January - Intercity Railway Society

Society Notice Board
Editor’s Comments:
Happy New Year to you all and I hope Santa brought you what you wanted. Certainly Bombardier got
a pre Christmas lifeline with the award of the 130 EMU carriages for Southern. We won’t go into the
realms of why it is that UK civil servants love to uphold EU rules to the letter whilst others member
states correctly ‘bend’ them for their national interest. So with the political storm still raging over the
Thameslink contract awarded to Siemens, it was not surprising Bombardier got a sweetener. Let’s
hope more work stays in the UK with the other contracts yet to be decided.
With the cascade of DMUs around the country concluding ahead of the December timetable, there is
plenty to see, just need to get out ! Same applies to new Cl.70s for FL with four already here and
70017 due in the UK by the time you read this. Certainly the weather has been kinder over the festive
season than last year, particularly down south where I was spending Christmas & the New
Year…another whiskey soaked Hogmanay missed !! We should be back up north when you read this
and back to snow…romantic rather than damaging would be nice for a change.
Eastleigh Works Tour, Thurs 15 th March 2012:
All places are now taken, but we are operating a waiting list. So if anyone hasn’t returned their
application form and cheque / Postal Order by 31 st January then their place will be given to someone
on the waiting list. If you’ve been lucky enough to get a place please send in your application ASAP. It
will NOT be possible to pay on the day
New 2012 Books:
For new members and those who missed the announcement last month two new 2012 books have
been released and selling fast. The Wagon Book above is updated to the 1 st October 2011 and has
one new helpful feature in that wagons known to be stored are shown with the suffix (s). The Name
Directory last published in 2010 is updated to the 10 th November and has been reworked to iron out
the issues with advertising names and therefore better than ever. Duplicate names v numbers in Part
2 have also been removed. As it is the only such book on the market it is an invaluable reference
source and one used regularly by the editor. Full prices etc are shown on the rear cover. Order your
copies now via PayPal or from Carl by post.
The next new 2012 book to be released at the end of January will be the Combine, so get your orders
in as above.
Errata:
On page 25 last month under KWR Steam Gala I inadvertently listed 51218 as a DMU when it should
have been the 0-4-0 L&Y Pug.
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New Members:
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(Birmingham) - a warm welcome to you all.
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