TRACTION 210

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As the next issue of TRACTION (210) is published on 1st February I thought forum members might like to see a list of the contents of this issue.


Wembley yard “Any chance of a look ’round mate?”
Robert Morel recalls his time working at the Wembley European Freight Operating Centre in the mid 1990s.

‘Deltics’ for all
Colin Boocock asks whether this iconic locomotive type were as fantastic as their supporters make out?

The last of the locomotive hauled service trains out of London St Pancras in 2002
Jon Littlewood analysis runs behind Class 47s on the reinstated Midland Main Line locomotive hauled trains in 2002 and compares them with ‘Peak’ hauled trains in the 1980s.

Bubbling along!
The Pressed Steel Class 121 and Gloucester RCW Class 122 single unit DMUs have been a feature of the railway scene for 50 years. Paul Nash guides us through their workings since the 1980s.

Lion To The Rescue
In 1984 Tony Higgs and Robert Paddison witnessed the rescue of a failed train on the Lickey Incline, one of the country’s most notorious gradients.

Morningside Memories
Back in early 1970 John Kirk moved to Edinburgh where his house overlooked the south suburban line near Morningside Road station.

Chester August 1983
Chester is the railway gateway to North Wales and in summer 1983 Lewis Bevan photographed some of the action.

3 in 5
David J. Hayes describes how, back in 1978, Michael Mensing braved the cold and visited Mill Lane, near Ryecroft Junction at Walsall to photograph freight trains.

The Horwich Branch
The short 1¼ mile long Horwich branch and its railway repair works is the subject of this line portrait by Tom Heavyside.

Class 31s on the Portsmouth to Bristol Line
Martin Axford photographed Class 31s working trains on the cross-country Portsmouth to Bristol line in the late 1970s and early ‘80s.

TRACTION MODELLING

Gated Level Crossings
Paul Lunn looks in detail at the modelling potential of the old style gated level crossings.

Croxley Wiggenhall Road Depot
An EMU depot with a difference! Nigel Spate describes his 4mm fine scale layout that it is based on the former Croxley Green Electric Car Depot, near Watford