Welcome
Welcome to July and August 2022 issue of TRACTION. We start with an article by David Hayes about a type of freight service that has almost completely disappeared from Britain’s railway, the trip freight train. In ‘T-FOUR-TWO’ he looks at operations in the West Midlands where Bescot Yard’s Trip 42 would run to different freight terminals dropping off and picking up wagons before returning to the main yard. We have two articles about railways in the north east of Britain. The first, by the editor, recalls a night spent on Newcastle Central in 1975 revealing just how much passenger, parcels, freight and mail traffic could be seen during hours when few enthusiasts ventured out.
Alan Taylor looks at the early years of diesel multiple unit operations on the North Eastern Region.
Ben Wyvis returns with more personal memories of his ‘22 Old Friends’; this time it’s the turn of ‘Deltics’ 55012 to 55022. Moving to Scotland John Dedman concludes his survey of traffic at Mossend yard, this time looking at afternoon and evening traffic.
The Glasgow ‘Blue Trains’, or Class 303s, feature in this issue’s photographic feature.
In TRACTION MODELLING the featured layout ‘Deeping Lane ’ is a compact 4mm scale diesel depot which Stephen Mullen has adapted from a layout that he bought from another modeller.
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NORTH EASTERN DMUS • MOSSEND AFTERNOONS • NEWCASTLE NIGHTS
A CELEBRATION OF CLASSIC DIESELS & ELECTRICS
ISSUE 270 JULY/AUGUST 2022
BESCOT YARD’S TRIP 42 BESCOT YARD’S TRIP 42
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• Model Railway: Deeping Lane • Review: Revolution Trains IWA wagons
On 16th August 1974 25206 is working the T42 trip freight at Three Spires Junction. DAVID BLOWER
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