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D U C H Y B O U N D :
B E AT T I E TA N K F O R B O D M I N
No. 549
SEPTEMBER 15 –
OCTOBER 12 2023
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MICHAEL WHITEHOUSE ON THE
FUTURE OF MAIN LINE STEAM
Vintage views
RAY CHURCHILL’S LIFE WITH THE GWR LEGENDS
King of the ‘Castles’
Plus:
‘T3’ No. 563 – PART 2: THE RESTORATION
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SEE p48
ne constant in the world of
railways is that nothing lasts
forever, and this has sadly been
proved to be the case in my
former home town of Stafford
with the sad news that the former
engine shed – 5C to some of you – is to be
demolished. It was refurbished in the 1990s
for use as industrial units and later for use
as a college training centre. A new bespoke
college building will be built on the site in
the next few years. Its razing to the ground
will mean that Stafford’s railway heritage is,
in essence, gone, with the former Bagnall
works (later GEC Castle Engineering) and
both mechanical signal boxes also having
gone in recent years.
This event, and John Squire’s letter in
Mailbag (p46‑47) got me thinking. Mr Squire
makes the interesting point that if we don’t
keep such aspects of our railway heritage
alive in print, they’ll be lost forever as those
who remember them progressively pass
away. I couldn’t agree more, and this aim has
been the task of railway historians since the
first retrospective histories started to emerge
many decades ago. We also received a
second letter on the subject which suggests
that those who weren’t present at the time
of steam aren’t qualified to write historical
articles – a sentiment I would fervently
disagree with. The basis of this is that we
inadvertently used a picture of Bidston depot
in place of Chester Northgate.
Now, in this case I hold up my hands.
A writer can only be as good as his or her
sources, and said image was labelled as
Chester Northgate when submitted to us.
Now, do I remember Chester Northgate?
No, I don’t, nor do I know it from every
conceivable angle. In fact, the majority of
sheds in our Shedcode Special series will
have long been gone by the time their entries
are written, so we have to use a variety of
sources to write their histories. Many sheds
have never had a comprehensive history
published, making the task even harder – in
this respect I would thank the Engine Shed
Society for its advice during a recent search.
But does that deter us? No, it does not.
Yes, we will make the occasional error,
but historians from the start have made
mistakes, so I feel as though I’m in good
company. We risk losing our heritage forever
– our preserved railways fill that gap to a
point, but in reality, they are a tiny fraction
of what originally existed. By the time the
series ends, I will be in my dotage… but I will
have the satisfaction of knowing that this
magazine helped to keep our heritage alive.
ABOVE
You can almost feel the cold as
Robinson ‘O4’ No. 63686 sits at Chester
Northgate on January 19 1958.
B. HILTON
ON THE
COVER
Clun
Castle,
plus
Earl of Mount
Edgcumbe,
Pendennis
Castle
and
Defiant
at
Tyseley.
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ISSUE 549
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SEPTEMBER 15 – OCTOBER 12 2023
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Contents
6
No. 563 – From museum
relic to full restoration
Issue 549 September 15 – October 12 2023
An Englishman’s home…
Ray Churchill reminisces
54
Under new ownership –
SVR sells off ‘Black Five’
22
14
NRM and Bodmin deal will put
Beattie back on home metals
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‘Hall’ change –
Witherslack Hall
masquerades as
Swithland Hall
20
News
14
BEATTIE FOR BODMIN
COV ER
NRM deal brings ‘30587’ home
16
FFOS-Y-FRAN
COV ER
Coal mine’s future still uncertain
18
S&DR CELEBRATION
Re-creating a 200-year-old train
20
‘WITHERSLACK’ IDENTITY SWAP
A hallmark moment at the GCR
22
No. 45110 SOLD
Loco sold to bolster finances
24
NEW COACHES FOR TALYLLYN
First of new-build trio delivered
26
DECAUVILLE JOINS RICHMOND
RLR’s new acquisition’s debut
28
LOCOMOTION
RESEARCH
No. 1 investigated
28
Researchers prepare to
reveal true story of relic
42
DOWN MAIN
Main line steam at ‘tipping point’?
Features
6
No. 563: PART TWO
COV ER
The ‘T3’ story
Maurice Boddy and Stuart Sellar
30
CELEBRATED LIVES
54
LIVING WITH…
COV ER
62
Michael Whitehouse –
exclusive interview
First-hand facts from the footplate
62
MICHAEL WHITEHOUSE
COV ER
A master of main line steam talks
History and preservation
of Collett’s ‘Castles’
72
72
‘CASTLE’ ROUND-UP
COV ER
History and preservation
82
TOP LINK SPECIAL
COV ER
‘Castles’ take on the Lickey Incline
88
‘CASTLE’ VARIANTS
COV ER
How the ‘Castle’ evolved
Regulars
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38
40
46
48
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GALLERY
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SHEDCODE SPECIAL
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