TTRRAA CCKKSS Inter City Railway Society – October 2018 Inter City Railway Society founded 1973 www.intercityrailwaysociety.org Volume 46 No.8 Issue 546 Oct 2018 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: Officials Contact List ............................................ 2 Narrow Gauge Matters ................................ 47-48 Society Notice Board ........................................... 3 Odds & Sods ...................................................... 5 Events .............................................................. 4-5 Off The Beaten Track ....................................... 58 ICRS Sales ........................................................80 OTP Photo Spot ............................................... 64 Regular Current News / Sightings: Photo Spot: NR Test Trains .............................. 45 Eastleigh Works Report ............................... 6-7 Rail Tour Photo Spot ................................... 27-30 Franchise / Network News ........................25-26 Railway Globetrotters .................................. 59-63 Freight Matters ..............................................64 Ramblings of a Rail Enthusiast .................... 33-38 Infrastructure News .......................................46 RHTT Gallery .............................................. 13-14 Light Rail & Metro News ................................55 Shunter Spot .................................................... 54 Out & About Sightings ..............................49-53 Signal Box Survey ............................................ 53 Stock Changes .........................................67-69 Std Preservation: Liveries ................................................72-79 Galas...................................................... 40-44 New Stock ................................................66 News ...................................................... 31-32 Transfers .............................................69-72 Photo Spot: Steam ...................................... 25 Traffic & Traction News ............................15-25 Photo Spot: Works 1 & 2 ...................... 30 & 38 Other Feature Articles: Stock Moves .................................................... 39 Accidents ......................................................14 Wagon Photo Spot ........................................... 65 Eastleigh Members Visit Report................. 8-12 WD Austerity 0-6-0ST Survey ...................... 56-57 Front Cover Photo: STOP PRESS just got this in as I was finishing TRACKS so had to change intended cover photo. In very apt ‘Glorious’ sunshine a tantalising shot of 50033 on shuttle duties to Bewdley, part way through its restoration but now working and covered in fund raising scribble (£5 a go) Cl. 50 Golden Jubilee th Gala, Kidderminster Town, SVR, 4 October 2018 (Brian Derricote). More on the Gala in November issue. £2.50 where sold separately Printed & distributed in the UK by Henry Ling Limited, at the Dorset Press, Dorchester DT1 1HD 2 SOCIETY NOTICE BOARD Editor’s Comments: Hopefully all who went to our annual Eastleigh bash enjoyed it. There was certainly plenty to see. Sadly whilst travelling back my step father went into hospital on the Sunday and died unexpectedly early on the Wednesday. Apparently unbeknown to all he was riddled with cancer masked by all his other ailments. His sudden death caught us on the hop and this has meant we have been extremely busy since arranging the funeral, which was not until the 8th October so still to happen as I frantically write this, getting ready for an influx of relatives from down south and as executor, hence the delay to TRACKS. Apologies again to all who emailed during the last 4 weeks as ICRS has almost totally been on the back burner and answering emails promptly has not been one of my priorities. The only good news is that Mom has been released from the exhausting 24 hour caring role she fulfilled so we can all now move on more easily with just her to look after. Another interesting railway series ‘Walking Britain’s Lost Railways’ started on Friday 21st September 2018 on Ch5 with a look at the lost lines in my neck of the woods. If you saw it you will see what a stunning line the Moray Coast railway would have been had it been kept open. At least the viaducts at Cullen are still there and you can walk / cycle over them to get the view passengers would have had. As we post out over 11,000 copies of TRACKS per annum in plastic bags we are switching to biodegradable plastic ‘bags’ in order to do our bit for the environment, which as everyone must be aware is taking a severe hammering from excessive plastic waste. Each bag will be 4p dearer so effectively increasing the admin costs per member by another 44p each pa for posting 11 copies of TRACKS (2019). The biodegradable plastic is more opaque but the carrier sheet can still be read. Hope you all approve. Errata: Sep 2018 p55 Marcheys House signal box is in Northumberland not County Durham, p56 36501 should read 365501 Books / Sundries: UK Name Directory has sold out but a new edition will be released in early 2019. We have added BLACK polo shirts to our range to match the baseball caps. We will probably drop the dark navy once they sell out to keep 4 distinct colours in our range. Membership Matters: New Members: (23) (* ex-members re-joined) (AFC – Additional Family Child, AFA – Additional Family Adult) Robert Allison (Blyth), Ashley Barton (Eastbourne), Tom Barton (AFC) (Eastbourne) Brian Beal (Frome), Richard Blackford (Huntingdon), Gareth Bull (Hove), Steve Collins (Benfleet), Derek Giles (Norwich), Russell Horne (Nottingham), Len Impey (Cambridge), Andy Jones (Stroud), Dave Kitchen (Chesterfield), William Lewis (Tewkesbury), Nick Lowes (York), Simon Parker (Leicester), Ted Parkes (Barnsley), Ian Pyefinch* (Nottingham), Glen Sallows (Basingstoke), Andrew Scantlebury (Cardiff), Andrew Scott (Sheffield), Martin Smith (Eastleigh), Andrew Stokes (Exeter), Ged Watmore (Eastleigh), Louise Watson* (Waterlooville) - a warm welcome to you all. Obituary: Sadly we have lost Peter Daniels from London. Condolences go to his family and friends. Society Magazine TRACKS: TRACKS is distributed direct from the printers to members in a clear plastic wrapping with an address carrier sheet (reverse printed with a Renewal / Reminder form if appropriate). If any member fails to receive their copy after one week from the estimated delivery date below then please contact the Editor. For current info during the month refer to the TRACKS page of our website. Next issues: Nov & Dec (making 10 issues for 2018) The latest date for articles / info for the Nov 2018 issue is Friday 26th October 2018 with delivery to members after Monday 12th November 2018 please check the TRACKS page on the website for date of posting from the printers Magazine Contributors: Thanks to Chris Addoo, Alex Barnard, David Berg, Keith Blackman, John Bloom, John Brace, Paul Bright, Malcolm Castell, Paul Clifton, Peter Cole, Spencer Conquest, Harold Cooper, Danny Coyne, Peter Davis, Sean Davies, Brian Derricote, Derek Everson, John Evans, Martin Evans, Iain Gardiner, Martin Hall, Michael Hayman, Barry 3 Hayward, James Holloway, Geoff Hope, Harold Hull, Colin James, Alan Jones, Dave Jones, Steve Lord, Ian McAlpine, Lawrence McCormick, Stuart Moore, Gervase Orton, Keith Partlow, Gareth Patterson, Colin Pidgeon, Colin Pottle, Toby Radziszewski, Steve Revill, Paul Rosser, Mike Rumens, Keith Slater, Norman Smith, Ray Smith, Dave Spencer, Graham Stockton, Paul Sumpter, Andrew & Michael Turnidge, Carl Watson, David Williams, Tony Williamson & Trevor Roots. We are sorry if anyone has been missed. Photos not credited are by Trevor Roots. EVENTS All 2018 events organised, either confirmed or with provisional dates are shown below. Further events may be added in due course between issues of TRACKS so keep an eye on our website. PLEASE DO NOT try to book places for Members Only Visits with provisional dates shown by TBC until they are formalised or where the event though confirmed is many months in advance with