17 August 2007 Issue 96

ISSN 1751-8091 RailwayThe Herald 17 August 2007 Issue 96

TheThe complimentarycomplimentary UKUK railwayrailway journaljournal forfor thethe railwayrailway enthusiastenthusiast

For the latest issue and copies of all back issues, visit www.railwayherald.co.uk RailwayThe Herald Issue 96

Front Cover A Metropolitan line train from Uxbridge to Baker Street approaches Harrow- on-the-Hill on 10 June 2007, formed of Cravens-built A60 Stock with Driving Car No 5084 leading. Richard Tuplin

Back Cover Pounding up Goodrington Bank, ‘King’ class 4-6-0 No. 6024 King Edward I makes a splendid sight heading for Kingswear with the inbound ‘Torbay Express’ from Bristol Temple Meads to Kingswear on 11 August. Chris Dixon Contents New brand image for East Coast as National Express wins ECML Page 3

Colourful new look for East Midlands Trains franchise Page 4 ABOVE: Kingfisher Railtours operated a special from Derby to Eastbourne on 16 August utilising EWS Class 37/4 No. ACLGs No. 86101 to be fitted with 37410. The train is pictured under the signal gantry at New Kew Junction running around 40 minutes late. Chris Holt OTMR equipment. Page 7 Submissions We welcome submissions from all Eddie Stobart involved in merger with property fund company readers, especially digital photographs. The Stobart Group Limited is to Limited and will have net assets and a rail terminal in Widnes. Pictures should be sent to the editor at be created through a proposed of over £250 million. Eddie Stobart has already [email protected] merger of the Westbury The merger brings together dabbled in railfreight activity Good quality scans of colour slides Property Fund Limited and two companies, which see huge through its contract with Direct and prints are also acceptable. Currently Eddie Stobart Group. commercial and environmental Rail Services. The big question there is no financial payment made A combination of road, rail benefits of combining road is whether and how the rail for photographs published in Railway and port's activities are well transport and storage with rail activity will be expanded, as one placed to serve a wide variety of freight and waterborne transport of the Westbury subsidiaries is Herald. Where possible we always try to customers. systems. Westbury brings a port Westlink, the company involved use news photographs taken within the The new, enlarged company development site in Runcorn, a in Victa Westlink Rail, a joint production week of the publication date. will be known as Stobart Group rail freight operating business venture with Victa Railfreight. Publication n ANNOUNCEMENT n ANNOUNCEMENT n ANNOUNCEMENT n ANNOUNCEMENT n The Railway Herald is due to be published every Friday and is available Your chance to tell us what you think of the new-look! on e-mail subscription or by download from our website - www.railwayherald.com Railway Herald has always and after dismissing a number preview and advise us of your been a magazine dedicated of options, we are pleased to views on whether or not you to the railway enthusiast. As announce a 'one-week' trial. like it. Editorial Team such the three-man team here This issue of RH has still The new format would Richard Tuplin Magazine Editor has always tried to give you, been published in the familiar provide us, as a magazine, with Brian Morrison Contributing Editor the readers, the things that PDF format, but also in the the ability to provide more to John Whitehouse Railtour Editor For our team contact list, click here. you want. proposed new format, to allow readers, removing the current For 96 issues, and over two- readers and advertisers to limit on the maximum number Editorial Address: and-a-half years, Railway Herald provide their feedback. of pages, providing video in The Railway Herald, PO Box 252, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. United Kingdom. DN17 2WY. has been published in a PDF We want to know YOUR page to enhance stories and Telephone: 0870 28 56041 format. Several thousand of opinion, views and criticisms allowing advertisers to provide E-mail: [email protected] you receive this direct into (hopefully constructive ones!). rich media ads, including flash Railway Herald is produced by Railway Herald Ltd your inboxes each week, while Everything from ease of use, and video. © Copyright Railway Herald Ltd 2006-2007 another several thousand to the on-screen quality and Without your feedback, the download it from the website. the double page view like a magazine does not know what National Rail Timetable However, we are rapidly normal magazine. If the format is good and what is not as we approaching the boundary is adopted, email subscribers only have our opinion! As The entire UK National Rail of what can be achieved as would just receive a link a reader, no matter whether Timetable is now available as a PDF a weekly magazine in a PDF to the magazine, removing you've received this issue from download from the Network Rail format. As the magazine issues of inbox size and large us, from our website or from website. expands, so does the file downloads, but for those who a friend, please do spare five Produced in the same fashion as size, and for a number of collect each issue - there is the minutes to browse the new the printed version and ordered by readers that causes problems, option from the menu bar of version and give us a verdict. table number, the current timetable is either because of the internet the new style to download your Your opinion does count, so available by clicking here. connection or because of the own offline version. Again we voice it! The railway by-laws and size of the inbox. are asking readers to try this information for enthusiasts are also As a result, alternative and tell us what they think. To view the potential new- available online from the Network digital formats have been So please do click on the look to Railway Herald, Rail website, by clicking here. looked at over recent months dedicated link below to the simply CLICK HERE!

2 RailwayThe Herald New brand image for East Coast as franchise goes to National Express NewsDesk The decision as to which operator will be chosen to take over the East Coast Main Line franchise has been made in favour of National Express. With Virgin Trains already operating London to Scotland services on its West Coast franchise and the financial problems encountered by GNER, it came as no surprise to some to learn that the joint Virgin/Stagecoach/ GNER bid had not won the day, the decision going in favour of National Express East ABOVE: A trio of GNER-liveried Class 91s and Mk4 stock line up at London King's Cross. Under the new franchise Coast Trains Limited arrangements, National Express East Coast will be introducing a new brand image. (NXEC). BELOW: The fleet of HSTs will be retained and the MTU re-engining programme will continue under the National Express The new franchise operation. One of the HST sets powers north past Burn, North Yorkshire, with an Inverness service. Both: Richard Tuplin commences on 9 - York in one hour 45 invested in upgrading King's Cross - two to (see separate news December this year and minutes, and a number stations and providing Leeds, two to Newcastle story) to be introduced runs through until 31 of London - Edinburgh up to 2,000 more car (with half of those trains across the network from March 2015, although trains completing the parking spaces by the extended to Edinburgh, 2014. A pre-series batch the final 17 months journey in just over four end of the franchise, with and some to Glasgow, of the new trains will are dependent on pre- hours 20 minutes. half of this figure being Aberdeen and Inverness, be introduced on the determined performance Lincoln has not made available within as with the current ECML from 2012 before levels being reached. had a direct train to the first two years. timetable), and a fifth production of the full Surprisingly, the London since Intercity GNER has been one train running in alternate fleet begins premium being paid discontinued the through of the leaders in wireless hours to Lincoln and to NXEC will continue by National Express Cleethorpes - King's internet (Wi-Fi) on-board York. to manage 12 stations to the Department for Cross service over 15 trains for a number of The ECML will retain across the franchise, and Transport (DfT) over years ago. From 2008, it years, but until now, its purpose-built fleet of the company says it will the life of the franchise gains a morning Lincoln- it has only been First Class 91 and Mk4 sets invest in improvements is £1.4 billion in today's London St Pancras Class passengers that with HSTs continuing to lighting, toilets, money (known as net with an evening return, have been able to use the to be re-engined with signing, lounge and present value - NPV). operated by East system free of charge. MTU power units. In waiting facilities, cycle When GNER won the Midlands Trains and National Express plans addition, from 2010, the facilities and cleaning, franchise in April 2005, the National Express to change this, with Wi- franchise will gain four painting and decorating. its premium payments service will commence Fi connectivity becoming rakes of refurbished Mk3 Stations that will receive on the same basis came additionally from 2010 free to all users. loco-hauled coaches. improvements include: to £1.3 billion NPV, a with a two-hourly The company has According to a DfT Newcastle, Grantham, sum which contributed interval operation. worked closely with spokesman, these will Retford, Doncaster, to the franchise downfall. NXEC says it is Network Rail during the be powered by Class Durham, Dunbar, National Express will committed to reducing preparation of its bid, 90 locos supplied by Darlington, Wakefield, receive a £6.7 million its delay minutes by and says it will continue EWS. As a result of the Peterborough and York. subsidy for the year 29% by the end of the to work with Network lower maximum speed, On-train catering will ending March 2008. franchise and ensuring Rail and the Office 110mph instead of the be improved under plans From then onwards, that nine out of 10 trains of the Rail Regulator 125mph of the Class by the new operator to the company will pay a run on time. to put in place extra 91s and HSTs, the Class provide an at-seat premium for operating National Express says services from December 90s and Mk3s will be service for hot food the route, starting at it will launch a new 2010, based on the used on the stopping through both First £84.7 million in the year simpler website that will conclusions of Network services, potentially on and Standard Class ending March 2009, highlight the cheapest Rail’s East Coast Route the new London to York accommodation, rising to £311 million in tickets available and the Utilisation Strategy. The operation. although the number the year ending March expected seat availability new timetable could In addition, the of trains with a full 2015. on each train, as well as provide an increase in DfT is in the process restaurant service will Under the new introducing smartcard the number of weekday of procuring the next be slightly reduced, franchise, National technology by 2010. As trains from 136 to 161, generation of intercity dropping from the Express will operate part of the commitment, including five trains in trains under the Inter- current 88 trains on the current timetable £7.4 million will be each off-peak hour from City Express Programme weekdays to 87. until 2010. From December that year, the company aim to provide approximately 14,000 extra seats each weekday. Included within the proposals are new two- hourly London - Lincoln and London - York services and NXEC aims to provide faster journeys, with London - Leeds reducing to just two hours, London RailwayThe Herald 3 News in Brief The new colourful look for East Midlands Trains n At approximately 02.20 on 10 August, two wagons in the middle of a 24-wagon Freightliner intermodal service derailed on leaving Birmingham NewsDesk Lawley Street terminal at Duddeston Junction, Saltley. The train, which was destined for Grain, remained upright. Nobody was hurt in the incident and an investigation into the cause of the derailment is underway. The incident caused extensive damage to the track and disruption to local and national rail services during the day. The derailed vehicles came to a stand blocking the route to the east of Birmingham heading towards Nuneaton and Leicester. The Crewe rail crane attended the site, arriving behind Class 60 ABOVE: An artist's impression of how the new Stagecoach East Midlands Trains livery would appear on the current Midland No. 60053. Mainline Class 222 Meridian fleet. With East Midland Trains, London Midland and Cross Country Trains all launching on 11 November and each bringing their own new brand and livery to the regions, the colour of the East and West Midlands is expected n From September, to change significantly over the next 12-18 months! East Midlands Trains/Stagecoach passengers travelling through Fort William METRO & TRAMWAY NEWS n METRO & TRAMWAY NEWS n METRO & TRAMWAY NEWS n METRO & TRAMWAY NEWS n station can utilise brand DfT announces shortlist for new shower facilities as well as upgraded toilets, Intercity Express project 'Magpie Mover' launched! both thanks to a £750,000 Newcastle United season ticket holders are able to investment between The Department The Invitation to get a ‘Magpie Mover’ pass, which offers unlimited First ScotRail, Transport for Transport (DfT) Tender will be issued to travel on all forms of public transport on the bus Scotland and HITRANS has announced the the shortlisted bidders network, the Metro system, the Sunderland to to refurbish the station shortlisted applicants in autumn this year. Blaydon rail line and the Shields Ferry before and enhance its overall for its Intercity Express Proposals will then be and after this season’s home football games at St environment. Caledonian Programme (IEP). received from bidders in James’ Park. Sleeper passengers in The three companies summer 2008, with the Costing just £12.50 for the whole season from particular will benefit, involved are Alstom- award of the contract in August to May 2008, the ‘Magpie Mover’ allows enabling them to take a Barclays Rail Group, winter 2008/09. the holder limitless use of the Metro and bus shower before departing Express Rail Alliance As agreed in the new network three hours before a game and for three on the overnight service (a consortium InterCity East Coast hours afterwards. to London or to freshen comprising Bombardier franchise, signed with St James Metro station is right next door to the up on arrival in the town. Transportation, Siemens, National Express, a ground where Newcastle FC (the Magpies) play. As well as passengers, Angel Trains and pre-series batch of the the new facilities will be Babcock & Brown) and trains will be introduced open for hill walkers, Hitachi Europe Ltd. on the East Coast Main Mobile wheel lathe tourists, holidaymakers The DfT hopes that Line from 2012 with the and cyclists. There will the Intercity Express full production of the be five showers in total Programme will create fleet following on from introduced at Stratford - two female, two male a new design of train the trials and feedback Tube Lines has introduced the UK’s first-ever and one unisex disabled that will be lighter and obtained with the pre- mobile wheel lathe. access shower, all more environmentally series sets. The first The Hegenscheidt MFD lathe, located at Stratford individually contained friendly than current of the full production Market Depot, will enable Tube Lines to ensure that for privacy. The shower long-distance trains. trains is scheduled to all 3,528 wheels on Jubilee line trains stay perfectly rooms will be fitted with They will also be longer enter service from 2015, round! hairdryers and vanity and capable of carrying starting on the East At present, very slight flats can occur following units with shower gel significantly more Coast and Great Western sudden braking and these can hit rails hard, and shampoo dispensers passengers than current Main Lines. increasing the amount of maintenance required available in each cubicle. stock. The new IEP vehicles and sometimes creating a slightly bumpy, noisy Admission will be free Rail Minister Tom are in addition to the ride. Wheel lathes are already used elsewhere for First Class passengers Harris said: "We are 1,300 new carriages on the Underground but the installation of one and will cost £3.50 for all developing a flexible identified in the at the Stratford depot has been complicated by other users, the service train that can be Delivering a Sustainable archaeological relics in the foundations, as typical including provision deployed on different Railway White Paper. wheel lathes require excavation below normal of fresh towels. The lines, in different The White Paper also ground level. toilets have been fully lengths, and with confirmed funding for The monastic remains were discovered when upgraded to provide a different sources of Network Rail for all the depot was built in the late 1990s and forced more modern and fresh power - so this train can necessary investment to architects to revise where they placed the main look and include baby- operate wherever we accommodate the new depot building. The mobile lathe overcomes these changing facilities. need it in the future." trains. problems.

The 4 Remember you can always 'click' on an advert to go straight to the advertisers website! Railway Herald RTC Business Park, London Road, Derby, DE24 8UP. 01332 374517 FORTHCOMING TOURS IN OUR EXTENSIVE VALUE-FOR-MONEY PROGRAMME INCLUDE:

2 6T H AUGUST : MINEHEAD TO WEYMOUTH Hauled by Class 31. BARGAIN STANDARD CLASS SEATING AT JUST £27.50

2 9T H AUGUST : BARROW HILL TO SKEGNESS Hauled by Class 20. BARGAIN STANDARD CLASS SEATING AT JUST £32.50 FIRST CLASS £47.50

1 9T H SEPT : STEVENAGE TO BOURNEMOUTH FOR CRUISE ON PADDLE STEAMER “WAVERLEY” TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT VALUE PULLMAN DINING SEATING AT ONLY £119

2 2N D SEPT : LONDON (PADDINGTON) TO PAIGNTON FOR PAIGNTON & DARTMOUTH RAILWAY AND DART RIVER CRUISE VALUE PULLMAN DINING SEATING AT ONLY £129

2 6T H SEPT : LONDON (EUSTON) TO CARLISLE OUTBOUND DIRECT RETURN VIA CUMBRIAN COAST VALUE DINING PULLMAN SEATING AT ONLY £129

2 9T H SEPT : MINEHEAD TO LONDON (KENSINGTON OLYMPIA) OR CANTERBURY WEST BARGAIN STANDARD CLASS SEATING AT JUST £29.50 TO KENSINGTON OLYMPIA OR £39.50 TO CANTERBURY

4T H OCT : LONDON (KINGS CROSS) TO BERWICK-UPON-TWEED FOR TRIP TO THE HOLY ISLAND OF LINDISFARNE VALUE PULLMAN DINING SEATING AT ONLY £129 2 0T H OCT : ASHFORD TO BURGHLEY HOUSE OR LINCOLN VALUE PULLMAN DINING SEATING AT ONLY £109

1 0T H NOV : LONDON (KINGS CROSS) TO BARROW HILL FOR THE GRAND LNER STEAM GALA STANDARD CLASS SEATING AT JUST £42.50 VALUE FIRST CLASS DINING AT ONLY £115

FOR FULL DETAILS OF THE ABOVE EXCURSIONS PLUS DETAILS OF OUR EXCITING CHRISTMAS PROGRAMME SEE OUR WEBSITE AT www.traintrips.co.uk OR CALL 01332 374517 FOR COPIES OF OUR BROCHURES

METRO & TRAMWAY NEWS n METRO & TRAMWAY NEWS n METRO & TRAMWAY NEWS n METRO & TRAMWAY NEWS n

Machynlleth Train Care facility officially opened The new Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) Machynlleth Depot officially opened on 13 August, transforming the former fuel point depot into a modern traincare facility capable of all levels of DMU maintenance and cleaning activities. Machynlleth Depot was originally established as a steam shed around 1900. Years of servicing steam and later diesel locomotives and units resulted in the ground being heavily contaminated with hydrocarbons, in addition the existing trackwork was life-expired and the fueling facilities were no- longer compliant with modern standards. Work on the new £3 million depot started in August 2006 with all of the existing permanent way being removed and the ground being dug down to rock level to clean up the site. Instead of removing approximately 3000 cubic meters of the excavated spoil material from the site, a strategy was agreed with the Environment Agency to deal with it on site. As the seasons allow, the material will be sprayed with a membrane then covered with topsoil. A seeded mat placed over it will then allow grass to grow on it. In turn the microganisms, with the help of sunlight, water and oxygen will naturally start to digest the hydrocarbons in the stockpile and over the space of a year or two will render the materials clean, allowing them to be removed for further use locally. The new facility has been constructed to house two, two-car DMUs and incorporates a multitude of current sustainability and energy efficient technologies such as solar heating for domestic hot water. A new fuel farm and fuelling system has been installed to speed up and aid fleet fuelling, and new oil tanks to serve the workshop have been provided along with a compressed air system. The depot also has a designated area for train cleaning which is well lit and serviced by two static high pressure washers coupled to multiple point hose reels. The 24 staff at Machynlleth will maintain all of ATW's 24 Class 158 DMUs, removing this work from Cardiff and providing extra capacity at Canton Depot.

RailwayThe Herald 5 Railtour Listings n Railtour Listings n Railtour Listings n Railtour Listings n Railtour Listings Duchess for The following table details the latest information available on steam, diesel and electric railtours for the forthcoming two weeks from the date of publication. News from railtour operators is always welcome. Please contact [email protected]. Information is understood to be correct at the time of going to press. Shakespeare trains Vintage Trains' Sunday REGULAR SCHEDULED STEAM OPERATION Date Service Operator Route Traction Pool ‘Shakespeare Expresses’ have 18-31 Aug Jacobite West Coast Rly Company Fort William - Mallaig & rtn. 62005 or 45407 been curtailed this year due to 20-24 Aug Cambrian Coast West Coast Rly Company Machynlleth - Porthmadog & rtn 76079 engineering work causing the 20-25 Aug Whitby Steam North Yorkshire Moors Rly Pickering & Goathland - Whitby & rtn 61264 or 75029 season to end earlier than usual 21-23 Aug Scarborough Spa Railway Touring Company York - Knaresborough - Scarborough & rtn 60009 on 2 September. 27-31 Aug Cambrian Coast West Coast Rly Company Machynlleth - Porthmadog & rtn 76079 However the company plan 27-31 Aug Whitby Steam North Yorkshire Moors Rly Pickering & Goathland - Whitby & rtn 61264 or 75029 to make the last day of the 2007 27-30 Aug Scarborough Spa Railway Touring Company York - Knaresborough - Scarborough & rtn 45231 season a memorable one by 3-7 Sep Jacobite West Coast Rly Company Fort William - Mallaig & rtn. 62005 or 45407 3-7 Sep Whitby Steam North Yorkshire Moors Rly Pickering & Goathland - Whitby & rtn 61264 or 75029 employing No. 6233 Duchess of 10-14 Sep Jacobite West Coast Rly Company Fort William - Mallaig & rtn. 62005 or 45407 Sutherland on both trains. INDIVIDUAL CHARTER SERVICES The ‘Duchess’ will already be Date Operator Traction Route at Tyseley as it is booked to work 18 Aug Kingfisher tbc The Dalesman: Hellifield-Appleby-Carlisle and return Vintage Trains ‘Duchess Bristolian’ 18 Aug Kingfisher tbc B'ham NS-Solihull-Leamington Spa-Bicester North-Thame Parkway-Eastbourne & rtn the day before, which is scheduled 18 Aug RTC 6233 York-Leeds-Shipley-Keighley-Skipton-Appleby-Carlisle and return

The 4 Remember you can always 'click' on an advert to go straight to the advertisers website! Railway Herald Railtours & Excursions & Railtours Railtour Listings n Railtour Listings n Railtour Listings n Railtour Listings n Railtour Listings Duchess for The following table details the latest information available on steam, diesel and electric railtours for the forthcoming two weeks from the date of publication. News from railtour operators is always welcome. Please contact [email protected]. Information is understood to be correct at the time of going to press. Shakespeare trains Vintage Trains' Sunday REGULAR SCHEDULED STEAM OPERATION Date Service Operator Route Traction Pool ‘Shakespeare Expresses’ have 18-31 Aug Jacobite West Coast Rly Company Fort William - Mallaig & rtn. 62005 or 45407 been curtailed this year due to 20-24 Aug Cambrian Coast West Coast Rly Company Machynlleth - Porthmadog & rtn 76079 engineering work causing the 20-25 Aug Whitby Steam North Yorkshire Moors Rly Pickering & Goathland - Whitby & rtn 61264 or 75029 season to end earlier than usual 21-23 Aug Scarborough Spa Railway Touring Company York - Knaresborough - Scarborough & rtn 60009 on 2 September. 27-31 Aug Cambrian Coast West Coast Rly Company Machynlleth - Porthmadog & rtn 76079 However the company plan 27-31 Aug Whitby Steam North Yorkshire Moors Rly Pickering & Goathland - Whitby & rtn 61264 or 75029 to make the last day of the 2007 27-30 Aug Scarborough Spa Railway Touring Company York - Knaresborough - Scarborough & rtn 45231 season a memorable one by 3-7 Sep Jacobite West Coast Rly Company Fort William - Mallaig & rtn. 62005 or 45407 3-7 Sep Whitby Steam North Yorkshire Moors Rly Pickering & Goathland - Whitby & rtn 61264 or 75029 employing No. 6233 Duchess of 10-14 Sep Jacobite West Coast Rly Company Fort William - Mallaig & rtn. 62005 or 45407 Sutherland on both trains. INDIVIDUAL CHARTER SERVICES The ‘Duchess’ will already be Date Operator Traction Route at Tyseley as it is booked to work 18 Aug Kingfisher tbc The Dalesman: Hellifield-Appleby-Carlisle and return Vintage Trains ‘Duchess Bristolian’ 18 Aug Kingfisher tbc B'ham NS-Solihull-Leamington Spa-Bicester North-Thame Parkway-Eastbourne & rtn the day before, which is scheduled 18 Aug RTC 6233 York-Leeds-Shipley-Keighley-Skipton-Appleby-Carlisle and return

Railtours & Excursions to return to Birmingham via 18 Aug SRPS 61994 (Polmont-Falkirk Grahamston-Larbert-Stirling-Dunblane-Perth)-Perth-Aviemore- the Lickey Incline, the first such Broomhill (Strathspey Railway) and return occurrence for a ‘Duchess’ on a 18 Aug Steam Dreams 4965&4953 (London Victoria-Clapham Junction-Staines-Richmond-Oxford-Banbury)-Banbury- revenue-earning train. Leamington Spa-Crewe-Chester-Crewe-Birmingham International-(and return) 18 Aug UK Railtours EWS Cl 67 London KX-Peterborough-York-Leeds-Carlisle (rev)-Tyne Valley-Durham-York and rtn 18 Aug Vintage Trains 50049 Tyseley Warwick Road-Kettering-Bedford-East Croydon-Lewes-Eastbourne and rtn Steamy Affairs 19 Aug Kingfisher 48151 The Dalesman: Hellifield-Appleby (sd/pu)-Carlisle (break/rev) and return 19 Aug Past Time Rail 34067 The Torbay Express: Bristol TM-Kingswear-Bristol TM 19 Aug Vintage Trains 4965 Birmingham Snow Hill-Tyseley-Stratford-Upon-Avon and return (two trips) head to Cumbria 22 Aug Totesport tbc London KX-York-London KX Steamy Affairs has tours to the ABOVE: LMS 'Black 5' 4-6-0 No. 45231 is pictured awaiting departure time at Leeds with the 'Scarborough Spa Express' service to York and Scarborough. The 24 Aug Past Time Rail 6024 &34067 Bristol TM-Taunton-Exeter SD-Plymouth (pu/sd)-Par and return locomotive is deputising for LMS 'Duchess' No. 6233 Duchess of Sutherland, which is currently banned from the Harrogate Circle after hitting a bridge a few weeks Lake District on offer for 1, 15 ago. Richard Burrows 25 Aug Compass Tours 2xRiveria Cl47 Holyhead-Llandudno Jct-Colwyn Bay-Rhyl-Flint-Chester-Carlisle and return and 29 September. 25 Aug Hertfordshire 2xRiveria Cl47 Ashford-Orpington-Ealing Broadway-Bath Spa-Bristol TM and return 25 Aug Kingfisher tbc Hellifield-Appleby-Carlisle and return Utilising the Cotswold Rail 25 Aug Pathfinder Tours 2xEWS Cl37 Eastleigh-Salisbury-Bath Spa-Newport-Llandrindrod Wells and return ‘Blue Pullman’, each train runs Most powerful preserved mainline-registered Kirklees Green 25 Aug RTC 6233 York-Leeds-Shipley-Keighley-Skipton-Appleby-Carlisle and return to Oxenholme for coach transfers 25 Aug SRPS 40145 Carlisle-Gretna Green-Annan-Dumfries-Kilmarnock-Fort William and return to either Windermere or the locomotive undergoes OTMR fitment at Crewe Party returns 26 Aug Intercity 2 x Cl31 Minehead-Bishops Lydeard-Taunton-Weymouth and return Lakeside and Haverthwaite 26 Aug Kingfisher 48151 The Dalesman: Hellifield-Appleby (sd/pu)-Carlisle (break/rev) and return Railway. Originating points are St The AC Locomotive Group's Class 87 bogies that added Looking into the future, the Kirklees Green Party plan to 26 Aug Past Time Rail 34067 The Torbay Express: Bristol TM-Kingswear-Bristol TM Albans, Ashford and Colchester Class 86/1 No. 86101 Sir to normal installation costs. plan is to use income generated re-enter the railtour scene on 26 Aug Vintage Trains 4965 Birmingham Snow Hill-Tyseley-Stratford-Upon-Avon and return (two trips) respectively. William A Stanier is currently However, the advantage is by No. 86101 to fund the 13 October with a 10-coach 27 Aug Compass Tours 2xRiveria Cl47 Preston-Lancester-Oxenholme-Penrith-Carlisle-Perth-Pitlochry-Aviemore and return sidelined following the that this design is now also installation of OTMR in No. special from Ashton-under- 28 Aug Hertfordshire 2xRiveria Cl47 London Victoria-Clapham Junction-Richmond-Staines-Kidderminster and return expiry of its temporary non- compatible for installing similar 86401 so that the ACLG will Lyne to Brighton, picking up 29 Aug ICMM 2 x DRS Cl20 Barrow Hill-Chesterfield-Derby-Nottingham-Wainfleet-Skegness and return Pannier deferred compliance certificate at the equipment into the Group's then have a viable operating at Huddersfield, Mirfield and 29 Aug Steam Dreams tbc London (tba)-Clapham Junction-Reading-Salisbury-Bath-Bristol TM and return end of July. other Class 86 locomotive, fleet that can deal with high- Wakefield and running via the 30 Aug Vintage Trains 9466 'Pannier to Stratford': Shirley-Startford upon Avon-Shirley The mainline test of Class 9400 East Coast route. 31 Aug Past Time Rail EWS Class 37 Bristol TM-Weston Super Mare-Taunton-Exeter SD-Kingswear and return 0-6-0PT No. 9466 has been This certificate allowed the Class 86/4 No. 86401 speed diagramming on both The company first entered 01 Sep ICMM 2xRiveria Cl47 Salisbury-Andover-Basingstoke-Slough-Canterbury East-Faversham and return deferred from 30 August until locomotive to operate without Northampton Town. the west and east coast routes. the railtour scene in 1989 with 01 Sep NENTA Traintours tbc Sudbury-Colchester-Ipswich-Ely-March-P'boro-Leeds-Harrogate-York and return Thursday 1 November. OTMR equipment being Originally, it was intended This particularly applies to DMU specials aimed at saving 01 Sep Pathfinder Tours D1015 Swindon-Cheltenham Spa-Birmingham NS-Wolverhampton-Aberystwyth and return The route remains from Shirley fitted. However, it is now at to fund the costs of design and No. 86101, which is the most 01 Sep RTC 850 York-Leeds-Shipley-Keighley-Skipton-Appleby-Carlisle and return the Settle & Carlisle line, which through to Stratford-upon-Avon the LNWR Works at Crewe installation of OTMR in a joint powerful preserved mainline- 01 Sep RTC 61994 Glasgow Queen Street-Fort William (loco-change) was followed by six more years and return. for the installation of OTMR, venture with a third party, but registered locomotive with 62005 Fort William-Mallaig-Fort William (train returns on 2 September) and the work is expected to this did not prove possible a top speed of 110mph. of railtour activity. Privatisation 01 Sep SRPS tbc Ayr--Larbert-Stirling-Perth-Plockton-Kyle of Lochalsh and return be completed by the end of by the time the locomotive's This, together with a good and the inherent complications Key to tour listings: BELOW: Riveria Trains Class 47/4s Nos. this month, with testing and temporary non-compliance acceleration capability, is a of running tours caused the 47815 Great Western and 47847 worked an BLACK Charters expected to operate as booked. RED Tours cancelled by the operator certification of the equipment certificate expired. boon to train planners who party to withdraw from the GREEN Tours postponed to a future date by the operator WCRC Operated by West Coast Railway Company Traction Intercity Merrymaker tour from Reading to Skegness on 11 August. Here the train being completed by early Having already invested now have to weave charters market in 1996. The attraction P Hertfordshire Pullman service ICMM Intercity Merrymaker from Hertfordshire Rail Tours now is the package offered (Locations) in brackets on a steam tour listing indicates a diesel or electric-hauled section. traverses Allington Chord at Grantham, September, at which point No. heavily in the locomotive's around the high-speed railway PLEASE NOTE: Not all pick up/set down points are shown. Please check with the operator before travelling any distance. having run north from London along the 86101 will be ready to resume restoration, Electric Traction of today. by the West Coast Railway ECML. Steve Philpott mainline work. Ltd made a decision to 'go it Enquiries for hiring Company in operating its tours. The cost of fitting OTMR alone' in order to minimise the the locomotive should be For more details contact Clive is considerable, as it was amount of time out of traffic, addressed to Glenn Edwards Lord at ‘Green Trains', 44 Upper subject to a special design, the which otherwise could have or Owen Hodgson at info@ Batley Low Lane, Batley WF14 locomotive operating with been upwards of six months. electric-traction.co.uk. 0PP or phone 01924 472767 The Week Ahead The August Bank Holiday weekend is SRPS outing from Carlisle to Fort William on The following week sees the last operations predictably a busy weekend for charters, 25 August, which runs via the G&SW route. of both the 'Cambrian Coast Express' but in comparison with some weekends On 26 August, Hertfordshire run an and 'Scarborough Spa Express', the latter recently, not excessively so. ‘InterCity Merrymaker’ from Minehead to operating additionally on 27 August. The However, there are some significant Weymouth featuring a pair of Class 31s. On 'SSEs' should have featuring No. 850 Lord highlights and perhaps none more so than a 29 August another ‘InterCity Merrymaker’ Nelson. Unfortunately, No. 850 is out of gauge ‘King’ and Battle of Britain combination over recreates the ‘Jolly Fisherman’ workings at the same bridge near Harrogate which No. the Tamar Bridge and into Cornwall on 24 to Skegness of the 1970s and 1980s. DRS 6233 ‘scraped’ and so now 'Black 5' No. 45231 August. Past Time is the organiser for Nos. Class 20s feature on this tour, which starts at Sherwood Forester will again deputise. 6024 King Edward I and 34067 Tangmere to Barrow Hill and also picks up at Chesterfield 'The Torbay Express' on 26 August should operate from Bristol Temple Meads through en route to Derby. The EWS Class 37/4 fleet be hauled by No. 34067 Tangmere. Also to Par and return. It will be interesting to continues to feature strongly on railtour operating on 26 August is Vintage Trains' see the impact that this double-headed duties. Pathfinder employs a pair on 25 penultimate 'Shakespeare Express' and combination has on the South Devon banks. August from Eastleigh via Newport to Kingfisher's 'Dalesman' with No. 48151. This Heritage diesels also feature strongly on the Central Wales line. Also on 25 August, is also the final week of seven-day operations forthcoming tours, commencing with now Compass has a pair of Riviera Class 47s from for 'The Jacobite', which reverts to Monday- ‘large logo’ liveried Class 40 No. 40145 on an Holyhead to Carlisle, running via the S&C. Friday running from 3 September.

The The 4 Remember you can always 'click' on an advert to go straight to the advertisers website! Railway Herald Railway Herald 7 Weekly Pictorial

ABOVE: With the day's sunshine about to be clouded out, Central Trains' Class 150/2 Sprinter No. 150217 forms the 13.53 Birmingham Snow Hill-Worcester Shrub Hill local service as it arrives past the semaphore gantry at its destination on 6 August.

BELOW: Class 150/1 Sprinters Nos. 150102 and 150124, both in brand-new Central Trains livery, pass the delightful stub sempahore signals leaving Droitwich Spa on 6 August, forming the 13.57 train from Worcester Shrub Hill to Shirley. Both: John Stretton

10 RailwayThe Herald Weekly Pictorial Weekly RIGHT: On 11 August, Riveria Trains Class 47/4 No. 47805 Talisman passes Farnborough with NENTA TrainTours 04.50 Norwich to Weymouth charter. Philip Marsland

BELOW: The past week has seen a pair of DRS Class 47s, together with the rake of company-liveried Mk3 coaches, working between Sunderland and London King's Cross, on driver training duties for Grand Central, in preparation for the start of its services in September. Class 47/4s Nos. 47501 and 47802 were used to work the train across from Wolverhampton Oxley to Newcastle Heaton in preparation for the first run, pictured here passing Dawdon on the Sunderland coast on its outward trip, on 12 August. Unfortunately No. 47501 sustained an underframe fire in the Peterborough area on the first run, and was replaced the following day by No. 47237, still in the original DRS colour scheme. John Lewins Preservation View andwecan beflexible with spaceA like this costs from aslittle as£50 per week howwecould help your product orevent succeed. No? n n n feedbackunlike any other. Digitaladvertising provides immediacy and Callusnow on0870 2856041 orclick onthis RailwayHerald Did you know that over 25,000 people weeka Did you know that artwork can Did you know that couldbereading your advert? theday bechanged upuntil 17.00 on onthe product orevent? anadvert for more information manypeople have 'clicked' onto canactually tell advertisers how adverttoemail usfor further information. - then- you need totalk toour team now about 37324 in traffic instead. traffic in 37324 No. or 37215 No. either have to aim group the day,the on unavailable days! two the over haulage 37 Class of miles 120 nearly Toddington,providing fromdepartures alternate on traction diesel and steam see will October.days 6/7 Both on 37219 No. for days running two planning are department, diesel GWR the with along Group'Growler 'The locomotive, the to event. its cancel to line the caused have SVR the on problems flooding recent the but Gala, ValleyDiesel Railway Severn the via home returned have should shortly.Railway Chasewater the on base usual its to return to is 37219 No. 37/0 Class blue-liveried Mainline season, 2007 the for WarwickshireRailway Gloucestershire the at resident a been Having Farewellfor No.37219 The Originally,loco the Should No. 37219 be 37219 No. Should ‘farewell’ a As BEFORE publication? RailwayHerald the end of steam in the insteam of endthe anniversary40th of preservationthe and railwayinthe ofyears celebration40 a ofbe September,28-30 will onAutumn GalaSteam Railway'sMoors YorkshireNorthThe No. 61994 in action,in61994 No. 'K4'and63395 No. 'Q6' Gresley 60007No.with plannedis Day LNER Malton. betweenWhitbyand throughthe ofroute closuremarkedBR'sthat Railtour'Moors1965 in 'Whitby-the on62005 No.'K1' LNERwithused Marquess 61994No.'K4' visitingLNERbewill starsthe of onewhile 63395,No.0-8-0'Q6' NELPG'sNERbe will action,of outyears 26 summer,duringthe after returningsteamto appearancegalasince threethedays. ofeach differenta with ontheme representedgalathe at companiesshouldbe East.North YOUR TheGreat Marquess On 28 September,28 On an firstMakingits four''bigthe of All , 'B1' No. 61264,No.'B1' ,

, which waswhich ,

campaign.

For the latest issue and c and issue latest the For The GreatThe

Sir NigelSir

Railway Herald Railway

The

The complimentary complimentary The

The complimentary UK railway railway UK complimentary The

opies of all back issues, visit visit issues, back all of opies

UK railway journal for the railway ent railway the for journal railway UK

journal for the railway enthusia railway the for journal

10 August 2007 August 10 www.railwayherald.c

53809, GWR 0-6-2TNo.53809,GWR No. 7F49395, S&DNo. including'SuperD' freightof locomotives, numbera tohost play September,willNYMR 29/30On 29.No. tank alongsideLambton year.this April 10 on Blackfoot through Line Main Highland the up north heads locomotive the September.Here in Whitby of out services on ABOVE: operation,additiontoin in Whitbybetrainswill Battersby- fleet. remainderthethe of working5224,alongside 2-8-0TNo.and 6619

.uk

husiast

Issue 95 Issue ISSN 1751-8091 ISSN John Cameron's Scottish-based LNER 'K4' No. 61994 No. 'K4' LNER Scottish-based Cameron's John UK Railway Nameplates.indd 1 for NYMR's 'Battersby Bash'!

&NBJMBVDUJPOT!VLSBJMXBZBOBDPNXXXVLSBJMXBZBOBDPN 4"-&o45"/%4"7"*-"#-&o$"5"-0(6&4bo03%&3/08'30. 3"*-8":"/""6$5*0/46,-5% 10#098*/$)$0.#& 5*$,&50''*$& -"%*&48"*5*/(300. (&/5-&.&/ 8"*5*/(300. (00%40''*$& -&&%4$*5: #"5-&: 5)0."4)6/5&336(#: -483$P3&( .64)300. 4"-5/&:'&33: $)&45&3 i.*%-"/% )038*$) $3&8& )038*$) )"85)03/-&4-*& (0350/ i%0/$"45&3 -/&3"&/(3"7&%07"-803,41-"5&4 -/&3#3"44i'09w&Yi5)&;&5-"/%w-/&3 i$3&84)*--w <1FDLFUU>/$#<#BHOBMM> 803,4$w )45w i##$&"45.*%-"/%450%":)45w "/%01&/4)"8<.> 41"-%*/(508/<&3> )06()(3&&/<.> 5637&:<.> /035)'-&&5<4> 45+".&4 5BCMFUTi)0-#&"$)&"45-0/(46550/w i.06-50/$-":-",&w.*%-"/%3-: & o$ $ .4$ 3MZ45"3#6345 .*%-"/%0WBM 5PUFNTo5P"QQFBSGPSUIF'JSTUUJNFJO"VDUJPO TJHOT 4 i53"*/4508*.#-&%0/"/%-0/%0/w . "(&/5'03*3&- 3:4)*3&w$"65*0/ (/3i#05w (83w53&41"44w (&3i#3*%(&/05*$&w (&3i53&41"44w #SBTT0WBM/P " # $ & $ " " # % % ) ( & % ' $ " , & # " $ & " (3&&/ 3):- %*/5*/( 3"*/'03%+6/$5*0/ (0350/"/%01&/4)"8 83 -:& )"/%48035) & " " # % + " ( ' # " " # ' " " % " 4JMWFSXBSF1PTUFS-BNQT8IJTUMFT5JDLFUTBMTPBTFMFDUJPOPGNJTDFMMBOFPVTJUFN4QFDJBMJUFNT 30 September,30 believed Whitbybranchonthe serviceon in be will hauledpassengertrains eveningreturn service. latemorningearlyand PickeringWhitbytoa 'K4' No. 61994 will be will61994No.'K4' and61264 No.'B1'Both line.the passed onhave hauledsteamservices thatsteam of endthe sincefirstthe be to o80.#063/w i$3*$$*&5)"'0/8&/w i--"/#3:/."*3$&..&430"%w i#035)o--"/%3&w . #0*-&3)064&46#45"5*0/ &Y$3&8&803,4 %"3-"450/ 5637&: 8"-4"-- )06() 8)*5&-"8w -/&39 (0350/9 -/&30WBM i%0/$"45&3w -.40WBMT %&3#: (3&&/ "/%07&3+6/$5*0/ /035)'-&&5 #0(/033&(*4 56/#3*%(&8&--4$&/53"- /& 4UFBN/BNFQMBUFT (3&&/ &3 41"-%*/(508/ (3*.4#:508/ %03&"/%505-&: 45+".&4453&&5 4 )*5)&3 %JFTFM/BNFQMBUFT i.*-50/w##3 i6/%&3-&:)"--w(83 i)"3%8*$,(3"/(&w(83 26"-*5:*5&.4"3&/08#&*/("$$&15&%'03/&95"6$5*0/4 8"3#6350/ (83$*i#-"&/"6'&45*/*0(/035)4*(/"-#09w o(MPVDFTUFS 4IBSQOFTT i$3"*(&--"$)*&w (3*.4#:%0$,4w i)"#306()w i$6''-&:(0''40" i "/%4.&5)8*$, 45063#3*%(&508/ #883 )":&4)"3-*/(50/ 40)0"/%8*/450/ #3"44&/(3"7&%0''*$&%0031-"5& i$6''-&:(0''40",w$*4&"5#"$,4065)&3/ /0w#VZFST1SFNJVNPO)BNNFS1SJDF/PS7"5 $BQCBEHFT,FZ5PLFOT i5)&803,*/(."/43"*-8":"/""6$5*0/w Twoseparatesteam 5&-'"9.0#*-& ● 'PSNFSMZUIF(&$4PDJBM$MVC 4U-FPOBSET"WF ● 3"*-8":"/""6$5*0/46,-5% "NQMF'SFF1BSLJOH UI4FQUFNCFS 45"''03% %PPSTPQFOBN ● 5PUFNT -JDFOTFE#BS "MMPZUZQF 4UBUJPO%JSFDUJPO&OBNFMT $BCTJEFT i-0$)-"(("/w-/&3, i30#&35#63/4w#3#3*5"//*" 4"."3*"$ 53:'"/$ 5&&44*%&45&&-."45&3$ i$*5:0'53630 1045"-5&-&1)0/&#*%4"$$&15&% 4$3 .":#0-& /&-*450/)*() "-&9"/%3*" #"-(3&&/)"-5 45*3-*/( i-650/)00w-.4 ● 4NPLFCPY/VNCFSQMBUFT $BSSJBHFQSJOUT NJOT8BMLGSPN3BJMXBZ4UBUJPO 45-FPOBSEAT4PDJBM$MVC $)&-5&/)". (-&) 4FMMFSTDPNNJTTJPOPOMZ "OFYDJUJOHDPMMFDUJPOPGJUFNT JODMVEJOH i4506310350/4&7&3//#&8%-&:4065)w i#"((&3*%(& 3"*-8":4#3"4407"-/0 4"3 ● 4UBGGPSE45-9 453&&5<&3> $BCTJEFT

3FGSFTINFOUTBOE)PU.FBMTBWBJMBCMF ● $BTU*SPO Richard TuplinRichard %JTBCMFE"DDFTT ● #VT5SBOTQPSUJUFNT#PPLT1BQFSXPSL$IJOBXBSF 7JFXJOHBN %6/45"--1"3, 83 *OEVTUSJBM/BNFQMBUFT 8&45&/%-"/& 4JHOBM#PY#PBSE -/83i3):#6%%w (83i#05w i.0/5(0.& i.6/45&3w 4PVUIFSO3BJMXBZ

%"3-&450/<.> (3*.4#:508/<&3> (0350/ 8PSLTQMBUFT The Great MarquessGreat The

● i/&850/-&8*--084w )&"5-&: "MMPOHSPVOEMFWFM -/&3"&/(3"7&%i8*--*". ● i76-$"/w<7VMDBO> i30$,&5w the LNER teak rake in raketeakLNER the engines,togetherwith residentvisitingand locomotives,including Battersby. betweenWhitbyand workingseparatetrains in a number of years.numberof a in line-upsfrom railwaythe bestthe of oneshould be freightgalatrains,the demonstrationand servicesNYMRon use 4BMFBN .PEFSO*NBHF "/%w -/&3$* 4IFEQMBUFT With14 overoftotal a

,w i(03%0/)*--w &OBNFM%PPSQMBUFT #SBTTTIFMGQMBUFT $BCTJEFT # % % 4UBUJPO&OBNFM 8BHPO1MBUFT 4FBUCBDLT

& is to be used be to is 9/8/07 15:16:38 Two Deltics View Preservation in a day! The Deltic Preservation Society will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of its formation on 18 August, along with the 25th anniversary of owning two 'Deltics'! To celebrate, agreement has been reached with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for both locomotives to be in traffic on the scheduled diesel diagram. Current plans are for No. 55019 Royal Highland Fusilier to work the 10.50 Grosmont - Pickering and 12.20 return, with No. D9009 Alyicidon working the 13.50 Grosmont - Pickering and 15.20 return. Both trains are open to the public as well as DPS members. For those wanting to make the most of the day, a Wirksworth tests battery-electric locos for Tube Lines DMU service will operate Tube Lines, one of two the LUL network in the the Ecclesbourne Valley which has seen the at 08.45 from Pickering. companies responsible coming years. Railway over the next vehicle traverse the EVR On both 'Deltic' for operating and As part of the testing two years. metals, including the services a DPS raffle maintaining the London for this, 40 vehicles The first of these steep Ravenstor incline. will be held and a sales Underground, is from TransPlant, the vehicles, one of the stand, including the new currently testing a new division of Tube Lines unique Battery-Electric ABOVE: Bo-Bo Battery 25th anniversary limited Train Based Control which deals with Bo-Bo locomotives No. Electric locomotive No. L53 edition mugs will be on (TBC) system, which maintenance, are to be L53 has already arrived arrives at Wirksworth while the trains. will be introduced onto tested at Wirksworth on and begun testing, on test. Martin Miller

The Railway Herald Remember you can always 'click' on an advert to go straight to the advertisers website! 7 Preservation View

Diesel action in Kent ABOVE: The East Kent Railway's Class 09 No. 09026, currently being restored into BR green-livery as No. D4113 is pictured at Shepherdswell hauling 2EPB No. 5759 on 28 July. Also in action were the line's two MLVs, one of which, No. 68002 (alias NSE-liveried No. 931092) is pictured alongside.

LEFT: On the Spa Valley Railway, Class 25 No. D7612, visiting from South Devon, stands at Groombridge Junction with the 15.15 from Tunbridge Wells West. Both: Neil Walkling

BELOW: Class 73 No. E6047 assisted by Class 25 No. D7612 on the rear, works the 10.45 Birchden to Tunbridge Wells West service on 3 August, approaching Adams Well. Jon Nye

The 12 Remember you can always 'click' on an advert to go straight to the advertisers website! Railway Herald Fresh appeal for 45015 View Preservation A fresh transport and among preserved Class restoration appeal has 45s as it is the only been started for Class surviving class member 45/0 No. 45015, the last to have been outshopped member of the class to with nose-end doors. leave Toton in October Currently, a choice of 2002. sites is being considered Currently resident by the Group, details of at the Battlefield Line, which will be announced the loco's previous shortly. restoration team has The proposal is to disbanded. Due to a transport the loco from requirement for more Shackerstone by mid- space at Shackerstone for September, and initially the home fleet, the loco's funds are sought to owner has been joined finance the move. by a group of enthusiasts Pledges are urgently and preservationists required and most with the intention of welcome. A pledge ABOVE: An almost timeless scene at Rothley on the Great Central Railway as GWR 'Prairie' No. moving the 'Peak' to form can be requested 4141 arrives with a Loughborough Central to Leicester North service on 27 July. John Stretton a secure location for by e-mailing the admin serious restoration to officer at 45015fund@ commence, with a view talktalk.net. to return the locomotive For those wanting £50,000 to release 'A4' trapped at Grosmont to its as-built condition, more information, the Both North Yorkshire Moors Railway The NYMR needs funding rapidly to with connecting nose- Group's new website, Enterprises plc and North York Moors ensure that the work can proceed in end doors fitted, as its which has recently been Historical Railway Trust are seeking the next few weeks, if the site surveys original identity, D14. launched, is http:// funds to once again allow the largest confirm the current planned approach. No. 45015 is unique www.45015.org.uk. locomotives to visit by rail. Once the work is completed, not only The planned visit by LNER 'A4' will No. 60007 have ready access to No. 60009 Union of South Africa for Network Rail but the NYMR will Volunteer hurt in accident the LNER Festival earlier this year be able to progress plans for future A working member of A Dean Forest Railway was unable to take place when it was guest locomotives currently unable the Dean Forest Railway spokesman told Railway discovered that Bridge 31 at Battersby to visit the line. It is hoped that next was hospitalised after Herald: "A volunteer on the Esk Valley line had insufficient spring may see the first fruits of the an accident at Lydney on crossing duty was clearance for locomotives of the height heightened access. on 15 August. hit by a gate and taken of an 'A4' to pass under safely. The line's ex-Great to hospital. All our Not only did this mean that certain Whitby Endeavour! Western Railway thoughts are with him guest locomotives could not visit NYMR services to Whitby are proving 'autocoach' collided with and we hope he makes a the NYMR, it also effectively traps very successful, with trains loading the gates over Hill Street speedy recovery." railway-based 'A4' No. 60007 Sir Nigel close to capacity and income is in Lydney during the A normal service Gresley on the line. This proves a major persently a third-up on the planned mid-afternoon, while operated on the railway problem for the locomotive, as the figures to the end of July. Two coaching they were being opened. the following day. owners, the A4 Locomotive Society, are stock sets are currently operating, committed to run it on Network Rail a four-coach set on early morning as well as the NYMR. Even achieving services, with a seven-coach set on the SVR Diesel Gala back on the locomotive's loaded test run busier middle of the day trains. The good news is that the SVR Flood Disaster would be a challenge as moving large The demand is such that Pickering Appeal now stands at £350,000, which is a truly locomotives equipped with TPWS, carriage workshops are currently fantastic response. OTMR and air brakes by road is an undertaking the modifications and The bad news is that with the Northwood Lane immensely difficult task. certification necessary to add another slippage still moving and more recent river damage Network Rail has worked closely Mk1 coach to the mainline fleet. TSO at Sterns, the railway is still desperate for every with the railway and it is hoped that No. 5029 has been lifted from its penny which is donated. The situation at Sterns, subject to site inspections a solution bogies and will receive modifications although not believed to be as serious as at other has been found to enable locomotives to buckeye couplers and secondary sites, does mean that the northern re-opening from of 'A4' height to pass under the bridge. door bolts, as well as undergoing Bridgnorth to Hampton Loade could be delayed The urgency of the return of No. 60007 the necessary inspections to join the further. Meanwhile, the Northwood Lane situation to the mainline, means that the NYMR mainline fleet as soon as possible, will delay re-opening from Bewdley to Arley until the is having to start the process to enable hopefully by mid-August. end of the year. the work to go ahead before it has The railway is currently working However, the railway refuses to give in to adversity raised the £50,000 cost. on its 2008 timetable, which will see and details are emerging about its now re-titled NYMR Enterprises plc will be increased operation of through trains ‘Mini Gala’ weekend on 21-23 September. Although funding the work and is looking to between Whitby and Pickering. This trains will only operate between Kidderminster and increase share sales under the 2006 will require further mainline approved Bewdley, there will be no less that 35 departures each share issue to provide the finance. coaches and the necessary work is one day from Kidderminster commencing at 08.55 and For anyone who prefers to make a of the projects being funded from the running through to 23.15. Six locomotives will be donation to the line's owning charity, 2006 share issue. in steam and No. 4771 Green Arrow is confirmed to the North York Moors Historical The share issue remains open, operate several trains with the ‘Teak’ set, alongside Railway Trust, this is also possible but will, under current financial the three Tyseley ‘Halls’, the hire fees of which have as long as it is made clear that the sector rules, have to close by the been donated to the flood appeal. Fares are Adults donation is in respect of the 'Battersby end of November. Prospectuses are £10, Senior Citizens £8 and Children £5. Bridge Appeal'. Any readers wishing available from the NYMR at Pickering, Also, the Diesel Gala has been re-instated on 12-13 to assist with this appeal should send telephone 01751 472508. A number October. It is expected that newly arrived Class 20s donations clearly marked 'Battersby of projects in support of both Whitby Nos. 20227 & D8188 will feature along with Class 73 Bridge Appeal' to 12 Park Street, operations and the wider NYMR are No. 73101. Class 37/9 No. 37906 and Class 50 No. Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7AJ. being funded and additional initiatives 50049 Defiance will represent the home fleet along Details of the railway's share issue can are being added as developments with Class 08s Nos. 3022 & 3937, which together with be obtained from the same address. permit. No. 12099, will operate a shuttle service.

The Railway Herald Remember you can always 'click' on an advert to go straight to the advertisers website! 13 Brian Morrison looks back over a lifetime of railway TURNING photography to the UK THE CLOCK BACK rail scene in south west Kilmarnoch on 27 June 1957 Scotland in the late 1950s.

BELOW: Class 7P ‘Royal Scot’ 4-6-0 No. 46108 Seaforth Highlander restarts the 10.35am express from Leeds City to Glasgow St Enoch.

18 RailwayThe Herald Kilmarnock lies on the Glasgow & South Western route linking the Scottish city with Carlisle. Currently, traffic on the route comprises DMUs on services between Glasgow Central and Carlisle, with other trains at Kilmarnock consisting of Stranraer workings via Ayr and local services from Glasgow via Barrhead. Freight is sparce, with some Anglo-Scottish coal using the route bound for the Yorkshire and Midlands power stations. Just over 50 years ago, things were of course, much different, with 2P class 4-4-0s on the majority of the local services, freight in reasonable abundance and the express workings mainly in the hands of ‘Royal Scot’ 4-6-0s – and of course semaphore signals in abundance.

RIGHT: In exemplary condition, two ex-LMS Class 2P 4-4-0s from Hurlford (67B) and Ayr (67C) sheds, respectively, await departure from the bay platforms. No 40612 heads the 3.38pm to Ardrossan (Winton Pier) and No 40610 has the 4pm train to Heads of Ayr.

RIGHT: 'Black 5' 4-6-0 No 44892 from Carnforth shed (11A) hauls northbound tanks through the station.

BELOW: The 3.50pm train from Glasgow St Enoch to Dumfries approaches Kilmarnock, hauled by ‘Royal Scot' Class 7P 4-6-0 No. 46117 Welsh Guardsman All: Brian Morrison