Tracks the Monthly Magazine of the Inter City Railway Society
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Tracks the monthly magazine of the Inter City Railway Society Volume 39 No.11 November 2011 Inter City Railway Society founded 1973 www.icrs.org.uk 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) 11 Speedwell Road, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18 0XQ Treasurer: Gary Mutten - [email protected] details as above Membership Secretary: Trevor Roots - [email protected] (01466 760724) (07765337700) Mill of Botary, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 4UD Editorial Manager: Trevor Roots - [email protected] details as above Website Manager: Mark Richards - [email protected] 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 Traffic News: John Barton - [email protected] (0121 770 2205) 46, Arbor Way, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham B37 7LD Wagons & Trams: vacant Europe (website): vacant 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 Contents: Officials Contact List .....................................2 Stock Changes..................................... 37 Society Notice Board ................................ 3-5 Traffic and Traction News ............... 15-17 Publications ................................................ 40 Freight Corner ................................. 36-37 GBBG Advert .............................................. 35 Feature Articles: Current News / Sightings: Days Out .............................................. 35 Gloucester / Stirling Sightings ......... 28-31 Eastleigh Works Report ...................... 6-8 Light Rail & Metro News ....................... 31 Preservation Galas - 1 ......................... 17 Network News - 1 ...................................8 Preservation Galas - 2 .................... 21-27 Network News - 2 ................................. 20 Railway Globetrotters ...................... 32-34 Open Day News ................................... 31 Rail Tour News ...................................... 5 Out and About Sightings ................. 18-20 Ramblings of a Rail Enthusiast.......... 9-14 Revised Liveries ............................. 38-39 Front Cover Photo: Standard 9F 2-10-0 ‘Black Prince’ on long term loan to the North Norfolk Railway backs off the last train of the day at Sheringham (original station) on 2nd October 2011. The level crossing behind was re-opened officially on the 11th March 2010 allowing direct connection again to Network Rail metals and the ‘Bittern Line’. The replacement Sheringham station, opened on 2nd Jan 1967 is just beyond the level crossing. (NB. in case you are wondering, there is a sleeper across the track before the gates.) £1.50 where sold separately (post free) Printed & distributed in the UK by Henry Ling Limited, at the Dorset Press, Dorchester DT1 1HD 2 Society Notice Board Editor’s Comments: As stated last month we headed south in glorious weather and we managed to keep ahead of the deteriorating weather behind and to the west of us, 4 days in shorts…what a sight. It all came to an abrupt halt Monday night, the 3rd October, but by then we had reached the outskirts of Eastbourne and had visited 15 preservation sites, albeit some were only a couple of items of stock but that has added another 1200 photos to my collection. What with editing 40 pages now I’m struggling to caption them all, only about 7000 behind, so just doing the ones relevant to the next issue. Strange how your life can turn on its head and emphasizes the need to ‘do it’ while you can, whatever that is. The continual monthly long distance travel is great for visiting preservation sites, only really accessible by car, but the days of rail travel and having the time to stand on a platform and gather info for Location ‘Spot’Lights as I did for 3 years…no chance at the moment. This again is why I urge those of who can get out and about and are recording the day to day railway to send in info and photo. As you will see those that do send in stuff will get featured and receive my full editorial polish, so don’t overly worry if the grammar and spelling ‘aint write’ !! Remember as long as you also send photos at a high resolution and not compressed by the email, I can always edit ones that are dark or skew-whiff. Another plea for help is for fresh blood on the wagon front. As you may have noticed, I have been personally providing more in Freight Corner of late. This is due to Martin Hall being so busy with his other demanding projects he has had less time to devote to ICRS. There is therefore an opportunity for someone to step forward and make Freight Corner their own and be an important part of the editorial team. Wagon and freight news is an important part of the railway…without something to pull there would be no locos !! Anyone interested should either email or telephone me anytime for a chat. If someone can to write wagon reviews I can often provide supporting photos if not provided by the author. I must thank Martin for his efforts since taking on the role back in Jan 2006 and I’m sure he will still provide guest articles in the future as time permits. Out and about several members, myself included, have recorded what was a busy period for Galas on preservation railways, made all the better by the weather. Together with Dave Spencer’s excellent vintage photos in Ramblings of a Rail Enthusiast this means there is a feast of nostalgia with not only photos of steam but photos of all the following heritage diesel and electric loco classes (17 in total) 03/05/08/12/14/20/21/25/26/31/37/37/42/45/50/55 & 83 plus a few heritage units for good luck. One article that will be held over until next issue is about the Stainmore Railway and the completion of the heritage centre and new platform at Kirkby Stephen East. With the preservation scene largely shutting down for the winter there will be more on the current scene in coming months. The cascade of units continues involving LMT, NR & FGW in particular with Cl.150s moving away from LMT, replaced by Cl.372s. Also more EMU carriage orders are expected to be placed with Southern looking for 130 probably Cl.377 and LMT (8) plus FTPE (10) after Cl.350/3s, the latter confirmed with Siemens. FTPE will use them to replace Cl.185 DMUs running on the northern section of the WCML allowing them to cascade to the core trans-Pennine services. Warley National Model Railway Exhibition 2011, NEC Birmingham: As mentioned last month we are going to have a stand at this 2 day show on the 19th – 20th November, to promote membership and sell our books. Carl unfortunately is no longer able to attend, but I will still be there all weekend along with Mark Richards and James Holloway on Sat. So if any members are going, please visit us for a chat. 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