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Number 1 January 2017
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BR GWR King no 6006 King George I at Swindon works Locomotive Swindon Swindon 31 1
  Visiting Kentish Town and Cricklewood       31 4
BR LMS Jubilee no 45598 Basutoland at Cricklewood Locomotive Cricklewood London 31 4
BR LMS Jubilee no 45622 Nyasaland parked near Kentish Town Sidings box Locomotive Kentish Town London 31 4
BR BR Class 5 no 73092 visits Cricklewood Locomotive Cricklewood London 31 5
BR LMS Jubilee no 45639 Raleigh at Kentish Town Locomotive Kentish Town London 31 5
BR Royal Scot no 46112 Sherwood Forester but minus nameplates at Cricklewood Locomotive Cricklewood London 31 5
BR LMS Black Five no 44984 at its home shed Locomotive Cricklewood London 31 6
BR LMS Jubilee no 45569 of Leeds Holbeck shed waits in the Cricklewood sun Locomotive Cricklewood London 31 6
  Claims against Railway Companies       31 7
BR Forfar station from the curving platform Railway Premises Forfar Dundee 31 7
BR Forfar station frontage Railway Premises Forfar Dundee 31 7
BR A modern view of Springfield station Railway Premises Springfield Perth 31 8
Vintage Perth station interior c1912 Railway Premises Perth Perth 31 8
BR Plaistow station in 1958 Railway Premises Plaistow London 31 9
BR Strichen station Railway Premises Strichen Aberdeen 31 10
BR Ruthrieston station Railway Premises Ruthrieston Aberdeen 31 11
BR Stowupland level crossing Railway Premises Stowmarket Ipswich 31 12
  To the North coast Exhibition       31 13
LNE North East Coast Exhibition; Half day excursion leaflet17th Oct 1929 Miscellaneous Newcastle on Tyne Tyneside 31 13
LNE North East Coast Exhibition; Half day excursion leaflet19th Oct 1929 Miscellaneous Newcastle on Tyne Tyneside 31 13
  From Gravel to Buddleia       31 14
LT Pannier L90 [Ex GWR 7760] at the Croxley tip Locomotive Croxley London 31 14
BR Stanier LMS class 5 no 45114 passes under Croxley Halt Farm bridge Locomotive Croxley London 31 14
LT An unidentified pannier heads away from the tip Locomotive Croxley London 31 15
LT L90 gets a drink at Watford station, the platform gets a wash too! Locomotive Watford London 31 15
LT The track layout illustrated on the 1914 and 1961/2 O/S maps Miscellaneous Croxley London 31 16
LT Diagrammatic track layout 1955 Miscellaneous Croxley London 31 17
LT Site entry layout in 1926 and late 1955 Miscellaneous Croxley London 31 17
LT Battery locomotives L30 & 22 top and tail the waste train at Northwood Locomotive Northwood London 31 18
LT L90 shunting in the tip Locomotive Croxley London 31 18
LT An unidentified pannier on the return train at Pinner Locomotive Pinner London 31 19
  By steam to the steamers to the Isle of Man; Part 1       31 20
  An aerial view of Barrow in Furness in 1890 Miscellaneous Barrow in Furness Lake District 31 20
  The Princes landing stage at Liverpool Shipping Liverpool Merseyside 31 20
Vintage A 1905 ad promoting the Midland Railway's Heysham to Douglas sailing Shipping     31 21
Vintage Fleetwood station interior Railway Premises Fleetwood The Fylde 31 21
  A map of Liverpool c1935 showing the Lime Street to Mersey area Miscellaneous Liverpool Merseyside 31 22
BR Jubilee no 45584 North West Frontier on a Fleetwood boat train Locomotive Dobbs Brow Junction Bolton 31 23
LMS From the 1935 Official Guide to Ramsey, the LMS boat train ad Miscellaneous     31 24
  Shakespeare Country       31 25
GWR Brochure 'Rambles in Shakespeare Land' 1938 Miscellaneous     31 25
GWR Brochure 'Shakespeare Country' 1939 Miscellaneous     31 25
BR Brochure 'Shakespeare Country' 1955 Miscellaneous     31 26
BR Brochure 'Shakespeare Country' 1961 Miscellaneous     31 26
BR Brochure 'Shakespeare Country' 1949 Miscellaneous     31 27
  The junctions at Firbeck       31 28
BR Firbeck Junction 'A' Box Railway Premises Firbeck Sheffield 31 28
BR Plan; Firbeck junctions showing signalling Miscellaneous Firbeck Sheffield 31 28
Industrial Firbeck Main Colliery wagon at Berkhamstead in 1947 Rolling Stock Berkhamstead Aylesbury 31 29
BR Firbeck South west junction Railway Premises Firbeck Sheffield 31 29
BR Firbeck Junction 'B' Box Railway Premises Firbeck Sheffield 31 30
BR The pointwork rodding at A box Railway Premises Firbeck Sheffield 31 30
  East Anglian stopping points       31 31
BR A train waits in Long Melford station as the locomotive 'brews up'. Railway Premises Long Melford Colchester 31 31
BR Linton station Railway Premises Linton Cambridge 31 31
BR Woodbridge station in 1956 Railway Premises Woodbridge Ipswich 31 31
  'Kings' of the road       31 32
BR GWR no 6000 King George V waits to leave Paddington sporting the bell it acquired on its visit to the USA Locomotive Paddington London 31 32
BR GWR no 6005 King George II nears Warwick Locomotive Warwick Warwick 31 32
BR GWR no 6013 King James I passes Old Oak Common Locomotive Old Oak Common London 31 33
BR GWR no 6021 King Richard II calls at Leamington Spa Locomotive Leamington Spa Leamington Spa 31 33
BR GWR no 6021 King Richard II passing White Waltham Locomotive White Waltham Maidenhead 31 34
BR GWR no 6023 King Edward II at Dainton Summit Locomotive Dainton Summit Newton Abbot 31 34
BR GWR no 6025 King Henry III arrives at Paddington Locomotive Paddington London 31 34
BR GWR no 6009 King Charles II at Shrewsbury Locomotive Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 31 35
BR GWR no 6015 King Richard III at Seer Green Locomotive Seer Green Beaconsfield 31 35
  The Jutland Jubilees       31 36
LMS Jubilee no 5667 Lion at Crewe North MPD Locomotive Crewe Crewe 31 36
LMS Jubilee no 5699 Galatea leaves Trent Junction Locomotive Trent Jn. Nottingham 31 36
LMS Jubilee no 5715 Invincible pilots Royal Scot no 6163 Civil Service Rifleman up Shap Locomotive Shap Lake District 31 36
BR Jubilee no 45647 Sturdee here at Leeds City Locomotive Leeds Leeds 31 37
LMS Jubilee no 5654 Hood passing Wellingborough Locomotive Wellingborough Northampton 31 37
LMS Jubilee no 5714 Revenge at Carlisle Kingmoor Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 31 37
  Inherited Express passenger locomotives of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway       31 38
Vintage Ex LCDR M3 class no 647 at Longhenge Locomotive Longhenge Salisbury 31 38
Vintage F class no 1078 at Stewarts Lane in 1886 Locomotive Stewarts Lane London 31 38
Vintage SER F class no 103 at Bexley round the turn of the 19th/20th century Locomotive Bexley London 31 39
Vintage B class 34 stands at platform 2 at London Bridge Locomotive London Bridge London 31 40
Vintage SER F class no 240 at Folkestone Junction Locomotive Folkestone Folkestone 31 40
Vintage Former LCDR M1 no 635 at Sheerness Locomotive Sheerness Sittingbourne 31 41
Southern F1 no 205 takes the London road at Lewes East Junction Locomotive Lewes Lewes 31 42
Southern F1 no A249 passes Honor Oak Park Locomotive Honor Oak Park London 31 42
Vintage F1 no 110 at Paddock Wood Locomotive Paddock Wood Tunbridge Wells 31 43
Southern B1 no B448 at Lewes Locomotive Lewes Lewes 31 44
Southern B1 no 1448 at Dartford Locomotive Dartford London 31 45
  Lincolnshire Signal boxes       31 46
BR Immingham Reception box exterior Railway Premises Immingham Grimsby 31 46
BR Immingham West box exterior Railway Premises Immingham Grimsby 31 46
BR The lever frame of Wrawby Junction Railway Premises Wrawby Scunthorpe 31 46
BR Boston Dock's box Railway Premises Boston Boston 31 47
BR Goxhill box Railway Premises Goxhill Grimsby 31 47
BR Inside Ancaster box Railway Premises Ancaster Grantham 31 47
BR The lever frame at Heckington Railway Premises Heckington Boston 31 47
  Ripon. A city that lost its railway; part 1       31 48
Vintage A view from the station showing the Cathedral Miscellaneous Ripon Ripon 31 48
BR BR class 4 2-6-4T between the canal bridge and the viaduct Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 48
BR LNER A3 no 60084 Trigo crosses the River Ure Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 49
  Map; Northallerton to Harrogate Miscellaneous     31 49
BR A2/3 no 60524 Herringbone and B1 no 61069 double head a Liverpool train Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 50
BR LNER B1 no 61019 Nilghai in the goods yard Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 50
  The booking office and entrance to the subway, four years after closure Railway Premises Ripon Ripon 31 52
BR BR 4MT no 76021 with an empty stock train Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 53
BR LMS class 5 no 45057 nears Ripon from the north passing a signal box Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 54
BR An unidentified pairing of a B16/1 and an A3 wait to leave Ripon Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 55
BR NER Q6 no 63436 passes the goods yard with a goods train Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 55
  The Origins, diagnosis and historical prevention of track failure - Part 2       31 56
BR New track being laid with LMS 8F no 48665 pushing a train of track panels near Bourne end Locomotive Bourne End Hemel Hempstead 31 56
BR What loose chair screws can do Miscellaneous     31 56
BR Switch rail damage Miscellaneous     31 57
BR Using a Power tool to check nut tightness. Note the bull head to flat rail joint Miscellaneous     31 57
BR A badly split sleeper that gives no purchase to the L1 lockspikes Miscellaneous     31 58
BR A 'squat' defect Miscellaneous     31 59
BR Network South East no 47 583 County of Hertfordshire passes a platelayer gang Locomotive Reading Reading 31 59
BR An embankment slip Miscellaneous     31 60
BR An example of cyclic top Miscellaneous     31 60
BR BoB no 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair passes through Woking Locomotive Woking Woking 31 64
 
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BR SR L1 no 31786 'bulled up' for a special duty Locomotive Tonbridge Tonbridge 31 65
  Beyond Euston       31 68
BR Class 5 no 44909 passes under the Bletchley flyover Locomotive Bletchley Bletchley 31 68
BR Jubilee no 45604 Ceylon tops up on the Bushey troughs Locomotive Bushey London 31 68
BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no 41239 receives attention at Willesden shed Locomotive Willesden London 31 69
BR One of the pioneering 1,600 HP diesel electrics no 10001 drops down Camden bank Locomotive Camden London 31 69
BR Britannia no 70024 Vulcan at Hunton Bridge Locomotive King's Langley Hemel Hempstead 31 70
BR Caprotti Black five no 44744 picks up water at Castlethorpe troughs Locomotive Castlethorpe Bletchley 31 70
BR Rebuilt Patriot no 45512 Bunsen runs through Bletchley Locomotive Bletchley Bletchley 31 70
BR BR class 2 no 78003 waits at Willesden shed Locomotive Willesden London 31 71
BR BR class 2 no 78039 weaves through the debris of the Euston rebuilding in 1964 Locomotive Euston London 31 71
BR LNER no 8110 parked at Dundee shed Locomotive Dundee Dundee 31 72
BR NBR Y9 no 68110 ventures from Dundee East station in 1955 Locomotive Dundee Dundee 31 72
  The 'Road' Engine       31 73
BR NBR Y9 no 68107 trundles along Shore Street Locomotive Dundee Dundee 31 73
BR NBR Y9 no 68110 crosses Dock Street Locomotive Dundee Dundee 31 73
BR LNER J37 no 64600 at the sidings near Camperdown Junction Locomotive Dundee Dundee 31 74
  Map; The Dock Railways Miscellaneous Dundee Dundee 31 74
BR LNER no 68110 parked at Dundee shed Locomotive Dundee Dundee 31 75
BR LNER J37 no 64600 moves some wagons toward Camperdown Junction passing a signal box Locomotive Dundee Dundee 31 76
BR NBR Y9 no 68123 at the side of Dock Street Locomotive Dundee Dundee 31 76
BR NBR Y9 no 68123 between wagons in Dock Street Locomotive Dundee Dundee 31 77
BR Former LBSCR D1 no 2215 squeezes past a parked van in Deptford Grove Road Locomotive Deptford London 31 78
  Interim replacement for the Y9's. A tractor hauls a single wagon across South Union Street Miscellaneous Dundee Dundee 31 78
BR The new fangled NBL diesel hydraulic shunter no 11703 Locomotive Dundee Dundee 31 78
  Lines in the road at Ebbw Vale Miscellaneous Ebbw Vale Welsh Valleys 31 79
  The Railway Navvy in 19th century Britain       31 80
Vintage A splendid but inaccurate picture of the building of the Ribblehead Viaduct Railway Premises Ribblehead Viaduct Settle and Carlisle 31 80
Vintage Work in progress on the Denthead Viaduct Railway Premises Denthead Viaduct Settle and Carlisle 31 81
Vintage A section of the burial register of St. Leonard's, Chapel-en-le-Dale Miscellaneous Chapel-in-the-Dale Settle and Carlisle 31 82
  Railways in Court; Running Power disputes       31 83
Vintage Map; Shirebrook junction showing owning railway companies Miscellaneous Shirebrook Nottingham 31 83
Vintage Shirebrook Junction c1908 Railway Premises Shirebrook Nottingham 31 83
BR BR Std no 75062 at the former Midland station at Shirebrook Locomotive Shirebrook Nottingham 31 84
BR LNE B1 no 61127 at Worksop station Locomotive Worksop Sheffield 31 85
BR LNE K1 no 62019 leaves Whitwell Locomotive Whitwell Sheffield 31 85
  By steam to the steamers to the Isle of Man; Part 2       31 86
Joint LMS/GWR map of the Isle of Man boat train routes Miscellaneous     31 86
  The TSS Lady of Mann Shipping   Isle of Man 31 86
GWR Advert from the Isle of Man official guide of 1935 Miscellaneous     31 87
Joint The cover of the joint LMS/GWR pamphlet of 1939 promoting holidays in the Isle of Man Miscellaneous     31 87
  Manx Tourist Board advert of 1956 Miscellaneous     31 88
BR A handbill of 1957 which refers to IoM special trains Miscellaneous     31 89
BR Rebuilt 'Royal Scot' no 46164 The Artists' Rifleman with The Manxman in 1954 Locomotive Primrose Hill London 31 89
  Eric Bruton's A3 Pacifics       31 92
BR A3 no 60037 Hyperion leaves Edinburgh Waverley Locomotive Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 92
BR A3 no 60110 Robert the Devil goes under the bridge at Marshmoor near Hatfield Locomotive Hatfield Hatfield 31 92
BR A3 no 60043 Brown Jack on the Queen of Scots Pullman Locomotive Cockburnspath Scottish Borders 31 93
BR A3 no 60096 Papyrus heads south from Hatfield Locomotive Hatfield Hatfield 31 93
BR A3 no 60037 Hyperion runs light engine through Haymarket Locomotive Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 94
BR A3 no 60055 Woolwinder was originally an A1 Locomotive Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Garden City 31 94
BR A3 no 60041 Salmon Trout climbs toward the Forth Bridge Locomotive Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 95
BR A3 no 60105 emerges from Hadley Wood North tunnel Locomotive Hadley Wood London 31 95
  The SE&CR L & L1 classes       31 96
BR Another shot of L1 no 31786 [see cover] Locomotive Tonbridge Tonbridge 31 96
BR SR L class no 31776 at Tunbridge Wells West Locomotive Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge Wells 31 96
BR SR L class no 31770 nears Lewes station Locomotive Lewes Lewes 31 97
BR SR L class no 31772 steams away from Tonbridge Locomotive Tonbridge Tonbridge 31 97
BR SR L1 no 31754 passes the St Mary Cray Junction Locomotive St Mary Cray London 31 97
BR SR L1 no 31753 shunting at Dover Marine Locomotive Dover Dover 31 98
BR SR L1 no 31759 in front of the coaling stage at Ashford shed Locomotive Ashford [Kent] Ashford [Kent] 31 98
  Swindon built DMU's in Scotland       31 99
BR A DMU calls at Elgin Rolling Stock Elgin Inverness 31 99
BR The surviving Intermediate driving motor brake second no 79088 at Kilwinning Rolling Stock Kilwinning Kilmarnock 31 99
BR A class 126 DMU arrives at Central Rolling Stock Glasgow Glasgow 31 100
BR Ayrshires ready to leave Ayr Rolling Stock Ayr Ayr 31 100
BR A DMU at Barassie Rolling Stock Barassie Kilmarnock 31 101
BR An eight car DMU leaves for Aberdeen Rolling Stock Inverness Inverness 31 101
  A Wednesbury winter's night - part 2       31 102
BR Class 25/3 no 25273 [ex D7623] from the footbridge in Potters Lane Locomotive Wednesbury Birmingham 31 102
BR Class 46 'Peak' no 46 053 [ex D190] about to cross the Potters Lane Level crossing Locomotive Wednesbury Birmingham 31 102
BR Class 20's no's 20,180 & 1 [D 8080 & 1] take a down freight out of the exchange sidings Locomotive Wednesbury Birmingham 31 103
BR Class 20's no's 20, 047 and 008 [D 8047 & 008] go under the former GWR line from Snow Hill Locomotive Wednesbury Birmingham 31 104
BR Brush type 2 class 31/1 no 31 254 snakes across the running lines Locomotive Wednesbury Birmingham 31 105
BR Class 47/0 no 47 035 [ex D1615] with a class 8 shunter in the foreground Locomotive Wednesbury Birmingham 31 106
BR Wednesbury no 1 box interior Railway Premises Wednesbury Birmingham 31 107
BR Class 45/0 no 45 073 [exD129] leaving the exchange sidings Locomotive Wednesbury Birmingham 31 108
BR Table; Wednesbury No 1 Signal box night shift Miscellaneous Wednesbury Birmingham 31 108
BR Comparison Table; Wednesbury No 1 Signal box night shift Miscellaneous Wednesbury Birmingham 31 109
  Namings and Centenaries       31 110
BR Booklet cover; The story of New Street Miscellaneous Birmingham Birmingham 31 110
BR Cover; The Centenary of the Royal Albert Bridge Miscellaneous Plymouth Plymouth 31 110
BR Cover; The naming of the 'Evening Star' Miscellaneous Swindon Swindon 31 111
BR Cover; Two locomotive naming ceremonies Miscellaneous Swindon Swindon 31 111
  More Great Western Improvement schemes       31 112
BR GWR Castle no 5096 Bridgwater Castle is passed by 43xx no 6338 Locomotive Cardiff Cardiff 31 112
Vintage A crowd waits in 1920 at Cardiff General Railway Premises Cardiff Cardiff 31 113
Vintage Not a pretty site [or sight if you prefer!]. The view from the front of the station Railway Premises Cardiff Cardiff 31 113
GWR A plan of the station after the 1930/4 rebuilding Miscellaneous Cardiff Cardiff 31 114
BR Cardiff General Frontage in 1964 Railway Premises Cardiff Cardiff 31 114
BR Ex Taff Vale class A 0-6-2T no 377 at Riverside station Locomotive Cardiff Cardiff 31 115
Vintage Map; Didcot in 1900 Miscellaneous Didcot Didcot 31 115
GWR Didcot station in 1932 Railway Premises Didcot Didcot 31 116
BR GWR Saint no 2945 Hillingdon Court at Wantage Road station Locomotive Wantage road Didcot 31 117
GWR Swindon station Railway Premises Swindon Swindon 31 117
Vintage Acocks Green and South Yardley station in Edwardian days Railway Premises Acocks Green Birmingham 31 118
GWR Solihull station pre 1930 Railway Premises Solihull Birmingham 31 118
BR GWR 5101 no 4118 leaves with a local from Knowle and Dorridge station in the mid 50's? Locomotive Knowle and Dorridge Birmingham 31 119
  Pick a colour, Pre EWS and other liveries       31 120
BR The Loadhaul livery on Class 56 no 56 118 Locomotive Penmaenmawr N Wales 31 120
BR The rare Porterbrook livery on class 47 no 47 817 at York Locomotive York York 31 120
BR The EWS livery on class 60 no 60 050 between no 37 098 in engineer's Dutch livery and no 37 513 in Loadhauls Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 31 121
BR The Mainline livery on class 37 no 37 242 Locomotive Penmaenmawr N Wales 31 121
BR The Transrail livery on class 56 no 56 072 at Carlisle Locomotive Carlisle Carlisle 31 121
  The Metropolitan Railway Appendix to the working timetable, August 1921       31 122
LT Met no 94 Lord Aberconway in charge of the breakdown train Locomotive Neasden London 31 122
LT Wood station in 1935 Locomotive Wood Aylesbury 31 122
LT Verney Junction station with a Met steam locomotive waiting to leave Locomotive Verney Junction Aylesbury 31 123
LT Monument station 1933 Locomotive Monument London 31 124
BR A moment in time at Rugby Station in July 1962 Railway Premises Rugby Rugby 31 128
 
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BR A Great Eastern B12 LNER no 1543 at Kittybrewster shed Aberdeen Locomotive Aberdeen Aberdeen 31 129
  Changing at York       31 132
BR Class 46 no 46 027 leaves York with a Trans Pennine train Locomotive York York 31 132
BR Class 56 no 56 106 eases round the avoiding lines with a train of oil tankers Locomotive York York 31 132
BR Class 37 no 37 208 passing Chaloners Whin junction Locomotive York York 31 133
BR Class 47 no 47 462 passes Drighouses Yard Locomotive York York 31 133
BR Deltic no 55 022 Royal Scots grey passes under Holgate bridge Locomotive York York 31 133
BR Class 47 no 47 145 coast to coast on a Newcastle to Paignton train Locomotive York York 31 134
BR Peak no 45 142 on another coast to coast this one from Scarborough to Holyhead Locomotive York York 31 134
  What about the workers?       31 135
LMS LMS class 5 no 5219 being cleaned at Bank hall shed Locomotive Liverpool Merseyside 31 135
Southern The last day of operation for Waterloo A box with six signalmen on duty Railway Premises Waterloo London 31 135
Southern Manual shunting by naval personnel at Nine Elms during the General strike People Nine Elms London 31 136
BR Refitting the motion to an A4 Locomotive King's Cross London 31 136
Vintage The tea queue at GER Stratford works Railway Premises Stratford London 31 136
Vintage Changing tokens at Pentir Rhiw People Pentir Rhiw N. Wales 31 137
Vintage Fireboxes being fettled at Horwich People Horwich Bolton 31 137
LNE The Northallerton power signal box Railway Premises Northallerton Darlington 31 137
  The closure of the Midland and Great Northern joint line; Part 1       31 138
Joint M&GN class C [LNER D52] no 80 sets off from Norwich city Locomotive Norwich Norwich 31 138
Joint M&GN D class no 17 at Yarmouth Beach pre WW1 Locomotive Yarmouth Yarmouth 31 138
Joint M&GN D class no 70 at Yarmouth Beach in 1937 Locomotive Yarmouth Yarmouth 31 139
Joint Map of the joint line Miscellaneous     31 139
Joint M&GN 4-4-0 no 53 pilots LMS Fowler 2-6-4T on a Yarmouth train Locomotive Nottingham Nottingham 31 140
Joint Weston station in 1958 Railway Premises Weston Spalding 31 141
Joint A GN class J3 went to the M&GN in 1900 and later to the LNER, here on a goods train at Thursford Locomotive Thursford Melton Constable 31 142
Joint LNER F3 no 8097 at Sheringham Locomotive Sheringham Sheringham 31 143
Joint GNR J6 no 64172 calls at Spalding Town on the line's last day Locomotive Spalding Spalding 31 144
Joint LMS designed class 4 no 43107 shunting at Yarmouth Beach Locomotive Yarmouth Yarmouth 31 144
  The Brimscombe bankers       31 145
BR GWR 43xx passes Brimscombe with a freight train on April 1963 Locomotive Brimscombe Stroud 31 145
BR The same train going away with a banker Locomotive Brimscombe Stroud 31 145
BR A passenger train enters Sapperton tunnel Railway Premises Sapperton Stroud 31 146
BR Diagrammatic track plans of the line pre 1964 Miscellaneous     31 146
BR Gradient profile of the Swindon to Gloucester line Miscellaneous     31 146
Vintage A 1076 class 0-6-0ST pilots a train out of Stroud station c1903 Locomotive Stroud Stroud 31 147
Vintage Brimscombe station C1880 with two banking engines in the station Railway Premises Brimscombe Stroud 31 147
GWR A view from Rack Hill in Chalford showing the station and activities Railway Premises Chalford Stroud 31 148
Vintage Staff pose in front of no 2768 of the 2721 class People Brimscombe Stroud 31 148
GWR Brimscombe East signal box in 1934 Railway Premises Brimscombe Stroud 31 149
BR Hymek no D7088 passes through Brimscombe passing 61xx no 6106 Locomotive Brimscombe Stroud 31 149
BR A photograph taken from Cowcombe Hill of the Brimscombe banker at work Locomotive Brimscombe Stroud 31 150
BR And the banker 41xx no 4142 returning 'light engine' Locomotive Brimscombe Stroud 31 150
BR Brimscombe banker no 4141 pilots no 7003 Elmley Castle out of Stroud Locomotive Stroud Stroud 31 151
BR Driver Wally Green with no 3164 of the 3150 class at Sapperton Sidings signal box Locomotive Sapperton Stroud 31 151
BR Brimscombe banker no 4140 pilots no BR class 3 no 82039 under the skew bridge at Frampton Mansell Locomotive Frampton Mansell Stroud 31 152
BR See amid the winter's snow! A view up the bank in 1960 Railway Premises Brimscombe Stroud 31 153
BR BR 9F no 92132 suffers a blown out relief valve working up the bank to Sapperton tunnel in 1965 Locomotive Sapperton Stroud 31 154
BR No 4100 assists having been sent from Gloucester to help Locomotive Sapperton Stroud 31 154
  Getting a quart out of a pint pot; Part 1 Boosters and steam tenders       31 155
France A French steam tender design designed by Mons. Verpilleux Miscellaneous     31 155
France A more powerful steam tender design designed by Mons. Verpilleux Miscellaneous     31 155
  The Sturrock steam tender shrouded in 'steam'. Locomotive     31 155
Belgium Diagram; A Belgian steam tender design Miscellaneous     31 156
  Diagram; Sturrock steam tender Miscellaneous     31 156
Spain Diagram; A Neilson and Co design for the Cordoba and Belmez railway of Spain Miscellaneous     31 157
USA A Mallett compound built for the Erie railroad with steam tender Locomotive   USA 31 158
Narrow The River Esk running on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway with a steam tender in the late 1920's Locomotive Ravenglass Lake District 31 158
Germany A modified ex-Prussian P8 no 38 3249 with a turbine powered tender Locomotive   Germany 31 159
  Representing the Eastern Counties       31 160
LNE A B12 no 8537 at Broxbourne Locomotive Broxbourne Broxbourne 31 160
LNE A D15 no 8891 at Bishops Stortford shed Locomotive Bishops Stortford Bishops Stortford 31 160
BR D16/3 no 62546 Claude Hamilton but not the original bearer of this name, seen at Yarmouth Locomotive Yarmouth Yarmouth 31 161
BR E4 no 62785 ready to go at Cambridge shed with other locos in shot Locomotive Cambridge Cambridge 31 161
BR The end is nigh for B12/3 no 61571 as it passes a modernisation board at Stratford Locomotive Stratford London 31 161
BR B12/3 no 61567 ex works at Stratford Locomotive Stratford London 31 162
LNE B12/4 no 1524 at Kittybrewster Locomotive Aberdeen Aberdeen 31 162
BR B12 no 61561 leaves Framlingham Locomotive Framlingham Ipswich 31 163
BR D16/3 no 62613 at King's Lynn Locomotive King's Lynn King's Lynn 31 163
  Ripon. A city that lost its railway; part 2       31 164
BR Deltic no D9006 [later the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry] crosses the Ure Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 164
BR NER D20 no 62387 waits to leave Ripon Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 164
BR A1 no 60153 Flamboyant nears Ripon station Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 165
BR Two BR 4MT 20604T's no's 800117 and 8 Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 166
BR WD Austerity no 90068 passes with a down freight Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 166
BR B1 no 61062 runs off the viaduct into the station Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 167
BR A1 no 60154 waits to leave Ripon Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 168
BR NER J25 no 65726 ambles in with the pick up goods Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 168
BR An EE type 3 crosses the viaduct with a train of ammonia tanks Locomotive Ripon Ripon 31 169
  The station buildings converted to commercial use. They are now residential Railway Premises Ripon Ripon 31 170
  A Lancashire alliance 1863 - 70       31 171
BR Cherry Tree station Railway Premises Cherry Tree Blackburn 31 171
BR The Feniscowles three arch bridge Railway Premises Feniscowles Blackburn 31 171
Vintage Map; The Lancashire Union Railway 1869 Miscellaneous     31 172
BR Withnell station Railway Premises Withnell Blackburn 31 172
BR Brinscall station Railway Premises Brinscall Blackburn 31 173
BR Heapey station with its last train in the station Railway Premises Heapey Blackburn 31 173
BR The main approach to Chorley station Railway Premises Chorley Blackburn 31 174
BR Chorley station trackside in 1964 Railway Premises Chorley Blackburn 31 175
BR Adlington [White Bear] station Railway Premises Adlington Wigan 31 176
BR Red Rock station Railway Premises Red Rock Wigan 31 176
BR Boar's Head station, junction and signal box Railway Premises Boar's Head Wigan 31 177
  Morfa Mawddach in limbo       31 178
BR Morfa Mawddach station looking north in 1968 Railway Premises Morfa Mawddach Porthmadoc 31 178
BR Morfa Mawddach station looking south in 1968 Railway Premises Morfa Mawddach Porthmadoc 31 178
BR Morfa Mawddach Cambrian platforms Railway Premises Morfa Mawddach Porthmadoc 31 179
BR Morfa Mawddach Ruabon platforms with two camping coaches Railway Premises Morfa Mawddach Porthmadoc 31 179
BR Morfa Mawddach station looking south in 1968 from the up Cambrian platform Railway Premises Morfa Mawddach Porthmadoc 31 179
  The Great silence and the railways 1919       31 180
GWR Crewe station in the 1930's Railway Premises Crewe Crewe 31 180
GWR Longdown station in the Teign valley Railway Premises Longdown Exeter 31 180
GWR Stafford station c1910 Railway Premises Stafford Stafford 31 181
  Beyond Clapham Junction       31 182
BR LBSCR J2 no 32326 at Clapham Junction in 1949 Locomotive Clapham Junction London 31 182
Southern Traffic jockeys for position outside Clapham Junction station Miscellaneous Clapham Junction London 31 182
Vintage LBSCR B4 no 210 with the Royal train Locomotive Clapham Junction London 31 183
BR LSWR M7 no 30248 nears Earlsfield Locomotive Earlsfield London 31 183
BR Southern 4-SUB approaching Clapham Junction Rolling Stock Clapham Junction London 31 184
BR King Arthur' No 30788 Sir Ure of the mount Locomotive Clapham Junction London 31 185
BR Lord Nelson' no 30855 Robert Blake in Wandsworth cutting with a boat train Locomotive Wandsworth London 31 185
BR A recent view of the LBSCR parcels office at Clapham Junction Railway Premises Clapham Junction London 31 186
BR SECR C class no 31510 approaches Vauxhall Locomotive Vauxhall London 31 186
Southern SR BoB no 21C163 [later 229 Squadron] at Stewarts Lane shed Locomotive Stewarts Lane London 31 187
BR The interior of the LBSCR station at Battersea Park Railway Premises Battersea Park London 31 187
BR A 'Eurostar' passes Vauxhall in 1997 Locomotive Vauxhall London 31 188
BR LBSCR E4 no 32500 has just left its train of empties Locomotive Waterloo London 31 188
  Signalman Carruthers used in advertising for cocoa       31 189
Vintage Advert 'Dr Tibbles' Vi-Cocoa Miscellaneous     31 189
BR GER D16/3 no 62522 leaves Ely North junction behind it Locomotive Ely Ely 31 192
 
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BR LMS Fowler class 4 no 42314 banks a northbound freight up Shap Locomotive Shap Lake District 31 193
  Valediction to Old Oak Common       31 196
BR GWR Castle no 5049 Earl of Plymouth Locomotive Old Oak Common London 31 196
BR GWR Modified Hall no 6994 Baggrave Hall Locomotive Old Oak Common London 31 196
BR GWR 47xx class no 4704 Locomotive Old Oak Common London 31 197
BR GWR 61xx class no 6135 Locomotive Old Oak Common London 31 197
BR GWR Hall no 6937 and no 4703 Locomotive Old Oak Common London 31 198
BR GWR Star no 4056 Princess Margaret Locomotive Old Oak Common London 31 198
BR Western D1000 Western Enterprise in desert sand and D1035 Western Yeoman in maroon with two Hymecs Locomotive Old Oak Common London 31 198
  Birmingham Snow Hill and Moor Street       31 199
GWR GWR 14xx no 1414 with the local to Dudley Locomotive Snow Hill Birmingham 31 199
BR GWR King no 6000 King George V Locomotive Snow Hill Birmingham 31 199
BR Snow Hill station exterior in 1966 Railway Premises Snow Hill Birmingham 31 199
Private GWR 45xx no 4555 Locomotive Snow Hill Birmingham 31 200
BR LMS Coronation no 46237 City of Bristol Locomotive Snow Hill Birmingham 31 200
BR The ACV lightweight diesel Rolling Stock Snow Hill Birmingham 31 200
BR A 1972 view of some discovered posters Railway Premises Moor Street Birmingham 31 201
BR DMU's at Moor Street Rolling Stock Moor Street Birmingham 31 201
BR Moor street exterior Railway Premises Moor Street Birmingham 31 201
  North Eastern freight in the early 1960's       31 202
BR NER B16 no 61456 passes Pilmoor Locomotive Pilmoor York 31 202
BR WD Austerity no 90171 climbs up the Calder Valley line Locomotive Hebden Bridge Bradford 31 202
BR NER Q6 no 63399 at Thornaby locomotive depot Locomotive Thornaby Teesside 31 203
BR NER Q6 no 63396 at Penshaw Moor Locomotive Penshaw Moor Sunderland 31 204
BR NER J27 no 65879 climbs Seaton Bank Locomotive Seaton Sunderland 31 205
BR Class 40 no 40 006 leaves Tyne Yard Locomotive Tyne Yard Tyneside 31 206
BR Class 47 no 47 042 passes Dringhouses Yard Locomotive York York 31 206
BR An ore train with 9F no 92066 at the front and 9F no 92065 banking Locomotive Annfield Plain Tyneside 31 207
  Whitmore; Part 1       31 208
Vintage Joseph Locke, engineer for the Grand Junction Railway People     31 208
Vintage Map of the Grand Junction Railway with fares tariff Miscellaneous     31 208
Vintage A scale model of GJR no 8 Wildfire; Crew protection Nil! Locomotive     31 209
Vintage The booking office in LNWR days Railway Premises Whitmore Crewe 31 209
Vintage An engraving of a train heading through the rock cutting at Whitmore Miscellaneous Whitmore Crewe 31 210
Vintage LNWR Jubilee on a down express Locomotive Whitmore Crewe 31 211
Vintage Experiment 2-2-2-0 no 1113 Hecate heads 2-2-2-0 no 1304 Jennie Deans on the troughs Locomotive Whitmore Crewe 31 212
Vintage Whitworth no 635 Zameil and Problem no 134 Owl about to reach the Whitmore troughs Locomotive Whitmore Crewe 31 212
LMS A crane engine at work at Madeley Locomotive Madeley Crewe 31 213
LMS Claughton no 5925 E C Trench, Precursor no 5282 Champion and Royal Scot no 6143 The South Staffordshire Regt. Locomotive Whitmore Crewe 31 213
  The closure of the Midland and Great Northern joint line; Part 2       31 214
BR LMS Ivatt class 4 no 43145 calls at Fakenham West Locomotive Fakenham North Norfolk 31 214
BR An LMS loco no 43092 crosses the Cross Keys bridge Locomotive Sutton Bridge Kings Lynn 31 215
BR Ex GER B12/3 no 61540 outside the one engine shed at Cromer Beach Locomotive Cromer North Norfolk 31 215
BR An LMS designed class 4 no 43150 with another two in the background Locomotive Melton Constable North Norfolk 31 216
BR Holbeach station in 1958 Railway Premises Holbeach Spalding 31 217
BR An ex GER J17 approaches Corpusty and Saxthorpe station Locomotive Melton Constable North Norfolk 31 218
BR LMS class 4 no 43161 at Spalding Town on the last day of service Locomotive Spalding Spalding 31 219
BR LMS class 4 no 43108 waits to leave Melton Constable Locomotive Melton Constable North Norfolk 31 220
  LNER Motorail 1932's version       31 221
LNE Publicity leaflet for the 1932 Motorail services Miscellaneous     31 221
  Aldgate to Glyncorrwg; Three coaches make a journey       31 222
LT Brake third no W3756 at Uxbridge Vine Street Rolling Stock Uxbridge London 31 222
GWR Two photographs of the three coach colliery workmen's train with GWR 57xx no 9617 Locomotive North Rhondda Halt Welsh Valleys 31 223
  The LMS class 4 2-6-2 tanks       31 224
BR Fairburn no 42141 leaves Leeds Locomotive Leeds Leeds 31 224
BR Fowler no 42384 leaving Saddleworth station Locomotive Saddleworth Manchester 31 224
BR Fairburn no 42110 in front of Stanier no 42478 at Crewe works Locomotive Crewe Crewe 31 225
BR Fairburn no 42210 banking a freight at Shap Wells Locomotive Shap Lake District 31 225
BR Stanier no 42664 at Bowling junction Locomotive Bradford Bradford 31 225
BR Fairburn no 42142 leaves Bradford Exchange Locomotive Bradford Bradford 31 226
BR Fairburn no 42773 at Bridge of Allan Locomotive Bridge of Allan Stirling 31 226
BR Stanier no 42665 stands at Tebay Locomotive Tebay Lake District 31 226
BR Fairburn no 42106 near Clapham Junction on the Southern Region Locomotive Clapham Junction London 31 227
BR Fowler no 42320 leaves Hellifield Locomotive Hellifield Settle and Carlisle 31 227
BR Stanier no 42587 leaves Hooton Locomotive Hooton Merseyside 31 227
  Herefordshire's railways       31 228
  Old map of Herefordshire's railways Miscellaneous   Hereford 31 228
BR Leominster station [pronounced Lemster] in 1950 Railway Premises Leominster Hereford 31 229
BR The closed Kington station in 1957 Railway Premises Kington Hereford 31 229
GWR GWR 74xx no 7420 at Presteign Locomotive Presteign Hereford 31 230
Vintage Kingsland station in pre WWI days Railway Premises Kingsland Hereford 31 230
BR Fencote station shortly before closure in 1952 Railway Premises Fencote Hereford 31 231
BR GWR Saint no 2937 Clevedon Court alongside the station pilot 43xx no 7308 Locomotive Hereford Hereford 31 231
Vintage A 'Hop pickers' special at Bromyard c1900 Railway Premises Bromyard Hereford 31 232
Vintage Dorstone station c1910 Railway Premises Dorstone Hereford 31 232
GWR 2251 class no 2286 at Ross-on-Wye Locomotive Ross-on-Wye Hereford 31 233
BR A spectacular view of Symonds Yat station Railway Premises Symonds Yat Hereford 31 233
  0-6-0 freight engines inherited by the Southern Railway       31 234
Southern LBSCR class C2 no 552 Locomotive     31 234
Southern SECR C class no 1268 gleams at Ashford works Locomotive Ashford [Kent] Ashford [Kent] 31 234
BR A class C2X no 32449 at Three Bridges Locomotive Three Bridges Three Bridges 31 235
BR Two C2X engines no's 32544 and 32444 with an LBSCR K class no 32346 Locomotive Norwood Junction London 31 235
Southern Class C2 [X?] no 554 Locomotive     31 236
BR SER class O no 31430 at dover Marine Locomotive Dover Dover 31 236
BR LSWR '700' class no 30699 in 1954 Locomotive Eastleigh Eastleigh 31 237
BR SER O1 class no 31256 Locomotive Dover Dover 31 237
Southern LCDR C class no 1592 can still be seen on the Bluebell Railway Locomotive Chelsfield London 31 238
Vintage LSWR no 0229 Locomotive     31 238
Southern LSWR no 273-A Locomotive Strawberry Hill London 31 238
Southern Adams '395' class no 083 Locomotive     31 239
BR Drummond '700' class no 697 at Queen's road Battersea Locomotive Battersea London 31 239
  On the street where you live       31 240
  Road nameplates; Great Western Avenue, Bridgend Miscellaneous Bridgend Cardiff 31 240
  Road nameplates; Halt Road, Rhigos Miscellaneous Rhigos Welsh Valleys 31 240
  Road nameplates; Railway View Tredegar Miscellaneous Tredegar Welsh Valleys 31 240
  Road nameplates; Incline Road, Port Talbot Miscellaneous Port Talbot Port Talbot 31 241
  Road nameplates; Sidings Terrace, Neath Miscellaneous Neath Neath 31 241
  Road nameplates; Upper Viaduct Terrace, Crumlin Miscellaneous Crumlin Welsh Valleys 31 241
  A good run for your money       31 242
Vintage A female WWI club train attendant People     31 242
LMS Postcard of the Blackpool Club Train Rolling Stock     31 242
Vintage Interior of the LYR Blackpool club carriage in 1905 Rolling Stock     31 243
BR The rather more modest [and much cheaper!] NER club carriage Rolling Stock     31 243
Vintage LNWR club saloons no's 234/5 Rolling Stock Wolverton Milton Keynes 31 244
Vintage The interior of saloon 234 Rolling Stock     31 244
Vintage The NER club carriage that ran on the Leeds to Scarborough route Rolling Stock     31 245
Vintage The smoking section of the LYR Blackpool carriage Rolling Stock     31 245
LNE The interior of the LNER club carriage that ran on the Hull to Scarborough / Bridlington router Rolling Stock     31 246
Vintage The interior of the NER club carriage that ran on the Leeds to Scarborough route Rolling Stock     31 246
  Curious aspects of passenger behaviour       31 247
BR Ambergate station Railway Premises Ambergate Derby 31 247
Vintage Snaresbrook station in GER days Railway Premises Snaresbrook London 31 247
  George Hudson the 'Railway King' People     31 248
BR NBR J37 no 64598 calls at the derelict Johnshaven station Locomotive Johnshaven Aberdeen 31 248
  Soldiers of the Black watch showing their knees. Scandalous! People     31 249
Vintage A group at Marsden LNWR in 1908 People Marsden Huddersfield 31 250
Vintage An early view of Crewe station interior Railway Premises Crewe Crewe 31 250
  Victorian cartoon of a fare dodger Miscellaneous     31 251
Vintage An early view of Middleton Junction station Railway Premises Middleton Manchester 31 252
BR Enginemen striding to get a ride 'on the cushions' at Doncaster People Doncaster Doncaster 31 256
 

 
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Number 5 May 2017
 
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BR BR Std class 5 no 73069 an the turntable at Carnforth Carnforth Lake District 31 257
  Class 56's on the coal     31 260
BR No 56 091 leads a train of 'empties' out of Healey Mills Yard Healey Mills Wakefield 31 260
BR No 56 098 changes line at Doncaster with an MGR train Doncaster Doncaster 31 260
BR No 56 104 in Railfreight Coal Sector livery passes Milford Junction Milford Junction Selby 31 261
EWS No 56 114 in defunct EWS livery with an MGR train for Drax Milford West Siding Selby 31 261
BR Transrail's no 56 056 passes Mill Lane, Brayton Brayton Selby 31 261
  Railway Post Offices     31 262
Vintage Newcastleton on the Waverley route Newcastleton Borders 31 262
Vintage The now drowned station at Lochluichart in Highland days Lochluichart Highlands 31 262
  Table 1; Former Scottish Railway Companies where the stationmasters acted as sub-postmasters     31 263
Vintage Wolferton on the GE Hunstanton branch Wolferton King's Lynn 31 263
BR Martin Mill station Martin Mill Dover 31 264
  Nisbet station with Nisbet Post Office clearly visible over the door Nisbet Borders 31 264
  Table 2; Payments by the GPO to NBR sub-postmasters     31 264
BR Amberley station Amberley Arundel 31 265
BR Baynards station and level crossing Baynards Horsham 31 266
BR Rannoch station Rannoch Highlands 31 266
BR Frant station Frant Tunbridge Wells 31 267
  The Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Railway     31 268
  Map of the Lambton Railway in 1904   31 268
Industrial NCB no 31 0-6-2T with a train of empties at Philadelphia Philadelphia Sunderland 31 268
  Map of Philadelphia c1907 Philadelphia Sunderland 31 269
Industrial NCB no 38 0-4-0ST shunting at Philadelphia Philadelphia Sunderland 31 269
Industrial NCB no 33 0-4-0ST shunting by Lambton works office Lambton Sunderland 31 270
Industrial The remains of Bradyll possibly standing on contemporary track Philadelphia Sunderland 31 270
Industrial NCB 0-6-2T's no's 10 and 31 alongside no 49 0-4-0ST in the workshop Philadelphia Sunderland 31 271
Industrial NCB no 31 0-6-2T undergoing a major overhaul Philadelphia Sunderland 31 271
Industrial NCB no 28 0-4-0ST Philadelphia Sunderland 31 272
Industrial NCB no 29 0-6-2T outside the main engine shed Philadelphia Sunderland 31 272
Industrial NCB no 29 0-6-2T in the shed yard by no 3 0-6-0ST Philadelphia Sunderland 31 273
Industrial NCB no 52 0-2T gets it inside motion oiled by the fireman while the driver enjoys a cigarette! Philadelphia Sunderland 31 273
Industrial NCB no 5 0-6-2ST is watered at New Penshaw [Now with the North Yorkshire Moors railway] New Penshaw Sunderland 31 274
Industrial The view from the footplate of NCB no 5 as it enters the Deptford tunnel Deptford Sunderland 31 274
  Back to the Settle to Carlisle line   31 275
BR A desolate view of Blea [Blue!] Moor box and railway cottages Blea Moor Settle and Carlisle 31 275
BR LMS class 5 no 45056 passing Ais Gill signal box Ais Gill Settle and Carlisle 31 275
BR Railway cottages at Garsdale Garsdale Settle and Carlisle 31 275
BR Garsdale station [ex Hawes Junction] with water cranes on both platforms Garsdale Settle and Carlisle 31 276
BR Small but attractive, the four arch Ais gill Viaduct Ais Gill Settle and Carlisle 31 276
BR A Peak diesel grinds through Dent station Dent Settle and Carlisle 31 277
BR LMS no 42906 nearing Ais gill summit with wild boar fell behind the smoke Ais Gill Settle and Carlisle 31 277
  Dublin Amiens Street - in the rare ould times     31 278
Ireland No 207 Boyne of the GN(I) VS class leaves Amiens Street Dublin Ireland 31 278
Ireland A class T2 4-4-2T leaves Amien Street Dublin Ireland 31 279
Ireland A Park royal bodied DMU Dublin Ireland 31 279
Ireland No 210 Erne of the GN(I) VS class leaves Amiens Street Dublin Ireland 31 279
Ireland Three ex GN(I) locos with an ex Great Southern loco Dublin Ireland 31 279
  South of the Solway Firth     31 280
BR An RCTS special behind GNoS 4-4-0 no 49 'Gordon Highlander' and 'Caly' Single no 123 at Silloth Silloth Lake District 31 280
Vintage Poster; Opening of the Port Carlisle railway     31 280
Vintage Engraving; cutting the first sod of the Carlisle and Silloth bay Railway     31 281
  Map; Railways round the Solway Firth     31 281
Vintage Silloth in its heyday c 1900 Silloth Lake District 31 282
  The Silloth Sanatorium Silloth Lake District 31 282
BR LNER J39 no 64912 arrives at Silloth Silloth Lake District 31 283
  The Solway Viaduct c 1931 Silloth Lake District 31 283
LMS Bowness station in 1930 Bowness Lake District 31 284
Vintage The damage to the viaduct caused by ice floes in 1881 Bowness Lake District 31 284
Vintage Britain's last horse hauled passenger service. Dandy No 1 is now in the NRM Port Carlisle Lake District 31 285
LMS Ex LNWR 18inch Goods heads a freight to Brayton Junction Abbey Junction Lake District 31 285
BR A DMU on the Silloth branch Silloth Lake District 31 286
Vintage Dandy No 1's last working from Port Carlisle Port Carlisle Lake District 31 286
Vintage North British Class A no 22 on the Dandy's replacement Port Carlisle Lake District 31 286
BR An RCTS special behind GNoS 4-4-0 no 49 'Gordon Highlander' and 'Caly' Single no 123 at Kirkbride Kirkbride Lake District 31 287
BR Type 2 no D5310 on the penultimate train at Kirkandrews Kirkandrews Lake District 31 287
  Carnforth and Cumbria     31 288
BR BR class 4 no 75048 and Britannia no 70013 Oliver Cromwell Carnforth Lake District 31 288
BR LMS class 5 no 45390 in Barrow yard Barrow in Furness Lake District 31 288
BR BR Std class 5 no 73069 backs out of Carnforth shed [see also cover] Carnforth Lake District 31 289
BR LMS class 5 no 44894 in Kendal goods yard Kendal Lake District 31 289
BR Black Five no 44871 now lives on in preservation Carnforth Lake District 31 290
BR BR Std class 4 no 75048 passing Kent's Bank station Kent's Bank Lake District 31 290
BR LMS class 5 no 44894 heads for Oxenholme Oxenholme Lake District 31 290
BR BR Std class 4 no 75048 having its fire dropped inside Carnforth shed Carnforth Lake District 31 291
BR BR Std class 4 no 75048 at Grange over Sands Grange over Sands Lake District 31 292
BR LMS class 5 no 45390 climbs up Lindal Bank Barrow in Furness Lake District 31 292
  District Railway Electrics     31 293
LT An A stock motor car at South Harrow in the early days of District electrification South Harrow London 31 293
LT South Harrow car sheds with some A stock South Harrow London 31 293
LT A B stock trailer in pristine condition     31 294
LT An A stock control trailer in its latter years   London 31 294
LT A B stock train pauses at Sudbury Town Sudbury Town London 31 295
LT A train of B stock at Ealing Broadway Ealing Broadway London 31 295
LT A C or D stock train at Aldersgate station [now Barbican] with a Midland Railway train on the widened lines Barbican London 31 296
LT A C or D stock train at Shoreditch Shoreditch London 31 296
LT A C stock motor car in the terminal road at Putney Bridge Putney Bridge London 31 297
LT An E stock train at Kensington Olympia Kensington London 31 297
LT An F stock train approached Rayners Lane Rayners Lane London 31 298
LT An F stock train emerges from Marc Brunel's Thames Tunnel Wapping London 31 298
LT A K stock motor car     31 299
LT A train of mixed E and C or D stock at Kensington Olympia Kensington London 31 299
LT A train of mixed Q and G stock at Wapping Wapping London 31 299
  The Great Western in The Wirral; Part 1     31 300
BR GWR 51xx no's 4159, 5186 and 4121 under Rose Brae Bridge Birkenhead Merseyside 31 300
  Map; Lines on the Wirral   Merseyside 31 300
GW GWR 35xx no 3575 waits to leave Woodside Birkenhead Merseyside 31 301
BR GWR Modified Hall no 6979 Peatling Hall as near Liverpool as the GWR got Birkenhead Merseyside 31 301
BR GWR pannier no 7714 at Platform 4 Birkenhead Merseyside 31 301
BR GWR 20xx no 2082 in Morpeth yard Birkenhead Merseyside 31 302
GW Map; The GWR on Merseyside   Merseyside 31 302
BR A 'Grange' class locomotive reverses up the 'Sough' Birkenhead Merseyside 31 303
BR GWR pannier no 2011 Birkenhead Merseyside 31 303
BR The LMS and GW sheds in 1948 with assorted locomotives Birkenhead Merseyside 31 303
BR GWR 28xx no 3829 on the LMS turntable Birkenhead Merseyside 31 304
BR GWR 47xx no 4704 on shed Birkenhead Merseyside 31 304
BR GWR pannier no 2069 Birkenhead Merseyside 31 304
  Insert; History of ex GWR locomotives allocated to Birkenhead 1948-59     31 305
  Signalling Spotlight: Scottish Signal Variety     31 306
BR A 'Caly' signal at Meigle Meigle Dundee 31 306
BR A 'Caly' signal bracket at Gleneagles Gleneagles Perth 31 306
BR A North British signal at Rothbury Rothbury Borders 31 306
BR A G&SW gantry at Greenock Princes Pier Greenock Glasgow 31 307
BR GNoS signal at Keith Junction on an old bullheaded rail Keith Aberdeen 31 307
  Railway Excursion Traffic 1830 - 1899     31 308
BR LMS Jubilee no 45581 Bihar and Orissa nears Blackpool Lea Road The Fylde 31 308
Vintage The joint LYR & LNWR station at Blackpool Talbot road Blackpool The Fylde 31 308
Vintage LYR 4-4-0 no 675 at Southport in 1896 Southport Preston 31 309
Vintage A crowd waits at Fleetwood station for the Fleetwood to Barrow ferry Fleetwood The Fylde 31 310
Vintage The Wesleyan Sunday School waits on Croston station for their excursion to Southport Croston Preston 31 310
Vintage What seems to be a coloured photo of Fleetwood station interior Fleetwood The Fylde 31 311
Vintage The frontage of Llandudno station c 1904 Llandudno North Wales 31 312
Vintage The interior of Llandudno station Llandudno North Wales 31 312
BR LSWR T9 no 30313 ready to leave Wadebridge Wadebridge Bodmin 31 313
Vintage Great Malvern station in 1919 Great Malvern Worcester 31 314
Vintage The Bass & Co annual works outing to Scarborough in 1910 Scarborough Scarborough 31 315
  Go West     31 316
BR A view from Yeovil Pen Mill station with GWR 45xx no 4593 and BR 2-6-2T no 82040 in shot Yeovil Yeovil 31 316
BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no's 41301 and 41284 on the Dorset Belle near Corfe Castle Corfe Castle Swanage 31 316
BR The LSWR terminus at Ilfracombe Ilfracombe Barnstaple 31 316
BR BR 9F no 92093 under the coaling plant at Carnforth Carnforth Lake District 31 320
 
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BR GWR '2251' class no 3212 calls at Minffordd Minffordd North Wales 31 321
  Via Three Cocks Junction     31 324
BR LMS 2MT no 46401 Builth Road Low level station Builth Road Mid Wales 31 324
BR LMS 2MT no 46401 at Pantydwr in 1962 Pantydwr Mid Wales 31 324
BR LMS no 46503 heads off leaving no 46510 in the adjacent platform Three Cocks Jn. Mid Wales 31 325
BR LMS no 46515 waits at Three Cocks station Three Cocks Jn. Mid Wales 31 325
BR The local goods just south of Three Cocks junction headed by LMS no 46503 Three Cocks Jn. Mid Wales 31 325
  Irish nationalism and the railways in the twentieth century     31 326
Ireland Drawing; the opening day at Westland Row Dublin Ireland 31 326
Ireland GNR(I) no 174 at Kildare Kildare Ireland 31 326
Ireland Castlebellingham station Castlebellingham Ireland 31 327
Ireland County Donegal Joint Railway no 6 Derry Ireland 31 327
Ireland GNR(I) railcar no 16 Strabane Ireland 31 328
Ireland GNR(I) station at Londonderry Londonderry Ireland 31 328
LMS Ex LNWR 2-4-2T at New Street Birmingham Birmingham 31 329
Vintage Maple Wharf signal box Maple Wharf Manchester 31 330
BR The exterior of Leamington Spa Avenue station Leamington Spa Birmingham 31 330
Vintage Ludgate Hill station Ludgate Hill London 31 331
  'People travelling on business seem seldom to travel by train'     31 332
BR BR 2MT no 75038 leaves Cambridge's bay platform 3 Cambridge Cambridge 31 332
  Map; The 'Varsity line'     31 332
BR BR 4MT no 80043 leaves with a Bletchley train Cambridge Cambridge 31 333
BR Old North Road station with ex GER J17 no 65556 Old North Road Cambridge 31 334
BR Derby built lightweight units pass at Bedford [St johns] Bedford Bedford 31 335
BR The Bletchley [Oxford lines] station with a single Derby built railcar Bletchley Bletchley 31 335
BR A railcar waits to leave Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge 31 336
BR Gamlingay station Gamlingay Bedford 31 336
BR A DMU at Potton station Potton Bedford 31 337
  Table 1; Total usage of main stations in respect of the 'Varsity Line' week ending 14th March 1964     31 337
  Table 2; Total usage from Cambridge; Friday 3rd July 1964     31 337
  Table 3; Total usage from Oxford; Friday 3rd July 1964     31 337
BR A DMU in the new BR livery Sandy Bedford 31 338
BR Millbrook level crossing and station Millbrook Bedford 31 339
  Coal to the sea; 50 years of the Lothian lines     31 340
BR J37 no 64582 climbs to cross the ECML Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 340
BR Map; the East Lothian lines Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 340
BR K3 no 61987 on the Walton Walls spur Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 341
BR Niddrie North junction Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 341
BR A J38 passes Walton Walls box Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 342
BR Walton Walls Junction box Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 342
BR D49 no 62711 Dumbartonshire heads along the ECML {It should have read DuNbartonshire] Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 343
BR J39 no 64946 runs parallel with the ECML with a coal train Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 344
BR V1 no 67659 with a train from Dunbar Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 345
BR V2 no 60816 passes the Walton Walls box Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 345
BR A3 no 60087 Blenheim climbs from Portobello East junction Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 346
  Getting a quart out of a pint pot; Part 2     31 347
Germany No 1400 a one of 4-(2)-2-2 locomotive built by Krauss for the Bavarian State railway in 1896 Bavaria Germany 31 347
Vintage The Eames locomotive built by Eames in 1880     31 347
Germany Herr Krauss's second attempt at a booster locomotive lasted two years before being rebuilt Bavaria Germany 31 348
Germany No 1400 after rebuilding as a 4-4-0 Bavaria Germany 31 348
USA A New York Central Railroad 2-8-2 fitted with a pony truck booster   United States 31 349
LNE No 727 class C9 a Gresley booster fitted conversion of a NER Atlantic York York 31 349
  A proposal for a Franklin type tender steam booster     31 350
USA Drawing from a Bothwell US patent 882618   United States 31 350
USA The only known image of the bizarre Bothwell locomotive built in Chicago in 1907   United States 31 351
  The '2251' class - A GW class put to good use     31 352
BR GWR no 2217 leaves Carmarthen Carmarthen South Wales 31 352
BR GWR no 2255 at Machynlleth shed Machynlleth Mid Wales 31 352
BR GWR no 2204 at Barmouth Barmouth Mid Wales 31 353
BR GWR no 2286 waits for its crossing train at Fawley Fawley Gloucester 31 353
BR GWR no 2210 on a freight train at Warwick Warwick Warwick 31 354
BR GWR no 2214 leaves East Garston East Garston Newbury 31 354
BR GWR no 2255 at Talerddig Talerddig Mid Wales 31 354
BR GWR no 2227 passes Cogan Junction Cardiff Cardiff 31 355
BR GWR no 3207 at Flatbury Flatbury Worcester 31 355
  Southampton; Memories of working in and around the docks     31 356
BR A rebuild from an LSWR motor train, C14 no 30589 fusses round Town Quay Southampton Southampton 31 356
BR Everything waits for BoB no 34090 Sir Eustace Missenden to ease the Crusader boat train from the docks Southampton Southampton 31 356
Southern B4 class 0-4-0T no 85 Alderney Southampton Southampton 31 357
Southern The third and final local shed on the Eastern Docks full of B4 tank engines Southampton Southampton 31 357
BR Southampton Terminus frontage station in '50's Southampton Southampton 31 358
BR Southampton Terminus station in 1966 Southampton Southampton 31 358
BR A US tank works a train between the new and old docks Southampton Southampton 31 359
BR Rebuilt WC no 34009 Lyme Regis crosses Canute Road Southampton Southampton 31 359
BR A rebuild from an LSWR locomotive C14 no 77 was underpowered for the role it was asked to do Southampton Southampton 31 360
BR US Tanks no's 30072 and 30065 wait in the old docks Southampton Southampton 31 360
BR US no 30061 now department loco DS223 alongside the Ocean Terminal Southampton Southampton 31 361
BR A Schools loco with a train at Southampton Central Southampton Southampton 31 362
Southern An aerial view of the New [Western] docks in their infancy Southampton Southampton 31 362
BR LSWR S15 no 30508 crosses Canute Road in front of the former LSWR Hotel Southampton Southampton 31 363
  The Z class Atlantics of the NER     31 364
LNE NER Z class as LNER no 2164 parked at York York York 31 364
LNE NER Z class as LNER no 2172 at New England shed New England London 31 365
  Whitmore; Part 2     31 366
BR LMS Princess Royal no 46212 Duchess of Kent Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 366
Vintage An unidentified 'Problem' 2-2-2 class overdoes it on the Whitmore troughs Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 367
Vintage An unidentified Webb 'Great Britain' class with the down express Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 367
BR Jubilee no 45671 Prince Rupert on the troughs Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 368
BR John Baden [Jack] Woodcock operating the Whitmore box Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 369
BR John Baden [Jack] Woodcock proudly stands outside his box Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 369
LMS Claughton' no 5982 passes over the troughs Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 370
Vintage The April 1912 timetable Miscellaneous   31 370
BR A ballast tamper passes by Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 371
LMS The record breaking Stanier no 6220 'Coronation' Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 371
BR A pair of English Electric Bo-Bo diesel electrics on a freight train led by D8002 Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 372
BR Ex LNWR Super D no 49412 Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 372
BR The former station house Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 373
BR The up Royal Scot headed by Coronation no 46243 picks up water and everyone gets some Whitmore Stoke on Trent 31 373
  'If patriotic sentiment is wanted….'     31 374
LMS Baby Scot [later Patriot] no 5916 at Nottingham [Midland] Nottingham Nottingham 31 374
LMS Patriot no 5521 Rhyl at Birmingham New Street Birmingham Birmingham 31 374
BR Patriot no 45504 Royal Signals at Manchester [London Road] Manchester Manchester 31 375
BR Patriot no 45515 Carnarvon on Shap Shap Lake District 31 375
BR Patriot no 45538 Giggleswick at Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 31 375
BR Patriot no 45507 Royal Tank Corps at Greenholme Shap Lake District 31 376
LMS Patriot no 5983 [later 5514] Holyhead at Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield 31 376
BR Patriot no 45509 Derbyshire Yeomanry pulls away from Trent Trent Nottingham 31 377
BR Patriot no 45544 on Shap Shap Lake District 31 377
BR Patriot no 45549 on Shap Shap Lake District 31 377
  The final days of Engine shed junction Signal box     31 378
BR Engine Shed Junction box Kentish Town London 31 378
BR The view from the Carlton Road Junction box Kentish Town London 31 378
BR Engine Shed Junction Kentish Town London 31 379
BR Ginger, the last cat at the Engine Shed Junction box Kentish Town London 31 379
  Fifeshire steam     31 380
Industrial NCB no 30 [Barclay no 2259] Dysart Kirkaldy 31 380
Industrial Two views of NCB no 29 [Andrew Barclay no 1142] Dysart Kirkaldy 31 380
  Platform 5 of East Croydon station in 1963 East Croydon London 31 384
 
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BR SR King Arthur no 30779 Sir Colgrevance passing Bramshot Bramshot Farnborough 31 385
  The 'Night Ferry' as introduced in the Times     31 388
Southern The first post-war night ferry leaves Victoria behind 21C156 [later BoB Croydon] and L1 no 1757 Victoria London 31 388
BR A close up of the two leading berths of a type F sleeping car     31 389
BR The Night ferry leaves Victoria behind a class 33 Victoria London 31 389
BR The corridor side of an F type sleeping car Victoria London 31 390
  The 'Night Ferry' the end of Britain's first international passenger train     31 391
BR A class 09 shunter takes the Night Ferry from Dover Marine for embarkation Dover Dover 31 391
BR A class 73 Electro-diesel waits to leave Dover [Western Docks] previously Marine Dover Dover 31 392
  The men from the Ministry     31 393
Vintage Portraits of Ernst von Dechen and Karl Oeynhuasen superimposed on a picture of the 1827 view of Hetton colliery Hetton Skipton 31 393
Vintage Wylam Dilly at the National Museum of Scotland Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 393
Vintage An 1825 Stockton and Darlington coal wagon     31 394
Vintage Blenkinsop's 'First mover'     31 394
  Statue of Timothy Hackworth Shildon Darlington 31 395
Vintage An early 19th century drawing of Hetton colliery Hetton Skipton 31 396
Vintage Drawing of a disc signal used on the S&DR worked inclines     31 397
Vintage Sketch of a coal wagon from the Prussian engineer's report     31 397
  Southern gone west; Part 1     31 398
Southern A general view of Friary station Plymouth Plymouth 31 398
  Map of Plymouth railways from Plymouth steam 1954-63 Plymouth Plymouth 31 398
Southern T9's no's E403 and E721 take a train from Devonport Plymouth Plymouth 31 399
Southern O2 no 216 at Devonport [Kings Road] Plymouth Plymouth 31 400
Vintage The frontage of Plymouth friary in 1913 Plymouth Plymouth 31 400
Vintage Adam's X6 no 660 on Lipson Junction Plymouth Plymouth 31 401
  'Knights' of the Southern lands     31 402
BR No 30454 Queen Guinevere Bramshot Farnborough 31 402
BR No 30772 Sir Percival Farnborough Farnborough 31 402
BR No 30773 Sir Lavaine Eastleigh Southampton 31 403
BR No 30805 Sir Constantine Ashford [Kent] Ashford [Kent] 31 403
BR No 30453 King Arthur under overhaul Eastleigh Southampton 31 404
BR No 30804 Sir Candor of Cornwall Bromley London 31 404
BR No 30794 Sir Ector de Maris Ravensbourne London 31 405
BR No 30795 Sir Dinadin Shortlands London 31 405
BR No 30796 Sir Dodinas le Savage Sole Street Gravesend 31 405
BR No 30750 Morgan le Fay Eastleigh Southampton 31 406
BR No 30770 Sir Prianus Eastleigh Southampton 31 406
  Down in the Lime Street cutting     31 407
BR Ten pictures of the Lime Street cuttings and tunnels, pages 407 to 409 Liverpool Merseyside 31 407
  The Marshall Meadow's tunnel railway     31 410
  Map; the Seaweed Railway tunnel Berwick Berwick on Tweed 31 410
  The present entrance to the Seaweed tunnel Berwick Berwick on Tweed 31 410
  A 20's view of a bridge that once crossed the ECML before it was moved inland to protect the cliffs Berwick Berwick on Tweed 31 411
  Two internal views of the tunnel Berwick Berwick on Tweed 31 411
  Marshall Meadows House in the 19th century Berwick Berwick on Tweed 31 412
BR A present day view of the brick lined burn Berwick Berwick on Tweed 31 413
BR Network Rails ECM77/201 bridge over the Marshall Meadows burn Berwick Berwick on Tweed 31 413
  Atlantic journeys     31 414
LNE Ex GC 8B class no 6091 near Rugby Rugby Rugby 31 414
LNE Ex GN? As LNER no 1459 at Nottingham Victoria Nottingham Nottingham 31 414
Vintage L&Y High Flyer 1400 class no 1404 passes an L&NWR locomotive in Manchester Exchange Manchester Manchester 31 414
Southern LB&SCR Atlantic looks very GN'ish as Southern no 2038 Portland Bill probably at Eastleigh Eastleigh Southampton 31 415
Vintage NBR no 905 Buccleugh Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 415
LNE NER class C7 no 2197 was a Vincent Raven design York York 31 415
  On the London and Birmingham line     31 416
BR LMS Coronation no 46246 City of Manchester Kensal Green London 31 416
BR LMS Rebuilt Royal scot no 46163 Civil Service Rifleman near Northchurch Northchurch Hemel Hempstead 31 416
BR LMS Coronation no 46239 City of Chester Northchurch Hemel Hempstead 31 417
BR LMS Rebuilt Patriot no 45527 Southport at Watford Junction Watford London 31 417
BR LMS class 3 no 40135 waits at Coventry Coventry Coventry 31 418
BR LMS class 5 no 45034 pilots Jubilee no 45737 Atlas through Harrow and Wealdstone Harrow London 31 418
BR LMS Rebuilt Patriot no 4552( Stephenson at Apsley Apsley Hemel Hempstead 31 418
BR BR Britannia no 70001 Lord Hurcomb heads out of Tring cutting Tring Hemel Hempstead 31 419
BR LMS Coronation no 46254 City of Stoke on Trent Bushey London 31 419
  1832-1838, the formative years of the London and Birmingham railway     31 420
Vintage Route of the London and Birmingham     31 420
Vintage Sketch by Bourne; Building the London and Birmingham in the Camden area Camden London 31 420
LMS Jubilee no 5559 [yet to be named British Columbia] takes an express up Camden bank Camden London 31 421
Vintage The southern portal of Primrose Hill tunnel Primrose Hill London 31 421
Vintage Precedent 2-4-0 no 1532 at Harrow and Wealdstone in LNWR days Harrow London 31 422
Vintage The Watford Viaduct as drawn by Bourne Watford London 31 422
LMS LMS Coronation no 6224 Princess Alexandra speeds across the embankment at Watford Watford London 31 423
LMS LMS class 5 no 5350 leaves Watford tunnel Watford London 31 424
Vintage Digging the Tring cutting Tring Hemel Hempstead 31 425
Vintage The LNWR station at Tring Tring Hemel Hempstead 31 425
  The Great Western in The Wirral; Part 2     31 426
Vintage Bourne's engraving of the great shaft in the Kilsby tunnel Kilsby Rugby 31 426
BR GWR 51xx no 5176 on a local at Hooton Hooton Merseyside 31 427
BR LMS Stanier Mogul no 42977 ahead of GWR no 6346 at Green Lane junction Birkenhead Merseyside 31 427
BR GWR 51xx no 4124 at Helsby Helsby Merseyside 31 428
BR GWR 57xx no 9728 at Capenhurst Capenhurst Merseyside 31 428
BR GWR 14xx no 1417 at Helsby station Helsby Merseyside 429
  List; GWR freight traffic to and from Morpeth dock Birkenhead Merseyside 429
BR GWR 51xx no 4129 at Parkgate Parkgate Merseyside 430
BR GWR 28xx takes water at Hooton Hooton Merseyside 431
BR GWR 47xx no 4704 crosses 'E' bridge with the 'General' Birkenhead Merseyside 431
  E' bridge Birkenhead Merseyside 432
BR GWR no 5103 at Green Lane junction Birkenhead Merseyside 432
BR Preserved Castle no 7029 Clun Castle at Birkenhead Woodside Birkenhead Merseyside 432
  Col. Howard G Hill and his two locomotives     433
Turkey Baldwin 2-8-2 no 46224 at Ankara Ankara Turkey 433
BR Southern USA no 30071 Eastleigh Southampton 434
BR Southern USA no 4326 which became BR no 30074 then DS236 Southampton Southampton 434
BR Southern USA DS236 Lancing Brighton 435
  Some thoughts on passenger accommodation     436
Vintage A later period GWR third class carriage     436
Preserved An LNER tourist open carriage as preserved by the Severn Valley Railway     436
Vintage A mid Victorian view of third class travel     437
Vintage An early GWR broad gauge third class coach     437
Vintage A GN four wheeled third class carriage of 1875     438
Preserved An LMS brake third as restored by the Severn Valley Railway     438
Vintage Victorian cartoon; Some people took more than their fair share!     439
Vintage A LNWR first class compartment     440
Vintage Feet on seats!! Tut tut! And what's he doing in first class?     440
GWR A GWR composite carriage no 6622 to diagram E151 in 1936     441
Vintage Excursion passengers in a first class compartment     441
BR A BR Mk 1 third class compartment     442
Stagecoach Network South East livery on a 4-VEP unit with Stagecoach extras     442
  Western Red     443
BR D 1006 Western Stalwart near Ivybridge with the experimental and short lived marine windscreen wiper Ivybridge Plymouth 443
BR D 1024 Western Huntsman nears Hemerdon summit Hemerdon Plymouth 443
BR D 1039 Western King was the other locomotive fitted with the marine windscreen wiper Hemerdon Plymouth 443
  A Suffolk tragedy     444
  Friends pause for lunch in Wales in 1936     444
  Ron's Standard Swallow     444
  Southwold Railway no 3 Blyth Halesworth Lowestoft 444
Isle of Man Isle of Man railway no 5 Mona leaves St. John's for Peel while traffic waits at the level crossing St. John's Isle of Man 448
 
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BR A3 no 60048 going round the turning triangle at Grantham Grantham Grantham 31 449
  By Diesel train     31 452
BR A GWR railcar at Barbers Bridge Barbers Bridge Gloucester 31 452
BR A GWR railcar at Ledbury in 1959 Ledbury Malvern 31 452
BR A North East Region Metro-Cammell (Class 101) DMU at Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Darlington 31 452
BR A Craven DMU calls at Wormit Wormit Dundee 31 453
BR An AC car experimental rail bus Tetbury Stroud 31 453
  The last days of the County Donegal railway     31 454
Ireland Class 5 2-6-4T no 6 Columbkille and railcar no 12 at Strabane Strabane Ireland 31 454
Ireland Map; Railways in County Donegal   Ireland 31 454
Ireland Class 5 2-6-4T no 4 Meenglas leaves Strabane Strabane Ireland 31 455
Ireland Diesel railcar no 19 Stranolar Ireland 31 455
Ireland Class 5 2-6-4T no 4 Meenglas shunting at Strabane Strabane Ireland 31 456
Ireland UTA no 63 [was GNR class S2 Slieenamon[ shunting at Strabane alongside CDR class 5 no 5 Drumboe Strabane Ireland 31 456
Ireland Railcar 12 at Donegal station Donegal Ireland 31 457
Ireland Class 5 2-6-4T no 4 Meenglas nears Stranorlareaves Strabane Stranolar Ireland 31 458
Ireland Diesel-mechanical tractor no 11 Phoenix Strabane Ireland 31 458
Ireland The driver of railcar no 18 hands over the single line token to the signalman at Donegal Donegal Ireland 31 459
  The NER and its timetables in Edwardian days; Part 1     31 460
Vintage An advert for Industrial opportunity that would be frowned on today     31 460
Vintage NER class S1 no 2111 at Gateshead in 1901 Gateshead Tyneside 31 460
LNE The famous Newcastle points system in 1935 Newcastle Tyneside 31 460
Vintage Hull and Barnsley L1 goods locomotive class L1 no 17     31 461
Vintage NER class Q no 1621 being coaled at York York York 31 462
Vintage NER class V/09 no 696     31 462
LNE Easingwold no 2 waits at Alne in 1937 Alne York 31 463
Vintage NER R class no 1258 arriving at Wetheral Wetheral Carlisle 31 463
Vintage A largely unidentified photo with a class BTP locomotive     31 464
  Logs of Newcastle to Sheffield express between Darlington and York     31 465
Vintage NER class A no 425 [LNER F8] crossing the Royal Border Bridge Berwick Berwick on Tweed 31 466
  The Manx railway system in 1968     31 467
IoM No 11 Maitland nears Ramsey Ramsey Isle of Man 31 467
IoM No 5 Mona waits at Ramsey Ramsey Isle of Man 31 467
IoM No 11 Maitland arrives at Crosby, no 12 Hutchinson at the rear Crosby Isle of Man 31 468
IoM The train would later divide and No 12 Hutchinson would take four coaches to Peel Crosby Isle of Man 31 468
IoM Manx Northern Railway no 4 'Cale' with No 8 Fenella in Douglas shed Douglas Isle of Man 31 469
IoM No 10 G.H.Wood arrives at Union Mills Union Mills Isle of Man 31 469
IoM No 11 Maitland heads for Ramsey with its four coaches Bob Creggan Isle of Man 31 469
  DP2 - A remarkable prototype     31 470
BR DP2 nears Leeds Central Leeds Leeds 31 470
BR DP2 prepares to leave Leeds Central Leeds Leeds 31 470
BR DP2 with the Inverness express climbing Camden bank Camden London 31 470
BR DP2 after its collision     31 471
BR DP2 ready to leave Bradford Exchange Bradford Bradford 31 471
  Now shall we have the naming of engines     31 472
Vintage Iron Duke 4-2-2 Bulkeley Didcot Didcot 31 472
Vintage Victoria class 2-4-0 Telford     31 472
Vintage 517 class no 1473 Fair Rosamund     31 473
Vintage Queen class no 1118 Prince Christian     31 473
Vintage Ex Pembroke and Tenby Railway 'Stella' GWR no 3021     31 474
Vintage GWR Achilles class no 8 Gooch     31 474
GWR The preserved 4-4-0 no 3717 City of Truro     31 475
GWR Churchward 4-6-0 no 171 Albion     31 476
GWR Castle class no 5069 nameplate Isambard Kingdom Brunel     31 477
GWR Star no 4000 North Star later rebuilt as a Castle     31 477
GWR Castle no 5043 Barbary Castle later Earl of Edgecumbe     31 478
GWR County no 1000 County of Middlesex on Hatton bank Hatton Bank Stratford on Avon 31 478
GWR Castle no 5043 Earl of Edgecumbe now preserved after rescue from Woodham's scrapyard Tackley Oxford 31 479
  A3 Pacific haulage     31 480
BR A3 no 60059 pulls away from Grantham station to go 'on shed'. Grantham Grantham 31 480
BR Ad-hoc coaling of A3 no 60039 Sandwich Grantham Grantham 31 480
BR A3 no 60039 Sandwich now with double chimney and deflectors Markham Retford 31 481
BR A3 no 60080 Dick Turpin near Grantham Grantham Grantham 31 481
BR A3 no 60106 Flying Fox crosses the River Idle at Retford Retford Retford 31 481
BR A3 no 60038 Firdaussi at York York York 31 482
BR Not the glamour job you would expect, A3 no 60103 on an express freight Ordsall Retford 31 482
BR A3 60056 Centenary hauls stock out of Grantham yard Grantham Grantham 31 483
BR A3 no 60062 Minoru Markham Moor Retford 31 483
BR A3 no 60111 heads north out of York York York 31 483
  1832-1838, the formative years of the London and Birmingham railway; Part 2     31 484
Vintage A drawing of the Camden complex Camden London 31 484
BR LMS Coronation no 46241 City of Edinburgh leaves the Kensal Green tunnels Kensal Green London 31 484
Vintage The Euston arch Euston London 31 485
Vintage Drawing of Euston interior on a busy day Euston London 31 486
Vintage LNWR 'Coal engine' no 2366 goes over Bushey troughs Bushey London 31 486
BR LMS Jubilee no 45617 Mauritius with an express in Tring cutting Tring Aylesbury 31 487
Vintage The Wolverton viaduct under construction Wolverton Bletchley 31 487
Vintage Plenty of signs at Rugby in 1910 Rugby Rugby 31 488
BR Princess Royal no 46207 Princess Arthur of Connaught bursts out of Watford tunnel Watford London 31 488
  List of the various contractors used by the L&NW     31 489
BR LMS no 46220 Coronation calls at Coventry Coventry Coventry 31 489
Vintage The elaborate entrance to Birmingham Curzon Street Birmingham Birmingham 31 489
  'Schools' out     31 490
Southern Schools no 927 Clifton waits at Waterloo Waterloo London 31 490
Southern Schools no 937 Epsom near Brockenhurst Brockenhurst New Forest 31 490
BR Schools no 30915 Brighton at Brighton shed Brighton Brighton 31 491
BR Schools no 30921 Shrewsbury Eastleigh Eastleigh 31 491
BR Schools no 30924 Haileybury Dover Dover 31 491
  Southern gone west; Part 2     31 492
Southern LSWR Adams T1 steams out of Plymouth Friary Plymouth Plymouth 31 492
Southern A general view of Devonport station Plymouth Plymouth 31 493
Southern LSWR T9 no E702 leaves Mutley Plymouth Plymouth 31 493
Southern LSWR S11 no E399 Plymouth Plymouth 31 494
Southern LSWR T1 no E12 Plymouth Plymouth 31 495
Southern LSWR T9 no E717 at North Road station Plymouth Plymouth 31 496
Southern LSWR T9 no E714 at a pre war North road station Plymouth Plymouth 31 497
  When trains stopped here     31 498
BR Credenhill station on the Hereford to Hay-on-Wye line Credenhill Hereford 31 498
BR Daggons Road on the Salisbury to Bournemouth line Daggons Road Bournemouth 31 498
BR Llangadog station on the Mid-Wales line Llangadog Mid Wales 31 499
BR Wiveliscombe station on the Taunton to Barnstaple line Wiveliscombe Taunton 31 499
  The photography of Dr. Tice F. Budden     31 500
Vintage Greater Britain no 2054 Queen Empress with Teutonic no 1307 Coptic Crewe Crewe 31 500
Vintage LBSCR B2 class no 329 Rastrick at Clapham Junction Clapham Junction London 31 500
Vintage LSWR '700' class no 692 at Addison Road [later Kensington Olympia] Kensington London 31 500
Vintage A Stirling 4-4-0 passes through Halstead for Knockholt station Halstead London 31 501
Vintage Beyer Peacock 4-4-0T District Railway no 14 New Cross London 31 501
Vintage F W Webb's coupé behind what was originally 2-2-2 no 135 Bat Earlestown Merseyside 31 501
  Ryecroft reminiscences; Part 1     31 502
BR Map; Ryecroft Junction c1975 Walsall Birmingham 31 502
BR Stanier 8F no 48453 on Ryecroft Junction in 1953 Walsall Birmingham 31 502
BR Class 25 no 7620 [later 25/3 no 25 270] heads away from the junction Walsall Birmingham 31 503
BR Class 37 no 37 109 [ex D6809] comes off the Litchfield line Walsall Birmingham 31 504
BR Class 45/0 no 45 045 [ex D64] Coldstream Guardsman nears the junction Walsall Birmingham 31 505
BR Class 44 no 44 005 [ex D5] comes off the junction Walsall Birmingham 31 506
BR Class 56 no 56 033 approaches from Walsall Walsall Birmingham 31 507
BR Four tables showing typical traffic movement over the junction Walsall Birmingham 31 508
BR BR class 4 no 80145 crosses the Thames at Kingston Bridge with a special in 1967 Kingston London 31 512
 
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BR Caly 4-2-2 no 123 at Glasgow central with two preserved coaches on a special run to Edinburgh in 1965 Glasgow Glasgow 31 513
  On the platform end at Paddington     31 516
BR 0-6-0 PT no 9706 under Bishop's Road Bridge was one of 10 fitted with condensing gear Paddington London 31 516
BR Castle no 5071 Spitfire brings the Cheltenham Flyer in Paddington London 31 516
BR Hall no 4987 Brackley Hall backs out of the station Paddington London 31 516
BR 61xx tank no 6165 steams in with empty stock while sister locomotive takes a train out Paddington London 31 517
BR Hall 5966 Ashford Hall and Hall no 4941 Llangedwyn Hall stand at Platforms 9 and 10 respectively Paddington London 31 517
  The Metropolitan Diamond Logo     31 518
LT An early Underground roundel at Wood Lane Wood Lane London 31 518
LT An early use of the Metropolitan diamond on an excursion leaflet   London 31 518
LT The bar across the diamond had to be double width to accommodate the name of Kilburn and Brondesbury station Kilburn London 31 519
LT Rayners Lane station with a diamond on the down platform and a roundel on the up Rayners Lane London 31 520
LT The old diamond signs were uncovered in 1936 when remedial work was carried out on a wall St. Johns Wood London 31 520
LNE An LNER N2 no 4758 passes the diamonds at King's Cross St. Pancras in 1936 King's Cross London 31 521
Joint The LNE and Met joint sign at Croxley at the goods and coal depot with depot spelt in the French way! Croxley London 31 521
BR An early 'Ladies only' sign     31 522
Vintage Drawing; A porter shows a female passenger into a ladies only compartment     31 522
Vintage A view of Three Bridges station but with no rails in sight, it could be anywhere! Three Bridges Three Bridges 31 523
Vintage Drawing. A porter allows a man into a ladies only compartment!!     31 523
Vintage A young gent shows a portly gentleman to a smoking compartment     31 524
Vintage King's Heath station King's Heath Birmingham 31 524
BR A later 'Ladies only' sign     31 525
Vintage Drawing. An official shows a female passenger to a compartment     31 525
BR A DMU at Newport on Tay [East] station Newport Dundee 31 526
  More from the Eastern Counties     31 527
BR LNER B12 no 61543 at Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen 31 527
BR LNER D16/3 no 62530 at March depot March Peterborough 31 527
BR LNER B12/3 no 61572 at Norwich shed Norwich Norwich 31 528
BR LNER B16/2 no 62613 Hunstanton Kings Lynn 31 528
BR LNER B12/3 no 61516 Cambridge Cambridge 31 529
BR LNER E4 no 62792 at Marks Tey Marks Tey Colchester 31 529
BR LNER E4 no 62797 Halesworth Lowestoft 31 529
  The NER and its timetables in Edwardian days; Part 2     31 530
Vintage Brand new electric cars for the North Tyneside services in 1904 Newcastle Tyneside 31 530
Vintage NER E1 0-6-0T no 1720 on pilot duty at York York York 31 531
Vintage Redmire station Redmire Richmond on Swale 31 531
Vintage Poster: Excursion to Leeds     31 532
Vintage Gilling station c1905 Gilling York 31 533
Vintage Kirbymoorside station c1905 Kirbymoorside Pickering 31 533
Vintage BTP 0-4-4T no 956     31 534
Vintage Forge Valley station Forge Valley   31 534
Vintage NER 901 class no 367 at Edinburgh Waverley in 1894 Edinburgh Edinburgh 31 535
Vintage NER class Q no 1904 pilots a class J on a train of apparently East Coast Joint stock     31 535
Vintage Table 1; Details of traffic and receipts 1900     31 535
Vintage Table 2; Passenger traffic details 1900     31 535
Vintage NER W class no 688 in its 4-6-2T form at Whitby in 1914 Whitby Whitby 31 536
Vintage The junction at Grosmont c1910 Grosmont Whitby 31 536
  'Rather unprincipled persons'     31 537
  Photo of the first minister of Transport, Sir Eric Campbell Geddes     31 537
Vintage Stephenson's Locomotion at the centenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway     31 537
  Herbert Morrison     31 538
  Lord Reith     31 538
LT A 1926 exterior of Clapham South station     31 539
  Legging' it through a canal tunnel     31 540
LT A Putney service at West Brompton     31 541
  LNER 'Flyers' from the air     31 542
LNE LNER A3 no 2746 Fairway on the Flying Scotsman     31 542
  Map5 of Mile by mile on the LNER     31 542
LNE LNER A3 no 2746 Fairway probably between Arlesey and Biggleswade     31 543
LNE The up Silver Jubilee on the Welwyn [Digswell] Viaduct Welwyn Welwyn 31 543
  Looking Blue     31 544
BR LMS Coronation no 46231 Duchess of Atholl Crewe Crewe 31 544
BR Restored Caly 4-2-2 no 123 at Carnwath in 1965 [see also cover] Carnwath Carstairs 31 544
BR Merchant Navy no 35027 Port Line at Victoria with the Golden arrow Victoria London 31 545
BR Vale of Rheidol no 7 Owain Glyndwr leaving Aberystwyth in 1971 Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 31 545
BR LMS Coronation no 46254 City of Stoke on Trent Rugby Rugby 31 546
BR LMS Princess Royal no 46206 Princess Marie Louise alongside Jubilee 45684 Jutland Rugby Rugby 31 546
BR Merchant Navy no 35012 United States Lines on the Bournemouth Belle at Waterloo Waterloo London 31 546
Longmoor WD no 196 Errol Lonsdale in Liss Forest Liss Petersfield 31 547
Longmoor WD no 600 Gordon on the Longmoor Military Railway Longmoor Petersfield 31 547
Longmoor WD no 600 Gordon on the main line at Milford Milford Guildford 31 547
  Major Druitt meets his Waterloo     31 548
BR Waterloo [Liverpool] station Waterloo Merseyside 31 548
Vintage A view of the 1903 accident at Waterloo Waterloo Merseyside 31 549
  Detail from the 25inch O/S map Waterloo Merseyside 31 549
Vintage Two views of the 1903 accident at Waterloo Waterloo Merseyside 31 550
Vintage A view of the 1903 accident at Waterloo Waterloo Merseyside 31 551
Vintage Detail from an engraving in the July Railway Engineer of L&Y no 1042     31 552
Vintage The Daily Post's impression of the legal talent on show at the Newstead trial     31 553
  A trip on the N. Wales line     31 554
BR LMS class 5 no 45252 leaving Chester Chester Chester 31 554
BR LMS Jubilee no 45617 at Prestatyn Prestatyn N Wales 31 554
BR Rebuilt Patriot no 45527 Southport at Rhyl Rhyl N Wales 31 554
BR Black Five no 45067 at Colwyn Bay Colwyn Bay N Wales 31 555
BR LMS class 5 no 44913 at Abergele Abergele N Wales 31 555
BR Royal Scot no 46152 The King's Dragoon Guardsman at Llandudno Junction Llandudno Jn. N Wales 31 555
BR BR class 2 2-2-6T no 84021 at Conway Conway N Wales 31 556
BR LMS Fairburn class 4 no 42209 takes water at Bangor Bangor N Wales 31 556
BR Royal Scot no 46159 Royal air Force leaves Conway Castle Conway N Wales 31 556
BR A train nears the Britannia Tubular Bridge Menai Strait N Wales 31 557
BR LMS Coronation no 46243 City of Lancaster at Bangor Bangor N Wales 31 557
BR The 1880 'Prince of Wales' clock at Holyhead survives. The staition hotel doesn't. Holyhead N Wales 31 557
  After hours     31 558
BR Class 25 no 25 201 waits at Manchester for the papers to load for Yorkshire Manchester Manchester 31 558
BR Class 27 no 27 051 at Mossend Yard Mossend Glasgow 31 558
BR The Irish Mail AKA 1D84 headed by Class 86 no 86 321 waits at Euston Euston London 31 558
  A Travelling Post Office sorter     31 559
BR Class 45 no 45 057 Bristol Bristol 31 559
BR The Down Caledonian TPO at Carstairs behind class 81 no 81 012 Carstairs Glasgow 31 559
  The Crieff lines no more…..or are they?     31 560
BR Comrie station in 1958 Comrie Perth 31 560
  Map; The branch lines of Strathearn     31 560
BR Crieff's new rail bus [AC Cars no SC79979] Crieff Perth 31 561
BR Metro Cammell DMU's no's E79055/274 at Crieff in 1956 Crieff Perth 31 561
BR Rail bus publicity leaflet     31 562
BR Scotland's first rail bus on its first run to Crieff Gleneagles Perth 31 563
BR NBR J37 shunts at Almondbank Almondbank Perth 31 564
BR Pittenzie Halt in 1964 Pittenzie Perth 31 564
BR Park Royal rail bus no M79973 leaves Crieff for the last time Crieff Perth 31 565
BR Strageath Halt Strageath Perth 31 565
BR Crieff station with the final Stirling Mail Crieff Perth 31 566
BR The approach to Crieff yard and station Crieff Perth 31 566
  Churchward and the loco exchanges with the LNWR in 1910     31 567
Vintage GWR Polar Star no 4005 at Crewe Crewe Crewe 31 567
Vintage LNWR no 1455 Herefordshire at Crewe Crewe Crewe 31 567
  C. J. Bowen Cooke     31 568
  G. J. Churchward     31 568
Vintage LNWR no 1471 Worcestershire at Plymouth Laira shed Plymouth Plymouth 31 569
Vintage LNWR no 1471 Worcestershire at Westbourne Park Westbourne Park London 31 569
Vintage GWR Polar Star no 4005 at Kilburn and Maida Vale Kilburn London 31 570
  The log of LNWR no 1471, Paddington to Exeter     31 570
  Posts and fences     31 571
  A loading gauge at Swansea Burrows yard Swansea Swansea 31 571
  Electric lamps of a once plentiful type at Margam Margam Port Talbot 31 571
  Telephone pole at Copper Works junction Port Talbot Port Talbot 31 571
  Telephone pole at Neath Riverside station Neath Neath 31 571
  Victorian railings at Port Talbot central station Port Talbot Port Talbot 31 571
  The Metropolitan and the Gironde     31 572
LT Metropolitan coaches in France these on an excursion at Lacanau-Ocean station Lacanau-Ocean France 31 572
LT Metropolitan coaches in France at Ares Ares France 31 573
LT Metropolitan coaches in France at Fracture in 1950 Fracture France 31 573
BR BR class 4 2-6-4T no 80132 Fenchurch Street London 31 576
 
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BR A class 303 in carmine and cream at Helensburgh with an earlier livery of orange and black in the background Helensburgh Clydeside 31 577
  Maunsell freight engines for the Southern Railway     31 580
BR A Z class no 30956 rumbles over the Red Cow level crossing Exeter Exeter 31 580
Southern No 956 [the same locomotive] at Hither Green shed in Southern days Hither Green London 31 580
BR W class no 31911 banks a Southern train up the hill to Exeter Central Exeter Exeter 31 581
BR Z class no 30950 passes under the coaling plant at Exmouth Junction Exeter Exeter 31 581
BR W class no 31925 Hither Green London 31 582
BR Z class no 30952 at Exeter Central Exeter Exeter 31 582
BR C class no 30536 at Hamworthy Junction Hamworthy Jn. Bournemouth 31 583
BR W class no 31920 at Kensington Olympia Kensington London 31 584
BR C class no 30548 at West Moors on 'Castleman's Corkscrew' West Moors Bournemouth 31 585
BR Q class no 30534 at Dover Priory as the crew examine it Dover Dover 31 586
BR Q class no 30549 with stovepipe chimney alongside C2X no 32521 at Norwood Junction shed Norwood London 31 586
BR Q class no 30541 at Furzebrook Furzebrook Swanage 31 587
BR Q class no 30549 heads away from Brockenhurst Brockenhurst New Forest 31 587
  The busses of the GNoS railway and the GPO     31 588
Vintage A 1910 Miles Daimler bus with a GPO post box just visible at the back     31 588
  Map; GNoS bus and rail routes and Highland railway routes     31 588
Vintage GNoS Maudslay bus of 1908 waits at Ballater station Ballater Highlands 31 589
Vintage Rush hour in rural Aberdeenshire as a bus passes bound for Culter     31 589
  Former GNoS bus office in Braemar with replica sign Braemar Highlands 31 590
Vintage A touring coach navigates the Devil's Elbow in Glen Shee Glen Shee Highlands 31 591
Vintage Two GNoS busses at Aberchirder Aberchirder Highlands 31 591
LNE A GNoS bus now in LNER livery   Highlands 31 592
Vintage School Hill station in Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen 31 592
  Eric Bruton on the Great Northern suburban lines     31 593
BR N2 class no 69493 heads into the gloom of Hadley North tunnel Barnet London 31 593
LNE N2 class no 9533 near Potters Bar Potters Bar London 31 593
BR B1 no 61121 north of Potters Bar with the Peterborough train Potters Bar London 31 594
BR N2 class no 69493 gets away from Hadley Wood on the return working from the previous page Barnet London 31 594
BR B1 no 61200 crosses the Welwyn viaduct Welwyn Welwyn 31 595
BR L1 no 67743 leaves Hadley Wood N tunnel Barnet London 31 595
  Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway loop lines     31 596
  Great Harwood station from the down platform Great Harwood Blackburn 31 596
BR Martholme viaduct Martholme Blackburn 31 596
Vintage An Aspinal 2-4-2 radial tank at Padiham station Padiham Burnley 31 597
  Simonstone Station Simonstone Burnley 31 597
BR Manchester East junction Manchester Manchester 31 598
  Padiham Viaduct Padiham Burnley 31 598
BR LMS class 2 no 46501 on the Bury loop line Manchester Manchester 31 600
BR LMS Jubilee no 45695 on Smedley viaduct Manchester Manchester 31 600
BR Class 2 no 46416 comes off the Bury loop Manchester Manchester 31 601
Vintage An LYR locomotive waits at Liverpool Exchange Liverpool Merseyside 31 602
  Ryecroft reminiscences; Part 2     31 603
BR Class 20's no's 20 151 and 20 030 [were D 8151 and D 8030] on a mixed freight Walsall Birmingham 31 603
BR Class 25/3 no 25 281 [Ex D7631] nears the junction Walsall Birmingham 31 603
BR Class 47/4 no 47 515 [Ex D1961] crosses the junction Walsall Birmingham 31 604
BR Brush type 2 class 31/1 no 31 134 [Ex D5552] with a block steel train Walsall Birmingham 31 605
BR Class 47/4 no 47 448 [Ex D1565] on the junction Walsall Birmingham 31 606
BR Class 47/0 no 47 120 [Ex D1709] tows Class 85 no 85 023 [Ex E3078] electric loco and its diverted train Walsall Birmingham 31 607
  Looking at Leeds     31 608
BR LMS Fairburn class 4 no 41207 leaves Leeds Central Leeds Leeds 31 608
BR LMS Royal Scot no 46118 Royal Welch Fusilier with the down Waverley Leeds Leeds 31 608
BR A3 no 60046 Diamond Jubilee heads for King's cross Leeds Leeds 31 609
BR BR class 5 no 73163 pilots no 46106 Gordon Highlander waiting to leave on a train for Liverpool Leeds Leeds 31 609
BR LMS Horwich no 42875 faces class 5 no 44824 while a 4Fno 44520 passes with coal wagons at Holbeck Depot Leeds Leeds 31 609
BR A4 no 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley at Beeston Junction Leeds Leeds 31 610
BR BR Britannia no 70015 heads Black Five no 45200 out of the Neville Hill sidings Leeds Leeds 31 610
BR BR class 3 no 77001 on a local goods at Wortley Junction Leeds Leeds 31 610
  The Railway in Court; Doors closing     31 611
BR Saltmarshe station [Spelling is correct!] Saltmarshe Goole 31 611
LT Farringdon station Farringdon London 31 612
LT Metropolitan 0-4-4T with a branch line service     31 612
BR A DMU at Plumley Plumley Manchester 31 613
BR A GWR auto train calls at Hirwaun Hirwaun Welsh Valleys 31 613
  Worcestershire's railways     31 614
BR A spotless LMS Jubilee no 45552 Silver Jubilee [with chrome numerals] backs into Shrub Hill Worcester Worcester 31 614
BR GWR 51xx no 4148 calls at Worcester [Shrub Hill] Worcester Worcester 31 614
  Map; Railways round Worcester   Worcester 31 615
Vintage GWR 196 class no 211 at Shrub Hill Worcester Worcester 31 616
Vintage Kidderminster station c1910 Kidderminster Birmingham 31 616
BR Evesham [GW] station in 1962, the old Midland station is just beyond the car park Evesham Worcester 31 617
BR GWR Castle no 7006 Lydford Castle leaves Evesham [GW] station Evesham Worcester 31 617
BR Broadway station c1957 Broadway Worcester 31 618
BR LMS 3F no 47276 is the second of two bankers helping a passenger train through Bromsgrove station Bromsgrove Birmingham 31 618
BR An LMS Fowler 4F no 44039 at Shrub Hill Worcester Worcester 31 619
BR GWR 14xx no 1414 waits at Stourbridge station Stourbridge Birmingham 31 619
BR LMS Ivatt class 4 no 43041 takes water at Evesham [Midland] with the GW station in the background Evesham Worcester 31 619
BR Over the top! Jubilee no 45682 Trafalgar passes through Blackwell station Blackwell Birmingham 31 620
BR The Midland Evesham station which closed in 1964 Evesham Worcester 31 620
BR Worcester [Foregate Street] in the 50's Worcester Worcester 31 620
Vintage A 56 class no 722 at Great Malvern station Great Malvern Worcester 31 621
  Driver and fireman work to bring coal forward on no 5065 Newport Castle     31 621
Vintage Judging by the ladies dresses, an Edwardian picture of Redditch station Redditch Birmingham 31 621
  The curious incident of Manning Wardle's class N     31 622
Industrial MW 1210 Sir Berkeley a Manning Wardle class L     31 622
Preserved MW 641 Sharpthorn a Manning Wardle class K     31 622
Preserved MW 1955 Charwelton     31 623
  Table 1; Manning Wardle's De-classified class N locomotives     31 623
  Table 2; Manning Wardle's 0-6-0ST locomotives     31 623
Preserved MW 2047 Warwickshire was the last locomotive MW built     31 624
  Table 3; Regression Line Values     31 624
  Table 4: Regression Line Tests     31 624
  Manning Wardle Standard class regression lines Fig 1     31 625
  The Glasgow 'Blue Trains'     31 626
BR A Blue train at Milngavie in 1962 Milngavie Glasgow 31 626
  A view from the early trains, refurbishment blanked it off     31 626
BR A unit in BR blue at Springburn in 1969 Springburn Glasgow 31 627
BR Blue trains are now red and orange     31 628
BR A 'Blue' train in Carmine and cream Bowling Glasgow 31 629
BR Two 'Blue' trains leave Central in 1989 Glasgow Glasgow 31 629
  'Rather unprincipled persons' Part 2     31 630
BR Britannia no 70001 Lord Hurcomb climbs Brentwood Bank Brentwood Chelmsford 31 630
LNE LNER J71 no 1758 on the Easingwold Railway soon after grouping Easingwold York 31 631
BR The opening ceremony for the new Woodhead tunnel     31 631
BR A BR outer suburban EMU [later class 310] at Bletchley Bletchley Bletchley 31 632
BR Class AL3 no E3025 in front of a sister locomotive at Crewe Crewe Crewe 31 632
  Ernest Marples     31 633
  Maple Wharf on the ex Great Central Macclesfield Canal     31 633
  A protest at Summerseat in 1967 Summerseat Manchester 31 634
  Barbara Castle     31 634
  List; Ministers of Transport 1919 - 1970     31 635
BR LNER A3 no 60093 Coronach at Falahill Summit Falahill Borders 31 635
  A protest at Newcastleton Newcastleton Borders 31 636
  David Steel at Hawick in 1969 Hawick Borders 31 636
  Waverley Route closure protesters outside No 10 Downing St ink David Steel     31 636
BR A GWR Manor gets the right away at Dovey Junction while a class 2251 no 2205 waits for it to clear the junction Dovey Mid Wales 31 640
 
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BR GWR 42xx no 4273 passes through Whitland station Whitland Carmarthen 31 641
  The West Coast main line electrification     31 644
BR Class AL1 [later class 81] no E3008 draws into Liverpool Lime Street Liverpool Merseyside 31 644
BR Class AL4 [later class 84] no E3037 speeds past Jodrell Bank Goostrey Congleton 31 644
BR Class AM4 EMU [later class 304] runs into Crewe Crewe Crewe 31 645
BR The new power box at Wilmslow Wilmslow Manchester 31 645
BR Class AL1 no E3005 pilots a class AL4 arriving at Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Manchester 31 646
BR A four car AL4 unit at the Manchester Piccadilly through platforms Manchester Manchester 31 647
BR Manchester Oxford Road station Manchester Manchester 31 647
BR Class AL5 [later class 85] no E3059 stops at Runcorn Runcorn Merseyside 31 648
BR Class AL5 [later class 85] no E3064 at Nuneaton Nuneaton Coventry 31 648
BR LMS Jubilee no 45593 Kolhapur nears Carlisle Carlisle Carlisle 31 649
BR Class AL1 no E3002 at Crewe Crewe Crewe 31 650
BR Class AL6 [later class 86] heads north passing AL3 no E3033 heading into Euston Euston London 31 651
BR AL1 no E3005 on an engineer's train at Watford Junction Watford London 31 652
BR LMS class 5 no 45000 at Euston with the reconstruction of the station in progress Euston London 31 653
  At work in Derbyshire     31 654
BR LMS 8F no 48191 hauls a freight through Chinley Chinley Peak District 31 654
BR The same train arrives at Buxton yard passing 8F no 48471 Buxton Peak District 31 654
BR 8F no 48182 is manually turned at Great Rocks Junction Great Rocks Peak District 31 655
BR Britannia no 70013 Oliver Cromwell crossing Monsal Dale viaduct Monsal Dale Peak District 31 655
BR And a third appearance of no 48191 this time at Chinley South junction Chinley Peak District 31 656
BR The omnipresent No 48191 tackles the gradient at Buxworth Buxworth Peak District 31 656
BR And no 48191 for the fifth time this time at Peak Forest Peak Forest Peak District 31 657
BR Britannia Oliver Cromwell no 70013 on its way home at Cowburn tunnel Cowburn Peak District 31 657
  A bridge too far. Accident at Dinting Viaduct     31 658
Vintage Edward Watkins in 1864     31 658
Vintage Part of the MSLR official plans of the Manchester to Sheffield line     31 658
Vintage An early engraving of Dinting Station and the viaduct Dinting Peak District 31 659
Vintage Another early view of the viaduct Dinting Peak District 31 659
Vintage MSLR no 35 Pegasus     31 660
Vintage A view of the viaduct from a painting in the NRM Dinting Peak District 31 661
Vintage The viaduct in the early 1900's with the wooden arches replaced with plate girders Dinting Peak District 31 661
Vintage A card printed to remember Jane Hadfield and John Healey     31 662
  The Birmingham west suburban     31 663
BR BR Std. class 5 no 73068 on the line that closely follows the line of the parent canal Edgbaston Birmingham 31 663
  Map; The BWSR and associated lines   Birmingham 31 663
BR Black Five no 45088 leaving platform 9 at New New Street Birmingham 31 664
BR Table 1; BWSR intermediate stations   Birmingham 31 664
LMS Church Road station in 1925 Edgbaston Birmingham 31 665
BR LNER B1 no 61315 at the remains of Five Ways station in 1962 Edgbaston Birmingham 31 665
  Table 2; Average bookings per weekday 1898 - 1964   Birmingham 31 665
  Postcard; A City of Birmingham tram in Bristol Road   Birmingham 31 666
BR Table 3; Train services at BWSR stations 1910 - 2016   Birmingham 31 666
BR A DMU at Selly Oak in 1962 Selly Oak Birmingham 31 667
  A double decker Birmingham Corporation AEC bus in Priory Road   Birmingham 31 667
BR Cover of a BR cheap day ticket brochure   Birmingham 31 668
LMS Cover of the LMS timetable for July to Sept 1938   Birmingham 31 668
BR A class 323 unit passes an idyllic spot on the canal University Birmingham 31 669
BR A DMU loads mailbags at Redditch Redditch Birmingham 31 669
  Dark Matter     31 670
BR Class 31 no 31 437 arrives at Leeds City from Carlisle in 1990 Leeds Leeds 31 670
BR Class 56 no 56 055 waits at Gascoigne Wood Selby Selby 31 670
BR Class 47 no 47 474 on the Liverpool to Dover postal Guildford Guildford 31 671
BR Class 73 electro-diesel no 73 117 University of Surry slips through Purley Purley London 31 671
  The Great Western's eight coupled tanks     31 672
BR 42xx no 5218 rumbles through Crumlin Low Level with the famous viaduct in shot Crumlin Welsh Valleys 31 672
BR GWR 72XX near Westbury Westbury Bath 31 672
BR 42xx no 4287 rumbles through Aberbeeg Aberbeeg Welsh Valleys 31 673
BR 72xx no 7202 at Salisbury Salisbury Salisbury 31 673
BR 2-8-2T no 7210 calls at the abandoned Abersychan and Talywain station to take on water Abersychan Welsh Valleys 31 674
BR 42xx no 5204 approaches Stratford on Avon Stratford on Avon Warwick 31 674
BR A Pontypool Junction engine far from home ; 2-8-2T no 7204 shunting at Goodrington Goodrington Torbay 31 674
BR 2-8-0T no 4294 in Swindon Works Swindon Swindon 31 675
BR 42xx no 5237 at Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Birmingham 31 675
  Southern gone west part 3; The Plymouth branches     31 676
Southern Adam's O2 no 200 calls at Lucas Terrace Halt Plymouth Plymouth 31 676
Southern Ex LSWR T1 no E15 and O2 no 233 at Plymouth [Friary] Plymouth Plymouth 31 676
Southern Adam's O2 no 218 rumbles over the Hooe Lake Inlet Plymouth Plymouth 31 677
Southern Adam's O2 no 233 crosses the Hooe Lake swing bridge Plymouth Plymouth 31 677
Southern Adam's O2 no E233 crosses the Hooe Lake swing bridge Plymouth Plymouth 31 678
Southern Plymouth Friary station and yard in Dec 1927 Plymouth Plymouth 31 678
Southern Adam's O2 no 207 rumbles past Lucas Terrace Halt Plymouth Plymouth 31 679
Southern Adam's O2 no 207 at Turnchapel station Plymouth Plymouth 31 680
Southern The rather Spartan facilities at Oreston station Plymouth Plymouth 31 680
Southern An unidentified O2 pushes its train from Turnchapel station Plymouth Plymouth 31 681
BR 64xx pannier no 6420 on a special at Plymstock Plymouth Plymouth 31 682
GW The GW platform at Plymstock, the LSWR's platform is out of shot to the right Plymouth Plymouth 31 682
  The Railway Mission     31 683
Vintage An advertisement for 'Iron Churches, chapels, mission rooms'     31 683
Vintage The Railway Mission at Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds Bury St Edmunds 31 683
Vintage The Mission Church at Wadhurst Wadhurst Tunbridge Wells 31 684
Vintage The splendid looking church built to serve the community round Westhouses depot Westhouses Mansfield 31 684
Vintage An advertisement for 'Iron Churches or chapels'     31 685
  Lesser London     31 686
LMS Bow station exterior Bow London 31 686
LT Farringdon and High Holborn station in 1964 Farringdon London 31 686
  The entrance to the GE Limehouse station closed in 1926 but still there in 1969 Limehouse London 31 686
Vintage Fenchurch Street statin in 1911 Fenchurch St. London 31 687
LT Gloucester Road station, anywhere in London by Met, anywhere in the world by BA. Gloucester Rd. London 31 687
Vintage Willesden Junction exterior round the turn of the 19th century Willesden Jn. London 31 687
LT Farringdon station after the morning rush in 1978 Farringdon London 31 688
Vintage Mildmay Park station Mildmay Park London 31 688
LT The exterior of Mornington Crescent station Mornington Cres. London 31 688
  Charles Dicken's on the railway development and travel as portrayed in 'Dombey and son'     31 689
Vintage Engine houses at Camden c1839 Camden London 31 689
Vintage Lithograph: building a retaining wall at Camden Camden London 31 689
  Cartoons; The Toodle Family by Phiz and The Railway Dragon by Cruikshank     31 690
Vintage Extract from the Railway Chronicle's fold-out travelling chart     31 691
Vintage The First class carriage'     31 692
Vintage Over London - by rail' Doré     31 693
  Harry Pitts and the Aldersgate explosion     31 694
  An inkstand made from wood recovered from a Metropolitan railway carriage     31 694
LT Metropolitan electric train on the left and a Midland 4T no 1380 At Aldersgate and Barbican in 1923 Aldersgate London 31 694
LT Metropolitan 0-4-4T no L48 at Farringdon on a special in 1954 Farringdon London 31 695
LT Metropolitan D class no 75     31 696
LT Electric locomotive no 7 Edmund Burke enters Aldersgate Aldersgate London 31 697
BR LMS 3MT 2-6-2T at Aldersgate in 1960 Aldersgate London 31 698
  The Dover Priory murder     31 699
  An imaginative drawing of the shooting     31 699
  Cameo; the execution of Wells at Maidstone jail Maidstone Maidstone 31 700
BR LMS Jubilee no 45593 Kolhapur heads north up the Aire valley Keighley Bradford 31 704
 
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BR LMS Jubilee no 45593 Kolhapur heads north up the Aire valley Keighley Bradford 31 704
Industrial Ex L&SWR B4 no 30096 named Corral Queen at work in Southampton Docks Southampton Southampton 31 705
  Iron ore for Llanwern     31 708
BR A triple header of Class 37's no 37.301 leading near Pyle Pyle Bridgend 31 708
Industrial Amey Roadstone class 59 no 59 102 Village of Chantry Duffryn Port Talbot 31 708
BR A double of class 56's no's 56 032 and 3 Stormy Down Bridgend 31 709
Industrial British Steel no 60 006 Scunthorpe Ironmaster passes Coedkernew Coedkernew Newport [Mon] 31 709
Industrial Foster Yeoman class 59 no 59 004 crosses the Usk Newport Newport [Mon] 31 709
  Tackling the gradient; part 1     31 710
  A drawing of a Murray locomotive for the Blenkinsop system     31 710
USA The 1939 replica of Col. Stephen's 1825 locomotive currently on display in Pennsylvania   United States 31 710
  Elijah Galloway's interpretation of William Henry James' power transmission system     31 711
  Neath Abbey's weird and wonderful Perseverance on the Dowlais tramroad Dowlais Welsh Valleys 31 711
  A fanciful engraving of a Grassi locomotive tackling a fearsome gradient     31 712
  The second 'cogged rail, locomotive Dowlais     31 712
USA Harrison's patent design for a steep gradient locomotive   United States 31 713
  The principles of the Adkins and Lewis's never stop railway Wembley London 31 713
  The GWR in 1870; Life, death and other matters     31 714
BR GWR 43xx no 7317 passing Priestfield station Priestfield Birmingham 31 714
BR Rossett station Rossett Chester 31 714
BR Churchill station Churchill Kidderminster 31 715
BR GWR 0-6-0ST pauses at Moreton in the Marsh Moreton Cheltenham 31 715
BR Moreton in the Marsh station forecourt Moreton Cheltenham 31 716
BR Wrexham station Wrwxham Chester 31 717
Vintage Windsor GWR station c1605 Windsor Windsor 31 718
  The former LNW lines out of Leeds     31 719
BR LNER B1 no 61319 pilots a Stanier class 5 Leeds Leeds 31 719
  Map; Railways round Leeds highlighting the LNWR routes Leeds Leeds 31 719
BR A class 5 no 45018 pilots a 'Crab' out of Farnley and Wortley station Leeds Leeds 31 720
BR LMS class 5 no 45075 passes through the disused Farnley and Wortley station Leeds Leeds 31 720
BR An LNER B1 on the GN line at Wortley South Junction Leeds Leeds 31 721
BR Two Ex GC o4's no's 63584 and 63605 on Engineer's trains as the GN overbridge is renewed Leeds Leeds 31 721
BR A view from the closed viaduct of Holbeck depot Leeds Leeds 31 722
BR Brush type 4 [Class 47] no 1111 takes the Wortley west spur Leeds Leeds 31 722
BR Peak [Class 45] no D72 takes the Geldard Road junction Leeds Leeds 31 722
BR A Deltic takes its train on the former LNW route Leeds Leeds 31 723
BR Trains cross at the high and low lines at Wortley south, Class 47 above and class 37 no 37 249 below Leeds Leeds 31 723
  Shunting Dibble's Wharf     31 724
Industrial Ex LSWR B1 no 30096 now owned by P D Fuels and named Corrall Queen Southampton Southampton 31 724
Industrial Ex LSWR B1 no 30096 retained its BR smokebox number plate and 71A Eastleigh shedplate Southampton Southampton 31 724
Industrial Ex LSWR B1 no 30096 crosses the road, a Morris Minor waits. Southampton Southampton 31 725
Industrial Ex LSWR B1 no 30096 on its way to the Bluebell line Southampton Southampton 31 725
Industrial Ex LSWR B1 no 30096 on the link line to BR. Southampton Southampton 31 725
  Robberies on the rails     31 726
Vintage A drawing of the original Bristol station Bristol Bristol 31 726
  A woodcut showing a highwayman at work     31 726
Vintage Norwich Victoria frontage Norwich Norwich 31 727
Vintage Perth General station Perth Perth 31 727
Vintage Two policemen arrest a pickpocket     31 727
Vintage Whitby Town station Whitby Middlesborough 31 728
Vintage Glasgow Central concourse Glasgow Glasgow 31 729
Vintage Redesmouth junction station [Spelling is correct!] Redesmouth Hexham 31 730
BR A3 Pacific no 60052 Prince Palatine at Thornton junction station in 1952 Thornton Jn. Dunfermline 31 731
BR WD 2-8-0 no 90468 in Thornton yard Thornton Dunfermline 31 732
BR The remains of Barnard Castle station Barnard Castle Darlington 31 733
  Bushey water troughs in LNWR days     31 734
Vintage A Greater Britain 2-2-2-2 no 526 Scottish Chief Bushey London 31 734
Vintage Precedent 2-4-0 no 1105 Hercules around the turn of the 19th century Bushey London 31 734
Vintage Teutonic class no 1305 Ionic Bushey London 31 734
Vintage An unidentified 'Black DX' Bushey London 31 735
Vintage An unidentified 'Cauliflower' Bushey London 31 735
Vintage Teutonic class no 1309 Celtic Bushey London 31 735
  Summers out west     31 736
  The fate of the Stainmore route; part 1     31 736
BR GWR Castle no 4088 Dartmouth Castle on the Tamar Bridge Plymouth Plymouth 31 736
BR GWR King no 6026 King John Teignmouth Newton Abbott 31 736
BR GWR Castle no 5020 Trematon Castle pulls away from Teignmouth station Teignmouth Newton Abbott 31 737
BR GWR Grange no 6811 Cranbourne Grange Teignmouth Newton Abbott 31 737
BR GWR Grange no 6868 Penrhos Grange Teignmouth Newton Abbott 31 737
BR 51xx no 4117 emerges from Parson's tunnel Teignmouth Newton Abbott 31 738
BR A filthy Manor no 7814 Fringford Manor assists a sparkling no 4077 Chepstow Castle out of Millbay Docks with a boat train Plymouth Plymouth 31 738
  Map; The Stainmore railway Westmorland Fells Kirkby Stephen 31 739
BR NER J21 No 65033 at Stainmore Summit Westmorland Fells Kirkby Stephen 31 739
BR BR std class 4MT no 76045 pilots Ivatt class 4MT across Belah Viaduct Westmorland Fells Kirkby Stephen 31 740
BR LMS designed class 4 no 43056 pilots BR std no 76050 through Ravenstonedale station Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Stephen 31 740
BR Ivatt 4MT no 43018 climbs toward Stainmore Summit with a coke train with a sister engine banking Westmorland Fells Kirkby Stephen 31 741
BR NER J21 No 65047 at Stainmore Summit Westmorland Fells Kirkby Stephen 31 742
BR LMS no 43102 passes the Summit cottages Westmorland Fells Kirkby Stephen 31 743
BR BR std class 4 no 76048 at Kirkby Stephen East with a BR class 2 and a J21 also in shot Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Stephen 31 744
BR Ivatt class 4 no 43027 pilots a class 2 past Merrygill box with another class 2 banking Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Stephen 31 745
  The Vale of Rheidol Railway     31 746
VoR VoR no 8 waits in the loop at Aberffryd Aberffrwd Aberystwyth 31 746
VoR VoR no 9 heads for Devil's Bridge Devil's Bridge Aberystwyth 31 746
VoR VoR no 8 now 'Llewelyn' leaves Devil's Bridge Devil's Bridge Aberystwyth 31 747
VoR VoR no 9 arrives back in Aberystwyth passing the Crossville bus garage Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 31 747
VoR VoR no 9 now 'Prince of Wales' waits at Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 31 747
VoR Devil's bridge terminus with no 9 waiting Devil's Bridge Aberystwyth 31 748
VoR VoR no 9 in Swindon works for a service Swindon Swindon 31 748
VoR VoR no 9 Prince of Wales draws its train out of Aberffrwd Aberffrwd Aberystwyth 31 748
VoR VoR no 3 Rheidol outside Aberystwyth shed in 1921, two years before withdrawal Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 31 749
VoR VoR no 7 Owain Glyndwr in the old std gauge depot made accessible after the rerouting to the new station Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 31 749
VoR VoR no 8 Llewelyn in its 'new' station in 1968. [The old Carmarthen line platforms] Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 31 749
  Secondary considerations     31 750
BR BR std class 4 no 76062 at Burghclere Burghclere Newbury 31 750
BR LMS class 5 no 45350 near Entwistle Entwistle Manchester 31 750
BR A GWR 2251 class no 3205 passes through Filleigh with the Exmoor Ranger tour Filleigh Barnstaple 31 751
BR An LMS Fairburn class 4 near Greenock Greenock Glasgow 31 751
BR Gresley N2 no 69536 calls at Harringay Harringay London 31 751
BR The prototype 'Deltic' Harringay London 31 751
BR BR std class 4's no's 75053 and 63 near Carno Carno Mid Wales 31 752
BR Parkgate box Darlington Darlington 31 752
BR Relly Mill box Durham Durham 31 752
BR What appear to be a couple of 56xx's topping and tailing a train at Groesfaen Colliery Darren Welsh Valleys 31 752
  Les Beet; Extracts from a steam locomotive drivers life; part 1     31 753
Vintage Colwick shed in GN days Colwick Nottingham 31 753
  Les Best     31 753
BR Norton on Tees box Norton on Tees Stockton on Tees 31 753
BR Ex LNER L1 no 67750 Darlington Darlington 31 754
LNE Colwick depot c 1928 with LNER no 3131, a GN R1 and GN J6 no 3573 Colwick Nottingham 31 755
Vintage Colwick shed exterior in 1912 Colwick Nottingham 31 756
Vintage GER view of Ipswich depot with a short lived Holden P43 no 13 in view Ipswich Ipswich 31 756
BR Ipswich docks lower yard in BR days Ipswich Ipswich 31 757
BR Ipswich station Ipswich Ipswich 31 758
  A page from Les Best's log book     31 759
  Impressions of a young trainspotter on the Hog's Back at Harringay     31 760
BR Thompson built B1 no 61409 at Harringay Harringay London 31 760
  Signalling spotlight     31 762
BR GWR 14XX no 1453 on the Chalford to Gloucester auto train Gloucester Gloucester 31 768

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