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What's inside October's mag?

SIGNAL POST: New guidance for young volunteers… but not yet in Northern Ireland.
NEWS: All the big stories from the railway preservation scene.
MIXED MONARCHY: Latest modifications for No. 6024 – Britain’s only main line ‘King’.
POSTCARDS FROM MARGATE: A rare public viewing of the One:One Collection.
SECOND IN ‘LINE’: Could Brocklebank Line be reunited with former shed-mate Clan Line… on the main line?
VIEWPOINT: Will there be access for charters under GBR? An amended Railways Bill is needed, argues Dr Stephen Murfitt.
GRAY-RIGGED: Close encounters ‘recreated’ on the 1-in-104.
ALICE’S WONDERLAND: The National Slate Museum reopens next year: TRACKSIDE takes a look at what is left of the once vast Dinorwic quarry.
SPECTACLE PLATE: Burrs Bulleid: City of Wells makes the perfect silhouette.
ONE ZULU!: The latest news from the main line charter scene.
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OUR MUTUAL FRIENDS!: The story behind the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s new Mutual Improvement Classroom.
WILTSHIRE WARRANT: From Calne to Sandycroft, Flintshire: our latest ‘zero-cost treasure’.
REEPHAM’S STEAM DREAM: Rob Ewles reveals what it will take to get all three of Whitwell & Reepham’s steam locomotives in action together.
TIME SHIFT: Groombridge on the Spa Valley is the subject of our ‘Model Railway’.
MOOR’S THE PITY: 1980s grit and what seemed like the last days of Birmingham’s GWR terminus. Donald Taggart was there to capture the scene.
WHY I VOLUNTEER SPECIAL: Morgan Young argues why youngsters in Northern Ireland should be guaranteed the same opportunities that he and others have enjoyed.
RUNNING LINES: TRACKSIDE’S eleven-page round-up of all the latest news from railways and their societies.
‘MOGUL’ MOMENT: Flash back to Blea Moor and 1996’s shortest day.
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