The March issue of The Railway Magazine takes you behind the scenes with the Royal Train, plus HS2’s Crewe extension is given Royal Assent as protesters defy bailiffs. 8 0 years of the Pocket Peckett As Peckett 0-4-0ST Teddy reaches its 80th anniversary, Gary Boyd-Hope looks back over its interesting career, including its connections to a famous ‘steamcleric’. Operating the Royal Train: Part 2 Geoff Griffiths concludes his fascinating look back over his time as RoyalTrain manager, recounting some of the more humorous episodes he witnessed. Merchant Venturer For this month’s Practice & Performance John Heaton samples the splendour of preserved steam haulage over two of England’s best known and most scenic main lines.