolling – and the extra
cleaning taking place, too.
As far as
The RM
is concerned, the magazine has
been produced by staff working from home for many
years, each of us linked via the internet and to our
Lincolnshire HQ. We plan to continue this.
To ensure both continuity and safety, the
editorial team and myself have entered a level of
isolation for several weeks. While we will endeavour
to bring you a mix of news and features, there will be
some inevitable changes, such as no meetings page
because all meetings have been cancelled, and no
railtours or events listings, as these are also cancelled.
They will return when the situation becomes more
normalised.
If you are in a vulnerable group undertaking
self-isolation and don’t want to risk going out to
buy
The RM,
please consider taking a subscription so
each issue is delivered to your door? There are some
great offers on page 46 or call 01507 529529. You
can also call that number to order single copies and
back issues for delivery by post.
No one knows how long this pandemic will last,
what the longer lasting effects will be, nor the impact
in both business or human terms.
It is a worrying time for everyone.
For the moment, reamain safe, practice social
distancing, listen to the latest advice and look after
those nearest and dearest to you.
CHRIS MILNER, Editor
April 2020 •
The Railway Magazine
• 3
April 2020. No. 1,429. Vol 166. A journal of record since 1897.
Contents
MAIN IMAGES:
Stanier
‘Jubilee’ No. 45596
Bahamas
climbs away
from Damems Loop
towards Oxenhope
during the Keighley &
Worth Valley Railway’s
March 6-8 steam gala,
one of the last events
to take place before
heritage railways and
museums across the
UK were forced to
close.
BRADLEY LANGTON
Headline News
On the cover
With its boiler now in place, new-build GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880
Betton Grange
stands at Tyseley Locomotive Works on
March 17.
QUENTIN MCGUINNESS
Government‘nationalises’all franchises for at least six months
as Covid-19 sends passenger numbers into freefall, HS2 dig
uncovers Curzon Street roundhouse, charity buysWeardale
Railway, new era for Northern,‘Grange’boiler fitted,TPE MD
departs.
INSET 1:
Rail
reopening schemes.
INSET 2:
The rise, fall
and rise again of a War
INSET 3:
Two decades of Hull Trains open access operations.
Track Record
The Railway Magazine’s
monthly news digest
58 Steam & Heritage
GWR ‘friends reunited’ at South Devon Railway, Didcot
‘Large Prairie’ stars at Worth Valley, L&YR reunion at
East Lancs, £1.4m for Churnet Valley’s Leek extension,
restoration work moves forward on two Bulleid ‘Pacifics’.
64 Industrial Steam
67 Steam Portfolio
68 Irish News
70 Narrow Gauge
72 Heritage Trams
74 Freight
76 Network
No. 66778
Cambois Depot 25 Years
stands alongside
No. 03197 at Dereham on the Mid-Norfolk Railway during a
rare working to deliver armoured vehicles to a nearby army
barracks on March 4.
FRED CHAPMAN
West Coast Railways’No. 57601
heads a‘Northern Belle’ empty stock
move from Joppa Straight, near
Edinburgh, to Carnforth through the
Lune Gorge on a sunny March 22.
No. 57313 was on the rear of the
train.
CAMERON WALKER
78 Metro
80 Classic Traction
84 World
86 Railtours
88 Traction & Stock
Overground ‘710/1s’ enter service as GA starts ‘Aventra’
main line testing, Worth Valley secures a ‘144’, Hull Trains
‘Paragon’ fleet complete, last unrefurbished Eurostar set
withdrawn.
The Railway Magazine's
audited circulation of
32,526 copies per month
makes it by far the
DRS Class 37 No. 37401
Mary Queen Of Scots
approaches
Shenfield on March 12 with the 08.42 Norwich Crown Point
Depot-Newport Docks Sims Metals Working, conveying six
ex-Greater Anglia Mk3 coaches for scrap.
DR IAIN C SCOTCHMAN
91 Traction Portfolio
93 Stock Update
94 Operations
UK’S
TOPSELLING
RAIL TITLE!
Subscribe today
and save money on
every issue.
Call 01507 529529
or see page 46 for
our latest offers
Like us
facebook.com/
TheRailwayMagazine
Follow us
@railwaymagazine
Regulars
46 Subscription Offer
Subscribe today and save more than 45%.
50 From
The RM
Archives
52 Panorama
105 Reader Services
106 Crossword & Where Is It
Nose to nose: DRS Class 20 Nos. 20308 and 20305 at
Matlock with a Barton-under-Needwood to Peak Rail
railtour at Matlock on April 12, 2015.
ROBERT FALCONER

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika:

Zgłoś jeśli naruszono regulamin