Traction

A celebration of classic diesel and electric locomotives. A bi-monthly publication that includes articles by drivers, railwaymen and enthusiasts. You’ll also find a Traction Modelling section. Most articles are UK-based but you can expect some from Europe.

Welcome

Traction

Remembering the MoD Trains: Part 1 • David J. Hayes goes on military manoeuvres by examining the movements of Government Stores for the Ministry of Defence after the end of Speedlink in 1991

The Gosport branch remembered

Living between the lines • Dave Allen looks back at the time, in the early 1980s, when he was living in Aylesbury and if he wanted to see a bit of main line action it was either a case of heading east, for the West Coast Main Line or, as he preferred, west - for the ex-Great Western & Great Central Joint Line and ‘Bicester Cut-Off’.

The end of the EPB era on the Horsham/Dorking route

ALDERFORD • This impressive layout draws its inspiration from Carl Bowden’s home territory - the electrified lines of the North West in the late 1980s.

Heljan Class 47

Heljan 2022/23 announcements

Gaugemaster expands scenic range

Bristol Model Railway Exhibition under new management

Early Belgian electrics Part 1 • Colin Boocock first visited Belgium in 1957 and was interested to see electric locomotives that all looked the same but with a variety of class numbers! Here he explains why, and looks at a few later developments, too.

Shap Summit to Lancaster • In TRACTION 267 Gavin Morrison presented some of his photographs taken in pre-electrification days on the northern approach to Shap from Carlisle. This time he heads south from the summit towards Lancaster.

Brookhouse Spotting Memories • People often say that the gift of a camera at an early age sparked a lifetime’s interest in photography but for Chris Lenton this wasn’t quite true.

A Mixed Bag • David Ratcliffe looks at Bagnall industrial locomotives

NORTON COLLIERY

6X73 AND AUTOMOTIVE TRAFFIC

LAVANT QUARRY

D63XX IN BIRMINGHAM AREA

UKF FERTILISER TRAINS

NEWS

BOOK REVIEW