October 2012 Edition On Shed

October 2012 Edition On Shed

                   "Preserving the steam locomotive legacy...and more..on film"


October 2012 Edition


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34067 Tangmere at Par on the 16th September 2012. (C) Maureen Arnold

Contents:Welcome, and site news...
Steam Tube Video Highlights
Steam Tube Photo Highlights
Tornado- The Story Continues
On This Day - October in Years Gone By....
UK Heritage Lines News
New Build News(VSLC & V499 Project), Jinty Appeal, Hengist
Clerestory Coaches - Historic and other dedicated photos
From the USA-Soo Line 1003 (Steve Mitchell)
Around The World in 80 Railways. No 27:CHINA
Orrefors- A Swedish Perspective
Railways, Finances and Franchises
From Christian Wolmar. Newsletter

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Welcome......

Welcome to this October 2012 edition of On Shed, where preserving the legacy of steam locomotion..and more..on film , is our priority!

A varied menu is on offer this month, with links to the VSLC V499 Project in Australia, the Jinty Appeal, the LMS Patriot, build , and "Hengist".

Steve Mitchell takes a look at the "Soo Line", whilst Eva Fidjeland gives us a Swedish perspective on the disused station at Orrefors.

And whilst the WCML franchise saga rumbles on, "Railways, Finances and Franchises" provides an insight into related issues(By Kind permission Piers Connor, and appears on the blog Railway Technical Web Pages
As ever, you would expect Christian Wolmar to cast an eye over this, and other matters in his monthly newsletter.

Steam Tube Video Highlights


 

Steam Tube Photo Highlights






Tornado- The Story Continues

28/09/12
 

On This Day - October in Years Gone By....

--/10/1925       
Sir Henry Fowler succeeds George Hughes as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway

 

01/10/1910      
The Great Western Railway of England, abolishes second-class rail fares (first- and third-class remain).

01/10/1911      
Nigel Gresley (later Sir Nigel) becomes Locomotive Engineer, Great Northern Railway

04/10/1883 –   
The first ever Express dOrient passenger train service leaves Paris for Constantinople(now Istanbul) in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), by way of Munich, Vienna,Budapest, Bucharest, Giurgiu, then, with passengers crossing the Danube by boat, a second train from Rustchuk to Varna, and from there by boat Espero to Constantinople. The train is officially renamed Orient Express in 1891

04/10/1976     
1976: New train speeds into service

British Rail began its new 125mph High Speed Train (HST) service today. The first London-Bristol service arrived three minutes early.

The Inter-City 125 has been introduced to provide a regular high speed service between Cardiff, Bristol and London.

British Rail will extend the HST service to other major cities over the next two years.

Powered by two diesel motors the Inter-City 125 has recorded a top speed of over 140mph in trial runs, making it the fastest diesel-powered train in the world.

05/10/1999 At least eight people are confirmed dead and 160 injured after two trains collided near Paddington Station in west London at the height of the morning rush hour.

A Thames Trains 0806 BST from Paddington to Bedwyn in Wiltshire collided with the incoming 0603 BST Great Western 125 express train from Cheltenham at 0811 BST.

Investigations revealed how 31 people died and dozens were injured because of a head-on collision when one of the trains passed a red signal.

Public inquiries were headed by Scottish judge Lord Cullen. He made dozens of safety recommendations and concluded Railtrack, the company then in charge of rail infrastructure and its investment, had failed to respond to earlier warnings about signalling problems.

06/10/1829    
The directors of the Liverpool and Manchester company held a competition called the "Rainhill Trials" to find the most suitable locomotive.The winner was Robert Stephensons Rocket which was awarded the prize of £500

 

08/10/1952     
Accident at Harrow and Wealdstone (112 deaths)

10/10/1919
Anatole Mallet, inventor of the Mallet locomotive type (b. 1837).

13/10/1901     
The London and South Western Railwayin England completes experimental installation at Grateley on its West of England main line of automatic semaphore signals controlled by track circuits and pneumatics, the first such scheme in the United Kingdom

13/10/1928      
Charfield railway disaster:London, Midland and Scottish Railway night mail train crashes into shunting goods train following signal passed at dangerat Charfield , Gloucestershire: 16 killed

 

15/10/1889     
Death of Sir Daniel Gooch

15/10/1907      
18 die as a result of the Shrewsbury rail accident on the London & North Western Railway when a sleeping car train is derailed passing through Shrewsbury station, England, at excessive speed

25/10/1923       

Henry Ivatt,Chief Mechanical Engineer of Great Northern Railwayof England 1896-1911 (b. 1851).

 

 

UK Heritage Lines News

Severn Valley Railway plans £3m share sale

On October 1, three million shares costing £1 each will be offered to investors.
In a statement officially announcing the fundraising scheme, SVR said: “Feedback from shareholders,
supporters and volunteers suggests that the time is right for the board to embark on a major
investment programme to prepare the railway for the next 50 years.
“We are offering the opportunity to anyone with a keen interest in the railway to invest in its future
 and own a part of this growing national treasure.”

SVR Share Offer details here
 

October 2012 Edition On Shed