Traction 205 and competition

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Traction issue 205 is now on sale. From the next issue, which is out on the first Friday of October Traction magazine will be published nine times a year. This means publication will be monthly from the November issue (206) through to the May/ June issue (212) and then followed by two more bi-monthly issues in the summer - July/ August (213) and September/ October (214).

 

 

The content of the current issue is listed below.

 

In this issue there's also a competition to win free tickets to the International N Gauge Show on the 8th and 9th September 2012. You'll have to hurry though as the closing date for entries is 30th August 2012. Details can be found in the magazine.

 

 

 

Airedale during the transition from steam to diesel

 

 

Stephen Rabone looks in detail at the gradual change from steam to diesel power on this Yorkshire main line.

 

Ashford in the 1960s

 

 

D. Ovenden’s camera recorded the early days of diesel and electric power through this important Kent junction

 

The Paxman Type 1s

 

 

Colin Boocock analyses the history of a less successful group of BR’s diesel locomotives

 

The Class 58 story and Railfreight – the EWS days

 

 

Paul Fuller continues his series of articles about this distinctive class of freight locomotives

 

The Far North Class 37s

 

 

Steve Griffin records the performance of the Class 37/0s on the Far North line in 1985

 

Inter City to Kent

 

 

Keith Widdowson looks back 24 years when the Inter City trains to Kent finished running

 

Traction Modelling

 

 

Llanbourne

 

 

Chris Levington tells us about this imaginary North Wales terminus and how he has used prototype operations adapted to fit his layout.

 

Arriving at Llandeilo

 

 

Paul Lunn puts forward a suggestion showing how to model this Central Wales Line station.