Contents

News
Peak Rail to become double track?
Railtrack announces plans to reinstate Peak Rail trackbed as through freight route
Highland turntable wins 142,500 pounds
Lottery helps Fort William turntable
Windsor's replica tender cut
The tender behind replica 'Dean Single Goods' is cut to make way for restaurant.
Barrow Hill shed galas
Exclusive half-price tickets to Barrow Hill shed galas for Steam Railway readers.
Nameplate record tumbles
'Black Five' nameplate raises price record to 25,600 pounds at Sheffield auction.
Steam back at Radstock
Radstock steam 33 years after S&D closed.
Landslides hit North Yorks Moors
Heavy rainfall triggers landslides that close the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
Railways can learn from near misses
Own-up to near misses says inspector.
Narrow Gauge News
Welsh Highland Railway 'in public interest'.
World Steam
Indian Steam hit by strikes during harvest
Ticket inspector snared by GCR
GCR catches ticket inspector stealing cash
Regulars
Morgan
Recommends the HRA as a sounding board
Mailbag
Gallery
The Glorious Years
Classic mono images of the 1950s and '60s from Dennis Ovenden
Reviews
Down Main
David Wilcock outlines plans that could return both 'Royal Scots' to the main line.
Lynne Best's One-Stop Steam Guide
Essential guide to heritage railways.
Questions and Answers
Mixed Traffic
Hits and misses by Phil Haigh.
Features
Rail's tale of Two Cities: the Great Central today
The centenary of the Great Central Railway's expansion to London sees two steam railways operating under the GCR banner. Both have plans for their own expansion until they form a through route from Leicester to the southern outskirts of Nottingham. Steam Railway looks at the potential for them both.
Oil for one, but not for all
Oil is an essential part of all steam locomotives, but what is good for one locomotive may not be good for another as they work under different conditions. Phil Haigh looks at the different types available and discovers the reasons why they must be different and how they have changed from BR days.
Cholsey - Change here for the Wallingford branch
Steam Railway's mystery columnist George Pembroke visits the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway to see what the railway has to offer and how it treats its visitors. He comes away impressed with the railway's shared main line station at Cholsey and helpful staff but concerned about Wallingford station.
Keeping the wheels turning at Bridgnorth Works
The Severn Valley Railway's workshops at Bridgnorth are amongst the best in the country with a wide range of locomotive repair skills. John Hunt visits the works to see what goes on and learns that nearly one third of the surviving main line steam fleet has passed through for some sort of repair there.