Bob Farmer's Index To Back Track Magazine Entries.

Back Track Magazine Volume No.27

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Number 1 January 2013

Railway Feature Subject Where General Area Vol. Page

BR Restored Midland compound 4-4-0 at Nottingham Midland Locomotive Nottingham Nottingham 27 1

Focus on Chester 27 4

BR Chester No 2 box with a DMU just passing in 1979 Railway Premises Chester Chester 27 4

BR The train to Rhyl passing the racecourse Rolling Stock Chester Chester 27 4

BR A newly painted no 40 020 enters the sandstone cutting by No 6 box Locomotive Chester Chester 27 5

BR Chester No 2 box with no 47 198 taking empty stock out Locomotive Chester Chester 27 5

BR No 40 125 passes No 6 box Locomotive Chester Chester 27 5

Birmingham in the 50's and 60's 27 6

BR Rebuilt LMS Patriot no 45521 waits to leave New Street Locomotive Birmingham Birmingham 27 6

BR GWR King George III no 6004 nears Snow Hill Locomotive Birmingham Birmingham 27 7

BR GWR King Henry V no 6019 gets the road from Leamington Spa Locomotive Leamington Spa Birmingham 27 7

BR A GWR 57xx no 9724 leaves Snow Hill tunnel Locomotive Birmingham Birmingham 27 8

BR Ex WD 2-8-0 no 90448 goes through Lapworth Locomotive Lapworth Birmingham 27 9

BR Midland 3F 0-6-0 no 43621 Locomotive Bromford Bridge Birmingham 27 10

BR Stanier 'Black Fives' in Saltley shed Locomotive Saltley Birmingham 27 10

BR LMS Jubilee no 45552 shows off its unique cab side number plates Locomotive Stafford Birmingham 27 11

The Royton Branch 27 12

BR A track level view of Royton junction in 1954 Railway Premises Royton Junction Oldham 27 12

BR Map; The Royton branch Miscellaneous Royton Oldham 27 12

BR Austerity 2-8-0 flogs up the incline by Higginshaw Bridge Locomotive Royton Oldham 27 13

BR Fowler 2-6-2T no 40014 with a train for Oldham Locomotive Royton Junction Oldham 27 13

BR A Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42279 waits to leave Royton station Locomotive Royton Oldham 27 14

BR A Craven's DMU arrives Rolling Stock Royton Oldham 27 15

BR A Midland 0-6-0T no 47202 pilots the last passenger train from Royton Locomotive Royton Oldham 27 16

BR Higginshaw Gas sidings box LYR 248 Railway Premises Royton Oldham 27 17

BR Royton station box, LYR no 247 Railway Premises Royton Oldham 27 17

BR High Barn Street with an unwelcome visitor as a coach 'dropped in'! Rolling Stock Royton Oldham 27 18

Vintage Map; Royton Station in 1915 Miscellaneous Royton Oldham 27 18

The Great Western 'Prestige advertising'. 27 19

GW 1935 brochure cover; The Glorious Thames Miscellaneous 27 19

GW Postcard; College barges on the Thames [Isis?] at Oxford Miscellaneous Oxford Oxford 27 19

GW 1931 brochure cover; Come to the Isles of Scilly Miscellaneous Scilly Isles 27 20

GW 1934 brochure cover; Devon Miscellaneous 27 21

GW 1935 brochure cover; Western Hills and moorlands Miscellaneous 27 22

GW 1939 brochure cover; Western Hills and moorlands Miscellaneous 27 22

The militant furies and the railways 27 23

Vintage Aylesbury station with a GC train ready to head south Locomotive Aylesbury Aylesbury 27 23

Vintage Harrow on the Hill station Railway Premises Harrow on the Hill London 27 23

BR Croxley Green station in BR days Miscellaneous Croxley Green Watford 27 24

BR Saunderton station in the 50's Miscellaneous Saunderton High Wycombe 27 24

Vintage Hazelwell station Railway Premises Hazelwell Birmingham 27 25

Vintage Kettering station Railway Premises Kettering Northampton 27 25

BR Oxted station Railway Premises Oxted Redhill 27 26

BR The Welwyn or Digswell Viaduct Bridge/Tunnel Welwyn Welwyn 27 26

BR Leuchars Junction station Railway Premises Leuchars Junction Dundee 27 27

BR The road level entrance to Blaby station Railway Premises Blaby Leicester 27 27

BR Eden Park station with a train of two 4-SUB sets arriving Railway Premises Eden Park London 27 28

BR Runcorn Bridge Bridge/Tunnel Runcorn Merseyside 27 29

GW/LT/LNER Aylesbury station c1930 Railway Premises Aylesbury Aylesbury 27 30

Crimson ramblings 27 32

BR Midland Compound 4-4-0 no 1000 leaving Derby Locomotive Derby Derby 27 32

BR Midland Compound 4-4-0 no 1000 pauses in Toton yard with an SLS special Locomotive Toton Nottingham 27 32

BR Midland Compound 4-4-0 no 1000 under repair at Derby Locomotive Derby Derby 27 32

BR Midland Compound 4-4-0 no 1000 at Sheffield Midland in 1959 Locomotive Sheffield Sheffield 27 33

BR Midland Compound 4-4-0 no 1000 on the GC line at Rugby Locomotive Rugby Rugby 27 33

Centre bearings, weak frames and all that 27 34

The frames of a 5" gauge live steam model [Four pictures] Locomotive 27 34

BR G1 class 0-8-0 after overhaul at Crewe works Locomotive Crewe Crewe 27 35

BR A Webb 'Cauliflower' no 1244 at Willesden shed Locomotive Willesden London 27 36

Table; LNWR locos built with centre frames and bearings Miscellaneous 27 36

LMS A 'Prince of Wales' no 25797 at Rugby Locomotive Rugby Rugby 27 37

Vintage Renown 4-4-0 no 1943 Queen Alexandra Locomotive Tamworth Birmingham 27 37

The romance of the journey to the Isle of Skye 27 38

Vintage Held by a signal at Drumochter, HR 4-6-0 no 149 Duncraig Castle with the 'Down Mail' Locomotive Drumochter Highlands 27 38

Vintage Inverness station in the early 1900's Railway Premises Inverness Inverness 27 38

Vintage An HR sleeping car ticket Miscellaneous 27 39

Vintage Overnight trains from Euston to Inverness and beyond Miscellaneous 27 39

Vintage HR 4-4-0 no 100 Glen Bruar stands at Achnasheen Locomotive Achnasheen Highlands 27 40

Vintage HR 'Duke' class 4-4-0 no 63 Inverness Locomotive Durinish Highlands 27 40

Vintage HR 'Skye Bogie' stands at the Kyle of Lochalsh station Locomotive Kyle of Lochalsh Highlands 27 41

Below standard 27 42

Narrow Gauge A Hunslet built 'Jerry M' loco at the Dinowic slate mine Locomotive Llanberis N. Wales 27 42

Narrow Gauge Festiniog Railway, Blaenau Festiniog Junction station with the LNW station at the back Railway Premises Blaenau Ffestiniog N. Wales 27 42

Narrow Gauge 2-8-2 River Esk stands at Dalegarth on the Ravenglass to Eskdale Railway [Ratty to its friends!] Locomotive Dalegarth Lake District 27 43

Narrow Gauge The 'Prince of Wales' of the Vale of Rheidol Railway Locomotive Aberystwyth Aberstwyth 27 43

Narrow Gauge A USA built 'Hummy' on the Ashover Light Railway Locomotive Ashover Peak District 27 44

Narrow Gauge Kitson built 2-6-4 'J.B.Earle' on the Leek and Manifold Light Railway Locomotive Leek Peak District 27 44

Narrow Gauge The Snowdon Mountain Railway as a locomotive propels its train near the summit Locomotive Snowdon N. Wales 27 45

Narrow Gauge Trains cross at Blackmoor on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Locomotive Blackmoor Barnstaple 27 45

Belonging to Glasgow 27 46

BR BR class 4 2-6-4T no 80027 on its way to Wemyss Bay Locomotive Glasgow Glasgow 27 46

BR Rebuilt 'Royal Scot' no 46102 Black Watch at Glasgow Central Locomotive Glasgow Glasgow 27 46

BR A 'Blue train' passes an NBR J37 on a brake van special Locomotive Springburn Glasgow 27 47

BR LMS class 5 no 44672 crosses the Clyde on its way out of St Enoch Locomotive Glasgow Glasgow 27 47

BR LMS Fairburn class 4 no 42277 arrives at Port Glasgow Locomotive Port Glasgow Glasgow 27 47

BR BR 2-6-4T no 80118 moves empty stock Locomotive Glasgow Glasgow 27 48

BR BR Caprotti class 5 no 73152 waits to leave Buchanan Street Locomotive Glasgow Glasgow 27 48

BR A 2-6-4T passes Greenock with a local and BR class 4 no 76002 is behind the shed fence Locomotive Greenock Glasgow 27 49

BR A 'Caly' pug of the 264 class no 56039at St. Rollox Locomotive Glasgow Glasgow 27 49

BR A grubby no 46244 King George VI Locomotive Glasgow Glasgow 27 49

No home was complete without a local railway timetable 27 50

A page of Dobson's of Preston 1872 railway Guide Miscellaneous 27 50

A page of Ford's of Stourbridge 1914 railway guide Miscellaneous 27 50

A page of Bacon's Oxford 1926 railway guide Miscellaneous 27 51

A page of Reid's Newcastle 1949 railway guide Miscellaneous 27 51

Immingham 100 - The Port and its technology - Part 2 27 52

A 'bird's-eye' view of Immingham docks Miscellaneous Immingham Grimsby 27 52

A aerial view of Immingham docks Miscellaneous Immingham Grimsby 27 53

A modern ABP map of Immingham docks Miscellaneous Immingham Grimsby 27 53

Vintage A poster produced in 1912 Railway Premises Immingham Grimsby 27 54

Vintage The SS Dewsbury Shipping 27 54

BR A class O4/8 no 63819 with a class O2/3 behind Locomotive Immingham Grimsby 27 55

BR Immingham shed in 1951 with four J94's and two J63's Locomotive Immingham Grimsby 27 55

LNE Passengers embark for a voyage to the 'Land of the Midnight Sun' Railway Premises Immingham Grimsby 27 56

Cornish crossings 27 57

BR Brunel's masterpiece, the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash Bridge/Tunnel Saltash Plymouth 27 57

BR St. German's Viaduct a replacement of one of Brunel's wood viaducts Bridge/Tunnel St. Germans Plymouth 27 57

Swindon's acquaintance with rotary cam valve gears 27 58

GW GWR 'Saint' no 2935 Caynham Court with Lenz valve gear Locomotive 27 58

BR No 71000 Duke of Gloucester poking out of Swindon shed Locomotive Swindon Swindon 27 58

LMS A close up of the valve gear fitted to LMR class 5 no's 44738 to 44757 Miscellaneous 27 59

BR An official photo of the rebuilt and to be short lived no 46202 Princess Anne Locomotive 27 59

BR A train crosses the Ribblehead Viaduct in April 1967 Bridge/Tunnel Ribblehead Viaduct Settle and Carlisle 27 64

Number 2 February 2013

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BR No 45 015 enters Scarborough central station in 1980 Locomotive Scarborough Scarborough 27 65

'Western Experiences' 27 68

BR Western no D1028 Western Hussar in 'rail blue' pilots an EE class 50 no 50 002 Locomotive Plymouth Plymouth 27 68

BR Western no D1073 Western Bulwark in carriage red outside Swindon works Locomotive Swindon Swindon 27 68

BR Western no D1005 Western Venturer in maroon Locomotive Fenny Compton Stratford on Avon 27 69

BR Western no D1067 Western Druid at Penzance Locomotive Penzance Penzance 27 69

BR Western no D1072 Western Glory on a fitted freight at Pilning Locomotive Pilning Bristol 27 69

The Architecture of the Chester and Holyhead line 27 70

BR A contractor's shunter at the reconstruction of the Britannia bridge in 1972 Bridge/Tunnel Bangor N. Wales 27 70

Holyhead's Admiralty Arch Miscellaneous Holyhead Holyhead 27 70

NR A recent photograph of the Malltraeth Viaduct Bridge/Tunnel Malltraeth Isle of Anglesey 27 71

NR A preserved bit of the original tube Bridge/Tunnel Bangor N. Wales 27 72

NR The lions at the Britannia bridge in 2012 Bridge/Tunnel Bangor N. Wales 27 72

BR Chester and Holyhead roundel at Bangor station Railway Premises Bangor N. Wales 27 73

BR EE type 4 no D229 passes the Menai Bridge station signal box Locomotive Menai Bridge N. Wales 27 73

Vintage Conway station in 1913 Railway Premises Conway N. Wales 27 74

Vintage LNWR 18inch goods leaves the Conway tubular bridge Locomotive Conway N. Wales 27 74

The railway in court; Passenger luggage 27 75

Vintage A Claughton 4-6-0 is piloted by 'George V' 4-4-0 Nubian Railway Premises Blisworth Northampton 27 75

Vintage Beeston station in pre grouping days Railway Premises Beeston Nottingham 27 75

Great Malvern station Railway Premises Great Malvern Worcester 27 76

Vintage Postcard of Paddington station in 1912 Railway Premises Paddington London 27 76

GW GW 4-4-0 no 3835 County of Devon appropriately at Exeter St. David's. Locomotive Exeter Exeter 27 77

LMS Birmingham New Street in 1946 Railway Premises Birmingham Birmingham 27 78

LMS A family group at Sutton in Ashfield Railway Premises Sutton in Ashfield Mansfield 27 79

Vintage An immaculate MR 4-2-2 no 2601 Princess of Wales waits at St. Pancras Locomotive St. Pancras London 27 79

Meet the 'Clans' 27 80

BR Clan no 72002 Clan Campbell Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 80

BR Clan no 72007 Clan MacIntosh Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 80

BR Clan no 72001 Clan Cameron on Shap, an LMS 2-6-4T lends a push Locomotive Shap Lake District 27 81

BR Clan no 72006 Clan MacKenzie Locomotive Preston Preston 27 81

BR Clan no 72008 Clan McLeod Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 81

Timothy Hackworth. 27 82

Vintage Drawing; Locomotion no 1 at the opening of the Stockton to Darlington railway Locomotive 27 82

Timothy Hackworth Person 27 82

Vintage Drawing; Puffing Billy at Street House Locomotive Street House Darlington 27 83

Vintage Drawing; Sanspareil Locomotive 27 84

Vintage Drawing; a 'Wilberforce' freight locomotive Locomotive 27 85

England's 'Edison', Magnus Volk 27 86

Vokes The opening of the new Black rock terminus in 1937 Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 86

Vokes The opening of the Vokes electric tramway in 1883 Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 86

Vokes The route of the line Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 87

Vokes The viaduct in the 20's Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 87

Vokes The Rottingdean elevated railway car Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 88

Vokes The view from Marina Parade in 2008 Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 88

Vokes The car sheds in a recent photograph Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 89

Vokes The concrete blocks on which the Rottingdean railway was built Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 89

Vokes The Rottingdean car again as rebuilt after destruction in a storm Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 89

Vokes A 50's view of the Aquarium terminus Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 90

Vokes Black Rock station Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 90

Vokes Car no 4 in the 50's Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 90

Vokes Car no 7 leads no 8 in 2008 Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 91

Vokes Table; the 2012 fleet list Miscellaneous Brighton Brighton 27 91

Eric Bruton in Edinburgh 27 92

BR A4 no 60012 Commonwealth of Australia leaves for London Locomotive Waverley Edinburgh 27 92

BR LNER V3 2-6-2T no 67620 leaves Waverley Locomotive Waverley Edinburgh 27 92

BR NBR J37 no 64551 on the bridge Locomotive Forth bridge Edinburgh 27 93

BR The Forth railway bridge photographed from the ferry Bridge/Tunnel Forth bridge Edinburgh 27 93

BR LNER D11/2 no 62678 Luckie Mucklebackit Locomotive Waverley Edinburgh 27 94

BR LNER D49 no 62713 Aberdeenshire climbs toward the bridge Locomotive Forth bridge Edinburgh 27 94

BR NBR D30 'Scott' no 62429 enters the Kingdom of Fife Locomotive Forth bridge Edinburgh 27 94

BR A Waverley pilot NBR J83 no 68477 Locomotive Waverley Edinburgh 27 95

BR LNER B1 no's 61342 and 61134 in Princes Street gardens Locomotive Waverley Edinburgh 27 95

Sunny Scarborough 27 96

BR No 45 015 leaves Scarborough central station in 1980 Locomotive Scarborough Scarborough 27 96

BR No 45 062 arrives with a Wellingborough train Locomotive Scarborough Scarborough 27 96

BR An 03 class shunter no 03 089 serves as the station pilot Locomotive Scarborough Scarborough 27 97

BR No 45 085 moves empty stock while 40 122 waits its next duty Locomotive Scarborough Scarborough 27 97

BR Deltic no 55 011 The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers leaves platform 8 Locomotive Scarborough Scarborough 27 98

BR No 45 062 waits at Platform 1 and 31 313 on platform 2 Locomotive Scarborough Scarborough 27 98

Work in progress in Penrith 27 99

BR LMS class 5 no 45310 crossing the, as yet unfinished, Penrith bypass Locomotive Penrith Lake District 27 99

BR LMS class 5 no 45310 passes the branch line from Keswick Locomotive Penrith Lake District 27 99

The Lavenham line 27 100

BR Cockfield station and good's yard Railway Premises Cockfield Bury St. Edmunds 27 100

BR GER J15 no 65451 picks up the staff at Bury St. Edmund's Jn Locomotive Bury St. Edmunds Bury St. Edmunds 27 100

Vintage Bury St. Edmund's station exterior in Edwardian times Railway Premises Bury St. Edmunds Bury St. Edmunds 27 101

BR Map; The Lavenham line Miscellaneous Bury St. Edmunds 27 101

BR E4 no 62797 meets no 62785 another of the class at Long Medford Locomotive Long Medford Bury St. Edmunds 27 102

BR The exterior of Lavenham station in 1961 Railway Premises Lavenham Bury St. Edmunds 27 102

BR An overall view of the station at Sudbury Railway Premises Sudbury Bury St. Edmunds 27 103

BR E4 no 62785 passes the site of Eastgate station Locomotive Eastgate Bury St. Edmunds 27 103

BR A GN C12 no 67385 calls at Welnetham Locomotive Welnetham Bury St. Edmunds 27 104

BR GE F6 class no 67237 calls at Cockfield Locomotive Cockfield Bury St. Edmunds 27 104

BR J 15 no 65391 leaves with a train passing J19 no 64666 shunting the yard Locomotive Lavenham Bury St. Edmunds 27 105

BR The gents' urinal at Cockfield Railway Premises Cockfield Bury St. Edmunds 27 105

BR J17no 65503 at Long Melford Locomotive Long Medford Bury St. Edmunds 27 106

BR The coal staithes at Lavenham in 1961 Railway Premises Lavenham Bury St. Edmunds 27 106

BR J15 no 65420 at Bury shed Locomotive Bury St. Edmunds Bury St. Edmunds 27 107

Push-pull accident at Polmont 27 108

BR A GN C12 no 67367 runs round its train Locomotive Long Medford Bury St. Edmunds 27 108

BR B1 no 61287 on the track lifting train Locomotive Long Medford Bury St. Edmunds 27 108

BR Aerial view of the Polmont accident Accident Polmont Falkirk 27 109

BR 47 701 St Andrew in Scotrail livery waits at Waverley Locomotive Waverley Edinburgh 27 110

BR 47 705 Lothian on Cowlairs Bank Locomotive Cowlairs Bank Glasgow 27 110

BR A1 no 60117 Bois Roussel at Markham Locomotive Markham Retford 27 111

BR Midland Railway 1P no 58065 at Southwell Locomotive Southwell Newark 27 111

Away to Notts County 27 112

BR K3 no 61973 puts Askham tunnel behind it Locomotive Askham Retford 27 112

BR L1 no 67756 enters Kimberley Locomotive Kimberley Nottingham 27 112

BR O4/8 no 63827 crosses the flat junction at Retford Locomotive Retford Retford 27 112

The statutory origins of the North Staffordshire Railway 27 114

Vintage Engraving; Cutting the first sod of the NSR in 1846 Railway Premises 27 114

Vintage John Lewis Ricardo, the first chairman of the NSR Person 27 114

Vintage Engraving; The Dane viaduct Bridge/Tunnel Holmes Chapel Crewe 27 115

Vintage Map; The original lines of the NSR Miscellaneous 27 115

Vintage A caricature of Hungerford Crewe, 3rd Baron Crewe Person 27 116

Vintage Engraving; Stoke upon Trent station. It was later changed to the southern form, Stoke on Trent Railway Premises Stoke on Trent Stoke on Trent 27 116

Vintage Appendix; Dates of the lines mentioned in the text opening Miscellaneous 27 117

Vintage Granville George Leveson, the 2nd Earl Granville Person 27 117

Vintage NSR lines built and projected round Hanley, Burslem and Earl Granville's Iron works Miscellaneous Stoke on Trent 27 117

Just add more cylinders; part 2 27 118

Vintage An LYR Dreadnought no 1518 at Victoria in 1908. A very sluggish engine! Locomotive Victoria Manchester 27 118

Vintage Drawing; Jean Baptiste Flamme's concept Miscellaneous 27 118

LMS A Hughes's Dreadnought very successful rebuild. LMS no 10439 Locomotive 27 119

Vintage LNWR Claughton no 2416 leaves Carlisle for London Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 119

LMS No 6023 Sir Charles Cust a rebuilt Claughton Locomotive 27 120

Vintage The grate design of the Dutch State Railway 700 class Miscellaneous 27 120

LNE LNER B7 no 5474 at Neasden Locomotive Neasden London 27 121

Vintage The first of three de Glehn four cylinder compounds imported by the GWR Locomotive 27 122

Vintage North Staffordshire no 23 a four cylinder 0-6-0T Locomotive 27 123

Rolling stock focus 27 124

A GWR grounded six wheeled van used as accommodation at Tenbury Wells Rolling Stock Tenbury Wells Ludlow 27 124

BR CME dept. mess and tool coach no W156W at Oswestry Rolling Stock Oswestry Shrewsbury 27 124

BR Dept. no W14640 an engineer's mess and sleeping van Rolling Stock Aberystwyth Aberstwyth 27 124

BR Western no D1071 Western Renown draws into Lostwithiel Locomotive Lostwithiel Bodmin 27 128

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BR GWR 'Hall' no 4949 Packwood Hall Locomotive Paddington London 27 129

To Portsmouth by class 50 27 132

BR No 50 027 Lion crosses Portcreek Locomotive Portsmouth Portsmouth 27 132

BR No 50 027 Lion on the Farlington Triangle Locomotive Portsmouth Portsmouth 27 132

BR No 50 018 Resolution on Buriton summit Locomotive Buriton Petersfield 27 133

BR No 50 029 Renown leaves Guildford Locomotive Guildford Guildford 27 133

BR No 50 048 Dauntless leaves Buriton Tunnel Locomotive Buriton Petersfield 27 133

Railway participation in agricultural shows 27 134

BR Norwich Thorpe station exterior in 1969 Railway Premises Norwich Norwich 27 134

Vintage The booking office and general headquarters of the GER at the Cambridge show Railway Premises Cambridge Cambridge 27 134

BR B1 no 61270 about to leave Norwich Thorpe station in 1951 Locomotive Norwich Norwich 27 135

Vintage Crowds arrive at a temporary station Railway Premises 27 136

Vintage A variety of steam driven road vehicles on well wagons Miscellaneous 27 137

Location of the 1922 show Miscellaneous Cambridge Cambridge 27 137

Map of the city of Norwich with the route to the show ground Miscellaneous Norwich Norwich 27 137

A wide platform was laid to allow the disembarkation of horses Railway Premises 27 138

LNE Cambridge station in 1947 with a D15 no 2518 on it's way to Liverpool Street Locomotive Cambridge Cambridge 27 138

Acton; twilight of a marshalling yard part 1 27 139

BR No 13 siding in no 3 yard was used for storing brake vans and diesel brake tenders Rolling Stock Acton London 27 139

BR The remains of Acton yard in 1989 with 56 036 and 56 065 on trains in the foreground Locomotive Acton London 27 139

BR Map; railways round Acton 1977 Miscellaneous Acton London 27 140

BR The Acton yard track diagram c1977 Miscellaneous Acton London 27 140

BR A modern VDA van could hold 24.5 tons Rolling Stock Acton London 27 141

BR An outdated 'Vanfit' 12 ton wagon Rolling Stock Acton London 27 141

BR Chargehand 'Arty' Kingham People Acton London 27 141

BR Class 45 no 45 053 Locomotive Acton London 27 142

BR A pair of BR/Sulzer class 25's framed by Horns Lane bridge Locomotive Acton London 27 143

BR Class 50 no 50 024 Vanguard being hauled dead by a class 47 Locomotive South Tottenham London 27 144

BR Table 1; Acton Yard main line arrivals in 1978 Miscellaneous 27 145

BR Table 2; Acton trip workings Miscellaneous 27 145

Malton; memories of a Yorkshire junction 27 146

BR LMS class 5 no 44728 at Malton in 1965 Locomotive Malton York 27 146

BR LNER D49 no 62769 'The Oakley' at Malton in the 50's Locomotive Malton York 27 146

BR From the platform looking east in 1966 Railway Premises Malton York 27 147

BR Map; Station layout c1957 Miscellaneous Malton York 27 147

BR A8 no 69864 arrives from York in 1954 Locomotive Malton York 27 148

BR The trolley bridge Miscellaneous Malton York 27 148

BR A train on the Gilling line crosses the York to Scarborough main line Rolling Stock Malton York 27 149

BR LMS class 2 no 41265 banks a train from Scarborough Road across the main line Locomotive Malton York 27 149

BR The down platform in Sept 1956 Railway Premises Malton York 27 150

BR Typical NER coal drops Railway Premises Malton York 27 150

BR A4 no 60028 Walter K Whigham leaves with the Duke and new Duchess of Kent in 1961 Locomotive Malton York 27 151

BR LNER J39 no 64850 brings a short train off the Gilling line Locomotive Malton York 27 151

BR And after running round its train no 64850 sets off [for Scarborough?] Locomotive Malton York 27 152

BR The Whitby local waits to leave the bay platform in 1960 Locomotive Malton York 27 152

BR A visit by the River Derwent in 1947 Miscellaneous Malton York 27 153

BR Malton in 1987 with track pared down to the minimum. A 'Sprinter' heads for York in the distance Railway Premises Malton York 27 153

BR Malton's two road shed with A8 no 69867 and J27 65849 on view Railway Premises Malton York 27 153

The British steeple cabs 27 154

Industrial The English Electric battery locomotive at EE's own works Locomotive 27 154

BR The North Staffordshire battery locomotive in BR days as BEL 2 Locomotive 27 154

BR A Metropolitan steeple cab on the joint Met/GC line Locomotive Harrow London 27 155

Vintage NER steeple cab no 1 now at the NRM Locomotive 27 155

USA A Bo-Bo GE steeple cab built for the St. Louis and Southern railroad. It is virtually identical to NER 'Quayside Electrics' Locomotive 27 156

Vintage The L & Y 1-B-1 the 'Beetle' Locomotive 27 156

LT A short-lived Central London Railway locomotive Locomotive 27 157

France A steeple cab at a station in France Locomotive 27 158

BR The Midland steeple BEL 1 in 1953. When new it was the near twin of BEL 2 Locomotive Poplar London 27 158

St. Pancras and his station 27 159

St. Pancras old church in 1800 Miscellaneous St. Pancras London 27 159

The Thomas Hardy tree and headstones moved for the railway construction Miscellaneous 27 159

At Carlisle 27 160

BR LMS Coronation no 46230 Duchess of Buccleugh with the Midday Scot Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 160

BR LNER A3 no 60082 Neil Gow takes water Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 160

BR A yard full at Upperby with LMS Jubilee no 45700 Amethyst and no 46248 City of Leeds at the front Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 161

BR LMS 3F no 47415 is the station pilot Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 161

BR Royal Scot no 46134 The Cheshire Regiment on its way to Glasgow Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 161

BR Clan no 72008 Clan McLeod at Kingmoor Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 162

BR Royal Scot no 46107 at Kingmoor depot the ex Caly depot that became the main shed Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 162

BR LNER A3 no 60041 Salmon Trout being turned Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 163

BR LNER V2 no 60955 Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 163

BR Princess Royal no 46203 Princess Margaret is turned before her final passenger run to Glasgow Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 163

BR A class 153 railcar sits in platform 2 Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 164

EWS Class 37no 37 419 passes platform 3 with an engineer's train Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 164

South by South-West 27 165

Southern An SR N class no 853 at Barnstaple Junction Locomotive Barnstaple Barnstaple 27 165

BR LSWR M7 no 30107 at Poole in 1961 Locomotive Poole Poole 27 165

BR BoB no 34065 Hurricane calls at Axminster Locomotive Axminster Axminster 27 166

BR LSWR Beattie welltank no 30586 at Wadebridge Locomotive Wadebridge Bodmin 27 166

BR LSWR 415 class no 30583 waits at Axminster with the Lyme Regis train Locomotive Axminster Axminster 27 167

BR LSWR Adams O2 no 30225 at Callington Locomotive Callington Plymouth 27 167

BR LSWR T9 no 30313 at Padstow Locomotive Padstow Bodmin 27 167

Some railway recollections 1900-1914; Part 3 27 168

Vintage LNWR postcard showing the kitchen of its 'America Special' Rolling Stock 27 168

GW Tuck's postcard with no 171 Albion on the Cornish Riviera Express Locomotive 27 168

Vintage GE 1st class dining interior Rolling Stock 27 169

Vintage LNWR twelve wheeled dining carriage of 1907 Rolling Stock 27 169

Vintage Postcard; LBSCR H1 no 40 on the Southern Belle Locomotive Balham London 27 169

Vintage LNWR menu cover of 1906 Miscellaneous 27 170

Vintage Postcard; Caly no 603 Cardean on Beattock Bank Locomotive Beattock Dumfries 27 170

Vintage Midland Railway timetable advertisement for its own hotels Railway Premises 27 171

Vintage Postcard; First class carriage interior of '2pm' stock Rolling Stock 27 171

Vintage LBSCR H1 no 38 poses with three new Pullman carriages Locomotive 27 172

Vintage LSWR T9 no 715 at Earlsfield Locomotive Earlsfield London 27 172

Vintage LNWR sleeping car no 151 introduced in 1903 Rolling Stock 27 173

Vintage Furness Railway no 104 calls at Grange over Sands Locomotive Grange over Sands Lake District 27 174

Vintage A Lancs and Yorks imaginative advertisement Miscellaneous 27 175

A return ticket to the pre-grouping era 27 176

Map; The IoW railway system in 1966 Miscellaneous Isle of Wight Isle of Wight 27 176

Sealink MV Shanklin built in 1951 enters Portsmouth Harbour Shipping Portsmouth Portsmouth 27 176

BR Locomotive no 35 Freshwater on Ryde pier Locomotive Ryde Isle of Wight 27 177

BR No 33 Bembridge draws out of Sandown Locomotive Sandown Isle of Wight 27 178

BR Passengers on Sandown station People Sandown Isle of Wight 27 178

BR Paddle steamer Ryde leaves Portsmouth Shipping Portsmouth Portsmouth 27 179

Stationary locomotive testing; part 1 27 180

Vintage Fig 1 ;Diagram; the first ever purpose built locomotive testing station Miscellaneous 27 180

Vintage The original test locomotive Locomotive 27 180

Fig 2; Graph; the relationship between steam consumption, speed and cut off Miscellaneous 27 181

USA Fig 3; Diagram of permanent test plant built in Chicago Miscellaneous USA 27 182

USA Figs 4a and 4b;Diagram of the Pennsylvania Railroad testing station Miscellaneous USA 27 183

USA Table 1; Locomotives tested at the St. Louis exposition in 1904 Miscellaneous USA 27 184

USA The Pennsylvania Railroad testing station at Altoona Railway Premises USA 27 184

Germany Cross-section through the Grunewald testing station Miscellaneous Germany 27 185

USA The Pennsylvania Railroad testing station at Altoona. Close up in the pit Railway Premises USA 27 185

Running in rollers at a locomotive builder's Miscellaneous 27 186

Town and country 'halts'. 27 187

BR GW no 4956 Plowden Hall moves off from Oxford Locomotive Oxford Oxford 27 187

BR GW no 4993 Dalton Hall moves off from Oxford Locomotive Oxford Oxford 27 187

BR GW no 4970 Sketty Hall on the sea wall at Teignmouth Locomotive Teignmouth Newton Abbot 27 188

BR GW no 4986 Aston Hall moves in Sonning cutting Locomotive Sonning Reading 27 188

BR GW no 5290 Wycliffe Hall leaves Whiteball tunnel Locomotive Whiteball Wellington 27 188

BR GW no 4902 Aldenham Hall hurries through Hanwell and Ethorne Locomotive Ealing London 27 189

BR GW no 4909 Blakesley Hall passes the Kensal Green gasholder Locomotive Kensal Green London 27 189

BR GW no 4980 Wrottesley Hall passes Newton Abbot box Locomotive Newton Abbot Newton Abbot 27 189

BR Britannia no 70016 Ariel under the coal bunkers at Leeds Holbeck Locomotive Leeds Leeds 27 192

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BR LSWR T9 no 120 at Norwood Junction shed Locomotive Norwood Junction London 27 193

Parcels from Bolton 27 196

BR Class 31 no 31 457 waits at the end of platform 3 Locomotive Bolton Manchester 27 196

BR Parcels vans call at Bolton Trinity Street station with 47 489 Crewe Diesel on the train Locomotive Bolton Manchester 27 196

BR No 47 536 reverses parcel vans under Orlando St. bridge Locomotive Bolton Manchester 27 197

BR No 47 565 arrives with empty parcel vans Locomotive Bolton Manchester 27 197

Suburban South London 27 198

BR A 4-SUB set comprising two LSWR and two LBSCR carriages Rolling Stock Victoria London 27 198

Vintage Thornton Heath station c 1910 Railway Premises Thornton Heath London 27 198

BR LBSCR I3 no 32027 runs through Wandsworth Common station in 1949 Locomotive Wandsworth Common London 27 199

Southern LSWR 3-SUB set passing Honor Oak station in 1939 Rolling Stock Honor Oak London 27 199

BR SECR H class no 31544 leaves Tunbridge Wells West Locomotive Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge Wells 27 200

BR SR electric locomotive no 20002 passing Tooting Bec Locomotive Tooting Bec London 27 200

BR The 'Brighton Belle' passes Hassocks Rolling Stock Hassocks Brighton 27 201

BR LBSCR J2 no 32326 at Clapham Junction Locomotive Clapham Junction London 27 202

LT LT tram no 1991 nears the railway bridge Rolling Stock Norbury London 27 202

BR A train of two EPB sets at Norwood Junction Rolling Stock Norwood Junction London 27 203

BR LBSCR no 32424 Beachy Head hauls an RS&TS special through Norbury Rolling Stock Norbury London 27 203

BR A 6-PUL + 6-PAN formation leaves Lewes Rolling Stock Lewes Brighton 27 204

BR An SER veteran from 1893 rebuilt by the SECR O1 class no 31048 as station pilot at East Croydon Locomotive East Croydon London 27 204

BR C2X no 32438 in front of a sister locomotive with a K class in the background Locomotive Three Bridges Gatwick 27 205

BR Class 25 no D7662 passing the Selhurst yard Locomotive Selhurst London 27 206

The line that ended in the middle of the sea! 27 207

Vintage Map or Roa Island and Piel Pier c1849 Miscellaneous Barrow 27 207

Vintage A drawing of Piel Pier c1877 Miscellaneous Barrow 27 208

Vintage An engraving of Piel Pier c1851 Miscellaneous Barrow 27 209

A 'Greyhound' in the slips 27 210

BR The restored LSWR no 120 on a LCGB special Locomotive Guildford Guildford 27 210

BR The restored LSWR no 120 on a scheduled service to Basingstoke Locomotive Berrylands London 27 210

BR The restored LSWR no 120 at Haywards Heath with the Bluebell tour Locomotive Haywards Heath Gatwick 27 211

BR The restored LSWR no 120 with SR U class on the Thames, Avon and Severn tour Locomotive Culworth Junction Banbury 27 211

BR The restored LSWR no 120 at Fratton shed after withdrawal from BR service Locomotive Fratton Portsmouth 27 212

BR The restored LSWR no 120 with SR U class on the Thames, Avon and Severn tour Locomotive Woodford Halse Banbury 27 212

British Railways First modernisation 27 213

BR A DMU on the Scarborough to Whitby service Rolling Stock Whitby Scarborough 27 213

BR Drilling with an auger for posts for the WCML electrification. An LMS 8F is on the engineers train Miscellaneous 27 213

BR A Wickham DMU Rolling Stock 27 214

BR A continuous concrete mixing unit on a construction train Miscellaneous 27 215

BR A self propelled crane erects a mast Miscellaneous 27 215

BR LMS class 5 no 45271 on an unfitted goods heading for Shap Locomotive Oxenholme Lake District 27 216

BR A 304 class EMU built at Wolverton Rolling Stock 27 217

Tuxford works and Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast locomotives 27 218

Vintage Tuxford works c 1906 Railway Premises Tuxford Retford 27 218

Vintage LDECR class A 0-6-2T no 6 Locomotive 27 219

Table 1; Development of LDECR traffic 1897-1906 Miscellaneous 27 219

Vintage LDECR class D 0-6-4T no 33 Locomotive 27 220

Vintage Probably a builder's photo of the final 0-6-4T shown as GC no 17 Locomotive 27 221

Tuxford works in 1964 Railway Premises Tuxford Retford 27 221

LNE An 0-6-4T here as LNER no 6150 was LDECR no 31 Locomotive Tuxford Retford 27 222

Vintage Table 2; Locomotive general repairs completed 1908-1927 Miscellaneous 27 222

Vintage Table 3; Sequence of repairs in 1923 Miscellaneous 27 222

The Necropolis train 27 223

Vintage A coffin ticket Miscellaneous 27 223

Vintage The LNC coat of arms Miscellaneous 27 223

The south station and chapel at Brookwood cemetery Railway Premises Brookwood Woking 27 223

Going to Gloucester 27 224

BR BR Std class 5 no 73065 Locomotive Gloucester Gloucester 27 224

BR GW Castle no 5089 Westminster Abbey Locomotive Gloucester Gloucester 27 224

BR A GWR Railcar worked the Ledbury branch Rolling Stock Gloucester Gloucester 27 225

BR LMS 4P compound no 41095 Locomotive Gloucester Gloucester 27 225

BR BR Std class 5 no 73048 Locomotive Gloucester Gloucester 27 226

BR GWR 14xx no 1441 on the autotrain to Chalford Locomotive Gloucester Gloucester 27 226

BR GWR 28xx no 3824 Locomotive Gloucester Gloucester 27 226

BR A gleaming GW Castle no 5075 Wellington, ex works Locomotive Gloucester Gloucester 27 227

BR LMS Jubilee no 45662 Kempenfelt Locomotive Gloucester Gloucester 27 227

The repatriation of the Middle East 8F's 27 228

No 70573 at work in Azzib Locomotive 27 228

Three 8F's waiting repair? At Suez Locomotive 27 228

A to be scrapped no 70574 at Suez Locomotive 27 229

No 70504 at Azzib became BR no 48259 Locomotive 27 229

No 70576 in steam at Jaffa Locomotive 27 230

LMS no 8025 became no 70583 and despite its dreadful condition was repatriated Locomotive 27 231

Locomotive summary Miscellaneous 27 231

Not where you would expect to find them 27 232

BR GW no 5000 Launceston Castle at Euston Locomotive Euston London 27 232

BR Two GW 57xx panniers on the boat train at Folkestone Harbour and probably two others at the back Locomotive Folkestone Folkestone 27 232

BR GW 43xx runs light through Warrington Bank Quay Locomotive Warrington Merseyside 27 233

BR LNE A3 no 60077 The White Knight leaves Beattock Locomotive Beattock Beattock 27 233

BR LNE A4 no 60009 Union of South Africa Locomotive Glasgow Glasgow 27 233

BR GW Bulldog no 3369 David MacIver at Crewe Locomotive Crewe Crewe 27 234

BR Rebuilt WC no 34039 Boscastle at Worcester with a football special Locomotive Worcester Worcester 27 234

BR Class 5 no 44908 alongside no 44956 at Oban Locomotive Oban Highlands 27 235

BR Class 5 no 44908 at Ardlui on the West Highland line Locomotive Ardlui Highlands 27 235

BR LMS Black Five no 45115 with BR class 4 no 76001 as pilot Locomotive Oban Highlands 27 236

BR The crews pose with local BR men at Oban People Oban Highlands 27 236

BR BR class 5 no 73018 pilots no 73072 near Connel Ferry Locomotive Connel Ferry Highlands 27 237

BR Some of the passengers People 27 237

BR BR class 5 no 73018 pilots no 73072 leave Oban Locomotive Oban Highlands 27 238

BR The makeshift TV studio Miscellaneous 27 238

BR LMS Black Five no 45115 with BR class 4 no 76001 as pilot Locomotive Oban Highlands 27 239

BR LNER K2 no 61786 pilots B1 no 61261 up the link line at Crianlarich Locomotive Crianlarich Highlands 27 239

Rails in Wensleydale 27 240

BR LNER K1 no 62005 near Wensley Locomotive Wensley Wensleydale 27 240

BR NER J21 no 65057 calls at Leeming Bar Locomotive Leeming Bar Wensleydale 27 240

Map; The Wensleydale branch Miscellaneous Wensleydale 27 241

BR The approach to Bedale Railway Premises Bedale Wensleydale 27 241

Vintage A BTP 0-4-4 well tank no 207 Locomotive Yorebridge Wensleydale 27 242

Poster for the annual Brass band and glee contest at Hardraw Scar Miscellaneous Hardraw Scar Wensleydale 27 242

LNE Crowds wait at Leyburn after viewing a far from spectacular eclipse of the sun People Leyburn Wensleydale 27 243

BR The signalman at Leyburn waits to exchange single line tokens People Leyburn Wensleydale 27 243

LNE NER D20 no 711 and B16 no 1372 wait to leave with the 'eclipse' specials Locomotive Leyburn Wensleydale 27 244

BR Sentinel shunter Y3 class shunter no 68182 with four milk tanks Locomotive Leyburn Wensleydale 27 244

BR A Horse box and coaches at Leyburn Rolling Stock Leyburn Wensleydale 27 245

Vintage Redmire station c1910. The present terminus with hopes to reinstate the lines west Railway Premises Redmire Wensleydale 27 245

Finghall Lane station Railway Premises Finghall Lane Wensleydale 27 246

BR J21 no 65038 prepares to leave Garsdale Locomotive Garsdale Wensleydale 27 246

BR LNER K1 no 62003 at Jervauix Locomotive Jervauix Wensleydale 27 247

BR The crowd from a DMU special Rolling Stock Hawes Wensleydale 27 247

BR Entrance to the Mossdale Head tunnel Bridge/Tunnel Mossdale Head Wensleydale 27 248

BR Army tanks loaded at Redmire Rolling Stock Redmire Wensleydale 27 249

BR Class 37's nos 37 514 and 7 at Redmire Locomotive Redmire Wensleydale 27 249

Steaming through Kent 27 250

BR An upgrades SECR D class, D1 no 31505 Locomotive Bromley South London 27 250

BR SR 'Schools' No 31916 Whitgift Locomotive Rochester Medway Town 27 250

BR SECR H class no 31517 Locomotive Tonbridge Tonbridge 27 251

BR SR N class no 31411 passing Shortlands Junction Locomotive Shortlands Junction London 27 251

BR Two SECR L class no's 31764 and 6 at Tonbridge Locomotive Tonbridge Tonbridge 27 251

BR An unrebuilt SR Merchant Navy no 35001 Channel Packet Locomotive Beckenham junction London 27 252

BR H class no 31308 arrives at Westerham Locomotive Westerham Sevenoaks 27 252

BR SR King Arthur no 30795 Sir Dinadan Locomotive Shortlands Junction London 27 252

BR 4F no 44560 calls at Evercreech Junction Locomotive Evercreech Yeovil 27 256

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BR LNER D49 no 62709 Berwickshire Locomotive York York 27 257

On the Birkenhead joint line 27 260

BR LMS Horwich 5MT Crab no 42727 at Bebington and New Ferry Locomotive Bebington Merseyside 27 260

BR LMS Stanier 2-6-4T no 42597 at Rock Ferry Locomotive Rock Ferry Merseyside 27 260

BR BR 9F no 92126 at Ledsham Locomotive Ledsham Merseyside 27 261

BR BR Std class 4 no 75046 leaves Hooton Locomotive Hooton Merseyside 27 261

BR Crab no 42859 is overshadowed by a berthed ship Locomotive Birkenhead Merseyside 27 261

The Brechin and Edzell district railway 27 262

Vintage Caly 0-4-4T no 231 Locomotive Edzell Montrose 27 262

Vintage Edzell in 1912 Miscellaneous Edzell Montrose 27 262

Railways in Angus Miscellaneous 27 263

BR The daily goods at Stracathro [was Inchbare] behind Caly 0-4-4T no 55193 Locomotive Stracathro Montrose 27 263

BR NBR J37 no 64602 shunts at Edzell Locomotive Edzell Montrose 27 264

BR The crew of the RCTS/SLS Scottish Railtour open the gates at Stracathro level crossing Miscellaneous Stracathro Montrose 27 264

Table 1; Passenger and goods mileages Miscellaneous 27 265

BR The Caly signal box in 1961 Railway Premises Brechin Montrose 27 265

BR Caly 3F no 57581 returns to Brechin with the RCTS/SLS Railtour Locomotive Brechin Montrose 27 266

BR The daily freight from Montrose waiting at Brechin with J37 no 64787 Locomotive Brechin Montrose 27 266

BR NBR J37 no 64587 passes Stracathro Locomotive Stracathro Montrose 27 267

BR The goods arrives at Edzell behind Caly no 55193 Locomotive Edzell Montrose 27 267

Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway workings in N. Lincolnshire 27 268

Vintage GC class 24 2-4-0 no 183 Locomotive Manchester Manchester 27 268

Vintage GC class 6B 4-4-0 no 4348 Locomotive 27 268

Vintage GC class 18A 0-6-0 no 61 Locomotive 27 269

Vintage GC class 1B 2-4-0 no 31 Locomotive 27 269

Vintage MSLR class 15 2-4-0 no 215 built for but never delivered to the Sardinian railways Locomotive 27 270

Vintage MSLR class 6A 0-6-0 no 385 Locomotive 27 271

The G.W. Krugers; part 1 27 272

GW G. J. Churchward and his team People 27 272

GW The first Kruger no 2601 Locomotive 27 272

GW GW Queen class 2-2-2 no 55 Locomotive 27 273

GW The first Kruger on the GW was no 36 here shown painted for the works photograph Locomotive 27 273

The NRM's working replica 'Rocket' as it would have been at the Rainhill trials Locomotive Castle Headingham Braintree 27 274

Vintage The remains of the original 'Rocket' at the Science Museum Locomotive Kensington London 27 274

GW GWR Achilles class 4-2-2 no 3077. They had a short life as traffic demands overtook their capacities Locomotive Westbourne Park London 27 275

The 'Hype' cycle Miscellaneous 27 275

GW Dean experimental no 10 2-2-2 as it was between 1886 and 1890 Locomotive 27 276

GW The Broad gauge convertible 2-4-0 no 14 Locomotive 27 276

GW Badminton class 4-4-0 no 3297 Earl Cowder with Mr Wright's test boiler Locomotive Acton London 27 277

GW The drawing office staff in 1899 People Swindon Swindon 27 278

GW The Swindon drawing office c 1910 Railway Premises Swindon Swindon 27 278

GW Experimental locomotives 1878 to 1908 Miscellaneous 27 279

GW The first Kruger no 2602 built in 1901 and withdrawn in 1906. One of the longest lived of the class! Locomotive 27 280

Closing the Palace Gates 27 281

A drinking trough provided by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Assn.. Miscellaneous Palace Gates London 27 281

BR Brush class 31 no D5666 at Stratford Low level Locomotive Stratford London 27 281

BR The 12.40 from North Woolwich hauled by D5619 Locomotive Palace Gates London 27 281

The Midland single wheeler 4-2-2's 27 282

Vintage No 16 seen at Bedford Locomotive Bedford Bedford 27 282

Vintage No 683 at St. Pancras Locomotive St. Pancras London 27 282

Vintage No 133 at Cheltenham Locomotive Cheltenham Cheltenham 27 283

Vintage No 662 pilots a 4-4-0 no 520 at King's Norton Locomotive King's Norton Birmingham 27 283

Vintage No 672 at Leicester London Road Locomotive Leicester Leicester 27 283

Vintage No 600 leaves Derby Locomotive Derby Derby 27 284

Vintage No 614 being turned at Chinley Locomotive Chinley Peak District 27 284

Vintage No 633 at Chinley station Locomotive Chinley Peak District 27 284

Focus on Wellingborough 27 285

BR Jinty 3F no 47437 0-6-0T Locomotive Wellingborough Northampton 27 285

BR Midland 2F 0-6-0 no 58148 built 1876 scrapped 1963 Locomotive Wellingborough Northampton 27 285

BR BR 2-10-0 no 92028 at Finedon Road signal box Locomotive Wellingborough Northampton 27 286

BR LMS Stanier 5MT no 42946 leaves London Road Locomotive Wellingborough Northampton 27 286

BR BR class 4 2-6-4T no 80097 pauses on its way home to Tilbury Locomotive Wellingborough Northampton 27 287

BR Push-pull fitted LMS class 2, 2-6-2T arrives at London road Locomotive Wellingborough Northampton 27 287

Hunting the 'Shires' 27 288

BR D49/1 no 62709 Berwickshire Locomotive York York 27 288

LNE D49/2 no 235 The Bedale Locomotive York York 27 288

BR D49 no 62712 Morayshire Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 289

BR D49/2 no 62739 The Badsworth Locomotive Scarborough Scarborough 27 289

BR No 62706 Forfarshire ex works Locomotive Darlington Darlington 27 290

BR No 62724 Bedfordshire Locomotive York York 27 290

BR No 62739 again Locomotive Scarborough Scarborough 27 290

When the push came to shove 27 291

Vintage Loading horses for he BEF at Ormskirk Railway Premises Ormskirk Merseyside 27 291

Vintage Soldiers at a temporary station built for the 1906 Royal Agricultural Show Railway Premises Derby Derby 27 291

Vintage A GC 1B 2-6-4T in Gorton yard Locomotive Gorton Manchester 27 292

Vintage LYR built ambulance train hauled by a GE Claud Hamilton 4-4-0 no 1893 Locomotive 27 292

GW A refreshment trolley at Paddington in 1915 Miscellaneous Paddington London 27 293

Vintage A GC bridge cleaning crew People 27 294

GW Station staff at Porthcawl new station People Porthcawl Cardiff 27 294

Vintage GCR 8M 2-8-0 no 420 Locomotive Gorton Manchester 27 295

Table 1; The shrinking pound 1913 to 1939 Miscellaneous 27 295

Table 2; Railway income 1922 to 1938 Miscellaneous 27 295

Table 3; Real railway income adjusted for inflation 1922 t 1938 Miscellaneous 27 295

BR Class 50 no 50 023 Howe waits to leave for Taunton Locomotive Acton London 27 296

BR Class 73 Electro-diesel no 73 128 Locomotive Old Oak Common London 27 296

BR Acton West signal box track diagram Railway Premises Acton London 27 297

BR Class 50 no 50 023 Howe on its way Locomotive Acton London 27 297

Acton; twilight of a marshalling yard part 2 27 298

BR Class 37 no 37 022 descends into Acton yard Locomotive Acton London 27 298

BR Class 47 no 47 014 at the west end of the yard Locomotive Acton London 27 299

BR Acton west track diagram Miscellaneous Acton London 27 300

BR Acton yard track diagram Miscellaneous Acton London 27 300

BR Class 31 no 31 118 arrives at the yard Locomotive Acton London 27 301

I remember Adlestrop 27 302

BR A Warship class locomotive passes Lavington Locomotive Lavington Devizes 27 302

BR BR Std 4MT 2-6-4T no 80061 near Newton Stewart Locomotive Newton Stewart Stranraer 27 302

BR A Park-Royal railbus leaves Hitchin Rolling Stock Hitchin Hitchin 27 303

BR Two EMU's pass at Alderley Edge Rolling Stock Alderley Edge Manchester 27 303

BR Exchanging a single line token at Alcester Miscellaneous Alcester Stratford on Avon 27 304

BR LMS Ivatt 2-6-0 no 46521 Locomotive Rhayader Mid Wales 27 304

BR SECR H class 0-4-4T calls at Chevening Halt Locomotive Chevening Sevenoaks 27 304

BR GWR 57xx no 9654 at Witney Locomotive Witney Oxford 27 305

BR GWR 0-4-2T no 1470 leaves Hemyock Locomotive Hemyock Wellington 27 306

BR LMS class 5 no 45298 at Swansea Locomotive Swansea Swansea 27 306

BR A class 24 at the Kyle of Lochalsh Locomotive Kyle of Lochalsh Highlands 27 307

BR A DMU enters Buxton Rolling Stock Buxton Buxton 27 307

BR An Intercity 125 Locomotive 27 308

BR All that remains of Adlestrop's station, a seat and name board Miscellaneous Adlestrop Chipping Norton 27 309

Trains and formations of the LNER streamliners 27 310

LNE A4 no 2510 Quicksilver Locomotive New Barnet London 27 310

LNE A4 no 4491 Commonwealth of Australia Locomotive Ganwick Potters Bar 27 310

LNE A4 no 2509 Silver Link Locomotive Ganwick Potters Bar 27 311

LNE A4 no 2511 Silver King Locomotive Peterborough Peterborough 27 311

LNE A4 no 4490 Empress of India Locomotive Harringay London 27 312

LNE A4 no 4491 Commonwealth of Australia Locomotive Cockburnspath Borders 27 312

BR A1 no 60144 King's Courier Locomotive New Southgate London 27 313

LNE A4 no 4469 Gadwall Locomotive Potters Bar Potters Bar 27 313

BR A1 no 60124 Kenilworth Locomotive Stoke Tunnel Grantham 27 314

Forgetting your lines 27 315

A remnant of the Duffryn, Llynfi and Porthcawl tramway at Porthcawl harbour Miscellaneous Porthcawl Swansea 27 315

Rails on a bridge over the River Neath Miscellaneous Cwmgwrach Swansea 27 315

Siding to a scrapyard at Tonteg Miscellaneous Tonteg Welsh Valleys 27 315

Track left at the site of the Tir John power station Miscellaneous Swansea Swansea 27 315

A right royal ending 27 316

BR Firsby station in the late 60's Railway Premises Firsby Skegness 27 316

BR Halton Holgate station in 1950 Railway Premises Halton Holgate Skegness 27 316

BR LNER D49 no 62704 Stirlingshire on the Forth Bridge passes the ferry Sir William Wallace on the quay Locomotive Forth Bridge Forth Bridge 27 320

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BR LMS Stanier class 4 2-6-4T no 42604 Locomotive Willesden London 27 321

Ipswich class 86's 27 324

Post BR Four 'Freightliner' 86's. The one nearest us is no 86 604 in the 1995 grey livery Locomotive Ipswich Ipswich 27 324

Post BR RES livered no 86 425 covering for a failure on the Norwich-Liverpool St. run Locomotive Ipswich Ipswich 27 324

Post BR And a Virgin no 86 242 James Kennedy on an Anglia railways train Locomotive Ipswich Ipswich 27 325

Post BR Inter City livered no 86 238 European Community Locomotive Ipswich Ipswich 27 325

Post BR Anglia 86/2 no 86 218 NHS 50 with matching train Locomotive Ipswich Ipswich 27 326

Two 'Freightliners' pull out of the yard no 86 615 Rotary International leading Locomotive Ipswich Ipswich 27 326

Ten coupled over the Mendips 27 327

BR Std 9F no 92001 at Bath junction Locomotive Bath Bath 27 327

BR Std 9F no 92201 at Bath Green Park Locomotive Bath Bath 27 328

BR Std 9F no 92245 at Bath Green Park shed Locomotive Bath Bath 27 328

BR Std 9F no 92233 at Cole Locomotive Cole Yeovil 27 329

Table 1; 9F's allocated to Bath Green Park shed Miscellaneous 27 329

BR Std 9F no 92220 Evening Star on the last 'Pines Express' over the SAD Locomotive Bath Bath 27 330

BR Std 9F no 92233 starts its descent to Bath Locomotive Masbury summit Bath 27 330

Table 2; Workings gleaned from published photographs Miscellaneous 27 330

Table 3; The last year of through workings over the SAD Miscellaneous 27 331

Anglo-Scottish East Coast fast freights 27 332

BR A4 no 60001 Sir Ronald Matthews creats industrial pollution in spades! Locomotive Stoke summit Grantham 27 332

BR Peppercorn A1 no 60117 Locomotive Welwyn Garden City Hatfield 27 332

BR V2 no 60854 pulls out of Stoke summit loop Locomotive Stoke summit Grantham 27 333

BR BRCW class 33's no's D6563 and D6579 with cement empties Locomotive York York 27 334

BR EE Type 4 [class 40] passes the closed Beningborough station Locomotive Beningborough York 27 334

Crossing the Nidd at Knaresborough 27 336

A closer view of the viaduct Bridge/Tunnel Knaresborough Harrogate 27 336

Post BR The much photographed Knaresborough viaduct with EWS 37 411 crossing Locomotive Knaresborough Harrogate 27 336

Map; railways round Harrogate 1851 Miscellaneous 27 337

A close up of a viaduct pier Bridge/Tunnel Knaresborough Harrogate 27 338

BR A NER D20 arrives at Knaresborough in 1949 Locomotive Knaresborough Harrogate 27 339

A recent picture of Knaresborough station Railway Premises Knaresborough Harrogate 27 339

Fireless at the paper mill 27 340

Industrial Barclays of Kilmarnock built this as a conventional locomotive which was concerted to this mongrel Locomotive Greenhithe Dartford 27 340

Industrial Barclays of Kilmarnock flueless locomotive Locomotive Greenhithe Dartford 27 340

Industrial Orensten and Koppel flueless locomotive Locomotive Greenhithe Dartford 27 340

Fifty years on - A reflection on the 'Beeching report' 27 341

BR One that 'got away'. Beeching suggested closure of Achnasheen and other Highland stations but they were reprieved Railway Premises Achnasheen Highlands 27 341

The old track bed now probably carries more traffic as a path than it ever did as a railway Miscellaneous Princetown Plymouth 27 341

BR The Princetown branch was a pre Beeching casualty. It closed in 1956 Railway Premises Princetown Plymouth 27 341

BR A 4-SUB arrives at Ashtead Railway Premises Ashtead Leatherhead 27 342

BR Not on the Beeching list but the Swanage branch closed in 1972. It is now a successful heritage railway Railway Premises Swanage Swanage 27 342

BR The Great Central window at 222, Marylebone Road Railway Premises Marylebone London 27 343

BR Western D1033 at Exeter St David's. The GWR standardised its steam engines so why did it have to be different? Locomotive Exeter Exeter 27 343

BR Replacing a bridge at Deepdene Railway Premises Deepdene Dorking 27 344

BR The London, Chatham and Dover arms on Blackfriars bridge Railway Premises Blackfriars London 27 344

BR Almost the end for the Guildford to Horsham line in June 1965 Miscellaneous 27 345

Post BR A SW train arrives at Axminster past the redoubling in 2009. The line was asset stripped by Western Region. Railway Premises Axminster Axminster 27 346

Post BR The building of Waterloo International. �130 million for 13 years use. Expensive but it could be reused by SW trains Railway Premises Waterloo London 27 347

Blunders at the buffers 27 348

LT A District Railway train hauled by Beyer, Peacock 4-4-0T no 4 Locomotive Wimbledon London 27 348

LT Beyer, Peacock 4-4-0T no 34 passing another train at Turnham Green Locomotive Turnham Green London 27 348

LT A District railway trailer no 308 converted into a control trailer Rolling Stock London 27 349

LT District railway A stock driving motor car no 3 Railway Premises South Harrow London 27 349

LT A B stock train at Barking Rolling Stock Barking London 27 350

LT A single double ended motor car of District railway B stock Rolling Stock Sudbury Town London 27 350

LT Ealing Broadway where a train for Southend waits to leave behind a District electric locomotive Rolling Stock Ealing Broadway London 27 350

LT A mixed train of C, D and E stock Rolling Stock Olympia London 27 351

LT An F stock train near North Ealing Rolling Stock North Ealing London 27 351

The LMS class 4 2-6-4 tanks 27 352

BR Fowler 2-6-4T no 42417 heads into Birmingham New Street Locomotive New Street Birmingham 27 352

BR Stanier 2-6-4T no 42611 leads Royal Scot no 46111 to take out empty stock Locomotive Euston London 27 352

BR Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42277 near Wemyss Bay Locomotive Wemyss Bay Glasgow 27 353

BR Stanier 2-6-4T no 42604 by 'rolling stock' of another kind! A pram disguised as a parcel! Locomotive Euston London 27 353

BR Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42169 at Blair Atholl shed Locomotive Blair Atholl Highlands 27 354

BR Fowler 2-6-4T no 42378 by Morecambe south junction Locomotive Lancaster Lancaster 27 354

BR Stanier 2-6-4T no 42526 at Manchester Victoria Locomotive Manchester Manchester 27 354

BR Fowler 2-6-4T no 42409 with an RCT special Locomotive Wetherby Harrogate 27 355

BR Stanier 2-6-4T no 42483 pilots Class 5 4-6-0 no 44984 Locomotive Lancaster Lancaster 27 355

The railways in court; Tickets please 27 356

Vintage NBR advertising brochure cover Miscellaneous 27 356

Vintage Rose Grove station LYR Railway Premises Rose Grove Burnley 27 356

Vintage A vintage LYR locomotive and a steam railmoter Locomotive Burnley Burnley 27 357

Vintage SE&CR locomotive 501 on a postcard showing Charing Cross station from the platform end Locomotive Charing Cross London 27 357

Southern M7 class locomotives at Windsor and Eton riverside Locomotive Windsor Windsor 27 358

Vintage The ship 'Duke of Argyll' owned jointly by the LYR and LNWR Shipping Fleetwood The Fylde 27 358

Vintage A very new looking Wemyss Bay booking office Railway Premises Wemyss Bay Glasgow 27 359

Vintage A GNR 120 class 0-4-4 no 516 on a miner's train at Daybrook Locomotive Daybrook Nottingham 27 360

The last of the Hasting's units 27 361

BR DEMU no 1032 calls at Sevenoaks Rolling Stock Sevenoaks Sevenoaks 27 361

BR Diesel-electric multiple unit leaves Tonbridge Rolling Stock Tonbridge Tonbridge 27 361

BR Farewell Hastings DEMU's. Sets 1002 and 1032 bow out at Hastings Rolling Stock Hastings Hastings 27 361

Take the 'Port Road' 27 362

BR Caly 0-6-0 no 57375 and class 2 2-6-0 no 4+6467 wait at Newton Stewart Locomotive Newton Stewart Stranraer 27 362

BR LMS Jubilee no 45588 Kashmir hands its special to BR class 4 2-6-4T no 80023 Locomotive Castle Douglas Dumfries 27 362

BR BR class 4 no 76073 at Kirkcudbright Locomotive Kirkcudbright Dumfries 27 363

BR Class 5 no 45471 at a lonely Creetown Locomotive Creetown Stranraer 27 363

BR LMS class 5 no 45485 ready to leave Stranraer Harbour Locomotive Stranraer Stranraer 27 363

BR Black Five no 44878 leaves Castle Douglas Locomotive Castle Douglas Dumfries 27 364

BR Black Five no 45492 makes a smoky exit from Castle Douglas Locomotive Castle Douglas Dumfries 27 364

BR BR class 4 2-6-4T about to leave Newton Stewart Locomotive Newton Stewart Stranraer 27 364

BR BR std no 80119 arrives at Castle Douglas Locomotive Castle Douglas Dumfries 27 365

BR LMS Jubilee no 45588 Kashmir gets a drink at Lochskerrow Locomotive Lochskerrow Dumfries 27 365

The changing craft of the platelayer; Part 1 27 366

A hazardous work site was the complex layout at Newcastle Central Railway Premises Newcastle Tyneside 27 366

Vintage Track relaying the old way on the Midland near Wickwar. No machinery in sight! Railway Premises Wickwar Bristol 27 366

A lengthman on patrol with the almost obligatory long handled hammer People 27 367

Aligning track after reballasting People 27 367

A remote section of the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith line. Two LMS class 2s on a holiday special Locomotive Keswick Keswick 27 368

Among the worst working environments is the Forth bridge Bridge/Tunnel Forth Bridge Forth Bridge 27 368

Preassembling a complex renewal layout for Cannon Street Railway Premises 27 369

LNE A petrol driven ganger's railcar Miscellaneous 27 370

There you are 27 371

A BR totem at Shap Miscellaneous Shap Lake District 27 371

BR An LMS sign still in use at Llandovery Miscellaneous Llandovery Swansea 27 371

BR An oil lamp at Hunmanby Miscellaneous Hunmanby Scarborough 27 371

BR Southport [Lord Street] in 1951 Railway Premises Southport Merseyside 27 372

Vintage Southport [Lord Street] in the early 1900s Railway Premises Southport Merseyside 27 372

The CLC Southport extension 1884-1952 27 372

Map; Railways to Southport Miscellaneous Merseyside 27 373

BR The railway approach to Southport [Lord Street] in 1951 Railway Premises Southport Merseyside 27 373

Vintage An MSLR Sacr� 4-4-0 leaving Ainsdale Beach Locomotive Ainsdale Beach Southport 27 374

BR The exterior of the CLC extension in 1960 Railway Premises Southport Merseyside 27 374

Comparative mileages and travel times Southport to Manchester and Liverpool Miscellaneous 27 375

LNE Robinson GC 4-4-0 D9 no 2333 at Lord Street shed Locomotive Southport Merseyside 27 375

Vintage Trackside at Woodvale Railway Premises Woodvale Southport 27 375

LNE Robinson GC 4-4-0 D9 no 2321 at a similar location to the picture on page 374 Locomotive Ainsdale Beach Southport 27 376

BR Robinson GC 0-6-0J11 no 64405 Locomotive Southport Merseyside 27 377

Vintage 4-2-2 8 foot single Sultan of the Iron Duke class Locomotive Westbourne Park London 27 378

Vintage The famous sea wall at Teignmouth when still broad gauge and a single line Railway Premises Teignmouth Teignmouth 27 378

Vintage The Iron Duke replacements were the Rovers as illustrated by Great Western Locomotive 27 378

Wider still and wider. GWR broad gauge locomotives 27 378

Vintage 0-6-0 no 1205 was built as standard gauge, converted to broad gauge and back again! Here in its broad gauge days Locomotive Bristol Bristol 27 379

Vintage A 2-4-0 tender engine Melling converted to saddle tanks Locomotive 27 379

Vintage A 4-2-2 speeds through Flax Bourton on the mixed gauge Bristol and Exeter line Locomotive Flax Bourton Bristol 27 379

Vintage Both gauges at Swansea Docks with Vale of Neath engines in view Railway Premises Swansea Swansea 27 380

Vintage No 3508 was a convertible loco built as a 2-4-0 side tank and rebuilt as a tender engine Locomotive 27 380

Vintage Rover class 4-2-2 Courier runs into Paddington Locomotive Paddington London 27 380

BR GWR 57xx no 9630 at Brymbo Locomotive Brymbo Wrexham 27 384

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Preserved Snowdon mountain railway no 5 Moel Siabod sets off from Llanberis Locomotive Snowdon Snowdon 27 385

Yesterday at Yeovil 27 388

BR A three car class 101 at Pen Mill Rolling Stock Yeovil Yeovil 27 388

BR EE class 50 no 50 006 Neptune leaves Yeovil junction Locomotive Yeovil Yeovil 27 388

BR Class 37 no 37 139 at Pen Mill Locomotive Yeovil Yeovil 27 389

BR No 50 029 Tiger in Network South East livery leaves Yeovil junction Locomotive Yeovil Yeovil 27 389

BR No 50 035 Ark Royal in Network South East livery at Yeovil junction Locomotive Yeovil Yeovil 27 389

BR A Pressed Steel three car DMU arrives at Pen Mill en route for Weymouth Rolling Stock Yeovil Yeovil 27 390

BR Two InterCity 125s using the SW route on diversion Locomotive Yeovil Yeovil 27 390

Carrying the fishergirls over the Highland line 27 391

Vintage A Highland railway postcard showing the fishergirls at work gutting herring People Kyle of Lochalsh Highlands 27 391

LMS A voucher for a fisherworker's ticket Miscellaneous 27 391

Vintage A Highland Railway fishworker's ticket Miscellaneous 27 392

LMS A label for fisherworker's luggage Miscellaneous 27 392

LMS A fisherworker's ticket from Embo to Lowestoft Miscellaneous 27 393

The Vibration committee 27 394

Tube A CLR steeple locomotive Locomotive London 27 394

Tube Edwardian map cover Miscellaneous London 27 394

Lord Rayleigh People 27 394

Tube A CLR steeple locomotive, built like a Dreadnought;- count the rivets! Locomotive London 27 395

Sir John Wolfe Barry People 27 395

Comparison of bridge rail to bullhead Miscellaneous 27 396

Sir Alfred Ewing People 27 396

Tube A CLR trailer car at the Wood Lane terminus Rolling Stock Wood Lane London 27 397

Tube CLR gradient profiles Miscellaneous London 27 397

Frank Sprague People 27 398

Tube Sprung and unsprung weights Miscellaneous 27 398

Tube Last of the line, no 12 lasted to 1942 Locomotive London 27 399

Recovery at Shawford [See also Vol 1 page 20] 27 400

BR A bench is created alongside the engine and discussions take place over tea Accident Shawford Winchester 27 400

BR Lord Nelson no 30854 Lord Howard of Effingham in the long grass Accident Shawford Winchester 27 400

BR Finally back upright Accident Shawford Winchester 27 401

BR On its way to an upright position. A length of track is prudently secured to the wheels! Accident Shawford Winchester 27 401

Stationary locomotive testing; part 2 27 402

Vintage Early view of Swindon testing station with no 190 on the rollers Railway Premises Swindon Swindon 27 402

BR GWR Castle no 5087 Tintern Abbey on test Locomotive Swindon Swindon 27 402

Plan and external view of the Rugby testing station Railway Premises Rugby Rugby 27 403

A simplified longitudinal section of the Rugby test house Railway Premises Rugby Rugby 27 404

BR Ex LNER D49 no 62764 The Garth on test Locomotive Rugby Rugby 27 405

By LNER on the West Highland line 27 406

LNE A pair of North British D34s led by no 9035 at Crianlarich Locomotive Crianlarich Highlands 27 406

LNE D34 no 9241 Glen Ogle on the Horseshoe Curve Locomotive Glen Auch Highlands 27 406

LNE K4 no 3441 calls at Loch Rannoch Locomotive Loch Rannoch Highlands 27 407

LNE NBR C15 no 9155 at Spean Bridge Locomotive Spean Bridge Highlands 27 407

LNE A GN K2 no 4691 near Rannoch Locomotive Rannoch Highlands 27 408

LNE D34 no 9100 Glen Douglas leads a sister loco across Rannoch Moor Locomotive Rannoch Highlands 27 408

LNE NBR J37 passes Sword Loch Locomotive Sword Loch Highlands 27 408

LNE GN K2 no 1790 Loch Lomond leads another K2 across Rannoch Moor Locomotive Rannoch Highlands 27 409

LNE GN K2 no 4691 leaves Mallaig Locomotive Mallaig Highlands 27 409

On holiday with BR 27 410

BR Holiday Guide Cover; South and South East 1953 Miscellaneous 27 410

BR Holiday Guide Cover; South and South East 1957 Miscellaneous 27 410

BR Holiday Guide Cover; Wales and North West 1954 Miscellaneous 27 411

BR Holiday Guide Cover; Wales and North West 1956 Miscellaneous 27 411

BR Holiday Guide Cover; Scotland 1954 Miscellaneous 27 412

BR Holiday Guide Cover; Scotland 1955 with the cover girl wearing a kilt. A kilt is a male garment! Miscellaneous 27 412

BR Holiday Guide Cover; South West 1957 Miscellaneous 27 412

The passing of the 'Blue trains' 27 413

BR A Blue train at Maxwell Park station Rolling Stock Maxwell Park Glasgow 27 413

BR A 'Blue train' in Strathclyde orange and brown at Springburn Rolling Stock Springburn Glasgow 27 413

BR The last 'Blue train' sets on the last 'Blue train' Rolling Stock Helensburgh Clydeside 27 413

Banking on the Lickey incline 27 414

BR Big Bertha' banking at Blackwell as Midland Railway 2290 Locomotive Lickey Incline Birmingham 27 414

BR Four LMS 3Fs Nos, 47303, 47502, 47313 and 47305 help ailing Jubilee no 45573 on August 1955 Locomotive Lickey Incline Birmingham 27 414

BR Midland railway 'Big Bertha' 0-10-0 no 58100 Locomotive Lickey Incline Birmingham 27 414

BR Big Bertha was replaced by 9F no 92079 Locomotive Lickey Incline Birmingham 27 415

BR The LNER monster 2-8-0 + 0-8-2 Beyer Garratt no 69999 Locomotive Lickey Incline Birmingham 27 415

BR Western region in charge in 1962 and 0-6-0 panniers were drafted in. 94xx nos 8401 and 8403 give a hand Locomotive Lickey Incline Birmingham 27 415

Up Snowdon and down again 27 416

Preserved No 4 Snowdon nears the summit Locomotive Snowdon Snowdon 27 416

Preserved No 6 Padarn nears the upper viaduct Locomotive Snowdon Snowdon 27 416

Preserved No 3 Wyddfa in the yard at Llanberis Locomotive Llanberis Snowdon 27 417

Preserved No 6 Padarn on the final stretch Locomotive Snowdon Snowdon 27 417

Preserved No 4 Snowdon t the top Locomotive Snowdon Snowdon 27 418

Preserved No 7 Aylwin drops down toward Llanberis Locomotive Snowdon Snowdon 27 418

Preserved No 2 Enid climbs over the lower viaduct Locomotive Snowdon Snowdon 27 419

Preserved No 5 Moel Siabod at Clogwyn Locomotive Snowdon Snowdon 27 419

The changing craft of the platelayer; Part 2 27 420

BR A major junction relay at Borough Market Railway Premises Borough Market London 27 420

BR Relaying in progress at Dudswell. No 46229 Coronation 'Duchess of Hamilton' creeps by on the slow line Locomotive Dudswell Berkhamstead 27 420

BR Checking the alignment; the traditional way Railway Premises 27 421

Early mechanical aids Miscellaneous 27 422

Trackbed reconstruction Railway Premises 27 422

A pair of very basic platelayers' trolleys Miscellaneous 27 423

An updated version of the rail trolley Miscellaneous 27 423

A railhead profile grinder Miscellaneous 27 424

Tsar trek 27 426

Vintage Drawing; Blenkinsop's Middleton Colliery locomotive Locomotive 27 426

Vintage Drawing; Stephenson's 'Patentee' locomotive Locomotive 27 426

Vintage Drawing; Timothy Hackworth's Russian locomotive Locomotive 27 427

Tsar Nicholas the First People 27 427

Vintage Drawing; Cross section of Sanspareil 2 Locomotive 27 428

Notts County return 27 430

BR An ROD O4/8 no 63720 with an LNER std 100A boiler Locomotive East Markham Retford 27 430

BR LNER V2 no 60828 at East Markham Locomotive East Markham Retford 27 430

BR BR 9F no 92042 with Blue Circle cement wagons Locomotive Askham Retford 27 431

BR GN O2/1 no 63925 Locomotive East Markham Retford 27 431

BR NER B16 no 61443 at Annesley shed Locomotive Annesley Mansfield 27 431

The GWR. Krugers; part 2 27 432

Vintage GWR no 36 with the only large boiler designed by Dean Locomotive 27 432

Table 1; Non productive days waiting or being repaired Miscellaneous 27 433

Vintage The locomotive that changed the style of GWR locomotives. It was first called 'Dean' and later 'William Dean' Locomotive 27 433

Vintage Badminton' no 3297 Earl Cowder Locomotive 27 434

Table 2; Boiler evolution details Miscellaneous 27 434

BR A Kruger boiler being used as a stationery boiler Miscellaneous Swindon Swindon 27 436

Table 3; Drawings relating to 'Kruger' boilers Miscellaneous 27 436

Vintage Outline of boilers in Churchward's 1906 paper Miscellaneous 27 437

The little known story of Marston Gate 27 438

BR A view along the platform looking west Railway Premises Marston Gate Aylesbury 27 438

BR The ground frame Railway Premises Marston Gate Aylesbury 27 438

BR A view along the platform looking east Railway Premises Marston Gate Aylesbury 27 439

Vintage LNWR 2-4-2T no 910 Locomotive 27 439

Vintage Aylesbury branch timetable 1913 Miscellaneous 27 440

Porter-Signalmen to 1911 Miscellaneous Marston Gate Aylesbury 27 440

Station masters to 1911 Miscellaneous Marston Gate Aylesbury 27 440

LMS The former LNWR no 599 as LMS no 6912 Locomotive Chester Chester 27 441

'2251's' at work 27 444

BR No 2240 stands at Winchester Chesil Locomotive Winchester Winchester 27 444

BR No 2280 nears Dowlais Top Locomotive Dowlais Welsh Valleys 27 444

BR No 2287 passes Pontsticill Jn Locomotive Pontsticill Jn. Welsh Valleys 27 444

BR No 2252 arrives at Lambourn Locomotive Lambourn Newbury 27 445

BR No 3202 on goods duty at Minffordd Locomotive Minffordd Mid Wales 27 445

BR No 3207 meets successor BR class 4 no 75005 at Buttington Jn. Locomotive Buttington Mid Wales 27 445

BR BR class 27 no 27 034 at Glenfinnan on a private charter that also visited Oban Locomotive Glenfinnan Highlands 27 448

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BR GWR 56xx no 5662 at Rhymney shed Locomotive Rhymney Welsh Valleys 27 449

Polkemmet Colliery 27 452

Industrial An Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T no 1175 as NCB no 8 Locomotive Polkemmet Edinburgh 27 452

Industrial NCB no 8 leading no 25 [Andrew Barclay no 2358] Locomotive Polkemmet Edinburgh 27 452

Industrial NCB no 8 with no 25 again Locomotive Polkemmet Edinburgh 27 453

Industrial No's 8 and 25 with no 12 [Andrew Barclay no 1829] and no 17 [Hunslet built no 2338] Locomotive Polkemmet Edinburgh 27 453

The closed stations of the Wirral passenger lines 27 454

LMS LMS no 16590 at Birkenhead North Locomotive Birkenhead Merseyside 27 454

The bricked up tunnel to Birkenhead North at Birkenhead Woodside Bridge/Tunnel Birkenhead Merseyside 27 454

A map of the Wirral's passenger lines Miscellaneous The Wirral Merseyside 27 455

Joint Ledsham station about 1930 Railway Premises Ledsham Merseyside 27 455

A Cheshire County council milepost indicating one eighth of a mile to Ledsham station Miscellaneous Ledsham Merseyside 27 456

BR Mollington station in 1951 Railway Premises Mollington Merseyside 27 456

GW GW 51xx no 5186 arrives at Caldy on the joint line. Locomotive Caldy Merseyside 27 457

The surviving platform at Thurstaston Railway Premises Thurstaston Merseyside 27 457

BR Kirby Park station in 1953 Railway Premises Kirby Park Merseyside 27 458

The restored station at Hadlow Road last used for real in 1956 Railway Premises Hadlow Road Merseyside 27 458

BR Burton Point station in 1953 Railway Premises Burton Point Merseyside 27 459

BR GC C13 4-4-2T no 67414 at Seacombe Locomotive Seacombe Merseyside 27 459

The Bodmin branch 27 460

BR GW 45xx no 4565 arrives at Bodmin General Locomotive Bodmin Bodmin 27 460

BR GW no 4569 near Grogley Locomotive Grogley Bodmin 27 460

BR GW 45xx no 4552 shunts clay wagons at Bodmin General Locomotive Bodmin Bodmin 27 461

Map; The Padstow branch Miscellaneous 27 461

BR 4575 class no 5539 passes the depot where 45xx no 4565 is taking water Locomotive Bodmin Bodmin 27 462

BR GW 45xx no 4569 limbs out of the Camel valley Locomotive Wadebridge Bodmin 27 462

BR County class no1011 County of Chester leaves Bodmin Road Locomotive Bodmin Bodmin 27 463

BR GW 45xx no 4552 leaves Bodmin General Locomotive Bodmin Bodmin 27 463

BR GW 45xx no 4552 with a china clay train Locomotive Bodmin Bodmin 27 464

BR GW no 4569 at Nanstallon Halt Locomotive Nanstallon Bodmin 27 465

The Great Western 56xx tanks 27 466

BR GW 56xx no 6622 at Aberdare Locomotive Aberdare Welsh Valleys 27 466

BR GW 56xx no 6690 crosses the Crumlin Viaduct Locomotive Crumlin Welsh Valleys 27 466

BR Abercynon shed with 56xx no 5644, 57xx no 7733 and 16xx no 1620 in a line of five locomotives Locomotive Abercynon Welsh Valleys 27 467

BR GW 56xx no 5633 by the coal stage at Treherbert Locomotive Treherbert Welsh Valleys 27 467

BR GW 56xx no 6630 on Lapworth troughs Locomotive Lapworth Birmingham 27 467

BR GW 56xx no 6643 crosses the Walnut Tree Viaduct Locomotive Nantgarw Welsh Valleys 27 468

BR GW 56xx no 6644 at Ebbw Junction shed Locomotive Ebbw Junction Welsh Valleys 27 468

Changing times at the Chesham branch 27 469

LT Ivatt class 2 2-6-2T no 41284 nears Chalfont and Latimer on the last day of steam Locomotive Chalfont Amersham 27 469

LT Ivatt class 2 2-6-2T no 41284 simmers at the Chesham coal stage. Someone has cleaned the number! Locomotive Chesham Amersham 27 469

LT Ivatt class 2 2-6-2T no 41284 at the Chesham coal stage. Locomotive Chesham Amersham 27 470

LT Ivatt class 2 2-6-2T no 41284 by carriage 519. Locomotive Chesham Amersham 27 470

LT The Chesham signal box, now out of use but remains preserved Railway Premises Chesham Amersham 27 471

LT The 'Farewell to steam' poster Miscellaneous 27 471

LT The three car shuttle waits to leave Chesham Rolling Stock Chesham Amersham 27 471

Was the LMS too big? 27 472

LMS A Hughes Dreadnought 4-6-0 no 10461 pilots a Midland 4-4-0 compound Locomotive 27 472

LMS LNWR Prince of Wales class no 25669 Vulcan Locomotive Litchfield Birmingham 27 472

LMS LNWR class G2 no 9397 at Cathiron Locomotive Cathiron Rugby 27 473

LMS Midland designed compound 4P no 1150 on the Bushey troughs Locomotive Bushey London 27 473

Table 1; The four groups as assembled Miscellaneous 27 473

LMS LMS Royal Scot no 6156 The South Wales Borderer climbs Shap Locomotive Shap Lake District 27 474

Table 2; Assets and revenue of the LMS components Miscellaneous 27 474

LMS Two Midland 3P's no's 757 and 764 double head a train Locomotive Elstree London 27 474

LNE GCR Robinson as LNER no 6168 class B3 probably at Leicester Locomotive Leicester Leicester 27 475

Table 3; An alternative grouping Miscellaneous 27 475

Table 4; The effect of the revised grouping Miscellaneous 27 475

LNE GC 4-6-0 as LNER B5 no 6072 Locomotive 27 476

LMS Midland Johnson class 2 no 3719 Locomotive 27 476

LNE GC 2-8-0 as LNER class O4/1 no 6204 Locomotive Great Chesterford Cambridge 27 477

LMS LMS 2P no 650 leaves Glasgow St Enoch Locomotive Glasgow Glasgow 27 478

Table 5; Distribution of Workshops Miscellaneous 27 478

LMS LMS 4F no 4185 at Dumfries Locomotive Dumfries Dumfries 27 479

Meanwhile, back at Carlisle 27 480

BR A rebuilt Royal Scot no 46105 Cameron Highlander Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 480

BR BR Clan no 72009 Clan Stewart with Coronation no 46226 Duchess of Norfolk Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 480

BR Greek meets Greek! City of Liverpool no 46247 in red faces City of Lancaster no 46242 in green Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 481

BR LNER A3 no 60072 Sunstar crosses the River Eden Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 481

BR The Night Mail Rolling Stock Carlisle Carlisle 27 481

BR LMS class 5 no 44828 passes Etterby Junction Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 482

BR LNER K3 no 61936 moves freight Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 482

BR Two class 86 electric locomotives no's 86019 and 86001 Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 482

BR A rare visit by an A4, no 60031 Golden Plover Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 483

BR LMS Jubilee no 45738 Samson Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 483

BR Freightliner class 86 no 86501 with the empties Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 484

BR Loadhaul's class 37 no 37698 replaces a failed EWS class 37 Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 484

An 'Oglo' at Helsby 27 485

BR The load is adjusted before Helsby Junction to clear Helsby station platform Miscellaneous Helsby Merseyside 27 485

BR What seems to be the same view from a different angle Miscellaneous Helsby Merseyside 27 485

BR The crew return to the support coach Miscellaneous Helsby Merseyside 27 486

BR The load is adjusted after Helsby station to its original location Miscellaneous Helsby Merseyside 27 486

BR A flagman waves through Black Five no 45424 Locomotive Helsby Merseyside 27 487

BR LMS 8F no 48094 takes the junction Locomotive Helsby Merseyside 27 487

Baltic mysteries 27 488

Vintage A brand new Midland 4-6-4T no 2014 Locomotive 27 488

A drawing drawn in 1941 from memory of the proposed 1910 LTSR 4-6-4T Miscellaneous 27 488

Vintage A new Midland 4-6-4T no 2013 running bunker first Locomotive 27 488

A diagram of the proposed LTSR 4-6-4T in 'The Locomotive' in 1912 Miscellaneous 27 489

Vintage An 1913 shot of no 2101 at speed near Upminster with an ancient looking train Locomotive Upminster Upminster 27 489

Vintage No 2101 in ex works condition at Plaistow in 1921 Locomotive Plaistow London 27 490

No 2101 on a goods train piloted by a Johnson class 2 no 2936 Locomotive Ampthill Bedford 27 490

LMS No 2014 waits at St Pancras Locomotive St Pancras London 27 491

Vintage No 2107 in late MR days Locomotive 27 491

LMS No 2106 freshly painted in Crimson Lake Locomotive Derby Derby 27 492

A 1 inch model of a Baltic tank as originally envisaged Miscellaneous NRM York 27 493

LMS No 2198 [ex 2106] near St Albans Locomotive St Albans St Albans 27 493

'The Juice' comes south 27 494

Southern A diagrammatic representation of the new routes Miscellaneous 27 494

Southern Typical art deco of the extension to south Sussex Miscellaneous 27 494

Southern Remodelling Horsham station Railway Premises Horsham Horsham 27 495

Southern South Stoke substation Railway Premises South Stoke Arundel 27 495

Southern A 4-COR set waits to leave Arundel Rolling Stock Arundel Arundel 27 496

Southern A new carriage shed and bridge at Littlehampton Railway Premises Littlehampton Littlehampton 27 496

Southern The new signal box at Arundel built in the 'Odeon' style Railway Premises Arundel Arundel 27 496

Seeing double or more! 27 497

Post BR A pair of GW HST's abreast at Lower Basildon Locomotive Lower Basildon Reading 27 497

Post BR EWS 66033 and 66144 at Cholsey Locomotive Cholsey Didcot 27 497

Post BR Freightliner no 66560 and an HST sandwich no 166206 Locomotive Ruscombe Reading 27 497

Progress and problems on the North British Railway 1845-6 27 498

BR A1 no 60159 Bonnie Dundee passes through Longniddry Locomotive Longniddry Edinburgh 27 498

BR LNER V1 2-6-2T no 67666 Locomotive Waverley Edinburgh 27 498

BR Drem station from the train in 1957 Railway Premises Drem Edinburgh 27 499

BR LNER J39/3 no 64843 arrives at Burnmouth Railway Premises Burnmouth Berwick on Tweed 27 499

BR Reston station in 1955 Railway Premises Reston Berwick on Tweed 27 500

BR LNER B1 no E1292 later 61292 Locomotive Waverley Edinburgh 27 501

BR A3 no 60096 at Berwick Locomotive Berwick Berwick on Tweed 27 502

Vintage NER 4-4-0 no 1876 at Dunbar c1905 Locomotive Dunbar Edinburgh 27 503

Grime time at New Street 27 504

BR LMS compound 4-4-0 no 41162 Locomotive New Street Birmingham 27 504

BR LMS Original 'Patriot' no 45507 Royal Tank Corps Locomotive New Street Birmingham 27 504

BR LMS Jubilee no 45647 Sturdee Locomotive New Street Birmingham 27 505

BR LMS Original 'Patriot' no 45507 Royal Tank Corps with LMS class 3 no 40085 loitering in front Locomotive New Street Birmingham 27 505

The Cheshire Lines 27 506

BR Chester Northgate station Railway Premises Chester Chester 27 506

BR GC D11/1 no 62663 trundles through Padgate station Locomotive Padgate Merseyside 27 506

Joint CLC Sentinel railcar no 600 at Cheadle Rolling Stock Cheadle Manchester 27 507

Vintage GC class 13 4-2-2 no 970 passes through Hunts Cross Locomotive Hunts Cross Merseyside 27 507

BR Liverpool Central station frontage Railway Premises Liverpool Merseyside 27 507

BR An Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. Visits Winsford and Over in 1953 Railway Premises Winsford and Over Crewe 27 508

BR The CLC Brunswick goods depot Railway Premises Liverpool Merseyside 27 508

Joint Warrington Central station in the 1930's Railway Premises Warrington Merseyside 27 508

BR A DMU arrives at Northwich Rolling Stock Northwich Merseyside 27 509

BR Fowler class 4 no 42371 leaves Manchester Central Locomotive Central Manchester 27 509

BR The view from the train as it approaches Glazebrook Junction Railway Premises Glazebrook Jn. Manchester 27 509

A DMU crosses the Duddon estuary Rolling Stock Foxfieid Lake District 27 512

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BR SR WC no 34019 Bideford ex works at Eastleigh Locomotive Eastleigh Eastleigh 27 513

Southern shed visits 27 516

BR A packed Brighton yard in 1958 including preserved locos LBSCR Terrier no 82 Boxhill and LSWR T3 no 563 Locomotive Brighton Brighton 27 516

BR SECR class H no 31005 at Three Bridges Locomotive Three Bridges Crawley 27 516

BR N class no 31866 on a LCGB special takes water at Brighton shed Locomotive Brighton Brighton 27 517

BR USA Shunter DS 238 Wainwright at Ashford works Locomotive Ashford Ashford [Kent] 27 517

BR BR std class 4 no 76067 at Fratton shed Locomotive Fratton Portsmouth 27 518

BR LBSCR K class no 32338 at Eastbourne Locomotive Eastbourne Eastbourne 27 518

BR SR Schools no 30926 Repton at Ashford shed Locomotive Ashford Ashford [Kent] 27 518

Churton's Railway observations 1851 27 519

Vintage The gallery booking office at Euston according to the Daily News of 1849 Railway Premises Euston London 27 519

Vintage The Great Hall at Euston according to the same report Railway Premises Euston London 27 519

Vintage Birmingham station in 1838 later to become Curzon Street Railway Premises Curzon Street Birmingham 27 520

Vintage The Welwyn Viaduct according to the Daily News of 1850 Bridge/Tunnel Welwyn Viaduct Welwyn 27 520

Vintage A train on the Nene viaduct at Peterborough Bridge/Tunnel Peterborough Peterborough 27 521

Vintage The first train at Huntingdon in Aug. 1850 Railway Premises Huntingdon Huntingdon 27 521

LNE Stirling No 1 takes part in the Flying Scotsman 50th anniversary celebrations in 1938 Locomotive Huntingdon Huntingdon 27 522

Vintage Box tunnel Railway Premises Box Bath 27 523

Vintage Brunel's original terminus at Bristol Railway Premises Bristol Bristol 27 523

GW Swindon station in 1946 Railway Premises Swindon Swindon 27 524

A Highland centenary journey 27 525

BR A GWR Pannier tank, no 1649 a long way from home at Perth shed Locomotive Perth Perth 27 525

BR D5335 at Aberfeldy with a lone coach on the last day of passenger working on the branch Locomotive Aberfeldy Highlands 27 525

BR D5123 at Grandtulley also with one coach Locomotive Grandtulley Highlands 27 526

BR D5124 at Ballinluig Locomotive Ballimluig Highlands 27 527

BR D5114 entering Aviemore station Locomotive Aviemore Highlands 27 528

BR Railbus SC79958 at Aviemore Rolling Stock Aviemore Highlands 27 528

BR Inverness station in 1963 Railway Premises Inverness Inverness 27 529

BR An independent snowplough at Millburn Rolling Stock Millburn Inverness 27 530

BR Inspection saloon no SC320577 at Inverness Rolling Stock Inverness Inverness 27 531

All roads lead to King's Cross - Part 1 27 532

Vintage King's Cross frontage in 1870 Railway Premises King's Cross London 27 532

Map; The King's cross outer suburban lines Miscellaneous King's Cross London 27 532

LNE A4 no 4497 Golden Plover and W1 no 10000 leave King's Cross side by side Locomotive King's Cross London 27 533

LNE A1 no 2557 Blink bonney ready to leave in 1937 Locomotive King's Cross London 27 534

LNE The 'Silver Jubilee about to enter the Gasworks tunnel Locomotive King's Cross London 27 534

LNE King's Cross frontage in 1925 Railway Premises King's Cross London 27 535

BR King's Cross frontage in 1973 Railway Premises King's Cross London 27 535

BR L1 no 67797 with a train of two 'quads' in 1957 Locomotive Hornsey London 27 536

BR The ramshackle platforms 12 to 15 in 1962 Railway Premises King's Cross London 27 536

LT A train of 1938 stock at Drayton Park Rolling Stock Drayton Park London 27 537

LNE The inauguration of the 'Coronation' train with A4 no 4491 Commonwealth of Australia in 1937 Locomotive King's Cross London 27 537

BR A 'Baby Deltic' and two quad sets cross the Welwyn Viaduct Bridge/Tunnel Welwyn Viaduct Welwyn 27 538

BR WD Austerity no 90703 on a coal train at Hornsey Locomotive Hornsey London 27 539

Vintage Condensing equipped N1 no 1604 Locomotive King's Cross London 27 540

BR Alexandra Palace station in 1951 Railway Premises Alexandra Palace London 27 541

Map; North London Electrification scheme Miscellaneous King's Cross London 27 541

Class 31's in Wales 27 542

BR Class 31 no 31 158 in Railfreight grey at Penmaenmawr Locomotive Penmaenmawr N. Wales 27 542

BR Class 31 no 31 432 in Rail blue nears Flint Locomotive Flint Chester 27 542

BR Class 31 no 31 463 moves away from Rhyl Locomotive Rhyl N. Wales 27 542

BR Class 31 no 31 455 in Regional railways blue leads 31 154 in Railfreight grey at Colwyn Bay Locomotive Colwyn Bay N. Wales 27 543

BR Railfreight no 31 142 has an outing on a passenger train at Llandudno Junction Locomotive Llandudno Jn. N. Wales 27 543

Glasgow again 27 544

BR BR std class 5 no 73099 leaves Central Locomotive Central Glasgow 27 544

BR LMS Fairburn class 4 2-6-4T no 42196 at St Enoch Locomotive St. Enoch Glasgow 27 544

BR A 'Blue train' in original style blue leaves Central Rolling Stock Central Glasgow 27 545

BR A brakevan tour at Ruchill behind NBR J37 no 64623 Locomotive Ruchill Glasgow 27 545

BR General view at St. Rollox shed with ten locomotives in shot! Locomotive St. Rollox Glasgow 27 546

BR LMS 2-6-4T no 42195 crosses the Clyde as it nears Central Locomotive Central Glasgow 27 546

BR NBR N15 0-6-2T no 69191 used for banking from Queen Street Locomotive Queen Street Glasgow 27 546

The GWR. Krugers; part 3 27 547

GW No 2601 the first 'Kruger' Locomotive 27 547

GW No 2610 the last 'Kruger' Locomotive 27 548

GW The Krugers were replaced by the Aberdares and this is no 2610. Locomotive 27 549

The multi-engined Diesel Railcars of the UTA 27 550

Ireland Railcar no 16 in 1965 green and cream livery Rolling Stock Belfast Ireland 27 550

Ireland Railcars 8 and 9 in red [carmine?] and white at York Road Rolling Stock York Road Ireland 27 550

Ireland Railcar no 33 at Holywood Rolling Stock Holywood Ireland 27 551

Ireland Sets 10 and 23 at Antrim Rolling Stock Antrim Ireland 27 551

Ireland Sets 20 and 21 at Jordanstown Rolling Stock Jordanstown Ireland 27 552

Ireland A six car set at Adelaide Rolling Stock Adelaide Ireland 27 553

Ireland MED's under construction at Duncrue Street works in 1953 Rolling Stock Duncrue Street Ireland 27 554

Ireland MED set no 18 at Sydenham Rolling Stock Sydenham Ireland 27 555

Beyond Beeching 27 556

Dr. Richard Beeching Person 27 556

Earnest Marples, Minister of Transport 1959-64 Person 27 556

BR LYR 2-4-2T no 50651 at Holcombe Brook Locomotive Holcombe Brook Manchester 27 556

BR LMS class 2 no 41211 waits to leave Warrington Locomotive Warrington Merseyside 27 557

BR LMS class 4 no 43150 at Melton Constable Locomotive Melton Constable N. Norfolk 27 557

BR LMS class 5 no 44788 arrives at Dingwall Locomotive Dingwall Inverness 27 558

BR New electric locomotives at Longsight depot, Manchester including E3033 and 3058 Locomotive Manchester Manchester 27 558

BR BR 9F no 92093 plods through Kirkby Stephen Locomotive Kirkby Stephen Settle and Carlisle 27 559

BR LNE O1 no 63630 rumbles through Nottingham Victoria pasing two J39's on locals and a V2 on an express Locomotive Victoria Nottingham 27 559

BR LMS 8F no 48410 near St. Albans Locomotive St. Albans St. Albans 27 560

BR A new Metro-Cammell set at Manchester Victoria Rolling Stock Manchester Manchester 27 561

Beeching cartoon Miscellaneous 27 562

BR LMS Fowler class 4 no 42303 at Blackburn Locomotive Blackburn Manchester 27 562

How to upset your passengers without really trying! 27 563

BR A freight in charge of J37 no 64576 trundles through Tay Bridge station Locomotive Dundee Dundee 27 563

BR C16 no 67491 waits to leave from Arbroath Locomotive Arbroath Dundee 27 563

BR Leuchars Junction station in the late 50's before the St. Andrews bay was filled in. Railway Premises Leuchars Junction Dundee 27 564

BR V2 no 60802 takes water at Tay Bridge station Locomotive Dundee Dundee 27 564

BR J37 no 64602 on a special to St. Andrews Locomotive St. Andrews Dundee 27 565

LNE The Old Station at St. Andrews in the 1930's Railway Premises St. Andrews Dundee 27 565

LNE St. Andrew's station in the 20's Railway Premises St. Andrews Dundee 27 566

BR B1 no 62342 waits for the branch line train behind J37 no 64575 Locomotive St. Andrews Dundee 27 567

The Teesdale branch 27 568

BR Broomielaw station in 1964 Railway Premises Broomielaw Darlington 27 568

BR Middleton in Teesdale had prize winning flowerbeds here being weeded by the stationmaster's wife. Railway Premises Middleton in Teesdale Darlington 27 568

BR Middleton in Teesdale station glazed shelter made a wonderful greenhouse Railway Premises Middleton in Teesdale Darlington 27 568

BR Middleton in Teesdale station in 1964 Railway Premises Middleton in Teesdale Darlington 27 568

BR Romaldkirk station in 1964 Railway Premises Romaldkirk Darlington 27 568

BR GWR railcar no 8 at Birmingham [Snow Hill] Rolling Stock Snow Hill Birmingham 27 569

BR Railcar W14W at Dudley had the earlier streamline look Rolling Stock Dudley Birmingham 27 569

Take a Western railcar 27 570

BR Railcar W17W was used for express parcels Rolling Stock Snow Hill Birmingham 27 570

BR Railcar W19W was a more angular version Rolling Stock Arley Birmingham 27 570

BR Railcar W21W calls at Colnbrook Rolling Stock Colnbrook London 27 570

BR GWR Hall no 6951 Impney Hall at Langley crossing Locomotive Chippenham Chippenham 27 576

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BR NER J27 no 65855 at Monkwearmouth Locomotive Monkwearmouth Sunderland 27 577

Class 37's on china clay 27 580

BR No 37 672 brings a train along the Golant causeway Locomotive Golant St. Austell 27 580

BR No 37 675 leaves the branch at Burngullow Locomotive Burngullow St. Austell 27 580

BR No 37 411 leaves Burngullow Locomotive Burngullow St. Austell 27 581

BR No 37 673 brings a train along the Golant causeway Locomotive Golant St. Austell 27 581

BR No 37 673 climbs the bank to Treverrin tunnel Locomotive Treesmill St. Austell 27 581

'Heaver than expected' 27 582

BR A two car lightweight Derby DMU at Bassenthwaite Lake Rolling Stock Bassenthwaite Lake Keswick 27 582

BR A two car lightweight Derby DMU leaves Hellifield Rolling Stock Hellifeld Settle and Carlisle 27 582

BR A DMU leaves Leeds Central passing A1 no 60123 H .A. Ivatt Locomotive Leeds Central Leeds 27 583

BR An example of the second batch of Derby lightweights at the Britannia Bridge Rolling Stock Britannia Bridge N. Wales 27 583

BR A Park Royal DMU [later to become class 103] at Watford Junction Rolling Stock Watford Junction London 27 584

BR A Craven DMU [later to become class 105] at King's Cross Rolling Stock King's Cross London 27 585

Some thoughts on 'Claughtons' and ' Patriots' 27 586

LMS Claughton no 5970 Patience pilots no 5930 G. R. Jebb Locomotive Crewe Crewe 27 586

LMS Postcard; 'Claughton' No 5953 Buckingham in LMS Crimson Lake livery Locomotive 27 586

LMS No 5910 J. A. Bright Locomotive 27 587

BR Patriot no 45543 Home Guard leaves Preston Locomotive Preston Preston 27 588

LMS The first 'Patriot' no 5971 was a rebuild of a 'Claughton' of the same number Locomotive Nottingham Nottingham 27 588

LMS The second 'Patriot' was no 5902 Sir Frank Ree Locomotive Nottingham Nottingham 27 588

The Brighton heads east 27 589

BR 4-VEP units no's 7776 and 7730 wait alongside each other Rolling Stock Brighton Brighton 27 589

BR Map of railways between Brighton and Hastings Miscellaneous 27 589

BR 4-VEP unit at Falmer station Rolling Stock Falmer Brighton 27 590

Southern LBSCR Marsh J2 class no 2326 [was Bessborough] climbs to Falmer summit Locomotive Falmer Brighton 27 590

BR LBSCR H2 no 2425 Trevose Head leaves Lewes Locomotive Lewes Brighton 27 591

BR Two 4-CIG units pass in Lewes station, no 7334 going west and no 7331 going east Rolling Stock Lewes Brighton 27 591

BR LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42094 with three GWR coaches on Southern metals at Southerham Locomotive Southerham Brighton 27 592

BR Two Std 4MT's side by side at Polegate. No 80095 leaving while no 80141 waits at the platform Locomotive Polegate Eastbourne 27 592

BR 4-VEP unit 7853 leaves Eastbourne Rolling Stock Eastbourne Eastbourne 27 593

BR SR Q class no 30543 arrives at Eastbourne Locomotive Eastbourne Eastbourne 27 593

BR DEMU no 1015 at Bo-peep junction Rolling Stock Bo-peep Jn. Hastings 27 594

BR SR N class no 31825 passes Pevensey sluice box Locomotive Pevensey Eastbourne 27 594

BR A class 421/1 4-CIG unit leaves Hastings Rolling Stock Hastings Hastings 27 595

BR SR class 202 6L runs empty through St. Leonard's Warrior Sq. Rolling Stock St. Leonards Hastings 27 595

From the platform end at Paddington 27 596

BR GWR 61xx no 6169 takes a train out of the suburban platforms Locomotive Paddington London 27 596

BR GWR no 6006 King George I backs out Locomotive Paddington London 27 596

BR A 57xx 0-6-0PT no 9707 Locomotive Paddington London 27 597

LT A Hammersmith and City 'Metadyne' train heads west Rolling Stock Paddington London 27 597

BR GWR Castle no 7007 Great Western Locomotive Paddington London 27 597

All lines lead to King's Cross - Part 2 27 598

BR An empty stock train passes York Road platform Railway Premises King's Cross London 27 598

BR The space to the west of the station in 1976 Railway Premises King's Cross London 27 598

BR Poster; Named trains on the ECML Miscellaneous 27 599

BR The entrance to the suburban station in 1976 Railway Premises King's Cross London 27 599

BR LNER A2/3 no 60523 Sun Castle leaves the new tunnel at Potters Bar Locomotive Potters Bar Potters Bar 27 600

BR Baby Deltic no D 5905 near Knebworth Locomotive Knebworth Stevenage 27 601

BR Deltic no D9003 passes under the goods flyover at Holloway Locomotive Holloway London 27 601

BR Diagram; The 'Throat' before and after reconstruction Miscellaneous King's Cross London 27 602

BR Leaflet re reconstructing the station approach lines Miscellaneous King's Cross London 27 602

BR 1989 artist's impression of the new terminal Miscellaneous King's Cross London 27 603

Network Rail The cleaned up station train shed Railway Premises King's Cross London 27 604

Network Rail The new concourse opened in 2012 Railway Premises King's Cross London 27 604

All gas and turbines 27 606

BR No 18000 on test on the Western Region Locomotive 27 606

BR Ordered by the GWR but delivered to BR, No 18000 at Harwich Locomotive Harwich Harwich 27 606

BR No 18100 on service on the Western Region Locomotive 27 607

BR Ordered by the GWR but delivered to BR, No 18100 at Trafford Park Locomotive Trafford Park Manchester 27 607

BR The cab of no 18100 was arranged for right hand drive Locomotive 27 607

Steam in the North East 27 608

BR LNER V2 no 60939 Locomotive Longbenton Tyneside 27 608

BR NER J27 no 65879 Locomotive Ryhope Grange Sunderland 27 608

BR Ex WD Austerity no 90009 Locomotive Ryhope Sunderland 27 609

BR NER Q6 no 63395 Locomotive Londonderry Sunderland 27 609

BR J27 no 65894 crossing Grangetown crossing Locomotive Grangetown Sunderland 27 610

BR J27's no's 65855, 65879, 65894, 65882 in South Dock shed Locomotive Sunderland Sunderland 27 610

BR Q6's no's 63406 and 63448 at Consett shed Locomotive Consett Tyneside 27 610

BR A not unknown visitor to the NE, an LMS Jubilee no 45562 Alberta on a loco societies' special Locomotive Ferryhill Durham 27 611

BR And a real rare bird an SR Merchant Navy no 35026 Lamport and Holt Line Locomotive Newcastle Tyneside 27 611

Stationary Locomotive testing - part 3 27 612

Drawing of the Alden friction brake Miscellaneous 27 612

Fig 1; Details of various brake characteristics. Miscellaneous 27 613

Fig 2; Details of various brake characteristics. Miscellaneous 27 614

Fig 3; Details of various brake characteristics. Miscellaneous 27 615

Diagram; Brake band design used at the Swindon testing station Miscellaneous 27 616

GW Early view of the Swindon test plant Railway Premises Swindon Swindon 27 616

GW Ex LMS class 2 no 46413 on the test plant Railway Premises Swindon Swindon 27 617

The stator and rotor of the Froude brake Miscellaneous 27 617

LMS The Amsler hydraulic dynamometer fitted at Rugby Railway Premises Rugby Rugby 27 618

LMS The Rugby control room Railway Premises Rugby Rugby 27 618

LMS Ex LMS class 5 no 44765 on test at Rugby Locomotive Rugby Rugby 27 619

The main line stations of Manchester 27 620

BR Manchester [Central] with Black five no 44861 Locomotive Central Manchester 27 620

BR Manchester [London Road] station with 4F no 44280 and class 5 no 44686 Locomotive London Road Manchester 27 620

Vintage An LYR 4-4-0 passes Exchange Locomotive Exchange Manchester 27 621

BR Manchester [Victoria] with LMS Jubilee no 45580 Burma Locomotive Victoria Manchester 27 621

BR Manchester [Victoria] with LMS Patriot no 45515 Caernarvon Locomotive Victoria Manchester 27 621

BR Class 5 no 45279 leaves Exchange Locomotive Exchange Manchester 27 622

LMS Former LNWR 4-6-2T no 6970 at Exchange Locomotive Exchange Manchester 27 622

LNE/LMS Jt. Oxford Road station Railway Premises Oxford Road Manchester 27 622

BR BR Class 2 no 84001 at Oxford Road Locomotive Oxford Road Manchester 27 623

The fa�ade of Manchester [Mayfield] station Railway Premises Mayfield Manchester 27 623

The fa�ade of the Liverpool road station Railway Premises Liverpool Road Manchester 27 623

Dover Marine - Britain's gateway to the continent 27 624

BR Platforms 4 and 5 of Dover [Marine] Railway Premises Marine Dover 27 624

BR The covered footway Railway Premises Marine Dover 27 624

BR Platform 5 of Dover [Marine] Railway Premises Marine Dover 27 625

BR The booking office Railway Premises Marine Dover 27 625

BR The Great War memorial Railway Premises Marine Dover 27 625

Take a drop of water with it 27 626

BR LMS Black Five no 45439 picks up water on Bushey troughs Locomotive Bushey London 27 626

BR LMS Royal Scot no 46135 The East Lancashire Regiment picks up water on Castlethorpe troughs Locomotive Castlethorpe Bletchley 27 626

BR LMS Royal Scot no 46136 The Border Regiment picks up water on Bushey troughs Locomotive Bushey London 27 626

The Humber Ferries, Grimsby and associated railways 27 627

LNE LNER N5 no 69305 about to leave he station Locomotive New Holland Grimsby 27 627

Vintage MSLR 2-4-0 no 314 at New Holland pier Locomotive New Holland Grimsby 27 627

Vintage Drawing; Building the docks at Gt. Grimsby in 1948 Railway Premises Grimsby Grimsby 27 628

Vintage Drawing; New Holland pier in the mid 1800's Railway Premises New Holland Grimsby 27 628

LNE LNER B1 no 61142 leaves New Holland pier Locomotive New Holland Grimsby 27 629

LNE LNER N5 no 69305 about to leave he station Locomotive Barton Grimsby 27 629

Vintage Drawing; The first train into Gt. Grimsby Locomotive Grimsby Grimsby 27 630

Vintage Drawing; Laying the first stone at Gt. Grimsby docks Railway Premises Grimsby Grimsby 27 631

BR The station at Ulceby Railway Premises Ulceby Grimsby 27 631

LNE Grimsby Town station in 1947 Railway Premises Grimsby Grimsby 27 632

Goxhill station exterior Railway Premises Goxhill Grimsby 27 633

LNE Grimsby Docks station in 1947 Railway Premises Grimsby Grimsby 27 633

The paddle steamer Wingfield Castle in 1964 Shipping Hull Hull 27 634

The London railway horse 27 635

Drawing; A shunting horse Miscellaneous 27 635

GW Drawing; Great Western van horses Miscellaneous 27 635

Vintage The staff of the Great Eastern stables, Hare Street People 27 636

GW Cross section of the GW horse provender store at Didcot Miscellaneous Didcot Didcot 27 637

Vintage The managerial and veterinary staff of the Great Eastern stables, Hare Street People 27 637

BR Class 40 no 40 094 crosses the Ribblehead Viaduct with a freight train Bridge/Tunnel Ribblehead Viaduct Settle and Carlisle 27 640

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BR LMS Coronation No 46247 City of Liverpool at Carstairs in the late 50's Locomotive Carstairs Glasgow 27 641

Give a 'Black Five' a good name 27 644

BR Black Five no 45154 Lanarkshire Yeomanry at Aintree Locomotive Aintree Merseyside 27 644

BR Black Five no 45156 Ayrshire Yeomanry at Lancaster Locomotive Lancaster Lancaster 27 644

BR Black Five no 45155 never got named but here it is at Patricroft shed Locomotive Patricroft Manchester 27 645

BR Black Five no 45157 The Glasgow Highlander near Carluke Locomotive Carluke Glasgow 27 645

BR Black Five no 45158 Glasgow Yeomanry at St. Rollox Locomotive St. Rollox Glasgow 27 645

The 1904 Aylesbury Accident 27 646

Vintage A hazy picture of the Aylesbury South junction Railway Premises Aylesbury Aylesbury 27 646

LT Metropolitan class D no 74 Locomotive Willesden Green London 27 646

Vintage Class 11B no 1040 at Aylesbury shed [This looks like another shot of the crash site] Accident Aylesbury Aylesbury 27 647

Vintage The scene of the crash Accident Aylesbury Aylesbury 27 647

Vintage Realigning the junction in 1907/8 Railway Premises Aylesbury Aylesbury 27 648

Vintage The wreckage piled on the up platform Accident Aylesbury Aylesbury 27 648

Joint LNER ex GC class 8B no 6891 alongside Met class H no 104 Locomotive Aylesbury Aylesbury 27 649

LT Metropolitan class H no 105 at Aylesbury in 1930 Locomotive Aylesbury Aylesbury 27 649

LNE LNER B17/4 no 2865 Leicester City in 1938 Locomotive Aylesbury Aylesbury 27 650

LT Metropolitan class K no 113 Locomotive Aylesbury Aylesbury 27 650

Georgian Railway Enthusiasts 27 651

Vintage Churchward Saint no 2938 Corsham Court Locomotive Paddington London 27 651

Vintage Churchward Saint no 2939 Croome Court Locomotive Paddington London 27 651

Table 1; Snow Hill to Paddington Miscellaneous 27 651

Vintage Churchward Star no 4053 Princess Alexandra Locomotive 27 652

Vintage Dean Duke no 3284 Isle of Jersey with an unidentified Dean 3232 class Locomotive Paddington London 27 652

Table 2; Leamington to Paddington Miscellaneous 27 652

Vintage Churchward Saint no 2942 Fawley Court Locomotive Paddington London 27 653

Table 3; Knowle to Paddington Miscellaneous 27 653

Table 4; Leamington to Paddington Miscellaneous 27 653

Vintage 2221 class no 2234 Locomotive Paddington London 27 654

Vintage Dean 3232 class no 3233 , a Saint no 2972 The Abbot and a Barnum or 3206 class Locomotive 27 654

Vintage LSWR Drummond D15 class no 465 Locomotive Waterloo London 27 655

Vintage LSWR Urie H15 class no 482 Locomotive Waterloo London 27 655

The Thames and Tower Bridge Miscellaneous London 27 655

Buxton - what might have been 27 656

Vintage Cartoon displaying the LDECR logic! Miscellaneous 27 656

BR The Buxton terminals, LNWR on the left and MR on the right Railway Premises Buxton Peak District 27 656

LMS Hulme End in LMS days Railway Premises Hulme End Peak District 27 657

BR The MR main line through station that never got beyond being a terminus with BR 0-4-4T no 41905 Railway Premises Buxton Peak District 27 657

Map of proposed High Peak District tramway Miscellaneous Peak District 27 658

North Western Tilling-Stevens TS6 electric bus Road Transport Peak District 27 658

Invitation to the sod cutting of the North Staffordshire and Leek and Manifold Railway Companies Miscellaneous 27 659

Map of High Peak DLR as agreed by the Light Railway order Miscellaneous Peak District 27 659

Map of planned LMVLR extension Miscellaneous Peak District 27 659

Vintage An artist's impression of Midland Electrics at Miller's Dale Miscellaneous Miller's Dale Peak District 27 660

Drawing; An L and MVLR on the mixed gauge line at Hindlow Miscellaneous Hindlow Peak District 27 660

Vintage Jumbo 2-4-0 no 795 Falstaff Locomotive Buxton Peak District 27 661

LMS The Midland station in LMS days with 0-4-4T no 1247 on the local Locomotive Buxton Peak District 27 661

In Kent again 27 662

BR SECR E1 no 31507 at Shortlands Junction Locomotive Shortlands London 27 662

BR SR WC no 34101 Hartland on the Catford loop Locomotive Catford London 27 662

BR SECR D1 pilots BoB no 34073 249 Squadron Locomotive Shortlands London 27 663

BR SECR H class no 31530 on the Allhallows branch Locomotive Allhallows Medway Towns 27 663

BR SR N class no 31865 heads from Tonbridge Locomotive Tonbridge Tonbridge 27 663

Brighton Line moments 27 664

Vintage A1 class 0-6-0T better known as a Terrier. The now preserved no 655 Stepney Locomotive 27 664

Vintage The LBSCR side of Victoria Railway Premises Victoria London 27 664

Vintage Stroudley 2-2-2 no 341 Parkhurst Locomotive Portsmouth Harbour Portsmouth 27 665

Vintage The E5 0-6-2T's became 2-4-2T's as shown here by no 591 Tillington but reverted to the original form the next year Locomotive Brighton Brighton 27 665

Vintage A petrol rail car no 4 at Kemptown. Not a great success. Rolling Stock Kemptown Brighton 27 666

Vintage An E5 0-6-2T's became 2-4-2T's as shown here by no 81 at Kemptown Locomotive Kemptown Brighton 27 666

Vintage An LBSCR class 11 no 1 Locomotive East Croydon London 27 666

Vintage A Billington B4 which was rebuilt as a B4X no 50 Tasmania Locomotive Clapham Jn. London 27 667

Southern A Billington D3 was no 386 Chichester and became SR no 2386 Locomotive Lewes Brighton 27 667

LMS Pacific's in Scotland 27 668

BR LMS Coronation No 46247 City of Liverpool at Larbert Locomotive Larbert Falkirk 27 668

BR LMS Coronation No 46247 City of Liverpool being coaled at Perth Locomotive Perth Perth 27 668

BR LMS Coronation No 46227 Duchess of Devonshire on Beattock Bank Locomotive Beattock Bank Dumfries 27 669

BR LMS Coronation No 46238 City of Carlisle on Beattock Bank Locomotive Beattock Bank Dumfries 27 669

BR LMS Coronation No 46244 King George VI leaves Carstairs Locomotive Carstairs Glasgow 27 669

Going south with the 'Cromptons' 27 670

BR No 33 106 edges its way gingerly onto Weymouth Quay Locomotive Weymouth Weymouth 27 670

BR No 33 118 on a ballast train near Yeoford station Locomotive Yeoford Exeter 27 670

BR No 33 101 leaves Weymouth Locomotive Weymouth Weymouth 27 671

BR No 33 106 arrives at Wareham Locomotive Wareham Poole 27 671

BR No 33 101 nears Castle Cary Locomotive Castle Cary Yeovil 27 672

BR No 33 101 on the Wallington Viaduct at Fareham Locomotive Fareham Portsmouth 27 672

Manchester's lost electrics 27 673

BR A class 504 set nears Crumpsall station Rolling Stock Crumpsall Manchester 27 673

BR A class 506 set joins the Woodhead route at Dinting Rolling Stock Dinting Peak District 27 673

The Montrose and Bervie Railway 27 674

LNE NBR 0-4-4T no 9475 arriving at St Cyrus station Locomotive St Cyrus Montrose 27 674

BR The daily freight at Bervie behind NBR J37 no 64608 Locomotive Bervie Montrose 27 674

A general view of Johnshaven station Railway Premises Johnshaven Montrose 27 675

BR A 'Scottish Rambler' special on North Water Viaduct behind EE type 1 no D8028 Locomotive North Water Montrose 27 675

Map; Railways in Angus Miscellaneous 27 675

BR Passenger service may have ceased but St Cyrus station is still neat and tidy Railway Premises St Cyrus Montrose 27 676

BR The remains of Lauriston station from an SLS/RCTS special Railway Premises Lauriston Montrose 27 676

BR The daily freight at Gourdon behind J37 no 64598 Locomotive Gourdon Montrose 27 677

BR The former NBR shed at Montrose with J37 no 64624 outside Locomotive Montrose Montrose 27 677

BR J37 no 64598 with the freight at Johnshaven Locomotive Johnshaven Montrose 27 678

BR The SLS/BLS 'Scottish Rambler' heads out of Gourdon behind D8028 Locomotive Gourdon Montrose 27 679

BR The daily freight at St Cyrus Locomotive St Cyrus Montrose 27 680

BR The daily freight near North Water viaduct Locomotive North Water Montrose 27 680

The 'Square Deal' campaign 27 681

LNE An LNER K3 no 2447 arrives at Cambridge while a GE J67 shunts the yard Locomotive Cambridge Cambridge 27 681

LMS LMS 8F no 8086 near Sowerby Bridge Locomotive Sowerby Bridge Halifax 27 681

LNE LNER V2 no 4785 on the 'Scots goods' from Kings Cross Locomotive Harringay London 27 682

LMS LNWR 0-8-0 as LMS no 9137 near Worsley Locomotive Worsley Manchester 27 682

GW Hockley goods depot Birmingham Railway Premises Hockley Birmingham 27 683

You name it, it was listed on over 400 pages like this! Miscellaneous 27 683

GW GWR 28xx no 2880 at Patchway station Locomotive Patchway Bristol 27 684

An appeal to the Public; We want a square deal! Miscellaneous 27 685

LMS LMS 7F no 6564 near Dove Holes tunnel Locomotive Dove Holes Peak District 27 685

Green all the way 27 686

BR Class 4F no 44470 pilots 8F no 48541 at Sleights Locomotive Sleights Nottingham 27 686

The cover of BBC record 'Green all the way' Miscellaneous 27 686

BR Class 4F no 44043 with a train of empties Locomotive Kirkby in Ashfield Nottingham 27 687

BR LMS Jubilee no 45589 Gwalior at Pye Bridge Locomotive Pye Bridge Nottingham 27 687

BR Pinwherry station Locomotive Pinwherry Ayrshire 27 688

BR Stanier class 5 no 45394 crosses Pinmore viaduct Locomotive Pinmore Viaduct Ayrshire 27 688

BR 8F no 48193 has come to grief in the turntable pit Locomotive Kirkby in Ashfield Nottingham 27 689

BR 8F no 48317 with two of its successors Locomotive Kirkby in Ashfield Nottingham 27 689

Just add more cylinders; part 3 27 690

A painting of what the D49/X might have looked had it been built Miscellaneous 27 690

GW Castle no 4097 passes Kensal Green gasholder Locomotive Kensal Green London 27 690

A painting of the 'Paget' locomotive of 1908 Miscellaneous Nottingham 27 691

GW King no 6003 King George IV Locomotive Wolverhampton Birmingham 27 691

Southern SR Lord Nelson no 853 Sir Richard Grenville Locomotive Stewarts Lane London 27 692

Southern SR Lord Nelson no 859 Lord Hood had 6' 3" driving wheels Locomotive 27 692

Diagram; A Fowler proposal for a four cylinder compound Miscellaneous 27 693

Diagram; A Hughes proposal for a four cylinder simple Miscellaneous 27 693

LMS LMS no 10456 was the last of an LYR design Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 27 693

LMS LMS no 6200 The Princess Royal Locomotive Crewe Crewe 27 694

LMS LMS no 6205 Princess Victoria used as a test bed by Stanier for a modified valve gear Locomotive Chester Chester 27 694

LMS Coronation Scot no 6222 Queen Mary at Hest Bank Locomotive Hest Bank Lancaster 27 695

LMS A non streamlined Coronation, no 6231 Duchess of Atholl Locomotive Grayrigg Lake District 27 696

LMS Diagram; Stanier's proposal for a monster 4-6-4 Miscellaneous 27 696

Table; British 4-cylinder simple locomotives before the grouping Miscellaneous 27 697

Llandovery 27 698

BR GW Totem on a gas lamp at Llandovery Railway Premises Llandovery Mid Wales 27 698

BR The down platform Railway Premises Llandovery Mid Wales 27 698

BR The LMS was once here Railway Premises Llandovery Mid Wales 27 698

BR General view of the station Railway Premises Llandovery Mid Wales 27 699

BR The level crossing and signal box Railway Premises Llandovery Mid Wales 27 699

BR A class 304 EMU emerges from Shugborough tunnel Rolling Stock Shugborough Tunnel Birmingham 27 704

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BR Britannia no 70013 Oliver Cromwell in the Calder valley Locomotive Walsden Rochdale 27 705

One of each 27 708

LMS A Class 5 no 5014 at Slochd Locomotive Slochd Highlands 27 708

LNE A rare photo of A4 no 4463 Sparrow Hawk Locomotive New Barnet London 27 708

GW GWR 42xx ex works Locomotive Swindon Swindon 27 709

Southern SR Class U no 1611 Locomotive Guildford Guildford 27 709

Restaurant cars and their development 27 710

Vintage LNWR first class dining saloon of the 'American special' stock Rolling Stock 27 710

Southern Pullman car Lady Dalziel on the Golden Arrow at Victoria Rolling Stock Victoria London 27 710

Vintage Interior of an LNWR first class dining saloon Rolling Stock 27 711

Vintage Midland first class dining saloon no 2509 Rolling Stock 27 711

Vintage Plan of NER first and third dining car Miscellaneous 27 712

Vintage The dining room at L & Y Chapel Street station Southport Railway Premises Southport Preston 27 712

GW GWR third class restaurant car no 9637 of its 1935 Centenary stock Rolling Stock 27 713

LNE LNER Buffet car no 648 seen new in 1935 Rolling Stock 27 713

GW The interior of a 1938 buffet car Rolling Stock 27 714

Vintage GER kitchen car of 1912 Rolling Stock 27 715

BR Dinner being served in a BR third class car Rolling Stock 27 716

LNE Interior of Gresley buffet car no 24082 Rolling Stock 27 716

Remembering 'Remembrance' 27 717

Vintage LBSCR L class no 330 Locomotive Brighton Brighton 27 717

Southern No 327 Charles C Macrae on the Southern Belle Locomotive Hooley London 27 717

Southern No 333 Remembrance Locomotive Redhill Reigate 27 718

Southern No 2333 Remembrance rebuilt as an N15X Locomotive Waterloo London 27 719

Southern No 32327 Trevithick Locomotive Basingstoke Basingstoke 27 719

Catching the Post 27 720

BR Class 47 no 47 785 nears Church Stretton Locomotive Church Stretton Shrewsbury 27 720

BR TPO ready to leave Glasgow Central Rolling Stock Glasgow Glasgow 27 720

BR Interior of a TPO showing the sorting racks Rolling Stock 27 721

BR Loading the mail at Glasgow Central Rolling Stock Glasgow Glasgow 27 721

BR TPO at Carlisle Upperby depot Rolling Stock Carlisle Carlisle 27 721

Before they were famous 27 722

GW A GWR 1813 no 1850 rebuilt as a pannier tank 27 722

GW A GWR Bulldog no 3352 Camel 27 722

GW GWR 2-8-0T no 4206 with a train of china clay wagons at Fowey Locomotive Fowey St. Austell 27 723

GW GWR 2-8-0T on a local near Bristol Locomotive Bristol; Bristol 27 723

GW The second Churchward 2-6-0 no 4302 Locomotive 27 724

GW Diagram of a proposed light 4-4-2 by FW Hawksworth. Later built as a solitary no 4600 Locomotive 27 725

GW GWR 2-6-0 no 4377 Locomotive Patchway Bristol 27 725

BR GWR mixed traffic 2-8-0 no 4704 in BR lined green Locomotive Exeter Exeter 27 726

GW GWR mixed traffic 2-8-0 no 4705 Locomotive Old Oak Common London 27 726

BR Proposed ash pan design for BR Std class 9F Miscellaneous 27 727

Dear Editor 27 728

A railway carriage cartoon Miscellaneous 27 728

GW A typical GW broad gauge train headed by a 4-2-2 locomotive Locomotive 27 728

A railway carriage cartoon Miscellaneous 27 729

Vintage Drawing; Bristol Temple Meads in Broad gauge days Railway Premises Bristol; Bristol 27 729

A railway carriage cartoon Miscellaneous 27 730

Gloucester Central station Railway Premises Gloucester Gloucester 27 730

BR Woolwich Arsenal station in 1956 Railway Premises Woolwich London 27 731

Two railway carriage cartoons Miscellaneous 27 732

LMS Chester station Railway Premises Chester Chester 27 733

A railway cartoon Miscellaneous 27 734

Ashchurch station with its two junctions Railway Premises Ashchurch Tewkesbury 27 734

Late summer at Ribblehead 27 735

BR A class 40 waits to leave the sidings Locomotive Ribblehead Settle and Carlisle 27 735

BR Class 40 no 40 094 crosses the Ribblehead Viaduct with a freight train Locomotive Ribblehead Viaduct Settle and Carlisle 27 735

BR Class 40 passes the lonely Blea Moor box Locomotive Blea Moor Settle and Carlisle 27 735

All points North West 27 736

BR Britannia no 70013 Oliver Cromwell in the Calder valley Locomotive Walsden Rochdale 27 736

BR LMS class 5 no 45046 at Stockport Locomotive Stockport Manchester 27 736

BR Class 37's no's 37 167 and 122 pass a class 25 and class 506 EMU Locomotive Guide Bridge Manchester 27 737

BR EE Type 4 [Class 40] no D 226 Locomotive Newton-le-Willows Merseyside 27 737

BR LMS Coronation no 46254 City of Stoke on Trent Locomotive Crewe Crewe 27 737

BR A class 506 EMU at Dinting Rolling Stock Dinting Manchester 27 738

BR Last days at Carnforth yard with a BR class 4 no 75019 in the foreground Locomotive Carnforth Carnforth 27 738

BR BR Type 2 [class 25] no D5277 at Buxworth Locomotive Buxworth Peak District 27 739

BR Class 47 no 47 475 on the Standedge route Locomotive Moorgate Halt Oldham 27 739

The L & Y North Liverpool electrification 27 740

Vintage A tram in Aintree c 1900 Rolling Stock Aintree Merseyside 27 740

Vintage Orrell Park station about 1906 Railway Premises Orrell Park Merseyside 27 740

Map; The L & Y railway; Liverpool area electrification Miscellaneous 27 741

Vintage A new train at Blundellsands about 1904 Rolling Stock Blundellsands Merseyside 27 742

Vintage A view from the bridge of Formby station in 1904 Railway Premises Formby Merseyside 27 742

Vintage A train stands in Maghull station in 1908 Rolling Stock Maghull Merseyside 27 743

Vintage Ormskirk station in the early 1900's Railway Premises Ormskirk Merseyside 27 744

Vintage Orrell Park station in 1907 with an EMU for Liverpool Exchange Rolling Stock Orrell Park Merseyside 27 744

LMS A Crossens-Southport lightweight EMU at Churchtown in 1939 Rolling Stock Churchtown Merseyside 27 745

Vintage A view from the bridge of Aintree LYR station c 1922 Railway Premises Aintree Merseyside 27 745

Vintage Tables 1 and 2. LYR Liverpool area electric stock Miscellaneous 27 746

LMS A mixed EMU train leaves Maghull in the 1930's Rolling Stock Maghull Merseyside 27 747

LMS LYR bogie parcels train at Ainsdale Rolling Stock Ainsdale Merseyside 27 747

The Stratford [Essex] scene 27 748

BR N7 no 69607 bumper to bumper with D16/3 no 62522 Locomotive Stratford London 27 748

BR No 61135 is ex works. Its sister B1 behind it clearly isn't! Locomotive Stratford London 27 748

BR A D16/3 no 62572 waits scrapping Locomotive Stratford London 27 749

BR J15 no 65440 Locomotive Stratford London 27 749

BR F6 no 67231 Locomotive Stratford London 27 750

BR J19 no 64671 Locomotive Stratford London 27 750

BR K1 no 62040 Locomotive Stratford London 27 751

BR K5 no 61863 Locomotive Stratford London 27 751

BR Y4 no 68125 Locomotive Stratford London 27 751

BR B12/3 no 61553 Locomotive Stratford London 27 752

BR J69 no 68613 Locomotive Stratford London 27 752

The hands that rocked the cradle 27 753

Vintage A female ticket inspector enjoys a natter People 27 753

Vintage Lathe operators at Horwich works People Horwich Bolton 27 753

Vintage A group of very clean carriage cleaners People 27 754

Vintage Painting goods wagons at Doncaster People Doncaster Doncaster 27 754

Vintage The free buffet at Paddington station Railway Premises Paddington London 27 754

Vintage Porters at Leicester Central station People Leicester Leicester 27 755

Vintage Red Cross nurses offer tea People 27 755

Vintage The administration office at Horwich works Railway Premises Horwich Bolton 27 755

Bristol fashion 27 756

GW GWR Badminton no 3303 Marlborough Locomotive Temple Meads Bristol 27 756

BR GWR Castle no 5067 St. Fagan's Castle Locomotive Bath Bath 27 756

BR A Castle at Patchway on the Red Dragon in1951 Locomotive Patchway Bristol 27 757

BR LMS 4F no 44466 Locomotive Temple Meads Bristol 27 757

LMS An LMS class 5 no 5043 Locomotive 27 758

GW Saint no 2913 St. Andrew runs over the Fox's Wood troughs Locomotive Keynsham Bristol 27 758

BR Temple Meads frontage in 1958 Railway Premises Temple Meads Bristol 27 758

GW No 4082 Windsor Castle on a running in turn Locomotive Stapleton Road Bristol 27 759

GW Not a pretty sight! The streamlined no 5005 Manorbier Locomotive 27 759

The rise and fall of the Railway spine 27 760

A composite of three photographs of the accident site Accident Staplehurst Paddock Wood 27 760

Drawing; The Staplehurst disaster Accident Staplehurst Paddock Wood 27 760

Lithograph of Sir John Eric Erichsen People 27 760

Lithograph; Dickens comforting the injured People Staplehurst Paddock Wood 27 762

Herbert Page surgeon to the LNWR People 27 763

BR LMS Jubilee no 45562 Alberta takes water during its stop at Skipton Locomotive Skipton Bradford 27 768

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