The Railway Magazine - 2 Jun 2025
Nationalisation: Then & Now
THE SPARK THAT LIT THE FLAME: HOW RM READERS CAUGHT THE RAILWAY BUG
VALLEYS TRAMTRAINS
ENGINEER & ENTHUSIAST
CARIBBEAN CARLISLE
A brave new world
Headline News
Engineer and enthusiast
Subscriptions Offer
Practice & Performance
The spark that lit the flame
The Long View: June
Years Ago
Readers’ Platform & Where is it?
World
Irish
Network
Heritage Carriages & Wagons
Miniature
Steam
Reviews
Metro
Panorama
Freight
Heritage Trams
Stock Update
Narrow Gauge
Crossword & Next Month
Meetings
Traction & Stock, Wagons
Operations News
Industrial steam
Classic Traction
Railtours
Plus ça change…
OUR WRITING TEAM
SEVERN VALLEY SPRING STUNNER
Rail workshop owners seek clarity about future demand for new trains
WCML debut approaches for Class 730/2s
South Western Railway returns to public control as new GBR logo is revealled
End for longest service
Young drivers’ plan
St Blazey engineering training centre appeal
October return to service planned for three of Blackpool’s heritage trams
‘67’ RENAMED FOR CAROLEAN AGE:
BRADFORD BOOST:
LNER HOSTS ‘225 DAY’:
Derby ‘drag’ tour
NRM unlocked
Tfw’s young fleet
CRP to unveil 200 ‘blue plaques’
DIARY
Haltwhistle Community Rail Week
Heritage line anniversary clean-up
Railways in Parliament
Mary Ann breaks through at Bromford Tunnel’s western portal
Kenilworth Bypass bridge pushed into position during 18-day closure
A brave new world
Caribbean Carlisle
The spark that lit the f lame
GROWING UP AT LONGMOOR
GOING FULL CIRCLE
SETTLED BY SIGNALS
David Russell engineer and enthusiast
Postwar ‘S160s’ locos
Clear signals at Newton Abbot
Where is it?
Dai of shame
Closed access operations
MEETINGS
‘Big Four’ blues: Southern architectural omissions
The RCTS: then and now
100 YEARS AGO JUNE 1925
50 YEARS AGO JUNE 1975
20 YEARS AGO JUNE 2005
PANORAMA
PANORAMA
TUNNEL VISION:
BODMIN STEAM GALA:
Contract signed for Severn Valley landslip repair work to begin
Work to return Eddystone to main line work enters the home stretch
OLDEST AT THE OLDEST:
‘Lizzie’ repairs move forward
HIDEHI CAMPERS!
Spa Valley remembers ‘Cuckoo Line’ closure
4-6-2 ‘Duke’ moves again
Tornado and Clan Line lead the ‘Great Britain XVII’ nine-day tour
WSR ‘JUBILEE’:
‘Castle’ announced for Chinnor as ‘S160’ move delayed again
Little engines pull the crowds at Tenterden
LSWR ‘T3’ storms ‘The Alps’ at Mid Hants
GWSR event celebrates 200 years of railways
‘Thomas’ at 80
‘Yugo Yank’ on the way back
14XX boiler test
DIARY
Mid-suffolk Railway Easter Gala success
Hidden locomotives come out of shadows for Hunslet Gala
BAGNALL ON HIRE:
Llangollen Kitson goes on loan to CHR
Two preserved tankers built for very different types of cargo
ON THE ‘CLAYS’:
SWRPG’S ‘Dogfish’ goes Dutch
Vale of Rheidol Railway donates Conqueror for display at W&LLR
BACK IN SERVICE:
SINGLE LINES
New narrow lines at Apedale and Tyseley
New café at Aberystwyth as VOR commences redevelopment of Devil’s Bridge terminus
Volunteer injured at Gartell Light Railway
Ffestiniog celebrates completion of £5 million Boston Lodge Project
Ratty gala celebration of 150th anniversary
Industrial action at Amberley
SINGLE LINES
Brecon Mountain could run double-headed Baldwins to mark 45th anniversary
Steam Portfolio
Steam Portfolio
North Tyneside Steam Railway launches miniature venture
£150,000 fundraising target for Crich ‘Access Tram’ project
Tramway engineering work completed at Beamish Museum
Wensleydale’s Class 47/7 gets a 1990s makeover
EE ‘TOP AND TAIL’:
GBRF ‘66’ set to star at North Norfolk gala
NYMR Class 101 revival and gala loco news
DIARY
Two-car Class 119 DMU enters service at the Swindon & Cricklade Railway
SWANAGE DELIGHT:
FAWLEY HILL VISIT:
Lavender Line DEMU set suffers damage in vandalism attack
LU ‘4TC’ set to be based at Chinnor for the summer
GENERATIONS MEET:
Tornado returns to main line railtours – and more are planned this summer The ‘A1’ locomotive will provide power for six Railway Touring Company tours from June to August.
Two special trains announced for visitors to the ‘Greatest Gathering’
RULE BRITANNIA:
Pathfinder offers three circular tours in two days
Northampton’snew35-acreterminal prepared for ‘pivotal role’ in shifting more traffic to rail
BACK IN TRAFFIC:
Keeping supplies rolling to British Steel in Scunthorpe
Colas to use fuel conditioner
Intermodal trial ends
Class 555 units return to service on the Tyne & Wear Metro system
‘Tap on, tap off’ payment launched on Edinburgh Trams
PRIORITY CLARITY:
Pedestrian safety campaign
City centre Metrolink services halted
Operator procurement process under way
Nine-day closure of Cross-city line will allow for HS2 works
Lineside signals removed as ETCS scheme progresses
Scotrail to scrap peak fares for good from September
Satellite tech trial for Far North trains
Glenfinnan viaduct repairs completed
Approval given for Liverpool Baltic station
Long closure for Blackheath tunnel
£1million to improve Lincolnshire level crossings
Extra trains for Leven
Island Line service resumes in full
Month-long closure planned for Huddersfield station
Work begins on historic iron bridge
Theme-park proposal means Wixams station will be expanded
Shortlands goes step-free
£7.9m footbridge replacement for Harlington
Hydrogen hybrid conversion proposed for Class 18 shunter
Class 398 ‘tram trains’ begin trials on the Valley Lines
Celebratory livery for Avanti West Coast’s final Class 807
First units emerge from Southeastern Class 376 and East Midlands Railway Class 170 refurbishment programmes
ROMIC Group takes ownership of familiar pair of Class 20 locomotives
‘Tired’ Lumo seats retrimmed
Siemens to install ETCS on Class 185s
Further Class 93s delivered
Wagon Report
LOCOMOTIVES
MULTIPLE UNITS
HAULED COACHING STOCK
Traction & Stock Portfolio
Traction & Stock Portfolio
The network’s notable moves
DART and intercity lead ridership increase on rail routes in Ireland
Framework agreement signed for new freight wagons
BALLAST TRAIN WORKING:
Market Engagement for DART+ programme
Lisburn to Antrim study nears completion
Crowds turn out for Dresden’s famous annual steam meeting
GE Electrics to be replaced in Taiwan
Traction variety for Vietnamese charter train
‘Griffins’ for Polish long-distance duties
TRAXX for Slovenia
DON RIVER GALA:
Tanfield Railway in colour
The Railway Magazine binders and bound volumes
The Long View: JUNE Tunnels
The Long View: JUNE Tunnels
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