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The Class 58 story and Railfreight _Page 32

the Dorsetway Line –

the Friendly Line! Peter W Cooper remembers operations on the Bournemouth to Weymouth line in the 1980s

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Railtours from a locomotive owner’s perspective –

Part two

Martin Walker, the owner of 55022

Royal Scots Grey describes what happens when the locomotive is out on the main line

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Cover 50049 and 50044 make the Huddersfield stop at 22:11 to set down passengers on the return leg of Spifire Railtours ‘Edinburgh Explorer II’, 1Z33, the 17:37 Edinburgh to Preston on Saturday 19th November 2011. Jonathan Dye

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the Crossleys – a brave innovation or unmitigated disaster? Colin Boocock describes how different railways overcame the problems these locomotives presented

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Reviews The latest books and DVDs

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Printed by: Warners Midlands plc east Anglian diesel multiple units Gavin Morrison delves into his archives to show the changing face of East Anglian railways and its DMUs

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the Class 58 story and Railfreight – Part one the British Rail days Paul Fuller begins a new series

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about this distinctive class of freight locomotives

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this is an emergency call

Bob Dunn, a West Coast Main Line locomotive driver, describes what happens when the overhead wires come down on his train

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Contributions to tRACtIon We are always interested in receiving contributions for TRACTION to allow us to make 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 typed or digital formats. We can accept photographs in colour or black and white, and in any format; prints, negatives, slides or digital.

tRACtIon MoDeLLInG

4PID Paul Lunn looks in detail at the Four Position Train Identification System used by British Rail and explains how it can be modelled

Footbridge Focus Paul Lunn delves into the incredible variety of footbridges to be found on Britain’s stations and suggests ways of replicating them in miniature

Hellifield enters the diesel era Stephen Rabone turns his steam era layout of Hellifield over to early diesel traction

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