The March issue of The Railway Magazine takes you behind the scenes with the Royal Train, plus HS2’s Crewe extension is given Royal Assent as protesters defy bailiffs.
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0 years of the Pocket Peckett
As Peckett 0-4-0ST Teddy reaches its 80th anniversary, Gary Boyd-Hope looks back over its interesting career, including its connections to a famous ‘steamcleric’.
Operating the Royal Train: Part 2
Geoff Griffiths concludes his fascinating look back over his time as RoyalTrain manager, recounting some of the more humorous episodes he witnessed.
Merchant Venturer
For this month’s Practice & Performance John Heaton samples the splendour of preserved steam haulage over two of England’s best known and most scenic main lines.
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This month’s The Railway Magazine covers doubts cast over HS2 Eastern leg, plus Tier 4 chaos on the railways. Here’s what is coming up in the January issue:
Blue Pullman: 60th anniversary
Following the launch of the new Midland Pullman HST charter train, Andy Flowers recounts the history of the famous luxury service that inspired its 21st century resurrection.
Last Push-Pull Trains in Paris
Philip Horton follows up his study of the last UK push-pull services with a look at similar operations in the French capital during 1969.