Grab the brand-new April issue of Railways Illustrated magazine for the best coverage of today’s railway scene.
Railways Illustrated reflects the energy and vitality of the present-day railway scene. Here’s what’s in the April issue:
Managing the Moors
Andy Coward heads to Pickering to meet North Yorkshire Moors Railway chief executive officer Laura Strangeway and NYMR plc chairman Chris Gee and find out how they are guiding the popular heritage railway out of a particularly difficult period both for its finances and services. The green shoots of recovery are starting to appear, as we find out in our latest Meet the Manager profile.
Heavy maintenance
The Heavy Tractor Group’s preserved flagship locomotive, 37714 Cardiff Canton, has moved from the Great Central Railway to Loram UK in Derby for a programme of heavy maintenance. We speak to Andy Gillett from the HTG about the work being done on the Class 37 and and the unique partnership with Loram.
New lives for old trains
The replacement of the second generation Metro-Cammell Glasgow Subway fleet with new trains last summer left all but one of the ‘Clockwork Orange’ trains facing a oneway trip to the scrapyard. However, businessman and enthusiast Ben Denton-Cardew came up with a unique initiative that has seen more than half of the vehicles now secured for a range of alternative purposes.
Disappearing Castles
Following the withdrawal of High Speed Trains on the Great Western Main Line out of London Paddington in 2019, Great Western Railway retained a fleet of short-formed HSTs for working regional services in Devon and Cornwall, to be known as the Castle Class. Now, just a small number remain in service, and with their impending replacement, we take a look at the story of the modern-day Castles.
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