30 Jan 2002
:
Chester goings-on - by Dave Bramley
06 Jan 2002
:
Conwy Valley 2 for 1 - by Dave Sallery
January 4: Quite quiet really
64 Years ago
It was against the law...
And now: the answers
Not so happy new year - by Ian Bowland
47 750
Chester Notes - by Dave Bramley
Shepherd's warning
Winter at Chester - by Alan Crawshaw
Not too promising - by Charlie Hulme
Those locospotting days... by Chris Reynolds
43 122
New Year dawns at Chester
Crewe Chaos 31 December
Ferry news - by Dave Sallery
Last Saturday at Crewe - by Ian Bowland
Minister "on Hogwarts Express"
12 Jan 2002
:
Saturday 12 January - across the island with Alan & Rowan Crawshaw
Diversions and all that
Virgin timetable change
Under the clock - by Phil Thomas
No more Chester 101s
The Dyserth branch - a historic feature by John Harrison
Chester notes - by Dave Bramley
A long one
Ferry bad news - by Dave Sallery
Wales and West - Telling it like it is
156 443
Things Red which do not always work - by Steve Vaughan
Silly Sunday - by Dave Bramley
18 Jan 2002
:
Freight facts - by Paul Richman
Shedding some light - by Dave Bramley
Penmaenmawr - by Sel Williams
Those Cambrian 153s
Wrong Way Around - by Rowan Crawshaw
Crewe Sunday 13 January - report by Peter Gilbert
Welsh Puzzles - by Mike Stone
A request and a recommendation - by Dave Bramley
Early days of the Coast 37/4s - by Charlie Hulme
Diesel Railcar notes and news
Locomotive news
Diversion notes
24 Jan 2002
:
New freight traffic starts
Clarifications and conformations
Diverting tactics
Saturday 19 January
Knowing your market - by Charlie Hulme
TheMold branch
Virgin stock problems spread - by Mike Stone
DMU news - by John Oates
30 Jan 2002
:
Virgin 47 doings
Blue 56 on the 'vinegar'
Model railway news
The caption competition - results!
Railcar news
Join BePToRS - a personal view by Charlie Hulme
Riding with 'Daisy' - by Phil Logie
That Tytherington traffic
Chester notes - by Dave Bramley
Royal Visit - 26 January
Sunday Diversions again
Caption competition
Crewe 23 January
Green Key - by Alan Crawshaw
Lineside notes - by Alastair Graham
Steam on the Irish Mail, 1954
Railtours then ...
... and Railtours to come
A bellower replies
That 'additional train' again
Mostyn Dock in the news
30 Jan 2002
:
Chester goings-on - by Dave Bramley
26 Feb 2002
:
175 stop press
Classic traction gossip
Virgin Notes - by Shaun Courtnage
Worthington Cup Final Day - by Mark Williams
Borderlands help needed
Presswatch - by Ian Bowland
Carrying coals to ... Gobowen
04 Feb 2002
:
Those 175 names
Severn Dee news - by George Jones
First Group management news - by Tony Miles
Chester Fester - by Alan Crawshaw
Wales & Borders train more Class 37 drivers
Green Express
Crewe Saturday 2 February - by Ian Bowland
Blaenau Ffestiniog slate waste latest
101s back at Chester
A windy day - Friday 1 February
Chester goings-on - by Dave Bramley
Class 175named
Eight Prequalify for Wales and Borders Franchise
10 Feb 2002
:
The Mersey Yardmaster
By 37/4 to the South Wales Coast
A success for the Railway Conversion League
Autoballasters down the Coast - by Deiniol Williams
Freight report - by Sel Williams
47 790
158 750
Some 175 facts
Loco hauled Rugby trains, 16 February
Day and Night - with Niall Cox
The scenic route to Birmingham - by John Murray
North Wales ICI hoppers?
Feedback section
A traveller's tale - by Alan Crawshaw
Chester transport heritage - by John Murray
156 455
Wales and West crew trainers - by Ian Bowland
Brian Rix takes charge again
Class 175s still in deep trouble
Steam archive
Weekend engineering works to note
Lineside notes 4 February - by Alastair Graham
Another contract for Freightliner
18 Feb 2002
:
37 402
Virgin variations
On the busway
Novelties and nightmares
The 175 door story
Another rugby Saturday
Chester 37 freight - by Dave Bramley
More about Blaenau freight traffic
Midland Main Line goes loco
Rugby Special day 16 February
Another heritage livery gets the go-ahead
175 001
66 517
Flooded (all over again)
Beluga and all that - by Dave Sallery
Rail terminal jobs hope for slate town
Dave Sallery's archive spot
21 Feb 2002
:
Chester exhibition extended
Steam Archive
Coal - the last word ...
Lawyer's boyhood steam dream comes true
Freight report - by Sel Williams
Piccadilly eyesore (no, not the buildings) - by Charlie Hulme
Feedback column
Mid-Cheshire engineering
26 Feb 2002
:
175 stop press
Classic traction gossip
Virgin Notes - by Shaun Courtnage
Worthington Cup Final Day - by Mark Williams
Borderlands help needed
Presswatch - by Ian Bowland
Carrying coals to ... Gobowen
03 Mar 2002
:
Rugby Saturday (again)
Railway Passengers Committee news
Serco test train news - by Dave Bramley
A Streak to Liverpool
175 notes
Freight report - by Sel Williams
Curiosities at Crewe, Friday 1 March - by Ian Bowland
Passengers' strike called off
Ongoing Virgin issues
Holy Hippos, Batman!
Borderlands - the reply
04 Mar 2002
:
Tytherington stone news
Class 175 mishaps and misadventures
Rugby pictorial
Pride of Saltley
13 Mar 2002
:
Wrexham exhibition - by George Jones
HST notes - by Steve Vaughan
Apologetic paragraph
ICI hoppers down the Coast - by Paul Harrison
Tribute in closeup
Over the Long Drag
Sunday relaying on Anglesey - by Deiniol Williams
Saturday 9 March in pictures
Class 60 atPen, and freight notes
A volunteer needed
47 289
Midland Main Line report - by John Bird
Virgin troubles, Friday 8 March - by Dave Bramley
18 Mar 2002
:
Just Another Manic Monday, 18 March - by Dave Bramley
Forty years ago - with Peter Roberts
Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway news - by John Murray
HST Report - by Steve Vaughan
VIP Voyager - 16 March
Deltic test (maybe)
Princess on the Coast - by Ian Bowland
Chester Notes, 12 March
Green Machine
All Our Yesterdays - by 'Concrete Bob'
66 017
24 Mar 2002
:
Sunday soccer
Freight report - by Sel Williams
The Purple Peril
Rugby revision
Loco-hauled lunch - by Alan Crawshaw
New Transport at Manchester Piccadilly - by Tony Miles
The Snowdonian -times!
Chester Notes 19 March - by Dave Bramley
A trip to London, 19 March - by John Murray
Speaking of 'Real Stinkers' - by Phil Houghton
Pleasant Valley Sunday
2 Apr 2002
:
Quick Update
43 196
150 143
Chester - Crewe by 37
Something unusual...
A Colourful Day - 28 March
1977 and all that
Nocturnal exotics - 27 March
Ancient and Modern
Evenin' all (an update)
On Safari, 26 March - by Ian Bowland
20 902/3
News from Grosvenor Park - by John Murray
Sunshine! Pictures from 26 March by Deiniol Williams
The Cambrian Rail Cruise
An A4 to Crewe - by Adrian Knight
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Wales and Borders Wrexham gig - by George Jones
Almost like old times - by Ian Bowland
Purple Deltic goes north
56 068
Travellers' Tale - by Peter Valentine
66 221
Cursed? - a paranormal moment with Neill Fisher
Wales and Borders loco-hauled trains:
7 Apr 2002
:
Another loco-hauled Saturday at Crewe
Mid-Cheshire Rail Users' Association Railtour news
Strike notes
Conwy Valley bargain - by Dave Sallery
Strike report #1 - by John Murray
Strike Report #2 - by Eryl Crump
Wales and Borders, 5 April
37/4 from Shrewsbury - by Ian Bowland
More 101s live again
Mostyn to Macclesfield - reminder
More WelshMarches 37/4s
A couple of weeks in pictures
Silly Season
13 Apr 2002
:
Diverting tactics
175 availability plumbs new depths
Fun...
Chester notes - by Dave Bramley
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Coastal Scenes
Railway strikes again
Industrial action again - 8 April
On theNarrow Gauge - by Charlie Hulme
Proto-87
17 Apr 2002
:
40th anniversary of Chester - Ruthin closure - by Roger Carvell
The ins and outs of Voyagers
Fifty Years Ago
More fun than a Super Voyager - by Alan Crawshaw
Shape of things to come, day 2
A message from Friends of the Earth
A question answered
No Voyagers here - by Steve Vaughan
Some here though - by Charlie Hulme
Charter train reminder
Miscellany
Fun on the narrow gauge
Chester City Transport book now available by post
Virgin's summer timetable - by Rowan Crawshaw
Restormel...
23 Apr 2002
:
Voyaging
Steam for the Queen
Acitivities to note - by George Jones
47 732
Times of some charters etc.
Virgin diversions (not)
Variety at Crewe, 18 April
Good news for freight
20 308
Notes and queries - by Alastair Graham
29 Apr 2002
:
Meeting a Princess, 1963 - by Peter Roberts
Meeting a Princess, 2002 - by Paul Braddock
A Special Saturday, 27 April
47 817
Charter Mark
33 108
Barriers no more
New Timetable available - notes by Rowan Crawshaw
Heritage
News from the WWW
More about the steam-hauled Royal train
Electric activity
05 May 2002
:
State of the Poll
To the Cumbrian Coast by Green Express
Loco haulage back on FNW - well ... er ...
Use your vote
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Enjoy the scenery ...
Railcard for Wales - press release from the Railway Development Society
Pendolino launched
Sights from 30 April
10 May 2002
:
Class 101 news
Crewe, 9 May - by Ian Bowland
Engineering work notice
Making an exhibition
Bovine mishap
Trainspotter's paradise?
Believe it or not
Mayday Mixup on the Borderland
The Club Train
Class 101 news
18 May 2002
:
MCRUA's Somerset Coast Express 18 May 2002
Quote of the Week
Meet the new boss ...
Feedback
Football Saturday - by Ian Bowland
Problems on the Great Orme
HST Miscellany, 10 May - by Steve Vaughan
That Mayday mixup
Class 142 comments - by Alastair Graham
If in doubt, shoot a 'hippo' - by Ian Bowland
22 May 2002
:
Another heritage repaint
Last of its kind
A chapter of possible accidents - by Mike Stone
Oh Mr Porter - part 2
Flask notes - by Steve Vaughan
The Somerset Coast revisited
Rare traction
Typographical note - by Thomas Harwin
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Large logo story
Art Gallery
Crewe, 16 May - by Ian Bowland
29 May 2002
:
Apologies:
FNW loco haulage - it's really happening
Pathfinder railtour, 1 June
Rugby specials ...
Fire! - by Mike Stone
Loch Rannoch visits Manchester
The early flasks
47 847
Crewe, 21 May - by Ian Bowland
To the Isle of Man - with George Jones
30 Jun 2002
:
Saturday 47s - 29 June
Radio Pig's Ear - by 'Concrete Bob'
1972 steam query - by Colin Meredith
A second FNW locomotive diagram?
Flying Scotsman at Rhyl : the full story
47 759
Problems on the East Lancashire line
04 Jun 2002
:
Timetable chart ready
Puzzle picture
The Restitution show
Bank Holiday Postscript - by Steve Vaughan
Dave Sallery's archive spot
The last of 1A70 - by Steve Vaughan
Llangollen diesels
46 035
End of the Winter - by Rowan Crawshaw
46 035
47 848
07 Jun 2002
:
End of the Virgin 47s (revised)
Conwy Valley Crush - by Angela Gawthrop
Life on the Ocean Wave
A week on the Res
The Royal Train, 11 June
That 37 on the road
10 Jun 2002
:
Loco-hauled timetables
Class 47 tribulations
The Royal Train
More attempted murder
47 776
Saturday 8 June
175 005 on test
Oops...
10 Jun 2002
:
11 June 2002
16 Jun 2002
:
Sunday night problems
Pendolino meets APT - by Tony Miles
Saturday Coast 47s at Crewe, 15 June - by Ian Bowland
Saturday selection
More Hippo trouble
Holyhead developments - latest
Riding the Rails - with Ian Bowland
Morning trip to Holyhead - by Rowan Crawshaw
Cattle question
Slumbering 37/4s
Oops (Pt 2)
24 Jun 2002
:
ALSTOM Heritage unveiled - by Tony Miles
Royal Trains of the Past - by Larry Goddard
Royal Visit - 1957 style
The 2002 Royal Train - addendum
175 006
Naming notes
The Flying Scotsman at Rhyl
Doesn't do 'em any good ...
In the Cheshire countryside - with Ian Bowland
Pendolino again
Moving Spirit
A fix of 37s
01 Jul 2002:
Another attempted murder
Nothing new under the sun - by Steve Vaughan
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Smoking Voyagers
A rural idyll - by Charlie Hulme
A Rum Do at Crewe on a Monday afternoon - with Mike Sheridan
05 Jul 2002:
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Confirmations and updates
Traveller's tale by Alan Crawshaw
Manchester to Birmingham in ten hours!
Notes from the Top Line - by Alastair Graham
Class 37 Pictorial
West Coast Steam, an appeal - by Chris Coates
The Ghost of a 9F
19 Jul 2002:
The Penmaenmawr Quarry Open Day
More strikes loom (Revised)
The new look at Manchester Piccadilly
A run to Chester 16 July - by Ian Bowland
Wales and Borders franchise bid news - by Dave Sallery
Fifty Years Ago
Archive comments
Miscellaneous Queries
Lineside Notes - by Alistair Graham
37 Haulage in Wales ...
Conwy Valley freight progress
Return of the Irish Mancunian - by Tony Miles
Hello Mum ...
21 Jul 2002:
Saturday 20 July
Loco-hauled changes - the FNW Operations Director speaks
Celebrity 47 morning at Crewe, 19 July - by Ian Bowland
Eric Duncan Bruton, 1917-2002 - A tribute by Roger Carvell
Another 37/4 working
Specials down the Coast - report by Stephen Harper
Large Logo time
More Tytherington trafffic? - by Andy Dunnett
Chester to Birmingham and back 17 July - with John Murray
28 Jul 2002:
Something else to be cheerful about?
Industrial action saga
The Virgin Publicity machine rolls on
Something to becheerful about
Enthusiasts are passengers!
Piccadilly Picture Post
Corrections and completions
30 Jul 2002:
Answers ...
More about Virgin's plans - by Steve Vaughan
Strike Deja Vu
Class 47 Pictorial
Can U Help?
Exploring Piccadilly
08 Jul 2002:
Tony Miles
05 Aug 2002:
Chasing a real train on the Cambrian - by George Jones
On theSouth Wales coast
Saturday 3 August - with Ian Bowland
A Strike called Off (the other one)
The Mold Model Railway Exhibition 2002 - by Simon Blainey
Special train timings
12 Aug 2002:
Class 60 on the Coast
Wales and Borders changes - by Mike Stone
Class 40s then and now
Magical Mystery Tours? - by Paul Butt
What should have happened - by Steve Vaughan
Class 101 news
Disrupted weekends
The Green Express and its traction
The dangling hosepipes
Strike Two
Two locos ... or sometimes none
Who needs railways?
More Class 37 photo-news
21 Aug 2002:
A naming ceremony
Electra Glide in Purple
Strange Happenings at Wrexham, 17 August - by 'charlie21'
End of the Cross Country classics
HST on the 09:19 - by Tim Rogers
In the wet at Llandudno Junction? By Dave Plimmer
Heli-spotting - with George Jones
So good they named it twice
Strike notes
Early days of the 47s - by Roger Carvell
Dave Sallery's archive spot
47 784
More loco-hauled thoughts - by Richard Boyd
28 Aug 2002:
Royal Flush
Strike statement
Naming ceremony in Grosvenor Park - report by John Murray
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Locomotive curiosities
West Coast Week - by Steve Vaughan
Road vs Rail #1 - press report Friday 23 August
Road vs Rail #2 - by George Jones
Virgin 47s to work abroad? - by Richard Boyd
Bangor Wednesday - with Alan Crawshaw
Fun at Crewe
Those Wrexham crowds
Freight notes - by Alistair Graham
Spot the difference
Cambrian Puzzle ... and answer
01 Sep 2002:
Coast Deltic Charter
HSTs rule! - by Steve Vaughan
Crewe 30 August - by Ian Bowland
47/0 down the Coast - by Larry Goddard
Caravans!
Web-o-rama
07 Sep 2002:
Purple Mania
What we did on our holidays
The Poorly Express
Testing...
14 Sep 2002:
Conwy Valley Belle
De-roofing on the Borderlands - report by 'Charlie21'
Caernarfon Superpower
Notes from the Wrexham line - by George Jones
Strikebound again
More of Gordon
The Poorly Express and other stories - by Dave Bramley
Wednesday 4 September in Pictures
18 Sep 2002:
Railway goes down the pan, nobody gives a toss
A last ride - by Ian Bowland
Along the Middlewich branch
Birmingham and the end of the Summer
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Superpower ... and HSTs! - by Deiniol Williams
Saturday 14 September in pictures
North Wales Railway Circle
Holyhead station project - a public meeting
On Borrowed Time - by Steve Vaughan
28 Sep 2002:
Tuesday 24 September in pictures
Test train notes - by Dave Bramley
Spin and Win
Manchester Nocturne - by Roger Carvell
Chester busway rejected - report by John Murray
A pair of 47s
20 September problems
Futurology, part 1
Futurology, Part 2
Note for early flyers
Piccadilly points - 18 September - by Tony Miles
Best station?
Sic Transit Gloria Stockport
Forgot my flask
29 Sep 2002:
Strikebound
HST notes - by Steve Vaughan
It's the Purple Deltic again!
30 Jan 2002
:
Chester goings-on - by Dave Bramley
08 Oct 2002:
Strike latest (not much change)
Northern [Welsh] Belle
Strike news...
Bus enthusiasts' note
Back-tracking with Larry Goddard
Tales from Wessex - a correction and a controversy
Charter chock-a
Franchise - (slow) progress
Last 175 on its way
Network Rail takes over
First North Western notes
Steam on the Coast
Take your Choice, part 2
EWS to Penmaenmawr 1 October
Class 150 news
Stay Legal
The Club Train returns to Manchester
An Evening with Wales & Borders Trains
The new Virgin timetable
18 Oct 2002:
Spotting by Webcam
'Gloom on the tracks' - really?
Class 40 times altered
A passenger's view
Trains to watch for
More from Dave Sallery's archives
Betws-Y-Coed Forest Festival
First North Western stock notes
Join the Club!
Penrhyn Castle, worth a visit - by Alan Crawshaw
24 Oct 2002:
Stop Press - Drivers' strike 'suspended'
Webcam news
That Bachmann coach
The end for Eisteddfod Genedlaethol?
Class 40 tour - looks good so far
Clubbing in the sunshine
01 Nov 2002:
News Flash
Meeting reminder
Tuesday's Tale - the full story
Hints for photographers
Dave Sallery's archive spot
Those Bachmann coaches - by Charlie Hulme
Pictures at an Exhibition - by Charlie Hulme
Monday shambles
Wrexham Railway Society news
Sunday Chaos
Sightseeing with Larry Goddard
Hogwarts news
Steam disappointment
Riviera Trains loco news
04 Nov 2002:
Loco-hauled reminder:
Piccadilly points - 4 November by Tony Miles
Advert break #1
Another Branch Line Bash - by David White
Advert break #2
Heavy Haul for the Conwy Valley?
Loco hauled answers
More 175 shame - report by David Booth
FNW traction shortage
HST report - or, flats again! by Steve Vaughan
Chester Notes - by Dave Bramley
10 Nov 2002:
The BLS special
More about the ballast train changes - by Larry Goddard
Saturday 9 November in pictures
Plans for Holyhead - by George Jones
Friday's failure - 8 November
Borderlands troubles - by Alastair Graham
Times of theBLS special
Heavy haul in the Conwy Valley, part 2
Those paths into Birmingham...
Penmaenmawr quarry developments
A model show in Chester 9 November
Franchise developments
Challenger vs Pioneer - by Steve Vaughan
Remember, remember
Class 101 lives again
A Traveller's tale - by Bevan Price
14 Nov 2002:
Loco-hauled reminder
That Blaenau Ffestiniog test train
Another Virgin event - report by Tony Miles
No spam after all
Tour of inspection - report and pictures by Larry Goddard
Freight news
101 to the ground
Those ex-Virgin coaches
Class 37/4 news
Buffer Zone
22 Nov 2002:
Last minute Cardiff change
Cross Country changes
Locomotive rumours and anti-rumours
Pray silence for the Committee
The cock crows
Not so happy Christmas ...
Slate waste passes first hurdle
The Bicester Baseline
Rugby Special
The Holyhead run - with Rowan Crawshaw
28 Nov 2002:
27 November - loco returns to the London
Rumour Mill goes berserk
First North Western notes
Crewe 26 November - with Ian Bowland
A Great Briton
And the Winner is ...
21st Century double-header - by Rowan Crawshaw
Whistler times - by David White
Wales and Borders strike news
The Shap Streaker
North West Rail Passengers Committee meeting
This is a spoof (genuine picture though...)
05 Dec 2002:
First North Western strike news
Virgin Turmoil
First North Western traction report
Class 47 report, Sunday 1 December - by Kevin Melia
Class 40 followups
13 Dec 2002:
New book - just in time for Christmas!
Strike dates reinstated
Challenger has landed
DMU miscellany
Holyhead by Great Western?
The Class 40 Brotherhood - a view from history
Delay and cancellation (of strikes, that is!)
47s in drag - by Ian Bowland
Strike latest
Seventies snow
Virtual train-chasing
17 Dec 2002:
Daisy comes of Age - by Tony Miles
Challenger claim challenged
Dave Sallery's archive spot
What the papers say
37 410 visits North Wales
Pendolino Day
Royal Rolling Stock
Taking the point at Stockport
The Christmas Chester Chuffer - notes by Laurence Wheeler
22 Dec 2002:
The Christmas Chester Chuffer
Tony Blair speaks
Life and times of Eisteddfod Genedlaethol - by Phil Chilton
More loco-hauled trains likely
'Not an eyesore'
410 feedback
Puzzle Picture
Larry's book ...
FNW strikes ... not much progress
31 Dec 2002:
Editorial - by Charlie Hulme
Strike reminder
Penmaenmawr Puzzle solved