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Jan / Feb 2019 Inter City Railway Society Founded 1973 TTRRAA CCKKSS Inter City Railway Society – Jan / Feb 2019 Inter City Railway Society founded 1973 www.intercityrailwaysociety.org Volume 47 No.1 Issue 549 Jan / Feb 2019 The content of the magazine is the copyright of the Society No part of this magazine may be reproduced without prior permission of the copyright holder President: Simon Mutten - [email protected] (01603 715701) Coppercoin, 12 Blofield Corner Rd, Blofield, Norwich, Norfolk NR13 4RT Treasurer: Peter Britcliffe - [email protected] (01429 234180) 9 Voltigeur Drive, Hart, Hartlepool TS27 3BS Membership Sec: Colin Pottle - [email protected] (01933 272262) 166 Midland Road, Wellingborough, Northants NN8 1NG Mob (07840 401045) Secretary: Christine Field - [email protected] contact details as below for Trevor Chairman: filled by senior officials as required for meetings Magazine: Editor: Trevor Roots - [email protected] (01466 760724) Mill of Botary, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 4UD Mob (07765 337700) Sightings: James Holloway - [email protected] (0121 744 2351) 246 Longmore Road, Shirley, Solihull B90 3ES Photo Database: Colin Pottle Books: Publications Manager: Trevor Roots - [email protected] Publications Team: Trevor Roots / Eddie Rathmill Website / IT: Website Manager: Trevor Roots - [email protected] contact details as above Social Media: Gareth Patterson Yahoo Administrator: Steve Revill Sales Manager: Christine Field contact details as above for Trevor Visits Co-ordinator: Trevor Roots / Christine Field / Tony Whitehead Contents: Days Out .......................................................... 43 Officials Contact List ................................................ 2 ECML Diversions ............................................. 60 Society Notice Board ............................................ 3-5 Graffiti .............................................................. 37 Events ..................................................................... 5 Narrow Gauge Matters ..................................... 17 ICRS Sales ........................................................... 64 Odds & Sods .................................................... 13 Regular Current News / Sightings: Photo Spot: Depot / Yard .................................. 73 Eastleigh Works Report ................................. 8-11 Photo Spot: Mainline Steam ............................. 64 Franchise / Network News ................................ 53 Photo Spot: NR Test Trains .............................. 41 Freight Matters ................................................. 73 Rail Tour News ................................................ 33 Infrastructure News .......................................... 39 Rail Tour Photo Spot ........................................ 14 Light Rail, Metro & Underground News ............. 65 Railway Globetrotters ....................................... 68 Out & About Sightings ...................................... 56 RHTT Gallery ................................................... 18 Stock Changes ................................................. 74 Shunter Spot .................................................... 62 Conversions ................................................ 74 Signal Box Survey ............................................ 49 Liveries ........................................................ 77 Snow Gallery.................................................... 12 New Stock ................................................... 76 Std Preservation: Transfers ..................................................... 75 Galas........................................................... 50 Technology News............................................. 12 News ........................................................... 34 Traffic & Traction News .................................... 21 Photo Spot: Steam ...................................... 67 Other Feature Articles: Stock Moves .................................................... 48 Cascaded Stock ............................................... 63 Warley Model Show Report .............................. 36 Front Cover Photo: 170470 heading south between Huntly and Kennethmont through encroaching conifers on one of the few mainlines still with telegraph poles / wires. This is one of only two higher numbered th Cl.170/4s still with ScotRail out of 9 and was the first originally delivered in SPT livery, 20 January 2019. £3.00 where sold separately Printed & distributed by Henry Ling Ltd, Dorset Press, Dorchester DT1 1HD 2 SOCIETY NOTICE BOARD Editor’s Comments: Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and the start of 2019 has not been too traumatic unlike here. The anticipated busy time compiling 5 books, more than ever during January became even harder as out of the blue my Mom was offered a Council sheltered flat in Huntly a few days prior to Christmas and we had to sign for it on Christmas Eve or lose it...desperate for rental income methinks. So that meant having brought Mom up only 2½ years ago she was now about to move to her third home and for a month was actually the occupant of two flats !! So began a frantic 4 weeks organising and moving her by the 24th January when her tenancy ended at the flat in Rhynie. Not only is it good news for Mom but better for myself and Chris as we are always in Huntly, bowling twice a week and it is only 5 miles instead of 16 miles from us. However this meant the book release schedule had to slip slightly and I am amazed I remembered all the lead times needed to get them organised so that those planned to come out at the end of January were only a week later than planned though this subsequently slipped further with delays at the printers. I am writing this with more snow falling than at any time this winter, thinking so glad we didn’t have to go out whilst I get TRACKS finished as planned. The idea was to get it to the printers for the 4th Feb...then Mom falls over (again) on Friday evening (17.00) and we ended up trekking back and forth in the snow first to Huntly hospital then to Elgin hospital in a blizzard at 03.00 to collect her following an x-ray, which fortunately showed nothing serious but we didn’t get to bed until 06.00. On top of being shattered the weekend was dominated with sorting Mom out, hence apologies that this issue has been delayed but with February a short month at least you won’t have long to wait for the March issue. As I finish this at 04.00 (again) a week later (11th Feb) books are about to posted out from our main printers (Minuteman, Botley) whilst we managed to send out all pre-orders for the original Pocket Book, which gets delivered direct to me from Henry Ling, the same ones who print TRACKS. So at least some of you might have received a book when you read this in pdf form. As you will see from the EVENTS section 2019 is planned to be our best year for visits and Open Days seem to be back in vogue. Our first visit has already occurred and was one of 5 planned to WCR Carnforth. Better weather than in October with the forecasted heavy rain just holding off until 14.00 just as we finished the tour. Though I had intended to stay in the area and travel back Sunday the dire forecast further north meant we decided to travel straight home through the heavy rain and once we hit the Cairngorms, snow. It was a good visit with 279 items seen and a large proportion of WCR and the Northern Belle stock on site though still 11 locos and 36 coaches were elsewhere. Next visit is in May when it should be at least warmer. More good news as new members who joined in January, the second largest monthly total, have pushed our membership up to 1281. That is 19% higher than Jan 2017, 30% higher than Jan 2015 and 105% higher than Jan 2013, the year that membership started to take off. As for the railway news, over the past few months several companies expected to introduce revised timetables on the back of extra stock, transferred from elsewhere, modified or from new stock entering service, but nearly all have been thwarted. The over ambitious promises didn’t allow for late delivery, lack of works capacity or teething troubles. This is on top of late infrastructure projects, GWML electrification and Crossrail so the industry has done little to endear itself to passengers. I know how unforeseen issues, see above, can delay things but many of the issues could have been foreseen particularly the technical problems and built into the schedule. Better to under promise and have a big announcement if you can introduce ahead of time. Hopefully many of the problems will be sorted so we can enjoy the new stock in service. Mind you that means the quantity of redundant stock needing to be dealt with will speed up....could be a very busy year. Get out and record it before it’s gone. Membership Matters: New Members: (48) (* ex-members re-joined) (AFC – Additional Family Child, AFA – Additional Family Adult) Philip Andrews (Westhoughton), David Baker* (Birmingham), Francis Barrington* (Leeds), Simon Brown (Elgin), Tony Brzosko (St Neots), John Cherrington (Weston Super Mare), James Cleevely (Cheltenham), Alistair Davies (Coventry), Chris Deegan (Macclesfield), John Evans (Loughborough), Kevin Feek (Sutton-on-Sea), Ralph Ford (Rotherham), Keith Franklin (Market Rasen), Robert Gibbons* (Newport), Derek Heath (Shrewsbury), Gareth Heydon (Elgin), Roy Hitchin* (Manchester), Peter Kemsley (Valencia, SPAIN),
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