In this issue

Steam & Heritage - Southern steam galas draw huge crowds, Gwili extension open, first train on Alnwick branch for almost 50 years, Bluebell SECR O1 back in traffic.

Traction & Stock - CAF starts work on Northern Class 331 EMUs, new look for ROG‘47’, SWT Class 707 deliveries suspended, Class 319‘Flex’bi-modes for Northern and Arriva Trains Wales..

South Yorkshire Tram-Train Project 400% Over Budget

South Yorkshire Tram-Train Project 400% Over Budget

2 mins

Vandals Wreck Moors' LNER Teak Carriages

Vandals Wreck Moors' LNER Teak Carriages

1 min

Electrics, Diesels And Electro-Diesels

The June issue of Practice & Performance covered a journey in the cab of a Class 92 from Euston to Glasgow. Thanks to the good offices of Serco Caledonian Sleeper and GB Railfreight. John Heaton FCILT resumes the story with a Class 73 cab ride from Aberdeen to Edinburgh.

10+ mins

Nottingham Victoria

Robin Stewart-Smith concludes the story of the demise of an East Midlands railway station, covering the period from the Second World War to closure on September 4, 1967.

10+ mins

Restoring Thornbury Castle No Busman's Holiday

It came as a great surprise to many when The Railway Magazine broke the news last August that unrestored GWR ‘Castle’ No. 7027 Thornbury Castle had been sold to a 32-year-old enthusiast from Weston-super-Mare. Twelve months on and Jonathan Jones-Pratt is about to embark on the loco’s restoration, so Gary Boyd-Hope went to find out what the project will entail, along with Jonathan’s plans for his other Collett 4-6-0 – No. 4936 Kinlet Hall.

10+ mins

Rebirth Of The Corris Railway

In the latest instalment of our periodic Lazarus Lines features Cliff Thomas describes the resurrection the Corris Railway, previously owned by the GWR and Nationalised in 1948.

10+ mins

Tornado Hits Cornwall

In a P&P extra, Keith Farr rides behind ‘A1’ No. 60163 Tornado on an epic journey from London to Cornwall – the first visit of the class to the Duchy.

9 mins

Steam & Heritage

Thousands at Mid-Hants for gala marking 50 years since Southern steam bowed out

3 mins

Industrial Steam

Three-day gala spectacular marks five decades of Foxfield

3 mins

Network

Derby Set For £200 million Revamp In Summer 2018

1 min

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