Contents news

Current mainline and heritage traction developments

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Class 31 review _Page 20

Class 27 passenger workings in Fife _Page 18

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Another dead end? Colin Boocock examines the history of gas turbine traction

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on and off the footplate,

in and out of st Pancras Bill Davies recounts his experiences whilst working on the Midland

Mainline out of St Pancras

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Class 27 passenger workings in Fife in the early 1980s Alistair Fyffe takes us back to a time when even local trains were pulled by lo comotives

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Class 31 review Dafydd Whyles reviews Class 31

activity in the first six months of 2011

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1B66 and all that Nick Ross remembers the “Cambridge Buffet Express”

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settle to Carlisle Memories Michael Ellis remembers the S&C

and a trip over the line in the brake van of a freight train

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Haselmere

Chris Trerise reminisces about his days on BR’s Youth Training Scheme at this Sussex station

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speedlink Days – part two

David J. Hayes concludes his in depth article about the decline of

Speedlink freight network

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Crewe Works snapshot – 1983 Steve Morris takes us on a private tour of this once great locomotive repair works

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Cover No. 33 009 is seen with the 16.15 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff service betwen St Denys and Southampton on the 16th April 1981. David Kimber

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tPo Your letters and photos to the editor

Reviews The latest books and DVDs tRACtIon MoDeLLInG

out and Back Paul Lunn shows how this great railway centre can be modelled in N gauge

In the Detail: Bufferstops Paul Lunn takes a look at some heritage subjects on the modern day network

Modelling news Jeff Nicholls examines the new Heljan Class 26 in O Scale and is impressed

Contributions to tRACtIon We are always interested in receiving contributions for TRACTION to allow us to m ake the magazine even more interesting. If you can write about your experiences as a member of the railway’s staff, or as an enthusiast, we’d really like to hear from you. We need interesting articles on any subject related to the diesel and electric traction, as well as features for those interested in model railways. Text can be in hand-wr itten, typed or digital formats. We can accept photographs in colour or black and white, and in any format; prints, negatives, slides or digital. If sending p hotographs by email please send low resolution images initially.

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