Inside issue 45...

 Signal Post

The view from the front seat.

News

The stories making the headlines.

A New Innings?

L&B pushes past its knock-back.

Hastings to Battle… and Beyond!

A ‘Thumper’ over the Forth Bridge?

Fireman’s Engine

Taking ‘new-build’ No. 6880 on ‘the road’.

Spectacle Plate

Conway clearance: A new vista opens.

One-Zulu

The latest main line news and comment.

16-page
‘RAILWAY200 SPECIAL’

TheyNeed to be Enjoyed

‘Absent’ for years, we meet the owner of Locomotion’s original numberplates.

Plate Expectations

The real story behind Locomotion’s ‘plates, with Jim Rees.

Locomotion: the 1825 Groundbreaker

The machine that was the ‘talk of the town’.

Badger, Bullet, Baggy and Buck

What’s the link between army surplus and pioneer locomotives in the 1800s? Jim Rees explains.

Events

What’s coming up in the next six weeks and a full list of ‘Railway 200’ events.

Secret ‘Scotsman’? 

New research: What the famous ‘A3’ really is.

Been ayr… doon that!

After 50 years, a longer line is in prospect.

Impossible Small

Perfection, shrunk. The glory of ‘The Duke’.

Valley of Destruction

Wrestling with a line severed by a landslip.

Pass the ‘Bucket’!

Ghastly? Shocking? But totally authentic.

Green Thinking

It’s time for railways to share resources, says Matt Green.

Uniform Importance

Being passionate about authentic appearance.

Running Lines

TRACKSIDE’S round-up of all the latest news from railways and their societies.

Quayside Cop! 

Comeback: A dockside ‘Pannier’ in 2024