TRACTION 277

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TRACTION 277 will be available in digital format on Pocket Mags on July 21st and paper copies should be in the shops on 28th July.

 

We start this issue with Martin Axford’s account of a week spent travelling around East Anglia by train in summer 1985 when he photographed the railway with DMUs and loco hauled trains still operating on what was still a largely steam era infrastructure.

 

Roy Kethro continues his fascinating account of his early railway career at Bristol Bath Road depot as his experience widens.

 

The colourful Kent Coast EMUs are the subject of Michael Welch’s feature of these often ignored trains operating on this busy part of Britain’s railway network.

 

Paul Shannon takes a detailed look at some of the many cement terminals that were found all over the network with much information useful for the modeller.

 

J. Crosse looks at one particular Brush Type 2 locomotive, D5654 (later 31224 and 31454) following the many changes in liveries over its career since 1960.

 

Richard Giles examines some of the level crossings in the Avonmouth area and the traffic that operated there.

 

Gavin Morrison takes us back to the Great Eastern Main Line to Norwich in the years when Class 86s were the main motive power on both passenger and freightliner trains.

 

Our featured layout in TRACTION MODELLING is the inspirational Southgate Park which is based in South London in Network SouthEast days.

 

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Thanks to all for this issue.  A very useful article with track plans by Paul Shannon on cement terminals, good photographs of the layout 'Southgate Park', and an informative letter from the wonderful Alex Dasi-Sutton about the Holmethorpe sand traffic.  His book 'Southern region freight trains in view' (with Chris Wilson, 1987) was an inspiration all those years ago.  Are more of his photos published and available?  Looking forward to the next issue.