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Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | May 20 2013 | 3:06 pm
The information on this page complements an article which appears in issue 213 of TRACTION. A West Midlands Freight Line Remembered: The Princes End Line: Part 1 by David J. Hayes TIMETABLE ONE PRINCES END LINE 5th October 1970 to 2nd May 1971 (Approximate Passing Times For Princes End Are Shown In Column On The…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | May 20 2013 | 7:43 am
As most readers will know, TRACTION doesn’t have a News section any more as we feel that this is well covered on the Internet and in magazines that publish more frequently than TRACTION. However, we still receive emails from readers offering photos taken at diesel events or galas as well as news-type photos on the…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | March 31 2013 | 4:21 pm
For those of you who are wondering what will be in the next issue of TRACTION the contents are shown below.TRACTION 212 is due out on Friday 5th April Woking to Salisbury with the Class 50 Jon Littlewood looks at the performance of the Class 50s on the Waterloo to Exeter trains between Woking and…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | March 20 2013 | 12:26 pm
TRACTION 211 is due out on Friday 1st March. Below is a list of this issue’s contents. Back to the 1980s…in 2012 – Part 1 Paul Taylor embarked on a tour of some of the preserved railways and was hauled by no less than 67 heritage locomotives. The Penmanshiel Tunnel Diversions Stephen Rabone looks…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | January 27 2013 | 2:33 pm
TRACTION 210 is published on 1st February. Below is a list of the contents of this issue. Wembley yard “Any chance of a look ’round mate?” Robert Morel recalls his time working at…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | January 3 2013 | 2:51 pm
TRACTION issue 209 will be on sale on Friday 4th January and features the following articles: The Class 205-207 DEMUs in action Andrew James looks at the performance of the Southern Region’s diesel electric multiple units. Southern Suburban Colin Boocock recalls that the history of the Southern 4SUB and 4EPB electric multiple units was a complex…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | December 3 2012 | 10:54 pm
TRACTION issue 208 will be on sale on Friday 7th December and features the following articles: Boston Blues Paul Nash takes us back to the days of BR blue at this Lincolnshire junction The Co-Co prototypes Colin Boocock explains that, as British Railway’s traction modernisation proceeded, the key UK manufacturers tried hard to sell…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | October 29 2012 | 9:07 am
TRACTION issue 207 will be on sale on Friday 2nd November and features the following articles: Brush Blackjack Steve Gandy marks the 10th anniversary of when the Class 47s finished on Virgin Cross Country and First Great Western passenger work. Class 31s on the ECML: The Early Years The performance of the Brush Type 2 class…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | September 23 2012 | 4:15 pm
TRACTION issue 206 will be on sale on Friday 5th October and features the following articles: West Coast pilot electrics – a bold step forward Colin Boocock recalls the history of the Class 81 to 85 AC electrics built for the West Coast Main Line. A Saturday at Earles Sidings Gavin Bland visits the Hope Valley…
Category: Traction | By Stephen Rabone | July 27 2012 | 1:44 pm
TRACTION Issue 205 Traction will be on sale on Friday 3rd August and features the following articles: 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…
