INDEX TO VOLUME 157

January to December 2011

Compiled by Jon Longman

125 GROUP 125 Group stores Valentas Apr 92* 5305 LOCOMOTIVE ASSOCIATION (5305LA) Black Five crews put to the test Jan 73 5305LA's busy weekend Sep 72* 6LDA LOCOMOTIVE GROUP Class 26 group appeals for help Jan 89 76084 LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY NRM chief is president of 76084 Locomotive Co Mar 67 5AT PROJECT Group looks for new members Aug 65 5BEL TRUST Brighton Belle anniversary celebrations in London park? Dec 95 Fifth car for 5-BEL May 94* 6024 PRESERVATION SOCIETY 6024 sold to Royal Scot Trust after libel saga Feb 11, May 76

A A1 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRUST Brunswick Green for Tornado Jan 72*, Feb 10 Tornado emerges with fixed boiler and new livery Jul 8* Troubled boiler sent back to German makers Mar 9*, Apr 75 ABELLIO Greater Anglia franchise won by Dutch operator Abellio Dec 8 ACCESS FOR ALL Station Access for All Jul 12 ACCIDENTS Boy hit by Croydon tram Feb 84 Cement mixer lorry falls on top of train Jan 6*, Oct 8 Class 185 is derailed by Summit tunnel ice block Mar 80 Croydon collision disrupts Tramlink Mar 97 DB head-on crash Apr 98 Derailment at Heaton depot Sep 8 Disasterin the Dales (1910) Jan 51+ Eight scalded on French footplate Oct 8 Fearful NR staff covered up accidents Apr 6 Foxfield Rly forced to shut down after guard is injured Apr 9 Grayrigg accident 'Pendolino'goes to Crewe Academy Jan 98* Heck accident remembered Apr 8 HST nudges buffers at Aberdeen Dec 81* Indian derailment causes 31 deaths Sep 97 Moorgate memorial Jun 95 M-way blaze prompts rethink on scrapyards Jun 10 NR accused of cover up over crossing tragedy Apr 8 NR 'climate of fear' Mar 8 Potters Bar crash Jan 6, Mar 10, Apr 7, Jul 7 Rail's fine safety record May 8 Rogue boulder delayed train Oct 8 70 wrecked in fall from dockyard crane Mar 1*,7* Shanghai Metro collision injures 284 Dec 99 Signalman charged Oct 8 Tanker driver jailed for Sudbury branch train crash Feb 70 Ten killed in German smash Apr 9* 39 killed in high-speed train crash Sep 8 Tired driver let train roll backwards for two miles Apr 6, Oct 8 Train hit by equivalent of 800 concrete blocks Oct 8 Train slides for more than two miles Jan 8 Welshpool mishap Feb 74* Woman dies in train toilet fire Jun 10 AC ELECTRIC GROUP Red faces for Electric Blues Jan 73 AC LOCOMOTIVE GROUP ACLG to restore 89

Jan 89 ACLG progress on locos Aug 93 AIRDRIE-BATHGATE LINE The new line from A to B Jan 25+ ALBANIA Hand-to-Mouth: Railways in Albania Sep 51+ ALGERIA Algeria builds new railways Sep 96 ALLIANCE RAIL Blackpool battleground for three TOCs Jan 7* ALN VALLEY RAILWAY Grants boost Jun 70 ALSTOM 11-car 'Pendolinos' Feb 9, 71*, Apr 79* Trainbuilders' feud may scupper new Eurostars

Jan 6, Sep 7 AMBERLEY MUSEUM RAILWAY Galas Oct 92 Polar freight Jan 85 AMERTON RAILWAY Galas Oct 91 AMTRAK Amtrak recovers Jun 99 Amtrak runs heritage liveries Sep 97* ANGLESEY Study begins on Anglesey reopening Mar 8 ANGOLA Angola Railways back to life Jan 91 APEDALE Galas Sep 89

Joffre restoration almost complete Mar 90* Santa special Mar 90* APT 800 cab APT Jan 90 Calling APT-E team Sep 92 Test run Oct 26* Power car is sent to Coventry (APT) Oct 95* ARGENTINA Commuters set fire to late trains Aug 98

Dutch DMUs for Argentina Aug 99 Storm derails La Trochita Aug 98 Trail of lost L&B loco moves to A. Jul 10 ARLINGTON FLEET SERVICES Operations news Mar 105, Apr 105, May 105, Aug 105 Works Report — Eastleigh Oct 40+ ARMENIA Help for Armenia Jul 99 ARRIVA CROSS COUNTRY See CrossCountry entries ARRIVA TRAINS Arriva Deutschland sold on Mar 99 ARRIVA TRAINS WALES Arriva blue livery for Class 67 Nov 81* Arriva completes Class 175 overhaul Jul 78* Arriva launches Club 55 Mar 84 Class 67 for WAG express? Mar 78 Conwy Valley branch line focus Jun 30+ Extra North-South Wales train funded by WAG May 80 LNWR refurb for Arriva 158s Mar 79, Jun 79* Operations news Jan 93*, Feb 88, Mar 100, Apr 101, Jun 101, Aug 101, Nov 101, Dec 101* Shut that woman up! Sep 54 Timetable review Aug 27 ASHBY, Helen OBE for NRM's Helen Mar 11* ASSOCIATION OF TRAIN OPERATING CO. Big boost for branch lines Oct 11 Busiest passenger network since 1923 Apr 6 Paying by cheque? Not any more! Aug 6 Rail growth shoots up by almost 5% Jul 8 Railways set to carry most passengers since 1920s Dec 7 The 'Big Society' Jul 54+ AUSTIN, John Follow that dream! The railway art of John Austin Jun 54+ AUSTRALIA Brisbane-Melbourne high-speed project Nov 99 China builds locos for Australia Oct 99 New boiler for Aussie 3801 May 98*, Nov 99 Quicker Queensland May 99 AUSTRIA Austrian projects Mar 99 Brenner base tunnel construction starts May 99 Salzburg Hbf rebuilding Aug 99 AVOCET LINE Avocet Line marks 150 Jul 84* AVON VALLEY RAILWAY End-of-season Avon Valley variety Jan 88 Galas Dec 64 HRA publication contest winners Dec 65 Queen's Award for AVR Sep 63 AYLESBURY Cromwell returns main line steam to Aylesbury Mar 76

B BABY DELTIC PROJECT Lazarus Locomotive: A Baby is Born Feb 17+ BACHMANN EUROPE HST trailer coach is Bachmann full size Mar 94 BACK BURNERS An update on stationary boilers Apr 49+ BAHAMAS LOCOMOTIVE SOCIETY Coal Tank to steam this summer Feb 60, Mar 65 Steam's Last Blast appeal to aid Bahamas overhaul Mar 65*, Aug 50+ BALA LAKE RAILWAY Dinorwic quarry Yellow Truck restored to former glory Dec 92* BANGLADESH Bangladesh Railways move forward May 98 BALFOUR BEATTY Balfour Beatty section sold

Jun 8 BARKER, Vernon OBE for First TransPennine chief Mar 11 BARNARDS FARM GARDENS RAILWAY Miniature railway Jan 86* BARNSTAPLE Steam shuttles to Barnstaple fail financial test Apr 74 BARROW HILL ROUNDHOUSE Baby Deltic project: A Baby is Born Feb 17+ Barrow Hill marks BR's departure Apr 94* Galas Jun 70, Aug 10 HST first for Barrow Hill Dec 74* Panorama Dec 56* The RM supports Barrow Hill's 'Fab Four' gala Sep 9, Oct 7, Nov 67 BARRY TOURIST RAILWAY Barry railway goes loco! Nov 90* BATH Ornate fencing for Sydney Gdns? Jan 77* Rare wagon found under station Aug 10* BATTLEFIELD LINE Galas May 69, Aug 69* Market Bosworth station reopens Jun 11* BBC c Roundhouse 'Question Time' but Shildon misses out Jun 8 BEACON RAIL Fastline 66s stored Jan 79 BEAMISH RAILWAY MUSEUM Dorking pair reunited at Beamish Jul 65* Dunrobin to be repatriated from Canada Feb 8, Mar 48*, Jul 10*, 62 Panorama Oct 66* Power from the Past event Nov 62* Stockton & Darlington coach to be restored Sep 68

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BEECHES LIGHT RAILWAY Panorama Oct 71* BEER HEIGHTS LIGHT RAILWAY Know Your Lines Oct 93* L&B loco joins Peco fleet Jul 90* Rare Exmoor loco joins Pecorama fleet Jan 86 BELARUS Exlosion kills 11 in Minsk Metro

Jul 99 BELGIUM Belgian Class 18 locos finally enter service Oct 98* Belgian Class 62 survivors Jul 99* Europe's longest solar panel Aug 98 Maldegem steam festival May 98 SNCB's new EMUs Apr 99 Vosslohs take on Zeebrugge run Oct 98* BELVOIR CASTLE RAILWAY Duke of Rutland's private waggonway Mar 49+ BERKELEY, Lord Tony Multiple Aspects column Feb 14, Mar 12, Apr 12, May 12, Jun 12, Jul 12, Aug 38, Oct 12, Nov 11, Dec 12 BERKELEY VALE RAILWAY Berkeley Vale launch Apr 94, May 71 BERKS & HANTS LINE How the American Revolution Started Feb 43+ BIRMINGHAM Chiltern and LM step up Birmingham services Nov 89 Hammond hands the railways an £8bn cheque Feb 12+ Moor Street bays return to use Feb 8* Station to get John Lewis store Apr 6, Aug 84*, Aug 85 Tram-train plan for Birmingham Jun 95 BLACK COUNTRY MUSEUM Theft stops trams Mar 11 BLACKFRIARS Blackfriars — world's biggest solar bridge Dec 88* Projects receive Government funding Feb 13* Reopening at Blackfriars Mar 11* BLACKPOOL Blackpool battleground for three TOCs Jan 7* BLACKPOOL TRAMS Blackpool's rising Starr Sep 91* New trams rock Blackpool Nov 97* BLUEBELL RAILWAY Bluebell anticipates

'Dukedog' return Jan 63 Bluebell back at Bluebell May 68* Bluebell EMU moved Jan 89 Bluebell evicts 4-COR EMU Oct 94 Bluebell hires ex-Devon Belle Pullman coach Apr 67 Bluebell in race to beat taxman Aug 8* Carriage restoration Aug 65, Dec 67 Galas Jan 64*, 64*, Jul 71*, 71*, Oct 63, Nov 62* Groom marries a Groom Jul 62 Imberhorne tip extension Jan 63, Feb 55, Apr 68, Jun 65, Aug 8*, 10, Sep 65, Oct 75, Nov 65 October 30, a bad day for charters Jan 73, 74* Peer opens museum Aug 10 Snow special Mar 70 Woodpax completed Apr 65, Jun 65, Jul 67, Aug 10, 68, Sep 63, Oct 64 BLYTH SPIRIT Practice & Performance — Coal trains Mar 42* BODMIN & WENFORD RAILWAY Floods close Bodmin line Jan 9, Feb 57, May 68, Jun 67 Galas Mar 64, May 65, Aug 64, Sep 62, Nov 62 Panorama Aug 70* Royal visit for Bodmin May 10 Traffic figures Jan 68, Mar 71, Dec 63 BOMBARDIER Bombardier builds 300 for Chicago Oct 99 Bombardier 'should bid' for Crossrail Nov 6 Bombardier to review its future in the UK Aug 7, Sep 6* Bombardier unhappy over IEP changes Jan 6 Central Rivers three years accident free Dec 80 Class 378 camera problems sorted Jan 12 Class 379 Feb 71*, Mar 81* Double-deck IC sets for DB and SBB Apr 98* Electric 'Voyager' plan but will it save Derby Nov 6 Footballers back Bombardier fight Oct 6* Gautrain extends with Derby units Oct 99

Israel orders stock Jan 91 Making TRAXX Mar 99 New Class 172s on test Jun 80* £1.5m contract for on-train CCTV Feb 74 Siemens wins battle for Thameslink fleet Aug 6, Oct 6 The Death of Train Building in the UK Sep 14+ Train manufacturing Nov 11 Traxx locos for UK franchises? Aug 7* BO'NESS & KINNEIL RAILWAY ‘Black Five’ diverts to Bo'ness for repairs Nov 63* Bo'ness covers its assets Jun 94* Galas Sep 94, Oct 94 Glen Douglas and Gordon Highlander on the move Jan 65, Aug 9, Sep 65 NRM, SRE and Highley loco exchanges Jan 62 Santa specials Feb 56*, Mar 71 Scottish Cl. 37 golden jubilee celebrated Jan 89 Traffic figures Jan 68 BOOTH'S SCRAPYARD Disposals Jan 98, Feb

92, Mar 106, Apr 106, May 107, Jun 107, Sep 107, Oct 85, Nov 85 BORDERS RAILWAY Network Rail to take over Borders project Dec 89 ORR consults on Borders Railway Mar 85 BOSTON DOCKS Harry Needle shunters at Boston Aug 78, Oct 11* Operations News Aug 105*, Sep 105 BOWES RAILWAY Passenger operations suspended at Bowes Nov 62 Planet's long life at Pelaw May 94* Steamy days at Bowes Jul 66 BRAMLEY LINE Bramley Line track work reveals thefts Jun 67 BRANCH LINES Big boost for branch lines Oct 11 Conwy Valley branch line focus Jun 30+ Derwent Valley branch line focus Jul 26+ Europe closes more branches Mar 99 Horncastle & Kirkstead Jct Railway Jan 22+ Windermere branch line focus Oct 48+ BRANCH LINE SOCIETY BLS tours May 74, Oct 74 BRAZIL Brazilian loco order Jan 91* BREDGAR & WORMSHILL RAILWAY Night steam at Bredgar Jan 84* BRESSINGHAM GARDENS RLY Bressingham buys Hunslet 'look-alike' Jan 85 Bressingham steam support Sep 90 George Sholto to return at Bressingham Jan 85 Peer Gynt stars Jan 67 BRIDGES Barmouth Bridge Mar 77* Britannia £4m strengthening project Mar 84 Bingham, Notts Jan 10, Feb 9* Blackfriars bridge Dec 88* Carlisle bridge, Lancaster Dec 85* Forth bridge May 8, Nov 10 Goole swingbridge Jan 10 High Level bridge, Newcastle Apr 83* Manningtree Mar 81 Reedham swingbridge Dec 11 Royal Albert Bridge Aug 85*, Nov 51* Royal Border Bridge, Berwick Feb 11 Somerleyton swingbridge Dec 11 Tay bridge Aug 24* BRIDDON, Andrew Briddon leaves Elsecar Rail way Feb 80* BRIDGNORTH Castle Hill cliff railway sale Apr 45*, Apr 10*, Dec 10 BRIGHTON Brighton line landslip chaos Oct 88* BRIGHTON BELLE See 5BEL Trust BRISTOL Bad weekend for steam at Bristol Aug 74* Biomass tests Jun 86, Jul 86 Bristol blue plaque for Henry Stothert & Co

Jun 85 Summer steam Jun 74 BRISTOL SOCIETY OF MODEL ENGINEERS Miniature railway Jan 86* BRITANNIA CLASS DIAMOND JUBILEE Rule Britannia Mar 22+ BRITISH AMERICAN RAILWAY SERVICES BAR barred from moving steam locos Nov 73 British American takes on RVEL 56 May 80 Community status for Bishop line Mar 10 Main line freight licence for Devon & Cornwall Railways Mar 10 Operations News Jul 105, Aug 105, Oct 105 BRITISH RAIL Last ex-BR team sells out Dec 11 BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD (RESIDUARY) £4m to keep Waterloo International station empty Jan 8 Heroes remembered Jan 77 BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE BTP probes East Coast ticket fraud Oct 8 BTP to be armed Jul 11 Car dumped on crossing Dec 10 Mystery rail deaths: Bid to identify bodies May 84 Theft of signal cable 'second only to terrorism'police Apr 9, Jul 8 Transport Police to be armed Mar 8 Trespassers entered Crewe depot… to go fishing Oct 10 BROMSGROVE RAIB investigates brick culvert collapse Jul 85* BROWN, Ian CBE for London Rail's Brown Mar 11 BRYANT, Peter Rare 'Rio' for restoration Apr 90 BRUNEL, I.K. Reading station Jan 30* BRUSH TRACTION Brush Traction taken over by Wabtec May 8 Class 70 repair by Brush Apr 79*

‘Deltic’ repairs Aug 16* New logo and look for GBRf locos Mar 78* Odd mixture on 66737 Jun 79* BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY CENTRE BRC farewell and return plans for Met No. 1

Jan 67*, Apr 63*, Nov 63 Galas May 69, Nov 68 New cladding applied to Rewley Road station Nov 66 Premier Line award for Quainton Road Jan 64* Rewley Road 160th birthday event Aug 68

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