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It’s almost time for TRACTION 204 to appear in the shops. Remember if you’ve a subscription you’ll receive your magazine a few days before the official publication date of 1st June

 

The end of the ‘Peaks’ on

the Pennines 1986-1987

Richard Jones recalls the final

months of the ‘Peaks’ on the Trans

Pennine expresses.

 

Top Ten Freight parade

Steve Rickett delves into his

photographic archive and tells us

the stories behind his ten favourite

freight train photographs.

 

The Edinburgh to

Glasgow push-pull trains

Robert Clark describes the days of

the Class 27s on the push-pull

trains between the Scottish cities.

 

DMU Days in Rossendale

Andy Coward reminds us what the

East Lancashire Railway used to be

like before it became a heritage

line when DMUs brought down the

curtain on passenger operations.

 

The Electro-Diesels

Colin Boocock analyses the

contribution made by the

Southern Region’s two classes of

electro-diesel locomotive.

 

Saving class 52 diesel hydraulic

Western Ranger

Richard Holdsworth, one time

owner of Western Ranger explains

how he came to own the locomotive

and the difficulties he faced.

 

The Class 58 story

and Railfreight

In the second of his articles Paul

Fuller reviews the history of this

class during the Mainline

Freight years of operation.

 

The Milk Branches by

brake van

John E. Searle was fortunate to be

able to travel in the brake van of a

freight train on the branches from

Carmarthan to Newcastle

Emlyn and Lampeter.

 

Attraction –

Just like the real thing

Paul A. Lunn suggests modelling

a diesel depot.

 

S1000S a full-size

‘plastic’ coach

Paul A. Lunn shows how to modify

a Replica Railways model into this

unusual full sized plastic coach.

 

Modifying Bachmann’s

BR Mk1 and Mk2 coach

close coupler # 36-030

Stuart Clarke uses tiny magnets to

close couple Bachmann coaches.

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Hello Stephen,

 

Hope you don't mind me going so far back in time, when the article on the close coupler came out I couldn't get the plastic to fix to the magnets, do you know what glue was used by Stuart?

 

Regards and thanks in advance

 

Roy

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