Bob Farmer's Index To Back Track Magazine Entries.

Back Track Magazine Volume No.32

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Number 1 January 2018

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BR LNER K1 no 62021 at Alnwick station Alnwick Borders 32 1

TJE [John Edgington] at Birmingham New Street 32 4

BR LNWR 'Prince of Wales' no 25752 Birmingham Birmingham 32 4

BR Rebuilt Patriot no 45522 Prestatyn Birmingham Birmingham 32 4

BR Webb 'coal tank' no 58900 Birmingham Birmingham 32 4

BR Jubilee no 45592 waits to leave for the British Industries Fair at Castle Bromwich Birmingham Birmingham 32 5

BR Midland 3P no 40745 Birmingham Birmingham 32 5

BR Patriot no 45539 E C Trench Birmingham Birmingham 32 5

BR LMS Black Five no 44687 with the awkward looking Capriotti valve gear Birmingham Birmingham 32 6

BR LNER B1 no 61195 Birmingham Birmingham 32 6

BR Rebuilt Royal Scot no 46148 The Manchester Regiment Birmingham Birmingham 32 6

BR Jubilee no 45733 on 'Coronation' duty Birmingham Birmingham 32 7

BR LMS no 41193 Birmingham Birmingham 32 7

BR LNER A1 no 60114 W.P. Allen Birmingham Birmingham 32 7

Change at Verney Junction 32 8

BR A Derby 'lightweight' DMU in 1965 Verney Junction Buckingham 32 8

Diagram 1; Railways round Verney Junction c1935 Verney Junction Buckingham 32 8

BR A Sulzer type 4 Peak no D16 passes through with a Cup Final special Verney Junction Buckingham 32 9

Vintage Verney Junction Station c1910 Verney Junction Buckingham 32 9

BR The island platform at Verney Junction in 1963 Verney Junction Buckingham 32 10

BR Diagram 2, track layouts c1878 and c1896 Verney Junction Buckingham 32 11

BR Stanier Black Five no 45292 passes through a near deserted station in 1963 Verney Junction Buckingham 32 11

BR BR Std class 2 waits at the island platform in 1960 Verney Junction Buckingham 32 12

Diagram 3a, Track diagrams LNWR, Metropolitan and BR[M] Verney Junction Buckingham 32 12

Diagram 3b, Signal box lever operating notes Verney Junction Buckingham 32 13

LT Metropolitan class K no 115 leaves the junction in 1936 Verney Junction Buckingham 32 13

BR The LNER box in 1967 soon after closure Verney Junction Buckingham 32 14

BR The Metropolitan station signal box in the mid 50's Verney Junction Buckingham 32 14

BR The 'mothball' tour in 1993 passes the grass covered platforms in 1993 headed by Class 56 no 56 046 Verney Junction Buckingham 32 15

Auto Suggestions 32 16

LNE Ex GC 2-4-2T no 5780 at Stroud Green Stroud Green London 32 16

BR Ex LNWR & LMS 2-4-2T no 46712 at Dudley Port Dudley Port Birmingham 32 16

BR Ex GE F5 2-4-2T no 67202 leaves Ongar for Epping Ongar Epping 32 17

BR Ex SECR 0-4-4T no 31177 at Dunton Green Dunton Green Sevenoaks 32 17

BR Ex GW 14xx 0-4-2T no 1432 pauses to exchange comments and the single line token Marchwell Wrexham 32 18

BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no 41223 at Four Oaks Four Oaks Birmingham 32 18

LMS LMS 2P 0-4-4T no 6408 at Stanmore in 1934 Stanmore London 32 19

BR LMSR M7 0-4-4T no 30058 at Lymington Pier Lymington New Forest 32 19

BR NBR C15 4-4-2T at Garelochhead Garelochhead Highlands 32 20

BR Ex SECR H class no 31177 Maidstone Maidstone 32 21

BR Ex SECR H class no 31530 at Rowfant Rowfant Crawley 32 21

BR LMS class 2 no 41276 on the North Wales shoreline Deganwy N Wales 32 22

BR LYR 2-4-2T no 50731 leaves Sunny Wood Halt Sunny Wood Bury 32 22

BR NBR C15 no 67474 at Shandon Station Shandon Highlands 32 23

BR A damp day at Overton with a cyclist deciding to let the train take the strain Overton Wrexham 32 24

BR LMS 0-4-4T no 41900 Upton on Severn Great Malvern 32 24

BR BR class 2 no 84007 at Uppingham Uppingham Oakham 32 25

Byway of the 'Barra'; part 1 32 26

Vintage A panorama of Alston station of 1903/4? Alston Borders 32 26

BR Alston station in 1964 Alston Borders 32 26

LNE A busy scene at Haltwhistle between the wars Haltwhistle Borders 32 27

BR Ivatt 4MT no 43121 crosses the Lambley Viaduct with the 'Scottish rambler' special in 1967 Lambley Borders 32 27

Map; The Alston branch Borders 32 27

BR LNER G5 no 67315 about to leave Alston in 1952 Alston Borders 32 28

Vintage Slaggyford station in the early 1900's Slaggyford Borders 32 28

Vintage BTP 0-4-4T no 69 ready to be winched from the South Tyne. Even in 1920 the young girl looks too close for comfort! Alston Borders 32 29

LNE A 12 year old Jean Webster sits on the steps of an LNER camping coach in 1933 Borders 32 30

LNE LNER A8 no 2146 on what looks like a Saturday working Broom House Borders 32 30

The naming of engines: A postscript 32 31

GW Part of the specification of GWR 7 foot wheeled engines 32 31

Mr Peppercorn's K1 class 32 32

BR K1 no 62001 at Darlington Darlington Darlington 32 32

BR K1 no 62011 at Alnwick Alnwick Borders 32 32

BR K1 no 62006 at Alnwick station Alnwick Borders 32 33

BR K1 no 62031 leaves Fort William Fort William Highlands 32 33

BR K1 no 62051 near Chelmsford Chelmsford Chelmsford 32 33

BR K1 no 62052 again, this time climbing through Lochallort Lochallort Highlands 32 33

BR K1 no 62052 climbs through Glenfinnan Glenfinnan Highlands 32 33

Remembering the Porthcawl branch 32 35

BR A general view of Porthcawl station in 1963 Porthcawl Swansea 32 35

BR GWR 64XX no 6435 pushes the railmoter set out of Porthcawl Porthcawl Swansea 32 35

BR 0-6-0PT no 6434 prepares to leave Tondu Tondu Swansea 32 36

BR GWR 64XX no 6435 arrives at Pyle Pyle Swansea 32 36

BR BR class 4 no 80133, pannier tank no 6434 and a DMU on the penultimate day of passenger service Porthcawl Swansea 32 37

BR GWR 64XX no 6435 arrives at Pyle Pyle Swansea 32 37

BR GWR 64XX no 6435 passes through Nottage Halt Nottage Swansea 32 37

Through Summit Tunnel 32 38

BR An LMS no 48295 class 8F heads through Bury passing a class 4 2-6-4T no 42484 with an Ivatt class 2 in view Bury Manchester 32 38

BR An unidentified class 8F heads through Bury Bury Manchester 32 38

BR Sowerby bridge shed with 2-6-4T, WD, LMS Crab and LMS class 5 represented Sowerby Bridge Manchester 32 39

BR WD 2-8-0 no 90181 emerges from the west end of Summit tunnel Rochdale Manchester 32 39

BR LMS Jubilee no 45717 hurries toward the short Summit West tunnel Rochdale Manchester 32 40

BR LMS 2P no 40684 passing just before Bury Gas Works sidings Bury Manchester 32 41

LMS LMS Crab no 2310 leaving Winterbultee Tunnel Rochdale Manchester 32 41

The end of South Western steam 32 42

BR WC no 34004 Yeovil leaves Waterloo Waterloo London 32 42

BR BoB no 34089 602 Squadron takes water Waterloo London 32 43

BR The down 'Bournemouth Belle' west of Clapham Junction behind Merchant Navy no35005 Canadian Pacific Clapham Junction London 32 43

BR Merchant Navy no 35008 Orient Line backs onto its train Waterloo London 32 44

BR Empty stock arrives behind BR Std class 4 no 80140 Waterloo London 32 45

BR Merchant Navy no 35030 Elder Dempster Lines, BR class 4 no 80015 and class 3 no 82029 in the engine dock Waterloo London 32 45

BR BR class 3 no 82019 between a 4-COR electric unit and an unpowered TC set Waterloo London 32 46

BR Merchant Navy no 35023 Holland Afrika Line heads away from Wimbledon Wimbledon London 32 46

BR LMS class 2 2-6-2T no 41319 Waterloo London 32 47

BR LMS Black Five no 45222 Waterloo London 32 48

BR Merchant Navy [was 35023 Holland Afrika Line] on the last steam working Waterloo London 32 48

An Edwardian Locomotive quadrille 32 49

Vintage NER 4-4-0 class 3CC no 1619 at Scarborough Scarborough Scarborough 32 49

Vintage North British 4-4-2 no 870 Bon Accord Edinburgh Edinburgh 32 49

Vintage Midland 3 cylinder compound no 2631 [has been restored as no 1000, see page 57] 32 50

Vintage The prototype Midland Spinner 4-2-2 no 2601 Prince of Wales Birmingham Birmingham 32 50

Vintage GCR 4-2-2 no 971 at Manchester Central Manchester Manchester 32 51

Vintage Midland 4-4-0 no 999 32 51

Vintage GC Director 4-4-0 Purdon Vicars 32 52

Vintage NER class R1 4-4-0 no 1238 32 52

Vintage GC 4-4-2 no 1092 32 53

Vintage NER class V no 532 as originally built with limited visibility. 32 53

LNE Former GC class 8A 0-8-0 as LNER no 6139 Rugby Rugby 32 54

Vintage GC class 8B 4-6-0 no 1069 32 54

Vintage NER class S 4-6-0 no 2004 Darlington Darlington 32 54

Comparative dimensions of NER, GCR and NBR 4-4-2's and 4-6-0's 32 55

Outline diagram of proposed 0-8-0 for the Midland Railway 32 55

Outline diagram of proposed 0-8-0 for the North British Railway 32 55

LNE Former GC 0-8-4T as LNER 6173 at March shed 32 56

LNE Former NE 4-8-0T as LNER 1353 32 56

Ireland Former GNR of Ireland class V 4-4-0 no 85 Merlin Ireland Ireland 32 57

Vintage The newly restored Midland Compound 4-4-0 no 1000 Nottingham Nottingham 32 57

Still more men at work 32 58

BR Adjusting the cant angle at Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield 32 58

BR Ballast dropping at Crossmyloof Crossmyloof Glasgow 32 58

BR Heading for home at Dent Dent Settle and Carlisle 32 58

BR Salting the platform at Shawlands station Shawlands Glasgow 32 58

BR The windscreen of power car no 43 112 is cleaned at King's Cross King's Cross London 32 58

The GWR in 1870; Life, death and other matters; part 2 32 59

GW Neyland station in 1931 Neyland Pembroke 32 59

Vintage Pembroke Dock station Pembroke Dock Pembroke 32 59

GW An early view of Snow Hill station frontage Snow Hill Birmingham 32 60

Vintage Slough station in the early 1900's Slough Slough 32 60

Vintage Awre station trackside Awre Gloucester 32 61

Vintage Greenford station c 1907 Greenford London 32 61

BR LMS 8F no 48191 in Ashwood Dale after a light snowfall Ashwood Dale Peak District 32 64

Number 2 February 2018

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BR LMS Stanier class 3 2-6-2T no 40125 Willesden London 32 65

Freight through Warrington 32 68

BR Class 40 no 40 020 heads a freight train past the site of the Bank low level station Warrington Merseyside 32 68

BR Transrail class 56 no 56 127 passes Warrington Arpley Warrington Merseyside 32 68

BR Class 20's no's 20 135 and 065 leave Warrington Arpley Warrington Merseyside 32 69

BR Class 40 no 40 172 with a mixed freight Warrington Merseyside 32 69

BR Class 85 no 85 106 near Winwick Junction on the WCML Warrington Merseyside 32 69

Les Beet; Extracts from a steam locomotive drivers life; part 2 32 70

BR LMS 8F rumbles through Victoria with an engineer's train Nottingham Nottingham 32 70

BR LNER Class O4/7 no 63675 passes through Victoria station Nottingham Nottingham 32 70

BR LNER B1 takes the Grantham curve at Weekday Cross Junction Nottingham Nottingham 32 71

BR The GC viaduct at Weekday Cross Nottingham Nottingham 32 71

BR Grantham station forecourt in 1950 Grantham Grantham 32 72

BR A GCR O4 with a B1 boiler makes this an LNER O1 2-8-0 no 63678 Colwick Nottingham 32 73

BR An O2/2 2-8-0 no 63943 Grantham Grantham 32 74

BR LMS class 5 no 44835 takes the Marylebone line at Weekday Cross Nottingham Nottingham 32 75

Opposition to 19th century railways 32 76

Vintage A steam railmoter calls at Dorchester [west] in 1895 Dorchester Dorchester 32 76

Vintage The Newcastle and Carlisle's Gilsland station c 1905 Gilsland Borders 32 76

Vintage Furness Abbey station opened by the Furness Railway in 1846 Furness Abbey Lake District 32 77

Vintage The south portal of the L&Y Gisburn tunnel Gisburn Skipton 32 77

The fate of the Stainmore route; part 2 32 82

BR A Blackpool express crosses Smardale viaduct behind BR class 3 no 77002 and a class 4 Smardale Viaduct Kirkby Stephen 32 82

BR A special crosses Belah viaduct behind BR class 3 no 77003 and class 4 no 76049 Belah Viaduct Kirkby Stephen 32 82

BR BR class 4 no 76048 leaves Smardale viaduct while sister no 76047 provides banking assistance Smardale Viaduct Kirkby Stephen 32 83

BR The fireman of J21 no 65033 picks up the token while hauling an RCTS special Ravenstonedale Kirkby Stephen 32 83

BR BR class 2's no's 78017 and 78013 pass Stainmore signal box Stainmore Kirkby Stephen 32 84

BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no 46482 has arrived at Stainmore summit banked by a J21 Stainmore Kirkby Stephen 32 85

BR L21 no 65089 runs past Stainmore signal box after banking the goods train headed by no 65047 in the siding Stainmore Kirkby Stephen 32 86

BR Br class 4 no 76049 pilots an LMS Ivatt class 4 near Stainmore summit Stainmore Kirkby Stephen 32 87

BR Last rites at Kirkby Stephen. Nos 77003 with a wreath on the smokebox door and 76049 prepare to leave with a last day special Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Stephen 32 88

The Ambergate junction complex 32 89

BR The North Midland railway station at Ambergate Ambergate Derby 32 89

Vintage Midland 4-4-0 no 451 runs through the junction Ambergate Derby 32 90

BR Midland designed 4F no 4420 leads a sister locomotive on a mineral train Ambergate Derby 32 90

BR Ambergate south junction Ambergate Derby 32 91

BR The view from Ambergate south junction footbridge. A class 45 diesel passes below Ambergate Derby 32 91

90 years of the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society 32 92

BR J17 no 65562 at Mildenhall Mildenhall Newmarket 32 92

BR Stirling Single no 1 at Peterborough [my great Uncle Robert was chosen by Stirling to be its first driver]. Peterborough Peterborough 32 92

BR GNSR no 49 Gordon Highlander and Caly no 123 leave Carlisle in 1964 Carlisle Carlisle 32 93

BR Exploring the abandoned Queensbury station with the DMU parked in the Bradford platform Queensbury Bradford 32 94

BR Ivatt class 2 no 46472 organised a Cheshire District rail tour starting at Birkenhead Birkenhead Merseyside 32 94

BR Midland compound no 1000 near Rugby Rugby Rugby 32 95

BR Port of Bristol Authority Peckett with the Gloucestershire Rail tour Bristol Bristol 32 95

The shores of the utmost west 32 96

BR Castle no 5069 Isambard Kingdom Brunel comes off the Tamar bridge Saltash Plymouth 32 96

BR King no 6029 King Edward VIII at Teignmouth Teignmouth Teignmouth 32 96

BR Castle no 5055 Earl of Eldon pulls away from Teignmouth station Teignmouth Teignmouth 32 97

BR Castle no 5059 Earl St. Aldwyn at Dawlish Warren Dawlish Warren Exeter 32 97

BR Castle no 5049 Earl of Plymouth on Dainton Bank Dainton Bank Newton Abbott 32 98

BR Modified Hall no 6965 Teignmouth Teignmouth 32 98

BR King no 6029 King Edward VIII at Teignmouth Teignmouth Teignmouth 32 99

BR Western no 1025 Western Guardsman with a Motorail service Teignmouth Teignmouth 32 99

Looks can be deceptive 32 100

BR Fowler class 3 tank no 40024 in the engine siding at Moorgate Metropolitan F and T stock stand in the station Moorgate London 32 100

BR Fowler class 3 tank no 40026 St. Pancras London 32 100

BR Stanier 2-6-2T no 40164 at Blackpool shed with Rebuilt Patriot no 45530 Sir Frank Rees and class 5 no 44737 Blackpool Blackpool 32 101

BR Stanier class 3 no 40150 at Thurso Thurso Highlands 32 101

BR Fowler class 3 no 40004 at Cricklewood shed Cricklewood London 32 102

BR No 40138 at Coventry Coventry Coventry 32 102

BR No 40202 at Llandudno Junction Llandudno Junction North Wales 32 102

Western waysides 32 103

BR The branch goods returns to St. Erth behind 45xx in 1949 Carbis Bay St. Ives 32 103

Vintage Victorian elegance at Fladbury Fladbury Worcester 32 103

Vintage An Edwardian scene at Perranporth Perranporth Newquay 32 104

Bugle station Bugle St. Austell 32 104

Vintage Chipping Norton Junction station still exists but as Kingham Kingham Witney 32 104

BR LMS class 2 no 45610 at Llansantffraid Llansantffraid Mid Wales 32 105

Rollright Halt Rollright Chipping Norton 32 105

St. Agnes station St. Agnes Newquay 32 105

Poor postal service to Scotland 32 106

Cupar station Cupar Dundee 32 106

St. Andrew's station St. Andrew's Dundee 32 106

BR D34 no 62485 at Dundee [Tay Bridge] station Dundee Dundee 32 107

BR J37 no 64620 at Dundee West station Dundee Dundee 32 107

Aberdeen General station Aberdeen Aberdeen 32 108

Vintage Caly 139 class no 117 on the up postal at Perth c1912 Perth Perth 32 108

Wick station Wick Highlands 32 109

Vintage An NBR express has just crossed the Forth Bridge North Queensferry Dunfermline 32 110

Vintage Dumfries station in G&SW days Dumfries Dumfries 32 110

Vintage ? Castle Douglas station in G&SW days Castle Douglas Dumfries 32 111

County Donegal Railway's Joint committee 32 112

Ireland County Donegal Railway no 8 Foyle [Mark 1] Ireland Ireland 32 112

Map; Midland Railway Irish section Ireland Ireland 32 112

Ireland 2-6-4T Blanche on a train to Stranoriar Ireland Ireland 32 113

Ireland County Donegal Railway no 8 Foyle [Mark 2] Ireland Ireland 32 113

Ireland Coaches at Strabane Ireland Ireland 32 114

Ireland No 11 Erne at Londonderry Ireland Ireland 32 114

Ireland No 4 Meenglas at Stranoriar Ireland Ireland 32 115

Ireland No 3 Lydia at Killybegs c1935 Ireland Ireland 32 116

Ireland Railcar no 16 at Stranoriar Ireland Ireland 32 117

Ireland The River Finn bridge Ireland Ireland 32 117

The Black Pugs of Ayrshire 32 118

Industrial NCB no 16 Ayr Ayr 32 118

Industrial NCB no 19, a Barclay 0-4-0ST with a load of Jubilee skips Ayr Ayr 32 118

Industrial NCB no 21 a sister to no 19 at Leight tip Ayr Ayr 32 118

Industrial NCB no 19 with another load of Jubilee skips Ayr Ayr 32 119

Industrial NCB no 24 one of only four six wheelers on site Ayr Ayr 32 119

Tackling the gradient; part 2 32 120

Basic design of Fell's steep gradient system 32 120

Plan of a Fell locomotive for Mont Cenis Railway France / Italy 32 120

A Manning Wardle locomotive built for the Canta-Gallo Fell system in Brazil 32 121

One of the last four Fell locomotives for the Mont Cenis Railway France / Italy 32 121

Pictures of three locomotives designed for steep gradients 32 122

Drawings of three components of steep gravity technology 32 123

Drawings of three locomotives designed for steep gradients 32 124

BR L&NWR Precursor 4-4-0 no 25319 at Kenilworth in the late 1930's Kenilworth Coventry 32 128

Number 3 March 2018

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EWS Class 37 no 37 003 in EWS livery at Hoo Junction Hoo Junction Gravesend 32 129

Seen on shed 32 132

BR An Ex-WD Austerity J94 no 68070 at Colwick Colwick Nottingham 32 132

BR NBR J36 no's 65267 and 65282 at Bathgate shed Bathgate Edinburgh 32 132

BR GWR 61xx no 6111 at Oxford Oxford Oxford 32 133

BR NER Q7 no 63466 at Tyne Dock Tyne Dock Tyneside 32 133

VoR VoR no 9 Prince of Wales and no 8 Llewelyn at home in the former standard gauge sheds Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 32 133

To the Kent coast and across the Channel 32 134

BR SER R class no 124 at Whitstable Whitstable Canterbury 32 134

BR SR no 34083 later to become BoB 605 Squadron Victoria London 32 134

BR BoB no 34084 253 Squadron in the station, Schools no 30918 Hurstpierpoint in the background Folkestone Jn. Folkestone 32 135

BR WC no 34092 City of Wells speeds through Ashford Ashford Ashford [Kent] 32 135

Relieved soldiers back in Blighty after rescue from Dunkirk Dover Dover 32 136

Southern SR King Arthur no 766 passes through Herne Hill c1930 Herne Hill London 32 136

BR Preserved Britannia no 70000 Britannia masquerading as no 70014 Iron Duke Sandling Folkestone 32 137

BR Pullman car Phoenix as part of the VSOE train Victoria London 32 137

BR An L1 with the Night Ferry headboard pilots the train from Victoria Victoria London 32 138

BR The Night Ferry arrives at Victoria behind electric locomotive E5000 Victoria London 32 138

Trains in the water 32 139

BR BR 0-6-0T no 68341 being recovered from Kirkcaldy Harbour Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy 32 139

BR BR no 68114 0-4-0ST which as NBR no 40 went into Kirkcaldy Harbour Dundee Dundee 32 139

BR The Eastfield crane on the harbour tracks before it recovered no 68341 [see previous page] Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy 32 140

Vintage Wagons in Tayport Harbour in 1920 Tayport Dundee 32 140

France The result of a bridge collapse at Pont du C� France France 32 141

Vintage Two views of the Burntisland to Granton ferry Edinburgh 32 141

A train crosses flooded fields 32 142

Vintage The GE Stratford works after a deluge in 1905 Stratford London 32 142

BR A Derby DMU bound for Harrogate approaches a section of flooded track - CAREFULLY!! Harrogate York 32 143

Some more instances of wet trains in the UK 32 143

Vintage The track under water, unhappy Edwardian passengers wait at what is thought to be Teignmouth 32 143

The Paxman 'Warship' 32 144

BR Warship no D830 Majestic in original green passes Crofton Crofton Newbury 32 144

BR Warship no D830 Majestic in the short loved blue with small yellow panels leaves Dawlish Dawlish Exeter 32 145

The Knotty and the First World War 32 146

Lord Anslow as he appeared in 'Picturesque Staffordshire' the NSR's illustrated guide 32 146

Vintage Stoke station sometime during WW I Stoke Stoke on Trent 32 146

A 'soldier of WW I' and an 'NSR station master' at the Remembrance Day service in 2016 Stoke Stoke on Trent 32 147

Vintage The NSR War Memorial Stoke Stoke on Trent 32 147

Vintage Newcastle under Lyme station staff Newcastle Stoke on Trent 32 148

Vintage NSR class New C no 118 leaves Manchester [London Road] Manchester Manchester 32 148

Gunner Thomas Brindley 32 149

The War memorial with its extension Stoke Stoke on Trent 32 149

Liverpool Street Station 1862 - 1935 32 150

Vintage The forecourt of Liverpool Street station c1908, Broad Street in the distance Liverpool Street London 32 150

Vintage The west side concourse which was separated from the east side by the boat train platforms Liverpool Street London 32 150

Vintage GER class S69 [later LNER B12] no 1504 Liverpool Street London 32 151

Vintage The west side concourse from the bridge that connected the two sides of the station Liverpool Street London 32 151

Vintage The west side platforms [two views] Liverpool Street London 32 152

Vintage The GE war memorial Liverpool Street London 32 153

Vintage GE F4 no 7072 with a Chingford train Liverpool Street London 32 154

BR Two views of the Cromer train in August 1948 Liverpool Street London 32 155

Vintage Part plans of Liverpool Street station west side pre and post alterations Liverpool Street London 32 156

BR Former GE J69 no E8619 on the service train in 1948 Liverpool Street London 32 157

Whitmore Signal Box 32 158

BR Whitmore box Whitmore Crewe 32 158

BR LMS no 45256 crests the Whitmore summit Whitmore Crewe 32 159

Lincoln City at home 32 160

BR LNER B1 no 61337 waits the off Lincoln Lincoln 32 160

BR LNER J39 no 64898 at Lincoln Central Lincoln Lincoln 32 160

BR LNER A1 no 60148 Aboyeur crosses the River Witham Lincoln Lincoln 32 161

BR LNER K3 no 61807 takes the Sleaford line Lincoln Lincoln 32 161

BR A WW 1 ex WD O4/3 no 63870 Lincoln Lincoln 32 162

BR Ex GE J69 no 68501 Lincoln Lincoln 32 162

BR LNER B16/2 no 61437 ready for the off Lincoln Lincoln 32 162

BR Ex WD Austerity no 90384 crosses the Witham Lincoln Lincoln 32 163

BR LNER Sandringham B17/6 no 61645 The Suffolk Regiment Lincoln Lincoln 32 163

BR Ex GC class O4/8 no 63703 Lincoln Lincoln 32 164

BR LNER K3 no 61859 heads south Lincoln Lincoln 32 164

BR The ultimate visitor A4 no 60022 Mallard on a diverted service Lincoln Lincoln 32 164

Byway of the 'Barra'; part 2 32 165

BR Alston station from the track Alston Borders 32 165

BR LNER G5 no 67241 at Lambley with the viaduct in the background Lambley Borders 32 165

BR A class 101 calls at Featherstone Park Featherstone Park Borders 32 166

BR Lambley station with the stationmaster in shot Lambley Borders 32 166

BR Alston's permanent way gang in the 50's Alston Borders 32 167

BR BR class 3 no 77011 at Haltwhistle Haltwhistle Borders 32 167

Vintage Staff at Alston station in 1906 Alston Borders 32 167

BR A German railbus at Alston Alston Borders 32 168

BR Coanwood station Coanwood Borders 32 169

BR The last day six car DMU Alston Borders 32 169

37 not out 32 170

BR No 37 038 in plain 'Rail blue' with yellow end caps at Taunton Taunton Taunton 32 170

BR No 37 401 Mary, Queen of Scots also in 'Rail blue' but the yellow has spread Greenhill Junction Stirling 32 170

BR No 37 414 Cathay's C&W Works in Regional Railways livery near Mostyn Mostyn Chester 32 171

BR Nos 37 906 and 719 in 'Metals and Automobiles' livery at Miskin Miskin Cardiff 32 171

DRS Direct Rail Services no 37 194 with a Railtrack Stoneblower Sevenoaks Sevenoaks 32 172

BR No 37 407 'Blackpool Tower' in Transrail markings with a train of Regional Railways stock Llandudno Jn. North Wales 32 172

BR Nos 37 371 and 350 which as D6700 was the first in its class Miskin Cardiff 32 172

Mainline Mainline no 37 372 with a train of Pullman stock Otford Sevenoaks 32 173

EWS No 37 114 tails a weedkiller train at Betchworth Betchworth Dorking 32 173

The Isle of Portland, its stone and its railways 32 174

Vintage Priory Corner Portland in the early 1900's with a Burrell traction engine in shot Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 174

Vintage The Portland Railway's incline to Castletown on its first upper plane Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 174

Vintage A double headed train of LSWR O2 0-4-4T's at Radipole Lake in the early 1900's Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 175

The railways of Portland c1900 Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 175

Vintage Melcombe Regis station Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 176

Vintage Peckett no 686 but probably in a later guise Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 176

Vintage Easton station in what looks like circa 1900 judging by the woman's attire Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 177

Vintage Station staff at Portland after 1902 Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 177

Vintage Rodewell station pre 1907 Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 178

Vintage The East Weares Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 178

Vintage Melcombe Regis station with O2 no 189 Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 179

Vintage Rodewell station around 1908 with the station master Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 179

Vintage O2 no 213 descending East Weares Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 180

Vintage O2 no 221 at Easton Isle of Portland Weymouth 32 180

Harry Wainwright's early SE&CR bogie carriages 32 181

Southern Ex SECR coach no 156 as Southern SR6615 Stewarts Lane London 32 181

Vintage SECR coach no 235 32 181

BR Ex SECR no 3478 as SR no 1044 Stewarts Lane London 32 182

Southern Ex SECR no 3787 as SR no 7921 Ashford Ashford [Kent] 32 182

BR Ex SECR no 902 Hastings Hastings 32 182

Ex SECR no 1 'The King's Saloon' at Newhaven in 1960 used as a holiday home and in largely original condition Newhaven Brighton 32 183

Ex SECR no 938 as camping coach no CC30 32 183

On the Tilbury line 32 184

Vintage LT&SR 4-4-2T no 8 Aveley 32 184

Vintage LT&SR 6-2T No 69 Corringham 32 184

Vintage A permanent way gang stands back at Upminster as 4-4-2T no 63 Mansion House runs through the station Upminster London 32 185

Vintage LT&SR 0-6-0 no 50 on a freight for Romford Emerson Park London 32 185

Vintage LT&SR No 51 Tilbury Docks and 59 Holloway at Southend station in 1911 Southend Southend on Sea 32 185

Vintage No 1 Southend with a boat train at Liverpool St Liverpool Street London 32 186

Vintage No 43 Great Ilford with a commuter train near Upminster Upminster London 32 186

Vintage No 47 Stratford and no 80 Thundersley among others at Shoeburyness Shoeburyness Southend on Sea 32 186

Vintage Baltic locomotive no 2104 in Midland Railway livery 32 187

BR The morning peak hour at Fenchurch Street with an LMS 2-6-4T and an LNER L1 Fenchurch Street London 32 187

What not to do 32 188

BR A friendly 'Don't touch the electric rails' Monkseaton Tyneside 32 188

BR A terse CLC no trespassing notice Irlam Manchester 32 188

BR An LB&SCR no trespassing notice Brighton Brighton 32 188

BR And a verbose SE&CR bridge warning Bricklayer's Arms London 32 188

BR Not strictly a railway sign but be careful what you load the bridge with Chirk Wrexham 32 188

BR LMS Jubilee no 45627 Sierra Leone ready to leave Poulton-le-Fylde Poulton The Fylde 32 192

Number 4 April 2018

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BR GWR 15xx No 1503 brings empty stock into Paddington with class 9400 No 9477 on the adjoining platform Paddington London 32 193

The 15xx pannier tanks 32 196

BR GWR 15xx no 1500 at Paddington Paddington London 32 196

BR GWR 15xx no 1507 by the Old Oak Common coaling stage Old Oak Common London 32 196

BR GWR 15xx no 1500 again with a chocolate and cream set Paddington London 32 197

BR GWR 15xx no 1503 passes under Bishop's Road Bridge Paddington London 32 197

BR GWR 15xx no 1505 at Old Oak Common Old Oak Common London 32 197

BR GWR 15xx no 1503 about to pass under Westbourne Bridge Paddington London 32 198

BR GWR 15xx no 1509 at Newport High Street station Newport [Mon] Newport [Mon] 32 198

Industrial GWR 15xx no 1509 now owned by the NCB Coventry Coventry Coventry 32 198

The Wick and Lybster Railway 32 199

Map; Railways in the far north of Scotland Highlands 32 199

Vintage The first train arrives at Lybster in July 1903 Lybster Highlands 32 199

Vintage A very clean locomotive Lybster c1903 Lybster Highlands 32 200

Vintage The Lybster branch leaves the Wick mainline Wick Highlands 32 200

Vintage HR 4-4-0 No 124 Loch Laggan in Edwardian days Wick Highlands 32 201

Vintage A mixed train waits to leave Lybster Lybster Highlands 32 202

Vintage The line just south of Ulbster Ulbster Highlands 32 202

The official plan of Lybster station's track layout Lybster Highlands 32 203

LMS LMS Yankee 4-4-0T probably no 15013 Lybster Highlands 32 204

LMS Welsh's Crossing Halt Welsh's Crossing Highlands 32 204

LMS LMS 0-4-4T no 15053 was the last HR locomotive to be withdrawn Lybster Highlands 32 205

Lybster station Lybster Highlands 32 205

Engine problems on the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway 32 206

Vintage LD&ECR 0-6-2T no 24 with original boiler 32 206

LNE Tuxford locomotive works in 1937 Tuxford Retford 32 206

LNE Class B 0-6-0T as LNER no 6408 Wrexham Chester 32 207

Vintage Tuxford locomotive works layout in GCR days Tuxford Retford 32 207

Vintage LD&ECR class C 0-4-4T no 18 at Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln 32 208

Vintage LD&ECR class 0-6-2T no 7 as rebuilt with a Belpaire boiler Tuxford Retford 32 209

LNE LD&ECR class D 0-6-4T no 1150 under repair at Tuxford Tuxford Retford 32 209

LNE LD&ECR class D 0-6-4T no 33 now LNER no 6152 Tuxford Retford 32 210

LNE West elevation of Tuxford works in 1947 Tuxford Retford 32 210

LNE LD&ECR class D 0-6-4T no 34 now LNER no 6153 Tuxford Retford 32 211

Table 1 LD&ECR locomotive superintendents 32 211

Table 2 LD&ECR locomotive orders 32 211

Smoking on the railway 32 212

Non-Smoking rather than no smoking on this sign 32 212

Two cartoons relating to smoking 32 212

A cartoon relating to smoking 32 213

LNE Smoking prohibited label 32 213

GW Third class smoking compartment 32 213

A cartoon relating to smoking 32 214

The faded No smoking sign on a grounded coach at Rutherford station Rutherford Borders 32 214

Vintage Lenzie station in North British days Lenzie Glasgow 32 215

BR The BR First no smoking signs 32 215

A cartoon relating to smoking 32 216

LT The ornate interior of a Metropolitan Railway EMU 32 216

A cartoon relating to smoking 32 217

LT No smoking in a standard roundel 32 217

GW No smoking says the sign, but the locomotive can't read! Kidderminster Birmingham 32 218

The etching says smoking, the notice says no smoking 32 218

Blink Bonney goes to London 32 219

BR A3 no 60051 Blink Bonney at King's Cross King's Cross London 32 219

BR A3 no 60051 Blink Bonney at Leeds City Leeds Leeds 32 219

BR Black Five no 45104 in Sundon cutting Sundon Luton 32 220

BR Black Five no 45123 with a freight train at Inverness Inverness Inverness 32 220

BR Black Five no 44829 at New Street Birmingham Birmingham 32 221

BR Black Five no 45025 trundles through Olympia Olympia London 32 221

Eric Bruton's 'Black Fives' 32 222

BR Black Five no 45172 leaves Stirling Stirling Stirling 32 222

BR Black Five no 45483 at Fort William Fort William Highlands 32 222

BR Black Five no 4986 nears Napsbury Napsbury St. Albans 32 222

BR Black Five no 45332 with a single coach at Oxenholme Oxenholme Lake District 32 223

BR Black Five no 45488 leaves Edinburgh Waverley Edinburgh Edinburgh 32 223

A West Riding Portfolio 32 224

BR LMS Fairburn no 42073 leaves Bradford Bradford Bradford 32 224

BR LMS Stanier class 4 no 42664 rolls into Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield 32 224

BR BR std class 5 no 73141 leaves Bradford Bradford Bradford 32 225

BR Jubilee no 45593 Kolhapur at Hurstwood Saltaire Bradford 32 225

BR Jubilees No 45562 Alberta and 45697 Achillies in Holbeck shed Leeds Leeds 32 225

BR A view from the train of LMS class 5 no 44896 entering the tunnel Standedge Huddersfield 32 226

BR Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42283 leaving Exchange Bradford Bradford 32 226

BR B1 no 61306 with empty stock for Exchange Bradford Bradford 32 227

BR Jubilee no 45581 Bihar and Orissa at Farnley Junction shed Leeds Leeds 32 227

BR WD Austerity no 90605 with a fright for Leeds Shipley Leeds 32 227

Railway Nationalisation 32 228

BR LMS class 4 with early BR number M3005 Bletchley Bletchley 32 228

LMS The very last LMS locomotive to leave St. Pancras was Jubilee no 5614 Leeward Islands St. Pancras London 32 228

BR Painters at Crewe apply the new identity for LMS class 5 no 4762 Crewe Crewe 32 229

BR A3 no 60059 Tracery King's Cross London 32 230

BR SR Lord Nelson no 854 Howard of Effingham Brookwood Woking 32 230

BR Ex WD no 90659 near Marshmoor sidings Marshmoor Hatfield 32 231

Lord Hurcombe 32 232

Sir Eustace Missenden 32 232

GWR GWR County no 1010 County of Carnarvon 32 233

A PCC tram at Ashmont Ashmont USA 32 234

Metro Electric trams near Southend Southend Swansea 32 234

Metro A 1981 picture of the Tyne and Wear metro Coxlodge Tyneside 32 235

A tram on the Adelaide to Gleneig line Hayhurst Australia 32 235

Metro A 1992 picture of a Manchester Metrolink tram at Voctoria Victoria Manchester 32 236

BR A Southern 2-EPB near the present Wandle Park stop on the Croydon Tramlink Wandle Park London 32 236

BR An ex L&Y EMU at Bury [Bolton Street] Bury Manchester 32 237

DLR The short lived Island Gardens stop Island Gardens London 32 237

Metro A 1999 picture of the Midland Metro tram Birmingham Birmingham 32 238

Metro A tram at Elmer's End Elmer's End London 32 238

BR The GW Wednesbury station in 1964 Wednesbury Birmingham 32 239

Metro The remains of a GC viaduct reused for the NET tramway Nottingham Nottingham 32 239

Nottingham's railways at their fullest extent Nottingham Nottingham 32 240

Metro Bullwell station with an NET tram alongside A Central Traind DMU Bulwell Nottingham 32 241

Southern gone west part 4; 32 242

Southern Drummond M7 no 24 sets off from Plymouth Friary Plymouth Plymouth 32 242

Southern Plymouth Devonport King's Road station Plymouth Plymouth 32 242

Southern Drummond M7 no 35 sets off from Plymouth Devonport King's Road Plymouth Plymouth 32 243

Southern Drummond T9 no 116 at Plymouth Friary shed in 1923 Plymouth Plymouth 32 243

Southern B4 no 100 devoid of livery and T1 no 75 still in LSWR livery at Friary in 1926 Plymouth Plymouth 32 244

Southern Ex LSWR T9 no 712 on the Friary turntable Plymouth Plymouth 32 244

Southern Drummond K14 no 82 in Friary yard Plymouth Plymouth 32 245

Southern Ex LSWR Adams O2 no 221 and ex Plymouth, Devonport and South West Junction Rly no 757 Earl of Mount Edgecumbe Plymouth Plymouth 32 246

Southern Ex LSWRO2 no E198 Plymouth Plymouth 32 247

Vintage LSWR B4 tank no 103 at the coaling stage in Friary in 1922 Plymouth Plymouth 32 247

Southern A double headed T9 train headed by no E717 Plymouth Plymouth 32 248

Southern ex Plymouth, Devonport and South West Junction Rly no 758 Lord St. Levan Plymouth Plymouth 32 249

Southern Ex LSWR T9 no E732 near Friary Plymouth Plymouth 32 250

Colliery lines at Swadlingcote 32 251

Industrial Three pictures of the rail network at Swadlincote colliery taken in 1906 Swadlincote Burton on Trent 32 251

Halt here 32 252

GW Thorney and Kingsbury Halt Kingsbury Yeovil 32 252

GW Whitehall Halt Whitehall Wellington 32 252

BR BR Britannia no 70045 Lord Rowallan emerges from a bleak skyscape near Mirfield Mirfield Huddersfield 32 256

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BR Rebuilt WC no 34031 passes through Worting Worting Basingstoke 32 257

On and off the East Coast route 32 260

BR A1 no 60157 hurries through Doncaster on the through line Doncaster Doncaster 32 260

BR A4 no 60016 Silver King arrives at King's Cross King's Cross London 32 260

BR GCR O4 no 63757 taken from a train going the other way Scunthorpe Scunthorpe 32 261

BR GER J69 no 68558 on pilot duty at Doncaster Doncaster Doncaster 32 261

BR GNR O2/1 no 63928 takes the Goole line at Thorne junction Doncaster Doncaster 32 261

Round the bend 32 262

LT ex Metropolitan T stock Harrow London 32 262

LT Watford station under construction in 1924 Watford London 32 262

LT Railway Gazette map of the Watford branch Watford London 32 263

LT Watford goods yard Watford London 32 263

LT A Metropolitan freight near Chorleywood Chorleywood Amersham 32 264

LT Sleet locomotive no ESL no 106 Rickmansworth London 32 264

LT LT 0-4-4T no L46 in the bay while LNE L2 206-4T no 6166 passes on the main line Rickmansworth London 32 265

LT Metropolitan locomotive No 1 John Lyon takes over at Rickmansworth probably from 2-6-4T no 42134 in the bay Rickmansworth London 32 265

LT A page from the 1959 LT Sunday Algate to Aylesbury timetable 32 266

Improvement schemes on selected provincial stations 1925-35 32 267

BR An EMU calls at Dover Priory station in 1965 Dover Dover 32 267

Southern Plan drawing of the proposed alterations to Dover Priory station Dover Dover 32 267

GWR A view of Newport station from platform 6 Newport [Mon] Newport [Mon] 32 268

BR Clacton on Sea frontage in 1962 as rebuilt by the LNER in 1929 Clacton Clacton 32 268

GWR Plan drawing of the alterations to Newport [Mon] station Newport [Mon] Newport [Mon] 32 269

BR GWR 56xx no 6608 rumbles through Newport Newport [Mon] Newport [Mon] 32 270

BR Exeter Central frontage Exeter Exeter 32 271

Southern Hastings station forecourt thought to be soon after reconstruction Hastings Hastings 32 271

Southern Plan of the new Exeter Central station Exeter Exeter 32 272

LMS Leigh on Sea station opened in 1934 Leigh on Sea Southend on Sea 32 273

BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no 41322 with a local train Exeter Exeter 32 273

South Pacific 32 274

BR BoB no 34058 Sir Fredrick Pile near Earlsfield Earlsfield London 32 274

Southern No 34042 Dorchester in original form at Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth 32 274

BR Rebuilt BoB no 34090 Sir Eustace Missenden enters Basingstoke Basingstoke Basingstoke 32 275

BR WC no 34002 Salisbury at Winchfield Winchfield Basingstoke 32 275

BR BoB no 34078 222 Squadron passes the Yeovil Town signal box Yeovil Yeovil 32 276

BR Rebuilt BoB no 34050 Royal Observer Corps done up to the nines for the Farnborough Air Show Farnborough Farnborough 32 276

BR BoB no 34051 Sir Winston Churchill enters Basingstoke Basingstoke Basingstoke 32 277

BR Rebuilt WC no 34037 Clovelly at West Byfleet West Byfleet Woking 32 277

Pilots. Parcels and empty stock 32 278

BR J72 no 68723 done up in NE livery to act as Newcastle's station pilot Newcastle Tyneside 32 278

BR V3 2-6-2T no 67656 buffers up to empty stock in Central Newcastle Tyneside 32 278

BR B1 no 61199 arrives with empty stock Newcastle Tyneside 32 279

BR Map of Tyneside railways 1960 Newcastle Tyneside 32 279

BR A BR built J72 no 69025 waits on a back road Newcastle Tyneside 32 280

BR V3 no 67678 waits at a platform face while B1 no 61216 waits on a centre road Newcastle Tyneside 32 280

BR B1 no 61014 Oribi waits to leave with empty stock Newcastle Tyneside 32 281

BR J72 no 68736 done up in NE livery moved to Newcastle after service as York's station pilot Newcastle Tyneside 32 281

BR A4 no 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley arrives with The Norseman, V3 no 67691 waits to take it down to the boat quay Newcastle Tyneside 32 282

BR Another BR built J72 no 69028 sets out from Heaton shed Heaton Tyneside 32 282

BR V2 no 67646 waits on a road behind platform 10 Newcastle Tyneside 32 282

Tackling the gradient; part 3 32 283

France A Hanscotte locomotive and coach France France 32 283

Switzerland Diagram of a locomotive for the Furka-Overalp Bahn Switzerland Switzerland 32 283

France Diagram; Hanscotte locomotive built for the Clermont-Ferrand railway France France 32 283

J&F Howard locomotive with auxiliary roller booster 32 284

Works photo of the Baguley Works no 2086 32 284

Baugley no 2020 0-4-0T 32 285

Beardmore-Halley tractor at the 1924 Wembley Exhibition Wembley London 32 285

Australia Promotional picture of the Stronach-Dutton Roadrail system Australia Australia 32 285

No 10000 [The Hush-hush!] 32 286

LNE W1 no 10000 as built Grantham Grantham 32 286

LNE W1 no 10000 as re-built King's Cross London 32 286

LNE W1 no 10000 at Grantham Grantham Grantham 32 287

BR W1 no 10000 but now no 60700 leaves Hadley Wood North tunnel Hadley Wood London 32 287

LNE W1 no 10000 leaves King's Cross King's Cross London 32 287

To Hemyock with time to linger 32 288

BR 14xx no 1442 takes a moment at Hemyock Hemyock Wellington 32 288

BR 14xx no 1451 runs into Hemyock Hemyock Wellington 32 288

BR 14xx no 1471 stands at Hemyock Hemyock Wellington 32 289

BR Uffculme station during one of its many quiet spells Uffculme Wellington 32 289

BR 14xx no 1450 enters the bay platform at Tiverton Junction Tiverton Jn. Wellington 32 290

BR 14xx no 1451 arrives with a mixed train at Uffculme Uffculme Wellington 32 290

BR 14xx no 1451 waits while the driver takes a break Hemyock Wellington 32 290

BR 14xx no 1462 arrives at Hemyock Hemyock Wellington 32 291

BR 14xx no 1471 passes through Culmstock Culmstock Wellington 32 291

Two Dukes and a Lord 32 292

Map; Railways round Barrow at their greatest extent Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 292

The 5th Duke of Buccleuch 32 292

The 7th Duke of Devonshire 32 292

Crossing the treacherous sands of the Kent and Leven estuaries. An etching from 1828 Lake District 32 293

Vintage Loading slate at Kirkby Kirkby Lake District 32 293

Vintage Furness Railway no 4 Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 294

Vintage Piel station on Roa Island Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 294

Vintage Furness Abbey station Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 295

Vintage The 1863 terminus Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 295

An aerial view of the steelworks Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 296

An idealised view of the steelworks Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 296

An exterior view of Ramsden Dock station Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 297

Vintage Furness Railway 4-4-0 no 128 inside Ramsden Dock station Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 297

Sir James Ramsden 32 297

Unloading imported iron ore at Ramsden Dock Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 298

The new through Barrow station Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 299

Two Furness Railway 4-4-0's leave Central with the 13.00 express Barrow in Furness Lake District 32 299

Taunton before the signals changed 32 300

BR A track machine is signalled off the down relief line Taunton Taunton 32 300

BR Class 50 no 50 047 Swiftsure passes under the Taunton gantry Taunton Taunton 32 300

BR Class 52 'Western' no 1017 Western Renown passes the Taunton East signals Taunton Taunton 32 300

BR Taunton East Junction box from a train Taunton Taunton 32 301

BR Taunton West Station box with a class 31 no 31 231 approaching with a ballast train Taunton Taunton 32 301

Down in the Vale; Part 1 32 302

GW Looking east into the goods yard Wantage Road Didcot 32 302

Vintage Wantage Road station in 1919 Wantage Road Didcot 32 302

GW Wantage Road station in 1932 after the quadrupling Wantage Road Didcot 32 303

GW Wantage Road station in 1932 after the quadrupling Wantage Road Didcot 32 304

BR A closer look at the goods shed and 12 ton crane in 1957 Wantage Road Didcot 32 305

GW No 9 with a lengthy goods train Wantage Road Didcot 32 305

Jumping and falling from trains 32 306

BR K3 no 61879 emerging from Moncrieff tunnel Perth Perth 32 306

Vintage Sittingbourne station c 1910 Sittingbourne London 32 306

Northampton station Northampton Northampton 32 307

Tuxford station Tuxford Newark 32 307

LT A typical Metropolitan Railway tube steam train 32 308

Vintage Harold Wood station c1911 Harold Wood Romford 32 308

Pitlochry station Pitlochry Highlands 32 309

Pangbourne station Pangbourne Reading 32 310

Coal at Tyne Yard 32 311

BR Class 37 no 37 065 enters Tyne Yard with a coal train Tyne Yard Tyneside 32 311

BR Class 47 no 47 287 enters Tyne Yard with a coal train Tyne Yard Tyneside 32 311

Brewood's lost chances 32 312

BR HST passing the proposed junction site for the 1874, 1922 and 1924 routes Four Ashes Stafford 32 312

Map; Brewood 1837 Brewood Stafford 32 312

Map; 1851 and 1856 proposals Brewood Stafford 32 313

Map; 1874 and 1875 proposals Brewood Stafford 32 313

Map; 1922 and 1924 proposals Brewood Stafford 32 314

The Shropshire Union Canal Brewood Stafford 32 315

The Durham bankers 32 316

BR A4 no 60014 Silver Link stokes up for the climb to Relly Mill Durham Durham 32 316

BR V1 no 67637 waits for its next job Durham Durham 32 316

BR V3 no 67687 giving a southbound train a push Durham Durham 32 316

BR A train arrives at Strathcarron station Durham Durham 32 320

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BR J39 no 64745 on Midland rails at Gowhole Gowhole Peak District 32 321

Robert Billington's LBSCR Radials 32 324

BR E3 no 2418 at Norwood Junction Norwood Jn. London 32 324

BR E4 no 32468 at Guildford with a 'Schools' at the next platform Guildford Guildford 32 324

BR E4 no 32499 on pilot duty at Waterloo Waterloo London 32 325

BR The driver of E5X no 32570 exchanges tablets with the signalman Cranleigh Guildford 32 325

BR E5 no 2583 with B4X no 32071 in the background Brighton Brighton 32 326

BR E6 no 32410 and W class no 31915 at Norwood Junction Norwood Jn. London 32 326

BR The fireman of E6 no 32418 at the water crane Brighton Brighton 32 327

Southern E5X no 2576 stands in Brighton station Brighton Brighton 32 328

BR E6 no 32417 crosses the lift bridge over the Grand surrey Canal Deptford London 32 329

BR E4 no 32504 arrives at East Grinstead East Grinstead Crawley 32 330

BR E6 no 32413 with GN J50/2 no 68989 Stewart's Lane London 32 330

Railways and First World War Air Raids 32 331

East Fortune station East Fortune Borders 32 331

WW1 recruiting poster featuring a Zeppelin over London 32 331

Longhoughton station Longhoughton Borders 32 332

Vintage North British District Traffic Superintendant Offices 32 332

Sir John French 32 332

Zeppelin no LZ66 32 332

Vintage LBSCR train at Wandsworth Road Wandsworth Road London 32 333

Southern LSWR train at Dorking North in Southern days Dorking North Dorking 32 333

An aircraft recognition poster of WWI 32 334

Deal station Deal Kent 32 334

A Gotha bomber 32 335

Dalmney station Dalmney Edinburgh 32 335

Diesel Variety at Exeter 32 336

BR EE class 50 no 50 035 passes St James' Halt St James' Exeter 32 336

BR EE class 50 no D400 [AKA 50 001] St David's Exeter 32 336

BR Class 33 no 33 108 St David's Exeter 32 337

BR Class 47 no 47 511 crossing the Red Cow level crossing St David's Exeter 32 337

BR EE class 50 no 50 019 about to tackle the gradient to Central St David's Exeter 32 337

BR Class 50 no 50 010 Monarch at Cowley Bridge Junction Cowley Bridge Exeter 32 338

BR Peak no 46 015 ready to go St David's Exeter 32 338

BR Class 33 no 33 107 about to descend to St David's Central Exeter 32 339

BR Class 46 no 46 033 passes through St Thomas station St Thomas Exeter 32 339

Locomotives away from home 32 340

Vintage A L&Y 4-4-2 on an express at Luddendfoot in 1910? Luddendfoot Leeds 32 340

Vintage GCR 4-4-2 no 267 at Plymouth Laira Plymouth 32 340

Vintage North Staffordshire class G 4-4-0 no 86 Stoke Stoke on Trent 32 341

Vintage Hull and Barnsley class J 4-4-0 no 33 at Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield 32 342

Vintage L&NWR Precursor 4-4-0 no 513 Precursor at Euston Euston London 32 343

LMS L&NW Experiment no 1526 Sanspareil at Tamwoth Tamworth Birmingham 32 344

List; LNWR locomotive trials 32 344

Working men - and women! 32 345

LMS A chef on the 'Royal Scot' that obviously checks his work!! 32 345

Cheery women and a grumpy man photographed at Wimbledon Depot in WWI Wimbledon London 32 345

LNE Testing brakes in Darlington works Darlington Darlington 32 345

Working on teak bodied coaches York York 32 345

LNE A group of puzzled women in the kitchen at York Carriage and Wagon Works in 1947 York York 32 346

Manoeuvring a pair of wheels at Doncaster works in GN days Doncaster Doncaster 32 346

Tea at a mobile canteen at Paddington in 1943 Paddington London 32 346

Padding carriage seats at York Carriage and Wagon Works York York 32 347

Southern With her hat hanging on somehow a female porter works somewhere on the Southern Railway in WWII 32 347

Vintage Comrie station round the turn of the 19th/20th century Comrie Perth 32 348

Crieff and Comrie 125 32 348

Vintage The first train at Comrie in 1893 Comrie Perth 32 348

Vintage Comrie station in Caly days Comrie Perth 32 349

Vintage Engine sheds at Crieff Crieff Perth 32 349

Map; The branch lines of Strathearn 32 349

LMS An accident at Turretbank in 1936 Turretbank Perth 32 350

Vintage Crieff station and Crieff West signal box c1910 Crieff Perth 32 350

BR A six car DMU at Comrie in 1961 Comrie Perth 32 351

BR Leaflet; Holiday runabout round Perth for1963 Perth 32 351

BR LMS class 5 no 44799 nears Crieff Crieff Perth 32 351

The LNER's own 0-6-0's 32 352

BR J38 no 65930 passes through Dunfermline [Lower] station Dunfermline Stirling 32 352

BR LNER J38 no 65918 at Alloa Alloa Stirling 32 352

BR J39 no 64740 emerges from the Woodhead down bore Woodhead Peak District 32 353

BR J39 no 64843 arrives at Burnmouth Burnmouth Berwick on Tweed 32 353

BR J39 moves oil tankers in Hull docks Hull Hull 32 354

BR J39 no 64715 at Leicester Belgrave Leicester Leicester 32 354

BR J39 no 64843 arrives at Eyemouth Eyemouth Berwick on Tweed 32 354

BR J39 no 64727 on TPO stock at Carlisle Citadel Carlisle Carlisle 32 355

BR J39 no 64897 passes under the signal gantry at Alnwick Alnwick Berwick on Tweed 32 355

BR J38 no 65905 takes a freight train through Alloa Alloa Stirling 32 356

BR J39 no 64902 with other goods locomotives in Barnsley yard Barnsley Sheffield 32 356

BR The fireman stands guard as J38 no 65915 crosses an unmanned level crossing at Leslie Leslie Kirkcaldy 32 356

Derby Friargate station 32 357

Vintage Friargate Road Derby in 1914 Derby Derby 32 357

Map; The Friargate line 32 357

LNE GN D3 no 4302 at Friargate in 1933 Derby Derby 32 358

Vintage Ilkeston station in GN days Ilkeston Nottingham 32 358

BR LMS Stanier class 4 no 42561 at Friargate Derby Derby 32 359

Vintage GN D2 no 1316 passes through Kimberley c1910 Kimberley Nottingham 32 360

A contemporary image of Friargate Bridge Derby Derby 32 361

BR GN J6 no 64225 calls at Ilkeston North in the 1950's Ilkeston Nottingham 32 361

On the Rhymney Valley Lines 32 362

BR A Derby DMU calls at Cefn-on Halt Cefn-on Welsh Valleys 32 362

BR GWR 56xx no 5605 at Pontlottyn station Pontlottyn Welsh Valleys 32 362

BR GWR 56xx no 5605 is ready to leave Bargoed Bargoed Welsh Valleys 32 362

BR A 56xx no 6643 heads toward Aber Junction Aber Jn. Caerphilly 32 363

BR A single Class 121 DMU unit leaves Tir Phil station Tir Phil Welsh Valleys 32 363

BR A three car Class 116 DMU crosses the viaduct at Bargoed Bargoed Welsh Valleys 32 364

BR Class 37 no 37 896 passes through Ystrad Mynach with a coal train Ystrad Mynach Welsh Valleys 32 364

BR Sprinter DMU no 150 276 arrives at Bargoed Bargoed Welsh Valleys 32 364

Down in the Vale; Part 2 32 365

An unidentified Hall waits to leave Wantage Road Didcot 32 365

Vintage GWR 4-2-2 no 3031 Achilles calls at Wantage Road Wantage Road Didcot 32 365

BR Britannia no 70029 Shooting Star passes through Wantage Road Didcot 32 366

Looking east following closure Wantage Road Didcot 32 366

A stopping service behind a 61xx Wantage Road Didcot 32 367

Lifting the Wantage Tramway in 1945 Didcot 32 368

Wantage Tramway No 5 Shannon now on display at the Didcot Railway Centre Didcot Didcot 32 368

BR Inter-City 125 no 253 016 regaining its proper path passing the remains of the station in the late 1970's Wantage Road Didcot 32 369

On a day out from Manchester to Llandudno 32 370

BR A grubby and unloved BR Std class 5 no 73142 with the excursion train Manchester Manchester 32 370

BR In contrast a sparkling LMS Jubilee no 45654 Hood passes with empty stock Manchester Manchester 32 370

BR No 73142 leaves Llandudno Jn. Llandudno Jn. North Wales 32 371

BR No 73142 takes the tight curve at Earlestown passing No 1 box Earlestown Merseyside 32 371

BR Two shots of LMS Class 5 no 45294 at Chester General Chester Chester 32 372

BR Britannia no 70023 Venus at Chester Chester Chester 32 373

BR Two pictures of No 73142 taken from the footplate as the engine picks its way into Exchange Manchester Manchester 32 373

A home underneath the arches! 32 374

Vintage Caly Class 439 no 15070 passes overhead Glasgow Glasgow 32 374

The structure between the mid 1960' and 1980 Glasgow Glasgow 32 374

BR A class 303 electric unit passes over the disused building Glasgow Glasgow 32 375

Refurbishment started in 2005 Glasgow Glasgow 32 375

Mr Webb and his compounds; Part 1 32 376

France A Mallet 0-4-2T compound on the Bayonne, Anglet, Biarritz Railway France 32 376

F.W.Webb 32 376

LMS Improved Precedent' no 790 Hardwicke at Peterborough in 1927 Peterborough Peterborough 32 376

LMS Whitworth' 2-4-0 no 5092 Crewe Crewe 32 377

Vintage Webb three cylinder Dreadnought compound 2-2-2-0 no 2 City of Carlisle 32 378

Vintage Teutonic' no 1303 Pacific 32 379

Vintage Standard 'Jubilee' no 1903 Iron Duke 32 380

BR LMS class 3 2-6-2T no 40170 leaves Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbright Dumfries 32 384

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BR LNWR 7F no 49398 passes through Chinley Chinley Peak District 32 385

Visiting Eastleigh works 32 388

BR Rebuilt WC's no's 34098 Templecombe and 34034 Honiton under repair Eastleigh Eastleigh 32 388

BR USA 0-6-0 no 30073 used as Departmental stock Eastleigh Eastleigh 32 388

BR An LT ex GWR no L94 under repair with BR 2-6-4T no 80083 and some BRCW type 3's in the background Eastleigh Eastleigh 32 389

BR An outshopped BoB no 34063 229 Squadron Eastleigh Eastleigh 32 389

BR Southern Q1 no 33009 with a glimpse of BoB no 34090 Sir Eustace Missenden Eastleigh Eastleigh 32 389

'An unlucky place to cross the hills' 32 390

Vintage A Great Central class 8B at Penistone in pre WWI days Penistone Peak District 32 390

BR An ex GCR C14 no 67445 in Penistone station Penistone Peak District 32 390

BR LMS Jubilee no 45647 Sturdee crosses the viaduct Penistone Peak District 32 391

Map; Railways to Penistone Penistone Peak District 32 391

BR Class 76 locomotives no's 76 023 and 010 take their train toward Manchester Penistone Peak District 32 392

Vintage Penistone station c1905 Penistone Peak District 32 392

Vintage A Great Central class 11B no 113 at Penistone c1912 Penistone Peak District 32 393

BR LMS Jubilee no 45647 Sturdee again as it leaves the station passing the once extensive sidings Penistone Peak District 32 393

BR A class 76 Bo-Bo nears the station Penistone Peak District 32 394

BR Britannia no 70013 Oliver Cromwell nears the viaduct Penistone Peak District 32 394

Vintage A glimpse of the LYR side of the station Penistone Peak District 32 395

BR Class 47 no 47 543 crosses the viaduct and is rather dwarfed by it Penistone Peak District 32 395

BR Penistone station with characteristic overhead electrics Penistone Peak District 32 395

BR A 142 Pacer leaves for Huddersfield Penistone Peak District 32 396

BR An LMS Fairburn class 4 no 42112 leaves the LYR station Penistone Peak District 32 397

Vintage The collapsed viaduct arches in 1916 Penistone Peak District 32 397

Around Barmouth 32 398

BR BR Std class 4 no 75002 calls at Barmouth Barmouth Mid Wales 32 398

BR BR Std class 4 no 75006 calls at Bala Junction Bala Junction Mid Wales 32 398

BR BR Std class 4 no 75003 calls at Harlech Harlech Mid Wales 32 399

BR GWR 2251 no 3208 calls at Barmouth Barmouth Mid Wales 32 399

Map, The Railways on the Welsh NW coast in 1963 Mid Wales 32 399

BR BR Class 4 no 75002 arrives at Minffordd Minffordd Mid Wales 32 400

BR Manor no 7816 Frilsham Manor ready to leave Fairbourne Fairbourne Mid Wales 32 400

BR BR Class 2 no 46520 stands in Platform 3 Barmouth Mid Wales 32 401

BR LMS designed class 2 no 46521 ready to leave Barmouth Barmouth Mid Wales 32 401

BR LMS Class 2 no 41241 waits at Bala Town Bala Town Mid Wales 32 402

BR Manor no 7816 Frilsham Manor arrives at Harlech Harlech Mid Wales 32 402

The Railway in Court 32 403

A Distiller's Company large capacity alcohol wagon 32 403

BR LNER Gas wagon at Harrogate in 1950 Harrogate Harrogate 32 403

A Nitric Acid wagon of the UK Atomic Energy Authority 32 404

BR Dangerous Chemical classifications 32 405

Brasso advert 32 405

BR LNER J25 busy in the yard at Thirsk Thirsk Northallerton 32 405

Collecting and guarding the mail on the railway 32 406

Vintage A Victorian post box on a GN line 32 406

The signalman returns to his box with the single line staff Rowfant Crawley 32 406

Dovey Junction station Dovey Junction Mid Wales 32 407

Warkworth station Warkworth Borders 32 407

Appin station Appin Highlands 32 408

Strome Ferry station Strome Ferry Highlands 32 408

Table 1; Charges levied by the LMSR and the LNER to deal with mail 32 408

Dingwald station Dingwald Highlands 32 409

Eskmeals station Eskmeals Lake District 32 409

Twenty station Twenty Spalding 32 409

Brora station Brora Highlands 32 410

Builth Road Low Level station Builth Road Mid Wales 32 410

BR The downside mail platform at Stafford Stafford Stafford 32 410

Loading a lineside pick up apparatus 32 411

Table 2; Stations and their expected letter bags 32 411

Table 3; Stations and their expected letter bags 32 411

Table 4; Weekdays / Weekends only 32 411

Take a little water with it 32 412

BR A platform mounted water crane delivers water to LMS Coronation no 6254 City of Stoke 0n Trent Carlisle Carlisle 32 412

BR Royal Scot no 46118 Royal Welch Fusilier picks up water from the Hest Bank troughs and Class 5 no 44708 takes its turn Hest Bank Carnforth 32 412

BR A parachute tank at Robin Hood's Bay is used to replenish LNER K4 no 3442 The Great Marquess Robin Hood's Bay Scarborough 32 413

LNER Great Eastern J69 no 8565 gets a top up at Hatfield Hatfield St. Albans 32 413

BR An interesting bag modification at Leek but LMS Stanier class 4 no 42667 is not using it. Leek Stoke on Trent 32 414

BR BR class 4 no 75011 passes a parachute tank with two outlets at Salford Salford Manchester 32 414

BR LMS Jubilee no 45574 India takes a fill at Warrington Bank Quay [Low Level] Warrington Merseyside 32 414

BR A GW tank with a classis domed cover at Wallingford where 14xx no 1407 waits to leave Wallingford Oxford 32 415

Vintage An LYR 4-4-0 takes water from the troughs at Luddendenfoot Luddendfoot Leeds 32 415

LMS LMS no 14768 takes water at Lulb Lulb Highlands 32 415

For heavy haulage on the North Western 32 416

BR G2 no 49440 on the WCML at Northchurch Northchurch Hemel Hempstead 32 416

BR G2A no 49141 waits at Preston station Preston Preston 32 416

BR G2A no 49106 with a trip freight at Preston Preston Preston 32 417

BR LNWR 0-8-0 no 49262 calls at Parsley Hay Parsley Hay Peak District 32 417

BR G2 no 49438 gets topped up from the water crane at Penrith Penrith Lake District 32 418

BR LNWR 0-8-0 no 49443 at Hednesford Hednesford Birmingham 32 418

BR G2A no 49122 rolls through Kensington Olympia Kensington London 32 419

BR G2A no 49142 climbs from Whaley Bridge Whaley Bridge Peak District 32 419

Southern gone West part 5; 32 420

BR Southern U1 class no 31901 alongside GW no 6828 Trellech Grange Plymouth Plymouth 32 420

BR St. Budeaux station from the train St. Budeaux Plymouth 32 420

BR LSWR M7 no 30036 approaches St. Budeaux station St. Budeaux Plymouth 32 421

BR Unrebuilt WC no 34028 Eddystone enters North Road station Plymouth Plymouth 32 421

BR Information and how! At Victoria Road St. Budeaux Plymouth 32 422

BR Rebuilt WC no 34108 Wincanton Plymouth Plymouth 32 422

BR Adam's O2 tanks no's 30183 and 92 at Friary shed Plymouth Plymouth 32 423

BR Unrebuilt WC no 34036 Westward Ho! enters St. Budeaux station St. Budeaux Plymouth 32 424

BR The Gunnislake bound DMU on the Devon side of the Tamar Plymouth Plymouth 32 425

BR The Gunnislake bound DMU at what remains of St. Budeaux station St. Budeaux Plymouth 32 426

The Talyllyn Railway as it once was 32 427

Vintage Two undated photos of 0-4-2ST Talyllyn at Abergynolwyn Abergynolwyn Mid Wales 32 427

At Norwich and Ipswich 32 428

BR B17/6 Sandringham takes water at Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich 32 428

LNER Great Uncle Robert's Stirling No 1 on exhibition at Norwich Norwich Norwich 32 428

BR Britannia no 7008 Black Prince at Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich 32 429

BR K3 no 61861 at Norwich Thorpe Norwich Norwich 32 429

BR Britannia no 70001 Lord Hurcombe waits at Norwich Norwich Norwich 32 430

BR Great Eastern E4 no 62797 on a special at Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich 32 430

BR LNER L1 no 67715 at Norwich shed Norwich Norwich 32 430

What's in a number? 32 431

LNER A4 no 4468 Mallard at Doncaster Doncaster Doncaster 32 431

LNER A4 no 4469 Gadwall passing Barnby Moor Barnby Moor Retford 32 431

How to build diesels; Ask the Yanks 32 432

The Diesel productivity team members 32 432

The productivity team on the Queen Mary 32 432

USA Inverted underframe showing cabling USA 32 433

Outline showing breakdown of Diesel unit construction 32 433

USA Bogie being welded on a manipulator USA 32 434

USA Driving cab assembly USA 32 435

USA Mounting the body on the subframe USA 32 435

The Navy Lark 32 436

BR Baby Warship no D6348 at Old Oak Common Old Oak Common London 32 436

BR Warship D817 Foxhound waits for fellow D805 Benbow at Honiton Honiton Exeter 32 436

BR Warship no D822 Hercules waits to leave Paddington Paddington London 32 436

BR Warship D820 Grenville rumbles through Egham Egham Staines 32 437

BR Warship D831 Monarch waits at Waterloo Waterloo London 32 437

Mr Webb and his compounds; Part 2 32 438

Bolivia A drawing of the Antofagusta and Bolivia Railway compound laid out on the Webb principle Bolivia Bolivia 32 438

Vintage Web 2-2-2-2 'John Hick' class no 1505 Richard Arkwright Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 32 438

Vintage Alfred the Great' no 1944 Victoria and Albert 32 439

Vintage No1501 Jubilee 32 439

Vintage LNWR shed at Shrewsbury with a Webb A class no 1843 with a Precedent immediately behind Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 32 440

LMS Both version of a Whale rebuild of Webb compounds LMS no 9608 and 9614 at Wigan Wigan Manchester 32 441

Vintage Webb B class no 1547 32 441

Vintage 1400 class no 545 the class was called 'Bill Baileys' 32 442

Vintage LNWR no 41 as rebuilt as a two cylinder G1 32 442

The Leadhills and Wanlockhead light Railway 32 443

BR Caly '171' class no 172 at Wanlochhead Wanlockhead Borders 32 443

BR Elvanfoot station in 1959 Elvanfoot Borders 32 443

Map of the Wanlockhead and Elvanfoot branch Borders 32 443

LMS Caly 439 class as LMS no 15181 Wanlockhead Borders 32 444

Leadhills Viaduct Elvanfoot Borders 32 445

Overbridge no 11 Elvanfoot Borders 32 445

BR A4 no 60006 Sir Ralph Wedgwood with the Aberdeen portion of the up special TPO passes Larbbert North box Larbert Stirling 32 448

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BR WD Austerity 2-8-0 no 90125 heads north through Calvert Calvert Buckingham 32 449

In Gloucester 32 452

BR GWR Castle no 5017 The Gloucestershire Regiment 28th,61st at Central Gloucester Gloucester 32 452

BR LMS Jubilee no 45682 Trafalgar at Gloucester Eastgate Gloucester Gloucester 32 452

BR An MR class 0F no 41537 at Gloucester Docks Gloucester Gloucester 32 453

BR GWR 51xx no 4160 pulls away from Central passing Western D1067 Western Druid Gloucester Gloucester 32 453

BR GWR '8750' no 3675 passes Horton Road shed Gloucester Gloucester 32 453

Gloucestershire's Railways 32 454

BR GWR '5101' stands at Central with the local to Cheltenham Gloucester Gloucester 32 454

BR GWR 14xx no 1409 at Berkley Road station in 1949 Berkley Road Sharpness 32 455

BR SR U class no 31619 at Cheltenham Spa [Malvern Road] Cheltenham Cheltenham 32 455

BR 5101' no 4165 pilots '2884' no 3851 on the climb from the Severn Tunnel with a coal train Pilning Bristol 32 456

GW Andoversford station in 1935 Andoversford Cheltenham 32 456

GW GWR Saint no 2945 Hillingdon Court pilots Castle no 7006 Lydford Castle at Kemble Kemble Cirencester 32 457

Vintage Tetbury station from an old postcard posted in 1920 Tetbury Cirencester 32 457

GW Autotrailer no 69 at Campden station. It became Chipping Campden in 1950 Chipping Campden Cheltenham 32 458

BR GWR 74xx no 7418 arrives at Cirencester Town terminus Cirencester Cirencester 32 458

BR 0-4-2T no 1430 an the Cinderford Autotrain Gloucester Gloucester 32 459

BR 0-4-2T no 1451 at Stroud station in the 50's Stroud Gloucester 32 459

BR GWR Hall class no 4907 no 4907 Broughton Hall Adlestrop Witney 32 459

Banking on the Manchester, Sheffield and Wath line 32 460

BR A pair of Bo-Bo electric locomotives Nos 76 007 and 012 wait at the junction Wombwell Jn. Barnsley 32 460

BR A pair of Great Central locomotives leave Wombwell Junction Wombwell Jn. Barnsley 32 460

BR Driver Wynn at the controls 32 461

BR The sole LNER Garrett no 9999 returns to the junction Wombwell Jn. Barnsley 32 461

LNER The Garrett gets behind an O4 as a second banker 32 462

LNER The view from the footplate of the Garrett 32 462

Driver's eye view of Lewden Crossing Wombwell Jn. Barnsley 32 463

The bank gradient profile 32 463

BR Electric loco no 76 002 leads a sister locomotive down the bank Wombwell Jn. Barnsley 32 464

Summer Saturdays on the Southern 32 465

BR BoB no 34090 Sir Eustace Missenden runs through Clapham Junction Clapham Jn. London 32 465

BR WC no 34092 City of Wells nears Clapham Junction Clapham Jn. London 32 465

BR BR std 4 no 76032 nears Clapham Junction Clapham Jn. London 32 466

BR LSWR M7 no 30241 waits in the engine dock at Waterloo Waterloo London 32 466

BR U class no 31613 in Clapham yard Clapham Jn. London 32 467

BR MN no 35004 Cunard White Star leads a BR std class 5 Vauxhall London 32 468

BR A dirty BR class 5 no 73018 nears Clapham Junction Clapham Jn. London 32 469

BR BoB no 34064 Fighter Command waits in Clapham Yard Clapham Jn. London 32 470

BR BR class 4 no 80095 waits to give the Bournemouth train a shove Waterloo London 32 471

Just how fast did 'Mallard' go? 32 472

LNER A4 no 4468 Mallard on the Yorkshire Pullman New Southgate London 32 472

Fig 1; Comparing the graphs of Papyrus v Mallard 32 472

LNER A4 no 4468 Mallard arrives at King's Cross King's Cross London 32 473

LNER A4 no 4468 Mallard emerges from the Gas Works tunnel King's Cross London 32 473

LNER Fig 2; Raw recording data 32 474

LNER Fig 3 and Fig 4; Interpreting the data 32 475

LNER A4 no 4468 Mallard leaves Nottingham Victoria Nottingham Nottingham 32 476

1T57 The Finale of BR main line steam 32 477

BR Britannia No 70013 Oliver Cromwell slowing for Blackburn and passing the functioning south water crane Blackburn Blackburn 32 477

BR Oliver Cromwell was supposed to take water at the north water tower but had to go south as it wasn't functioning! Blackburn Blackburn 32 477

BR A suitably replenished Oliver Cromwell is reunited with its train Blackburn Blackburn 32 478

BR But removal and refitting to its train meant a late start Blackburn Blackburn 32 478

BR Class 5's no's 44871 and 44781 on the last steam departure from Blackburn Blackburn Blackburn 32 479

Wartime Legacy 32 480

BR A shining WD Austerity 2-8-0 no 90275 at Doncaster shed Doncaster Doncaster 32 480

BR And a more normal looking 2-8-0 no 90149 runs through Newton Heath Newton Heath Manchester 32 480

BR WD no 90365 2-8-0 near Twyford Twyford Reading 32 481

BR WD no 90365 2-8-0 runs through Canonbury Canonbury London 32 481

BR WD no 90556 2-8-0 runs through Whaley Bridge Whaley Bridge Peak District 32 481

BR WD no 90108 2-8-0 spoils the view from the Royal Station Hotel York York 32 482

BR WD no 90450 2-8-0 runs through Hessle Hessle Hull 32 482

BR WD no 90333 2-8-0 helps with track lifting at Queensbury station site Queensbury Bradford 32 483

BR WD no 90429 2-8-0 near Tollerton Tollerton York 32 483

BR WD no 90639 2-8-0 in usual condition goes through Wakefield Wakefield Leeds 32 483

LNER WD no 73783 2-10-0 still in khaki with 8th Army logo later BR no 90759 March Peterborough 32 484

BR WD no 90664 2-8-0 on the Great Central route out of Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham 32 484

Harrow and Wealdstone station in focus 1837-1952 32 485

BR LMS rebuilt 'Royal Scot' no 46153 runs through Harrow & Wealdstone London 32 485

Vintage LNWR no 1905 Black Diamond runs through on a similar shot Harrow & Wealdstone London 32 485

Vintage Stanmore station c1900 Stanmore London 32 486

BR Stanmore station looked very much like a country church Stanmore London 32 486

LMS An LNWR 2-4-2T waits to leave Stanmore in 1932 Stanmore London 32 487

Vintage Harrow and Wealdstone forecourt c1912 Harrow & Wealdstone London 32 487

LMS Belmont station in 1935 Belmont London 32 488

BR LMS class 2 no 41220 waits to leave Belmont London 32 488

BR A long lasting LNWR electric unit leaves in 1957 Harrow & Wealdstone London 32 489

BR The aftermath of the Harrow and Wealdstone crash Harrow & Wealdstone London 32 489

Prospects of Whitby 32 490

Vintage A Victorian view of Whitby with Stockton and Darlington 0-6-0 no 1667 and NER 0-4-4T no 958 Whitby Whitby 32 490

Vintage An NER 'Whitby Bogie' no 1809 Whitby Whitby 32 490

BR A DMU descends to pass under the Larpool Viaduct Larpool Whitby 32 491

BR A8 no 69881 waits to leave Whitby West Cliff station Whitby Whitby 32 491

BR The forecourt of Whitby Town station in 1984 Whitby Whitby 32 491

BR A DMU passes Bog Hall box Whitby Whitby 32 492

BR NER J27 no 65883 shunts the yard in 1951 Whitby Whitby 32 492

BR Prospect Hill junction Whitby Whitby 32 492

BR A 'Pacer' waits to leave the only surviving platform in 1987 Whitby Whitby 32 493

BR NER J21 no 65690 leave Whitby Whitby Whitby 32 493

BR Sandsend viaduct a cast iron viaduct on the closed coastal route Whitby Whitby 32 493

The lost cause of the Princetown branch 32 494

BR Map; The Princetown branch Dartmoor 32 494

BR The junction at Yelverton Yelverton Dartmoor 32 494

BR GWR no 4410 arrives at Dousland Dousland Dartmoor 32 495

Vintage People wait at Yelverton c1900 Yelverton Dartmoor 32 495

Burrator and Sheepstor Halt Burrator & Sheepstor Dartmoor 32 496

The terminus at Princetown Princetown Dartmoor 32 496

BR GWR no 4401 waits to leave Yelverton in 1953 Yelverton Dartmoor 32 497

GWR GWR no 4403 runs round its train in 1926 Princetown Dartmoor 32 497

BR GWR no 4410 moves away from Ingra Tor Halt Ingra Tor Dartmoor 32 498

BR GWR 45xx's no's 4568 and 4583 on the farewell train in 1956 Swell Tor Dartmoor 32 499

BR LMS no 4999 on arrival at the works in 1948 St. Rollox Glasgow 32 500

New BR liveries on display 32 500

BR Repainted as no 44999 St. Rollox Glasgow 32 500

BR A rake of LMS coaches in the varnish shop St. Rollox Glasgow 32 501

BR LMS no 44998 at Perth Perth Perth 32 501

BR LMS no 45157 The Glasgow Highlander St. Rollox Glasgow 32 501

Railways and State Funerals 32 502

Vintage The timetable of the Queen Victoria's funeral train 32 502

USA The train waits at Harrisberg for Lincoln's body Harrisberg USA 32 502

LNER The King George V funeral train arrives at King's Cross King's Cross London 32 503

LNER The King George V funeral train passes through Welwyn Garden City Welwyn Garden City Hertford 32 503

BR The scene at Paddington on Friday 15th Feb 1952 Paddington London 32 504

Bosnia The station at Bistrick near Sarajevo Bistrick Bosnia 32 504

USA The funeral train of Robert Kennedy USA 32 505

Vintage The rebuilt portal of Windsor and Eton ready for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Windsor Windsor 32 505

BR Windsor and Eton station in 1966 as rebuilt by the GWR in 1895 with features for ceremonial events Windsor Windsor 32 506

Vintage Wolferton station was rebuilt by the Great Eastern with special provision for Royal travellers Wolferton King's Lynn 32 506

A model of Queen Victoria arriving with the Empress of Prussia Windsor Windsor 32 507

BR Windsor and Eton station in 1981 with a view of the Royal Annexe by this time a car park Windsor Windsor 32 507

BR Appropriately BoB no 34051 Sir Winston Churchill hauls the great man's funeral train Wolvercot Jn. Oxford 32 508

BR Windsor Riverside station Windsor Windsor 32 508

BR LMS class 4 no 43035 on the local goods at Sedbergh Sedbergh Tebay 32 512

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BR GWR Castle no 7018 Drysilwyn Castle being oiled at Bristol [Bath Road] Bristol Bristol 32 513

Western shed visits 32 516

BR 42xx no 4257 shines after a work's visit Swindon Swindon 32 516

BR King no 6025 King Henry III stands at Old Oak Common Old Oak Common London 32 516

BR 57xx no 3759 behind a shining LMS 8F no 48292 Gloucester Gloucester 32 517

BR 72xx no 7209, 28xx no 3853 and Castle no 5012 Berry Pomeroy Castle in 1962 Oxford Oxford 32 517

BR An atmospheric view of 47xx no 4703 and Hall no 5971 Merevale Hall Old Oak Common London 32 517

Ambitious schemes Part 1 1848-56 32 518

BR LMS class 5 no 45133 passes through the castle walls Conway Conway 32 518

Vintage The Conway tubular bridge Conway Conway 32 518

BR LMS Black Five runs past the castle Conway Conway 32 519

The castle, the tubular bridge and a bit of Telford's suspension bridge Conway Conway 32 519

The Conway bridge western portal Conway Conway 32 520

Vintage The view from the King Edward Bridge in 1906 Newcastle on Tyne Newcastle on Tyne 32 520

BR LNER A1 no 60131 Osprey on the High Level Bridge Newcastle on Tyne Newcastle on Tyne 32 521

BR LNER A3 no 4472 Flying Scotsman leaves the bridge with a special Newcastle on Tyne Newcastle on Tyne 32 521

Vintage An NER train crosses the bridge Newcastle on Tyne Newcastle on Tyne 32 522

The road below the railway tracks Newcastle on Tyne Newcastle on Tyne 32 522

LNER LNER A1 no 2564 Knight of Thistle on the famous diamond crossing Newcastle on Tyne Newcastle on Tyne 32 523

The High level bridge, the swing bridge and the trademark Tyne bridge Newcastle on Tyne Newcastle on Tyne 32 523

The Royal Border Bridge Berwick on Tweed Berwick on Tweed 32 524

A GNER class 91 no 91 009 crosses the bridge in 2007 Berwick on Tweed Berwick on Tweed 32 525

LNER LNER F8 [NE class A] no 425 on the bridge Berwick on Tweed Berwick on Tweed 32 525

Vintage Brunel's tubular bridge over the Wye near Chepstow Chepstow Chepstow 32 526

A close up of the main structure Chepstow Chepstow 32 527

Chronological pictures of 'The Legion'. Built as Fury no 6399 and rebuilt as British Legion no 6170 32 528

LMS The 'Legion' as no 6399 Fury undergoing steam trials Glasgow Glasgow 32 528

LMS The 'Legion' as rebuilt no 6170 British Legion on the Camden turntable in 1938 Camden London 32 528

BR No 46170 at Euston c1960 Euston London 32 529

BR No 46170 on the Ulster Express at Hillmorton with 'Coronation' headboard in 1953 Hillmorton Coventry 32 529

BR No 46170 speeds through Watford in 1959 Watford London 32 529

Buffer and roof riding 32 530

Vintage An early picture of Bakewell station Bakewell Peak District 32 530

BR LMS no 6205 Princess Victoria runs through Bletchley in 1948 Bletchley Bletchley 32 530

Private An Andrew Barclay locomotive no 19 of the Wemyss private railway Wemyss Kirkcaldy 32 531

Vintage Platform 4 at Crewe in 1908 Crewe Crewe 32 531

LMS A standard British corridor connection 32 532

BR M7 no 30255 in Bideford station Bideford N. Devon 32 532

An undated picture of Merstham station Mertsham London 32 533

Lenzie junction Lenzie Jn Glasgow 32 533

BR A BR Mk 1 corridor connection 32 534

Linlithgow station Linlithgow Falkirk 32 534

Christon Bank station Christon Bank Berwick on Tweed 32 535

LT The problem solved on the latest LT S8 stock London 32 535

Memories of the Camp Hill line 32 536

BR 4F no 44516 banking a freight train near St. Andrew's junction Birmingham Birmingham 32 536

BR Landore Street Junction Birmingham Birmingham 32 536

BR 8F no 48627 takes its train down the bank Birmingham Birmingham 32 537

Map; Midland routes from Birmingham to the South west Birmingham Birmingham 32 537

BR Beyer-Garratt no 47967 passes Bordesley Jn. Signal box Birmingham Birmingham 32 538

BR Ex Midland 3F no 43468 at Bromford Bridge Bromford Bridge Birmingham 32 538

BR Jubilee no 45682 Trafalgar nears St. Andrew's junction Birmingham Birmingham 32 539

BR The GWR girder bridge Birmingham Birmingham 32 539

BR Hazelwell station from Cartland Road bridge Hazelwell Birmingham 32 540

BR Hazelwell station from the up platform Hazelwell Birmingham 32 540

BR 4F no 44411 passes under Cartland Road bridge Hazelwell Birmingham 32 541

The NBR J88 tanks 32 542

LNER J88 no 8327 at Eastfield Eastfield Scarborough 32 542

LNER J88 no 9130 at Eastfield Eastfield Scarborough 32 542

BR J88 no 9130 again but as 68345 at Kipps Glasgow? in 1962 Glasgow Glasgow 32 543

Marylebone 32 544

BR LMS class 5 no 45292 in trial BR livery. This is LNWR black Marylebone London 32 544

BR LMS class 5 no 45426 in a run down state in 1966 Marylebone London 32 544

BR B1 no 61092 waits to leave Marylebone London 32 545

BR Britannia no 70051 Firth of Forth but minus nameplates Marylebone London 32 545

BR Ex NER B16 no 61438 with a LCGB special Marylebone London 32 545

BR B17/4 Sandringham no 61661 Sheffield Wednesday in a light apple green test livery Marylebone London 32 546

BR LMS class 5's no's 44688 and 44846 Marylebone London 32 546

BR A resurgent Marylebone with Class 168 no 168 113 Marylebone London 32 547

BR Class 5 no 44858 passes under Rossmore Road bridge Marylebone London 32 547

BR LMS 8F no 48668 at Platform 4 Marylebone London 32 547

Rail centre; Peebles 32 548

Map; Railways to Peebles Peebles Borders 32 548

Vintage The North British station with Drummond class M no 487 arriving Peebles Borders 32 548

LMS Caly 711 no 17440 at what BR called Peebles West Peebles Borders 32 549

Vintage Eddleston station Eddleston Borders 32 549

Vintage A NB class N no 394 arrives at Innerleithen Innerleithen Borders 32 550

BR The Peebles junction signal box with J37 no 61614 by the loading dock Peebles Borders 32 551

BR The 'Last day special' hauled by J37 no 64587 Rosslynlee Hospital Borders 32 552

BR The demolition train hauled by B1 no 61351 Anglers' Bridge Borders 32 553

BR The demolition train hauled by B1 no 61351 Thornilee Borders 32 553

The Chatham line to Dover 32 554

BR BoB no 34085 501 Squadron on the Golden Arrow passes Herne Hill signal box Herne Hill London 32 554

Map of the LCDR approach to Victoria 1860 London 32 554

BR E1 class no 31067 on Grosvenor bank Victoria London 32 555

BR SR Schools no 30915 Brighton at St. Mary Cray junction St. Mary Cray London 32 555

BR King Arthur no 30795 Sir Dinadin at Factory Junction Victoria London 32 556

BR The down Golden Arrow headed by Britannia no 70014 Iron Duke Herne Hill London 32 556

BR King Arthur no 30795 Sir Dinadin heads away from Bromley South Bromley London 32 557

BR NOL units 1886 and 1852 leave Sydenham Hill Sydenham Hill London 32 557

BR Class 47 no 47 803 in experimental livery passes Swanley Swanley London 32 558

BR King Arthur no 30799 Sir Ironside heads away from Bromley South Bromley London 32 558

BR BoB no 34070 Manston on Sole Street Bank Sole Street Gravesend 32 559

BR Rebuilt WC no 34027 Taw Valley passes Meopham Meopham Gravesend 32 559

BR D1 no31489 at Rochester Rochester Rochester 32 560

BR King Arthur no 30799 Sir Ironside stands in Chatham station Chatham Chatham 32 560

BR Class 47 no 47 432 passes through Farningham Road station Farningham Road Dartford 32 561

BR N15 class no 30767 Sir Valance at Chatham Chatham Chatham 32 562

Ford Bridge signal box and crossing 32 563

BR No 1944 [later 47 501] with a fitted head freight train Ford Bridge Hereford 32 563

BR Preserved LMS no 6201 Princess Elizabeth passes with a rail tour Ford Bridge Hereford 32 563

BR The Ford Bridge lever frame in 1973 Ford Bridge Hereford 32 563

Placating the Civil engineers; A tricky balancing act part 1 32 564

Vintage Drawing; Bodmer's design for a balanced locomotive in 1834 32 564

Vintage Drawing; Bodmer's design for balanced piston valves 32 564

Vintage Drawing; Bodmer locomotive no 1 32 565

Vintage Drawing; Bodmer locomotives nos. 2 & 3 32 565

Vintage Drawing; Bodmer's 2-4-0T locomotive design of 1845 32 566

Vintage Drawing; Bodmer's proposal for a semi-articulated 4-2-4 locomotive in 1846 32 566

Vintage Bodmer's enormous 'Flyer' envisaged with LNWR Cornwall and Velocipede in Crewe yard Crewe Crewe 32 567

Thurlby station 32 568

BR Ivatt 4MT with a twin set of articulated coaches Thurlby London 32 568

BR The goods loop came off the main line just north of the station level crossing so it had its own gates Thurlby Lincoln 32 568

Thurlby station Thurlby Lincoln 32 568

Vintage GNR railmoter no 8 with a rectangular boiler casing Thurlby Lincoln 32 569

Vintage GNR railmoter no 8 after removal of its rectangular boiler casing Louth Grimsby 32 569

The wires are down 32 570

BR GNR Atlantic no 4411 pulls into Royston station in 1944 Royston Cambridge 32 570

GWR GWR 2251 no 2239 at Pwllheli Pwllheli N. Wales 32 571

GWR GWR 28xx no 2824 at Hayes Hayes London 32 571

GWR The wreck of GWR Hall no 4911 Bowden Hall Keyham Plymouth 32 572

BR Activity at Stewarts Lane depot in 1966 Stewarts Lane London 32 576

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BR Southern Schools no 30901 Winchester at Reading General in 1962 Reading Reading 32 577

BR Former L&Y 0-6-0ST no 11304 at Horwich Works retained its old LMS number Horwich Bolton 32 579

Diesel transition in Scotland 32 580

BR BRCW Type 2 no D5337 leaves Forres Forres Inverness 32 580

BR BRCW Type 2 no D5338 crosses the viaduct at Larbert Larbert Falkirk 32 580

BR BR/Sulzer type 2 no D5124 shunting at Forres Forres Inverness 32 581

BR DMU class 20 at Kinloss Kinloss Inverness 32 581

BR NBL type 2 no D6150 runs into Forres Forres Inverness 32 581

One Lord and no dukes, early railways round Whitehaven 32 582

Map; Railways round Whitehaven at their fullest extent Lake District 32 582

William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale 32 582

Vintage A busy scene at Whitehaven Bransty Whitehaven Lake District 32 583

Vintage North portal of the tunnel under the Earl of Lonsdale's grounds Whitehaven Lake District 32 583

Vintage Whitehaven Junction railway's 0-6-0 at Lonsdale Dock Workington Workington Lake District 32 584

Vintage Workington station Workington Lake District 32 584

Vintage A busy scene at Parton Parton Lake District 32 585

Vintage The sea wall at Parton Parton Lake District 32 585

Vintage 2-4-0 Phoenix of the joint committee of the Whitehaven companies St. Bees Lake District 32 586

Vintage The single platform at Corkickle Corkickle Lake District 32 586

Vintage Silecroft station in early days Silecroft Lake District 32 587

Vintage The Whitehaven and Furness junction terminus at Newtown Newtown Lake District 32 587

Vintage Silecroft station as much improved after the Furness Railway takeover Silecroft Lake District 32 588

Vintage Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway 0-6-0ST Parkside 32 588

BR A desolate scene at Frizington about 1960, its glory days long gone Frizington Lake District 32 589

Vintage Cleator Moor station Cleator Moor Lake District 32 589

Secure employment on the railway? 32 590

Vintage A group of Caledonian employees 'somewhere in Scotland' 32 590

Vintage A very windy day at Penicuik station Penicuik Edinburgh 32 590

Vintage Crook of Devon station Crook of Devon Stirling 32 591

Vintage St, Monan's station St. Monans Glenrothes 32 591

Cupar station Cupar Fife 32 592

Sackable offence reasons! 32 592

Abernethly station Abernethly Perth 32 593

Lundin Links station Lundin Links Fife 32 593

Angerton station Angerton Borders 32 594

Cameron Bridge station Cameron Bridge Fife 32 594

Vintage MSLR class 12 2-4-0 No 312 32 595

Vintage MSLR class 14 2-2-2 No 104 32 595

Vintage MSLR class 6B 4-4-0 No 424 32 595

A Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire trio 32 596

Ambitious schemes 1867 to 1879 32 596

Barmouth bridge open for a sailing craft to pass Barmouth Mid Wales 32 596

BR GWR Dukedog nears Barmouth Barmouth Mid Wales 32 596

BR An Arriva class 158 crosses the bridge Barmouth Mid Wales 32 597

BR Ivatt class 2 no 46511 about to cross the bridge Barmouth Mid Wales 32 597

BR A 'Double header!' Class 37 nos 37 430 Cwmbran and 427 Bont y bermo lead a twelve coach train across Barmouth Mid Wales 32 598

BR Runcorn Bridge Runcorn Merseyside 32 599

BR An invisible Jubilee no 45582 Central Provinces nears Runcorn Bridge Runcorn Merseyside 32 600

BR EE Type 4 [Class 40] arrives on the Runcorn side of the river Runcorn Merseyside 32 601

BR Class 47/4 no 47 625 crosses the bridge with the road bridge behind it Runcorn Merseyside 32 602

Heat and safety 32 603

BR How not to do it, 1960's style [three pictures] Sharnbrook Bedford 32 603

More West Riding wanderings 32 604

BR An LMS Jubilee no 45657 Tyrwhitt near Mirfield Mirfield Huddersfield 32 604

BR LMS 8F 2-8-0 on a coal train near Hebden Bridge Hebden Bridge Huddersfield 32 604

BR BR class 3 no 77012 heads the 'Devonian' express at Leeds Leeds Leeds 32 605

BR Britannia no 70031 Byron in Calverley cutting Calverley Leeds 32 605

BR A1 no 60134 Foxhunter [but without plates] Leeds Leeds 32 606

BR LMS class 4 no 42283 leaves Bradford Bradford Bradford 32 606

BR BR Class 5's nos 73050 and 69 leave Sowerby Bridge Sowerby Bridge Halifax 32 607

Preserved Preserved LMS no 5596 Bahamas at Golcar Golcar Huddersfield 32 607

School photographs 32 608

BR Schools no 30900 Eton Bournemouth Bournemouth 32 608

BR Schools no 30903 Charterhouse in black ex works at St. Leonards St. Leonards on Sea Hastings 32 608

BR Schools no 30936 Cranleigh in the last 'School's' year. Waterloo London 32 609

BR Schools no 30937 Epsom in later green at Wadhurst Wadhurst Tunbridge Wells 32 609

BR Later preserved no 30925 with Pullman cars leaves Victoria Victoria London 32 610

BR Schools no 30905 Tonbridge at Eastleigh shed Eastleigh Eastleigh 32 610

Southern Schools no 926 Repton Bournemouth Bournemouth 32 610

A look at a special railway notice 32 611

BR BR Std class 5 no 73162 Newcastle on Tyne Tyneside 32 611

BR LMS 4MT no 43057 with a special at Carville Carville Tyneside 32 611

BR Jubilee no 45573 Newfoundland leaves Newcastle Newcastle on Tyne Tyneside 32 612

Map; lines round Durham 1962? Durham Durham 32 612

BR A3 no 60085 Manna leaving Newcastle Newcastle on Tyne Tyneside 32 613

BR K1 no 62027 in need of a wash Consett Tyneside 32 613

BR A8 no 69882 and a B1 seen at Whitby Town in the early 50's Whitby Scarborough 32 614

BR Hand bill for the Durham miners' Gala 32 614

BR BR std class 3 stops at Ushaw Moor Ushaw Moor Durham 32 615

BR A8 no 69878 at Durham Durham Durham 32 616

BR A8 no 69883 at the south end of Durham station Durham Durham 32 617

Francis Whishaw - Writer on railways 32 618

Vintage Hampton in Arden station in 1909 Hampton in Arden Birmingham 32 618

Vintage Maidenhead station in early GWR days Maidenhead Maidenhead 32 618

Vintage The site of the very temporary Denbigh Hall station [April to Sept 1838] taken about 1905 Bletchley Bletchley 32 619

Vintage Twyford station c1910 Twyford Maidenhead 32 619

Edward Bury's first sixteen locomotives 32 620

Clement E Stretton 32 620

Table 1; Bury locomotives made to Dec 1834 32 620

Table 2; Best interpretation of the JTG list 32 621

Table 3. Corrected listing of Bury's first 16 locomotives 32 622

USA Probably the oldest photo of a Bury locomotive, Catawissa 32 623

Shunting in Salford and Manchester 32 624

BR L&Y 0-4-0ST no 51237 and 2F 0-6-0ST no 51408 Salford Manchester 32 624

BR L&Y 'Pug' no 51204 Salford Manchester 32 624

BR L&Y 'Pug' no 51207 Salford Manchester 32 624

BR Crossing the LNWR viaduct; a view from the train on 1963 Salford Manchester 32 625

BR L&Y 0-6-0ST no 51371 was a rebuild of a Manchester and Leeds Railway loco Salford Manchester 32 625

BR LMS Patriot no 45526 Morecambe and Heysham Manchester Manchester 32 625

An accident on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton railway 32 626

Vintage Picture; The Round Oak ironworks Round Oak Birmingham 32 626

BR Round Oak station after closure Round Oak Birmingham 32 626

Vintage Artist's impression of the accident Round Oak Birmingham 32 627

LT District electric locomotive 7A London 32 628

The electric locomotives of the District Railway 32 628

LT Two District locomotives head LTSR stock Ealing Broadway London 32 628

LT Two District locomotives head LTSR stock Acton Town London 32 629

LT Two District locomotives Nos 4A and 7A head LTSR stock Ealing Broadway London 32 629

LT District locomotives 1A and 8A wait at Barking Barking London 32 630

LT District locomotives L3 and L5 enter Barking Barking London 32 630

LT Two District locomotives head Ealing bound LTSR stock Hammersmith London 32 631

LT Two District locomotives head LTSR stock away from Ealing Broadway Ealing Broadway London 32 631

'What the Butler saw!' 32 632

BR A lighting tower at Cricklewood yard in October 1993 from which the next photographs were taken Brent London 32 632

BR Cricklewood yard looking north Brent London 32 632

BR Cricklewood yard looking south Brent London 32 633

BR Cricklewood yard looking west Brent London 32 633

A Kent branch line in the 1950's 32 634

BR SECR H class no 31517 at Westerham Westerham Sevenoaks 32 634

BR SECR H class no 31548 near Brasted Brasted Sevenoaks 32 634

BR SECR H class no 31322 near Brasted Brasted Sevenoaks 32 635

BR No 31518 sporting a union flag inscribed Flyer 1881-1961 on the last day of service Chevening Halt Sevenoaks 32 636

BR Nos 31308 and 31530 exchange places at Dunton Green Dunton Green Sevenoaks 32 636

BR A milk delivery at Barmouth Junction station in 1961 Barmouth Jn. Mid Wales 32 640

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BR NER J72 no 68736 in NE style livery as the York station pilot in 1960 York York 32 641

Cumberland Coal 32 644

Industrial Askham Hall [Works no 1772] dumps spoil into the Irish Sea Whitehaven Lake District 32 644

Industrial Revenge [Hunslet 3699/50] with a rake of Jubilee skips Whitehaven Lake District 32 644

Industrial Stanley [Hunslet 3302/45] shunting at Ladysmith colliery Whitehaven Lake District 32 644

Industrial Warspite [Hunslet 3778/52] moves hoppers at Harrington pit Harrington Lake District 32 645

Industrial Warspite draws the scrapped Unity [Hudswell Clarke 1587/27] out of its shed Harrington Lake District 32 645

Britain's railways in WW I: part 1 32 646

Vintage Preston Pals' at Preston station in 1914 Preston Preston 32 646

Vintage Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders at Sheffield Midland in 1911 Sheffield Sheffield 32 646

Vintage LNWR 0-6-0 Coal engines in Egypt during WW1 Egypt Egypt 32 647

Vintage Women using lathes at the L&Y Horwich works Horwich Bolton 32 647

Vintage The NER female police officers at York in 1916 York York 32 648

Vintage LNWR 0-6-0 Coal engine no 3408 ready to go to France 32 649

Vintage Female ticket collectors at Waterloo Waterloo London 32 650

Vintage Clearing up after the Quinitinshill railway disaster Quinitinshill Gretna 32 651

Vintage ROD workshops at St. Etienne du Rouvray France 32 651

Vintage A reserved occupation badge 32 652

The Perth hotel boots case 32 653

Vintage A drawing of the new Station Hotel at Perth soon after opening in 1890 Perth Perth 32 653

Perth General station Perth Perth 32 653

The entrance to the Palace Hotel at Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen 32 654

The Salutation Hotel frontage in Perth Perth Perth 32 654

BR BR Britannia no 70011 ready to leave Perth Perth Perth 32 655

Economics, religion and politics 32 656

Map Great Northern of Ireland Railway Ireland 32 656

Ireland U class 4-4-0 no 202 Louth Clones Ireland 32 656

Ireland A three car AEC set Clones Ireland 32 657

Ireland S class no 170 Errigal at Drogheda Drogheda Ireland 32 657

Ireland V class no 84 Falcon and no 85 Merlin Dundalk Ireland 32 658

Ireland U class 4-4-0 no 68 Down Newry Ireland 32 659

Ireland A lunchtime scene at Enniskillen station with U class no 202 Louth among others Enniskillen Ireland 32 660

Ireland T2 class 4-4-2T no 69 Dungannon Ireland 32 660

Ireland U class no 65 at Warrenpoint Warrenpoint Ireland 32 661

Ireland U class no 196 Lough Gill at Warrenpoint Warrenpoint Ireland 32 662

Ireland V class no 84 Falcon at Belfast Victoria Street Belfast Ireland 32 662

Ireland U class no 67 Lough at Knockmore Junction Knockmore Ireland 32 663

Ireland A trio of GNR[I] locomotives at Warrenpoint Warrenpoint Ireland 32 664

Ireland PP class no 74 at Omagh Omagh Ireland 32 664

The LNER's Shires and Hunts 32 666

LNE D49/1 no 310 Kinross-shire at Markinch Markinch Perth 32 666

BR D49/2 no E2773 South Durham York York 32 666

BR D49/1 no 62710 Lincolnshire arrives at Scarborough Scarborough Scarborough 32 667

BR D49/1 no 62710 Lincolnshire leaves Flamborough Flamborough Bridlington 32 667

BR D49/2 no 62745 The Hurworth alongside B16/3 no 61467 York York 32 667

1848 The beginning of the end for the steam locomotive 32 668

USA Louisville & Nashville class Mi no 1970 USA 32 668

USA An outline diagram for a proposed 4-8-6 USA 32 669

USA Pittsburgh and Lake Erie no 9401 USA 32 669

USA Chesapeake and Ohio class H6 no 1309 USA 32 670

USA Official diagram for the H6 class USA 32 670

USA Norfolk and Western class S1a no 244 was the American equivalent of Evening Star USA 32 671

The NER's J72 tanks 32 672

BR J72 no 68677 on carriage duty at York York York 32 672

BR J72 no 68723 done up in NE livery [I was in a carriage a few yards ahead and took the same shot!] Newcastle on Tyne Tyneside 32 672

BR J72 no 68677 carefully shunting an out of gauge railway owned Cherry picker on an Austin lorry York York 32 673

BR J72 no 68690 needing a 'wash and brush up' at Middlesboro Middlesborough Middlesborough 32 673

BR J72 no 68736 done up in NE livery York York 32 673

BR J72 no 68723 leaves Newcastle passing a Carlisle bound DMU Newcastle on Tyne Tyneside 32 674

BR J72 nos 69019 and 68729 on the quay Middlesborough Middlesborough 32 674

BR The two 'Green 'uns' at Newcastle Newcastle on Tyne Tyneside 32 674

BR J72 no 68682 brings cattle wagons into Berwick Berwick on Tweed Berwick on Tweed 32 675

BR J72 no 69005 was transferred to Departmental stock in 1964 and became no 58 Tyne Dock Tyneside 32 675

The Hoylake railway 32 676

A map showing various stations on the Hoylake Railway Birkenhead Merseyside 32 676

Benjamin Piercy 32 676

Vintage A later photo of Hoylake station after the line was extended to west Kirby Hoylake Merseyside 32 677

Vintage The Hoylake terminus in early days Hoylake Merseyside 32 677

The crumbling remains of Dock's station in 1938 Birkenhead Merseyside 32 678

An Edwardian view of Moreton station Moreton Merseyside 32 679

Two newspaper small ads Merseyside 32 680

A small ad. Do you want to buy a railway? Merseyside 32 681

The Chatham line to Dover; part 2 32 682

BR Schools no 30908 Westminster arrives at Gillingham Gillingham Chatham 32 682

BR SECR class C no 31256 at Faversham Faversham Canterbury 32 682

Diagram; Chatham to Dover 32 683

BR Schools no 30916 Whitgift arrives at Rainham Rainham Chatham 32 683

BR SER rebuild O1 no 31258 at Shepherd's Well Shepherd's Well Dover 32 683

BR N class no 31413 at Newington Newington Sittingbourne 32 684

BR Schools no 30912 Downside pulls away from Sittingbourne Sittingbourne Sittingbourne 32 684

BR Class 47 no 47 508 Great Britain leaves Canterbury East Canterbury Canterbury 32 685

BR SECR H class no 31158 crosses the Swale Sheerness Sittingbourne 32 686

BR O1 no 31434 shunts vans outside Dover Marine Dover Dover 32 687

BR SECR L no 31768 at Shepherd's Well Shepherd's Well Dover 32 687

BR 2-HAP no 6086 pauses at Selling Selling Canterbury 32 688

USA New York, Chicago and Louis class S3 no 776 USA 32 688

BR Ui no 31892 stands at Canterbury East Canterbury Canterbury 32 688

BR L1 no 31789 arrives at dover Priory Dover Dover 32 689

Great Western branch lines 32 690

Edwardian poster depicting visitors to Henley for the regatta Henley Henley 32 690

GW Hall no 4939 Littleton Hall with a sister engine run round at Henley Henley Henley 32 690

GW 57xx no 9654 drifts into Fairford Fairford Swindon 32 691

GW Grange no 6873 Caradoc Grange at Henley Henley Henley 32 691

GW 57xx no 9654 at Eynsham on the Fairford train Eynsham Oxford 32 692

GW 74xx no 7404 ready to leave Fairford Fairford Swindon 32 692

GW No 7445 takes water at Witney Witney Oxford 32 693

GW The signal is off but the crew still have time to finish their snack Fairford Swindon 32 693

Vintage Faringdon station C1919 Faringdon Swindon 32 694

Vintage Faringdon station C1919 with station staff and 517 class no 1164 Faringdon Swindon 32 694

Vintage Hemyock station in the early 1900's Hemyock Taunton 32 695

BR 14xx no 1470 arrives at Hemyock Hemyock Taunton 32 696

Vintage Woodstock station Woodstock Oxford 32 696

The Horwich branch railmoter 32 697

LMS Railmoter no 10617 heads for Horwich Blackrod Manchester 32 697

Glimpses from the London Times of London stations in the 1980's 32 698

LT Aldgate East Aldgate East London 32 698

LT Barbican Barbican London 32 698

BR Waterloo Waterloo London 32 698

LT Arnos Grove Arnos Grove London 32 699

LT Baker Street Baker Street London 32 699

BR The Waterloo barber Waterloo London 32 699

BR The Waterloo signal box Waterloo London 32 699

Western stopping places 32 700

BR Culham station Culham Oxford 32 700

BR Heathfield station Heathfield Newton Abbot 32 700

BR Montacute station Montacute Yeovil 32 700

LT Farringdon LT platforms in 1987 Farringdon London 32 704

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BR Leeds Holbeck shed with Jubilees no 45593 Kolhaper and 45562 Alberta by the turntable Leeds Leeds 32 705

West of Bournemouth 32 708

BR The 'Whitewash' coach speeds through Wareham Wareham Bournemouth 32 708

BR A Hymek in charge at Dorchester West Dorchester Weymouth 32 709

BR Class 33 no 33 112 inches the Channel Islands Boat train along the waterside at Weymouth Harbour Weymouth Weymouth 32 709

BR A Weymouth bound DMU at Maiden Newton Maiden Newton Weymouth 32 710

BR Class 33 no 33 101 climbs the Upwey Bank Broadwey Weymouth 32 710

BR A Bristol to Weymouth DMU at Dorchester West Dorchester Weymouth 32 711

BR A class 47 with the Saturday only train to Derby near Yeovil Yeovil Yeovil 32 711

BR A class 47 with the Saturday only train from Derby passes the pre-historic Poundbury site Dorchester Weymouth 32 712

BR Class 66 no 66 237 with a train of sand Wareham Bournemouth 32 712

BR A tank crosses the level crossing at Wool Wool Bournemouth 32 713

BR A train of LPG tankers at the Furzebrook terminal Furzebrook Swanage 32 713

The failings of the Hadleigh branch 32 714

Vintage Hadleigh station good's sidings in 1911 Hadleigh Ipswich 32 714

Map of the Hadleigh branch Ipswich 32 714

BR Britannia no 70008 Black Prince passes J15 no 65459 on a Railway Club brake van visit to Hadleigh Bentley Ipswich 32 715

BR Hadleigh station forecourt in 1956 Hadleigh Ipswich 32 715

BR E4 no 62797 with the 'Suffolk Venturer' at Hadleigh Hadleigh Ipswich 32 716

BR Raydon Wood station from the 'Suffolk Venturer' Raydon Wood Ipswich 32 716

BR Capel station from the 'Suffolk Venturer' Capel Ipswich 32 717

BR Bentley church level crossing Bentley Ipswich 32 718

BR Brush type 2 no 5699 with the daily freight at Hadleigh Hadleigh Ipswich 32 719

'Burying the Beeching plan?' 32 720

BR A single unit DMU heads out of Soho & Winson Green Soho & Winson Green Birmingham 32 720

Greater Manchester railway diagram cover Manchester 32 720

BR A DMU at the end of the Clevedon branch Clevedon Bristol 32 721

BR Ex GWR railcar no 14 at the original Stourbridge Town terminus Stourbridge Birmingham 32 721

BR A DMU at Treherbert in 1966 Treherbert Cardiff 32 722

BR Georgemas junction Georgemas Jn. Highlands 32 722

BR Angmering station is visited by a four car EMU Angmering Brighton 32 723

BR Sunday excursion trains at Skegness Skegness Skegness 32 723

BR A DMU arrives at Grosmont in 1977 Grosmont Whitby 32 724

BR A pair of 158 DMU's cross at Harlech Harlech Mid Wales 32 724

BR An ex LMS class 502 stands at Southport Southport Preston 32 725

BR Table; BR losses at adjusted prices 32 726

BR Two elderly 308 units at Ilkley Ilkley Harrogate 32 726

Dukeries junction 32 727

Cover of the illustrated guide to the Dukeries 1898 32 727

Map of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway of 1898 32 727

LNE An Atlantic hurries through the low level station Tuxford Sheffield 32 728

LNE J11 no 6003 in the high level station Tuxford Sheffield 32 728

LNE A view of the high level station with the Dukeries Junction Signal Box in the distance Tuxford Sheffield 32 729

LNE A view of the low level station Tuxford Sheffield 32 729

LNE A view of the low station facilities from the high level station Tuxford Sheffield 32 730

LNE Table 1; Dukeries Junction departures July 1897 Tuxford Sheffield 32 730

LNE A view of the low level station Tuxford Sheffield 32 731

Vintage Dukeries Junction tickets Tuxford Sheffield 32 731

LNE Table 2; Dukeries Junction departures 1922 Tuxford Sheffield 32 731

Reviving the Vale of Rheidol Railway 32 732

VoR No 7 Owain Glyndwr [an original VoR loco] in BR lined green with chocolate and cream carriages at Aberffrwd Aberffrwd Aberystwyth 32 732

VoR No 8 Llywelyn [a GWR and more powerful copy] stands ready to leave Aberystwyth Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 32 732

VoR No 9 Prince of Wales [like No 8 Llywelyn, a GWR and more powerful copy], heads up the valley Rheidol Falls Aberystwyth 32 733

VoR Two trains at Devil's Bridge Devil's Bridge Aberystwyth 32 734

VoR No 7 Owain Glyndwr tackles the 1 in 50 from Aberffrwd Aberffrwd Aberystwyth 32 735

VoR No 8 Llywelyn stops for water at Aberffryd Aberffrwd Aberystwyth 32 735

Nocturnal steam pictures 32 736

BR LMS class 5 no 44818 at Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield 32 736

BR LMS Fairburn class 2-6-4T no 42251 at Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield 32 736

BR LMS class 5 no 45345 at Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield 32 737

BR LMS Jubilee no 45697 Achilles at Leeds Leeds Leeds 32 737

Tales from Charlie Marshall 32 738

Vintage A train in the 1900's at the site of the halt Charlton Marshall Blandford 32 738

BR BR class 4 no 76064 passes Charlton Marshall Halt in 1960 Charlton Marshall Blandford 32 738

BR A very basic halt! Charlton Marshall Blandford 32 739

BR S&D 7F no 53804 passes the halt on a passenger train Charlton Marshall Blandford 32 739

Northern Counties Committee steam 32 740

Ireland A W Mogul no 99 King George VI Belfast Ireland 32 740

Ireland A WT 2-6-4T at Belfast York Road Belfast Ireland 32 740

Ireland Jeep no 57 on a good's train in South Armagh S. Armagh Ireland 32 740

British railways' contributions to the Great War 32 741

Vintage LSWR 0-6-0 no 336 at Netley station Netley Southampton 32 741

Vintage The 3rd Monmouthshire's load at Ebbw Vale station in 1914 Ebbw Vale Welsh Valleys 32 741

Vintage Dean Goods no 2349 borrowed from the GWR 'for the duration'. It came home and lasted into BR days France 32 742

Vintage Staff pose in front of an LWSR gunpowder van 'somewhere in England?' 32 742

Vintage Special transport for a big gun 32 743

Vintage Women working in the tabulating room of the L&Y railway at Manchester Victoria Manchester Manchester 32 743

Vintage Lancs and York's shipping fleet as advertised in 1912 32 744

Vintage The 'Wick Terriers' board a train at Wick in 1914 Wick Highlands 32 744

Vintage Female cleaners pose with a Union flag on a Midland steam lorry 32 745

Vintage Midland '700' class no m2753 on loan to the ROD. It came home and lasted to 1932 France 32 745

Happy holidays on the North Bay railway 32 746

A 1960's postcard of the North Bay railway portraying no 1931 Neptune clearly based on an LNER A1 Scarborough Scarborough 32 746

Success brought a second locomotive no 1932 Triton Scarborough Scarborough 32 746

Triton pulls away from Peasholm station Scarborough Scarborough 32 746

And backs onto its train Scarborough Scarborough 32 747

The token exchange at the Beech station loop Scarborough Scarborough 32 747

Triton negotiates the turning triangle at Scalby Mills Scarborough Scarborough 32 747

Forgotten branches of N.E.Wales; No 1 The Dyserth branch 32 748

BR Fowler LMS 4F no 44389 waits as a class 5 accelerates past at Prestatyn no 2 box Prestatyn N. Wales 32 748

Map; The Prestatyn and Dyserth railway Prestatyn N. Wales 32 748

BR Steam envelopes this 4F at the effort of climbing past Rhuddlan Road Halt Prestatyn N. Wales 32 749

BR The very basic facilities at Dyserth Dyserth N. Wales 32 749

BR Fowler LMS 4F no 44389 passes the gasworks Prestatyn N. Wales 32 750

BR Meliden Goods shed Meliden N. Wales 32 750

BR Ex LYR no 52172 reverses its train into the lime works Prestatyn N. Wales 32 751

Vintage The first railmoter arrives in 1905 Prestatyn N. Wales 32 751

BR Dyserth Farmer's warehouse Dyserth N. Wales 32 752

BR Ex MR no 43616 shunts in Dyserth yard Dyserth N. Wales 32 752

BR Class 5 no 44776 passes the site of the St. Melyd Golf Course halt Prestatyn N. Wales 32 753

The track bed between Meliden and Dyserth Dyserth N. Wales 32 753

The Royal train Silver Jubilee visit to Scotland 32 754

BR Coach no 2903, the Queen's saloon Corkerhill Glasgow 32 754

BR Coach no 2904, the Duke of Edinburgh's saloon behind the Queen's coach as the train leaves Corkerhill Glasgow 32 754

BR Coach no 2902 is the Royal Dining Saloon 32 755

BR Mk 1 restaurant carriage no 325 32 755

BR Special Saloon no 45000 32 755

Placating the civil engineers; A tricky balancing act part 2 - the learning curve 32 756

Vintage Diagram; Robert Stephenson's first long boilered three cylinder balanced locomotive 32 756

Vintage Diagram; Robert Stephenson's second long boilered three cylinder balanced locomotive 32 756

Vintage County class no 1904 County of Warwick Old Oak Common London 32 757

Austria Golsdorf unique four cylinder locomotive Austria 32 758

S. Africa Henschel 2-10-2 locomotive S. Africa 32 758

LNE B12/3 no 8579 the LNER version of the GE '1500' class 32 759

Vintage McIntosh's Oban Bogie class of 1903 32 759

India BESA std two cylinder class XB India 32 760

Vintage HR River class in LMS days 32 760

In Golden Valley 32 761

BR An autotrain from Gloucester enters Brimscombe Brimscombe Stroud 32 761

BR St. Mary's Crossing Halt in 1963 St. Mary's Crossing Stroud 32 761

The Furness Railway's 'Big Hole' 32 762

Vintage Lindale station in 1892 Lindale Lake District 32 762

Vintage The Furness Railway's 'Big Hole' Lindale Lake District 32 762

Vintage L&NWR Christmas poster 32 768

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