Tracks the Monthly Magazine of the Inter City Railway Society Websites: Icrs.Org.Uk & Icrs.Fotopic.Net
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Tracks the monthly magazine of the Inter City Railway Society websites: icrs.org.uk & icrs.fotopic.net with the exhaust from Stanier Black 5 44767 ‘George Stephenson’ mingling with the fog, it and it’s train of DMU vehicles 50517+59701+50445 passes north through Cheddleton on the Churnet Valley Railway during one of the gala days to celebrate the re-opening of the Cauldon Lowe branch, 19 November 2010 Volume 38 No.12 December 2010 Inter City Railway Society founded 1973 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 (01603 715701) Coppercoin, 12 Blofield Corner Rd, Blofield, Norwich, Norfolk NR13 4RT Chairman: Carl Watson - [email protected] 14, Partridge Gardens, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO8 9XG Secretary: Gary Mutten - [email protected] (01953 600445) 1 Corner Cottage, Silfield St. Silfield, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18 9NS Treasurer: Gary Mutten - [email protected] details as above Membership Secretary: Trevor Roots - [email protected] (01466 760724) Mill of Botary, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 4UD Editorial Manager: Trevor Roots - [email protected] details as above Website Manager: Mark Richards - [email protected] (01908 520028) 7 Parkside, Furzton, Milton Keynes, Bucks. MK4 1BX Publications Manager: Carl Watson - [email protected] details as above Editorial Team: Sightings: James Holloway - [email protected] (0121 744 2351) 246 Longmore Road, Shirley, Solihull B90 3ES News: John Barton - [email protected] (0121 770 2205) 46, Arbor Way, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 7LD Wagons & Trams: Martin Hall - [email protected] (0115 930 2775) 5 Sunninghill Close, West Hallam, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 6LS Europe (website): Robert Brown - [email protected] (01909 591504) 32 Spitalfields, Blyth, Worksop, Notts. S81 8EA Magazine Distribution: ICRS: Peter Britcliffe - [email protected] (01429 234180) 9 Voltigeur Drive, Hartlepool TS27 3BS Joint Members: Eddie Roberts - (01270 216212) Publications Team: UK Combine / Pocket Book / Irish: Carl Watson - [email protected] details as above UK Wagons: Scott Yeates - [email protected] Name Directory: Eddie Rathmill / Trevor Roots USF: Scott Yeates / Carl Watson / Trevor Roots Website Assistant: vacant Contents: Officials Contact List .....................................2 Traffic and Traction News ............... 15-16 Society Notice Board ................................ 3-5 Freight Corner ................................. 29-30 Publications ......................................... 6 & 32 Feature Articles: Current News / Sightings: Calendar Offer ..................................... 24 Gloucester / Stirling Sightings ......... 21-24 Days Out ......................................... 10-14 Light Rail and Metro News ......................5 Preservation News .............................. 7-8 Network News ................................ 16-17 Preservation Photo Spot ...................... 20 Open Day News ................................... 14 Railway Globetrotters ...................... 25-28 Out and About Sightings ................. 18-20 Ramblings of a Rail Enthusiast............... 9 Stock Changes / Liveries ...................... 31 £1.50 where sold separately (post free) Printed & bound in the UK by Henry Ling Limited, at the Dorset Press, Dorchester DT1 1HD 2 Society Notice Board MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR The Committee of ICRS would like to thank you for your continued support and send best wishes for the coming Festive Season Editor’s Comments: Transport chaos strikes again as the winter weather has returned with a vengeance with heavy snow and ice. Prior to this, another preserved railway has fallen victim to costly flood damage, the Bodmin & Wenford Railway. This follows recent previous damage to the Severn Valley and the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire railways. On the home front, I go away to the NEC model show (see below) and then on to the south coast and immediately leave behind heavy rain followed by heavy snow, which initially prevented me returning th north as scheduled on the 29 . So I finished this issue in the relatively sunny haven of the south coast near Eastbourne, until it also snowed there !! Fearing a complete snarl up in the southeast I finally headed north on the 1st Dec (good job I did) and arrived home late on the 2nd after an ‘exciting’ 700 mile journey, then spent 2 hours digging myself in to my property ! This is the third heavy snowfall this year with a cumulative 15 weeks and about 6ft, so far of the white stuff...I’m getting sick of it. Because of the weather this issue may be delayed getting to you, compounded by postal delays as well. Interesting news in that 60007 is undergoing a heavy overhaul with a view to 20 of the class being so treated…at last. Also Pendolino 390054 is due in the country in the first week of Dec. Chairman’s Statement by Carl Watson: As Members you will no doubt remember that at the end of 2009 we embarked on some substantial changes to our Publications Strategy. You may also recall that I promised that we would re-invest any profits from the sale of ICRS Publications back in to the Society for the benefit of all Members. As a result of the success of this new strategy we have already been able to use some of the profits to increase your Tracks magazine from 28 to 32 pages. I'm now very pleased to announce that we don't intend stopping there and ICRS Officials have agreed that we will invest a large part of the profit from 2010 Publications into producing Tracks in full colour throughout with effect from the January 2011 issue and for the whole of 2011. If we are similarly successful and profitable with our forthcoming 2011 Publications range then we will take a decision in late 2011 to continue the colour magazine for 2012 but this will be totally dependent on gaining the required profit from 2011 Publications. This will then continue each year as long as we have the required profit available to invest. The ICRS Officials believe this is the best way to re-invest the profits to the benefit of all Members. I'd like to thank each of you that has bought one or more of our Publications for helping to make this happen. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Change of Membership Secretary by Trevor Roots: Having taken on the role of Membership Secretary for both ICRS and GBBG following the sudden departure of Maurice Brown back in July 2009 I have decided to let some other poor sole take on what is an important function within both clubs. Having presided over a substantial rise in joint members it is important that the dual role is maintained to prevent the complications that would arise if the role was split as naturally would the case. Happily Mark Richards is to take over the reins from Jan 2011 and I wish him well. Any communication should therefore be addressed to him from that date. I am also intending to step down as Chairman of GBBG (for you joint members) from the GBBG AGM in Feb 2011, again to be ably filled. This then leaves me free to concentrate on further improving Tracks and assisting with the overall design of publications, whilst getting on with the rest of my life…shoveling snow !! 3 NEC Warley Model Show 2010: Over the weekend of the 20th & 21st November ICRS took its sales stand to the NEC in Birmingham. It was a chance to sell the new 2011 UK Combine and UK Wagon Book, both recently printed and promote the Society to a slightly different railway related audience. It was great to see the many members who visited the stand with whom Carl and myself were able to talk together with James Holloway and Mark who helped out on Sat and Sun respectively. For information to non GBBG joint members, we were also displaying the first independently published GBBG book, Stagecoach 2011. This is, as with ICRS who are a year into the process, the first of many to come in what will be the Bus & Coach Fleet Series. our Chairman, Carl on the sales stand Membership Matters: Membership Rates: Annual: £16.00 Five year: £75.00 (saving £5.00) Joint (with GB Bus Group saving £4.00): £27.00 ICRS Membership gives you: • a high quality 32 page monthly magazine Tracks - covering all aspects of railways: UK past and present, network news, wagons, preservation, trams, Location ‘Spot’lights – how to get there and what to see and the World Scene. (photos can be viewed in colour through the website Members Area). • an informative website, with access to previous editions of the magazine. • a 20% discount on all ICRS publications (5 published, 4 more at printers). • a 10% discount on lan Allan publications and first time magazine subscriptions (not additional to discount for IA Subs Club members). Joint ICRS / GBBG Membership also gives you: • GBBG magazine, Trident, website gb-bg.co.uk & 20% discount on GBBG publications (in preparation) New Members: (* joint members with GBBG) The following new members have joined this month: Ernie Frost* (Sheringham), Andrew Desborough (Hitchin), Stephen Evans* (Walsall), David Hainsworth (Pickering), Stuart Kirkpatrick (Northampton), Colin Proudley (Yateley), Michael Smurthwaite (Bristol), Graham Stockton (Northampton) - a warm welcome to you all. Payment / Renewal: If paying by cheque / postal order, please make payable to ICRS for all types of Membership. Please note we cannot accept credit card payments over the telephone however you can still pay online by credit card through our website PayPal facility. In a few clicks you can be signed up for another year, or take advantage of the 5-year subscription, saving £5 on annual fee, or take a joint membership with GB Bus Group, saving £4 on the normal combined annual membership subscription rate. Select ‘Join ICRS’ from the menu on the homepage at icrs.org.uk Please provide your first name whether joining or renewing.