Bob Farmer's Index To Back Track Magazine Entries.

Back Track Magazine Volume No.33

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Number 1 January 2019

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BR BR class AL2 [later 82] no E3046 Piccadilly Manchester 33 1

Snow on the line 33 4

BR Class 37 no 37 011 at Crianlarich Crianlarich Highlands 33 4

BR Class 37's nos 37 226 and 098 at Peak Forest Peak Forest Peak District 33 4

Scotrail Class 37 no 37 404 leaves Glasgow Queen Street Glasgow Glasgow 33 5

Scotrail Class 37 no 37 405 at Tyndrum Lower Tyndrum Highlands 33 5

BR This DMU has been out in a snowstorm Leeds Leeds 33 5

1948 - The missing contenders 33 6

BR A1 no 60114 W P Allen Doncaster Doncaster 33 6

BR A1 no 60114 but not yet named W P Allen leaves Newark Newark Newark 33 7

BR A2 no 60539 Bronzino waits at Darlington Darlington Darlington 33 7

BR A2 no 60539 Bronzino near Grantham Grantham Grantham 33 8

Table 1; Coal and water consumption, King's Cross to Leeds 33 8

Table 2; Average load and trailing gross weight ratios 33 8

Table 3; Coal consumption 33 8

BR A4 no 60033 Seagull with the Atlantic Coast Express Waterloo London 33 9

BR LMS no 46236 City of Bradford at Finsbury Park Finsbury Park London 33 9

Table 4; Maximum recorded power outputs 33 9

Table 5; Maximum steam temperature 33 9

BR A1 no 60163 Tornado with 'The Border Raider' in 2010 Shap Lake District 33 10

Fig 1; Estimated power curves 33 10

Table 6; Even time over the Fells 33 10

Table 7; Even times Grayrigg to Shap 33 10

Table 8; Best times Grayrigg to Shap 33 10

Starting work at Brent 33 11

Brent yard layout Brent London 33 11

BR A 9F in South Sidings with Brent No 2 box prominent Brent London 33 12

BR LMS Ivatt class 4 no 43121 Brent London 33 12

BR LMS 8F 2-8-0 no 48617 Brent London 33 13

BR Jubilee no 45566 Queensland Brent London 33 14

BR Jubilee no 45628 Somaliland Brent London 33 14

BR The Brent to Hither Green via Kew goes off behind a locomotive I don't recognise Brent London 33 15

West Coast main line services 1966 33 16

BR AL5 [later class 85] no E3074 at Piccadilly Manchester Manchester 33 16

BR AL6 no E3143 waits to leave Euston Euston London 33 16

BR AL6 no E3116 arrives at Euston Euston London 33 17

BR EE type 4 no D268 near Leyland Leyland Preston 33 17

BR AL3 no E3027 passes Carpenter's Park Carpenters Park London 33 18

BR Brush type 4 no D1958 reaches the Shap summit Shap Lake District 33 18

BR A4 no 60024 Kingfisher leaves Perth Perth Perth 33 19

BR AL1 no E3008 arrives at Lime Street Liverpool Merseyside 33 20

BR Class 47 no 47 523 calls at Dumfries Dumfries Dumfries 33 20

BR Britannia no 70024 passes near Milnthorpe Milnthorpe Lake District 33 21

BR Brush type 4 no D1846 climbs through Thrimby Woods Thrimby Carlisle 33 22

BR Brush type 4 no D1851 passes Tebay station Tebay Lake District 33 22

BR Brush type 4 no D1622 passes Beattock Beattock Dumfries 33 23

BR Class 85 no 85 023 passes Greenholme with a Motorail service Greenholme Lake District 33 23

Overcrowding - the old, old story! 33 24

BR Mablethorpe station in 1965 Mablethorpe Skegness 33 24

BR V3 no 67607 at Helensburgh Central Helensburgh Glasgow 33 24

BR GNR J11 no 64303 near Coningsby Coningsby Lincoln 33 25

BR LMS 2-6-0 no 43134 and 2-6-2T's nos 67648, 67625 and 67618 wait for the evening rush our at Singer Singer Glasgow 33 25

BR A 4-SUB unit arrives at Sutton Sutton London 33 26

Southern An Epsom Downs to Sutton train waits to leave behind LBSCR 0-4-2T no B612 Epsom Downs London 33 26

BR Morden South station Morden London 33 27

BR The LCC estate at Morden Morden London 33 27

A very 1930's design, Rosehill, St. Helier Estate Morden London 33 28

BR Banstead station forecourt Banstead London 33 28

LT A 164A bus no RT 3986 at Sutton station Sutton London 33 29

Diagram, Bulleid's double decker 33 29

LT The exterior of Tooting Broadway station in 2017 Tooting London 33 30

LT Clapham North with its narrow platforms Clapham North London 33 31

LT Morden platform in 2017 Morden London 33 31

The A5 Pacific tanks 33 32

BR A5 no 69814 at Grantham Grantham Grantham 33 32

BR A5/1 no 69808 at Boston shed Boston Boston 33 32

BR A5 no 69821 crosses the level crossing at Southwell Southwell Newark 33 33

BR A5/1 no 69820 at Derby Midland in 1959 Derby Derby 33 33

BR A5/1 no 69805 leaving Hayfield Hayfield Peak District 33 34

BR A5/1 no 69808 at Southwell Southwell Newark 33 34

BR A5/2 tank no 69835 Scarborough Scarborough 33 34

Looking West 33 35

GWR Badminton Class 4-4-0 no 3302 Charles Mortimer on the climb out of Paddington Paddington London 33 35

GWR Brymbo station round the turn of the 19th/20th centuries? Brymbo Wrexham 33 35

GWR Radford and Timsbury Halt Radford Bath 33 35

GWR Clifton Bridge station complete with Autotrain Clifton Bristol 33 36

GWR Corsham station complete with steamroller Corsham Chippenham 33 36

GWR Knocking off time at Swindon works Swindon Swindon 33 36

GWR Blockley station on the 'Old Worse and Worse' AKA the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Blockley Chipping Norton 33 37

GWR Dunball station Dunball Bridgwater 33 37

GWR Railmoter no 74 with station staff and potential passengers at Hungerford Hungerford Swindon 33 37

Britain's railways in WW I: part 2 33 38

Vintage Part of the 5th [Sutherland and Caithness] Battalion of the Seaford Highlanders entrain at Wick Wick Highlands 33 38

Vintage The Lancashire Infantry at Warrington Bank Quay station in 1914 Warrington Merseyside 33 38

Vintage Inspection train of Eric Geddes hauled by NER 2-4-2T no 205 33 39

Vintage Refreshments at Preston Preston Preston 33 40

Vintage A 'Jellico special' with coal for the fleet breasts Shap Shap Lake District 33 41

Vintage The Interior of a coach on Ambulance train no 24 built by the LYR 33 42

Vintage NER T1 class no 660 as ROD 5660 33 43

Southern LBSCR D1 no221 became Southern no 2221 Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge Wells 33 44

Over the Hills and far away 33 45

BR 9F no 92096 piloted by LMS class 5 no 44853 Blea Moor Settle and Carlisle 33 45

BR A busy time at Blea Moor with 9F's Nos 92015 and 92093 parked to wait for a class 2 Diesel-electric to pass Blea Moor Settle and Carlisle 33 45

BR Jubilee no 45640 climbs through Mallerstang Mallerstang Settle and Carlisle 33 46

BR LMS 8F no 48756 in the down loop at Blea Moor Blea Moor Settle and Carlisle 33 46

BR Royal Scot no 46152 leaves Ribblehead Viaduct Ribblehead Settle and Carlisle 33 46

BR Britannia no 70014 Iron Duke waits for signals to clear at Settle Settle Settle and Carlisle 33 47

BR Class 5 no 44668 waits at Kirkby Stephen West Kirkby Stephen Settle and Carlisle 33 47

BR LMS Ivatt class 4 no 43028 buffers up to the brake van of 9F no 92093's train see page 45 Blea Moor Settle and Carlisle 33 47

The railway to Strathpeffer Part 1 33 48

Vintage The original Strathpeffer Highlands 33 48

Vintage The second Strathpeffer Highlands 33 48

Vintage Small Ben 4-4-0 no 7 Ben Attow connects with 0-4-4T no 25 Strathpeffer at Dingwall Dingwall Highlands 33 49

Vintage The third Strathpeffer Dingwall Highlands 33 49

Vintage 4-4-0 no 129 Loch Maree poses for a publicity photograph 33 50

Vintage No 25 Strathpeffer arrives at the branch terminus Strathpeffer Highlands 33 50

Vintage The Highland Hotel at Strathpeffer Spa Strathpeffer Highlands 33 51

Vintage The pump room at Strathpeffer Spa Strathpeffer Highlands 33 51

Kemble station - the branches and railbus years - Part 1 33 52

Vintage Kemble station in early days Kemble Stroud 33 52

BR Ken Jones [leading railwayman] and Don Pritchard Kemble Stroud 33 52

Vintage Inspector [Station Master] Jeremiah Greenaway in charge from 1869 to 1900 Kemble Stroud 33 53

BR Kemble station in later days [1934] Kemble Stroud 33 53

Map; Railways to Kemble Kemble Stroud 33 53

BR 8750 class 0-6-0 pannier tank no 8779 leave Kemble with a mixed train Kemble Stroud 33 54

BR The atmosphere is of an earlier time but this is an 1980's view of the interior Kemble Stroud 33 54

BR Collett 0-4-2T no 5805 waits in the Tetbury bay Kemble Stroud 33 55

Vintage Kemble station in the early 1920's Kemble Stroud 33 56

GWR Kemble Junction's water tanks that supplied Swindon works [lower] and the station and Kemble village [upper] Kemble Stroud 33 57

Midland Railway's 0-6-0's for Italy 33 58

Vintage Bennett's Line SS Africa at Stanhope Dock Goole Goole Doncaster 33 58

Vintage MR no 981 ready to leave for Goole 33 58

Vintage Midland railway 0-6-0s sent to Italy 33 59

Vintage Mopsa outward bound in the River Ouse Goole Doncaster 33 59

Vintage The 50 ton crane at Stanhope Dock Goole Doncaster 33 59

Leicestershire shed visits 33 60

BR The freight engine depot at Coalville with 8F no 48644 with others Coalville Leicester 33 60

BR WD 2-8-0 no 90161 at Market Harborough Market Harborough Leicester 33 60

Industrial Former Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries 0-6-2T No 5 Burnmoor Sunderland 33 64

Number 2 February 2019

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BR GWR 43xx no 6377 'ex-works' at Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Newton Abbot 33 65

Manchester Piccadilly - with diesel power 33 68

BR Cardiff bound class 33 no 33 099 waits to leave Manchester Manchester 33 68

BR Cardiff bound class 47 no 47 411 waits to leave Manchester Manchester 33 68

BR Cardiff bound class 33 no 33 015 waits to leave Manchester Manchester 33 69

BR Sheffield bound class 31 no 31 414 calls at the detached through platforms Manchester Manchester 33 69

BR The station pilot is shunter no 08 721 called Starlet of all things! Manchester Manchester 33 69

Crane laying of prefabricated track - part 1 33 70

GWR A trainload of wagons of new chaired sleepers Mold Junction N. Wales 33 70

Southern Offloading 60 yard lengths of bullhead rails 33 70

BR A large gang of men prepare to move a length of flat bottom rail Inverkeithing Dunfermline 33 71

Ireland A W Bretland's bright idea for a tracklaying machine as implemented by Herbert Morris Cranes Ltd. Ireland Ireland 33 71

Diagram of the Morris tracklaying machine 33 72

LNE The Morris tracklaying machine in use on the LNER 33 72

LNE The Morris tracklaying machine in use on the LNER Stansted Bishops Stortford 33 73

BR The Morris upgraded tracklaying machine in use on the NE region 33 73

The Marple's Report - part 1 33 74

Earnest Marples 33 74

Harold MacMillan 33 75

Vintage Woodford [Halse] in Great Central days Woodford Halse Banbury 33 75

BR West Pennard station West Pennard Bridgwater 33 76

BR Chellaston station Chellaston Derby 33 77

General Sir Brian Roberson 33 77

BR A Midland compound 4-4-0 hurries through Chapel-en-le-Frith Chapel-en-le-Frith Peak District 33 78

Beamish before the museum 33 79

BR K1 with yet another coal train for Consett Beamish Sunderland 33 79

Industrial NCB 0-6-0T no 5 Major Beamish Sunderland 33 79

BR BR 9F no 92097 at the head of an iron ore train with class 40 no D250 lending a buffer Sunderland 33 80

BR NER Q6 no 63455 Beamish Sunderland 33 80

BR NER Q6 no 63387 Beamish Sunderland 33 81

A look at Lincolnshire 33 82

BR A3 no 60056 Centenary waits to leave for Leeds Grantham Grantham 33 82

BR V2 no 60841 runs through Grantham Grantham Grantham 33 82

BR A3 no 60049 Galtee More leaves for King's Cross Grantham Grantham 33 83

BR B1 no 61009 Hartebeeste crosses the River Witham Lincoln Lincoln 33 83

BR B1 no 61157 on a local goods at Barkston Barkston Grantham 33 83

Kirkaldy Harbour - Town v Railway 33 84

BR D49 no 62712 no 62712 Morayshire passes the end of the harbour branch Kirkcaldy Dunfermline 33 84

BR J88 no 68335 with the tool van and staff vehicles used in the recovery of J88 no 68341 from the harbour Kirkcaldy Dunfermline 33 84

Part of O/S map showing the main and branch lines Kirkcaldy Dunfermline 33 85

Industrial The remains of a locomotive thought to be the Town Council's derelict locomotive. Kirkcaldy Dunfermline 33 85

BR How to use the branch Kirkcaldy Dunfermline 33 86

BR Three J88s were needed to bring the breakdown crane back to the main line after the rescue of J88 no 68341 Kirkcaldy Dunfermline 33 86

BR Class 06 shunter D 2438 working grain wagons Kirkcaldy Dunfermline 33 87

BR The NBR style signal installed when the swing bridge was inaugurated Kirkcaldy Dunfermline 33 87

BR D 2442 at work on the incline Kirkcaldy Dunfermline 33 88

BR The out of use tracks on the harbour wall Kirkcaldy Dunfermline 33 89

Let's go to Blackpool 33 90

Vintage Talbot Road station exterior c1910 Blackpool The Fylde 33 90

The view from the Tower of Blackpool Central Blackpool The Fylde 33 90

BR LMS Jubilee no 45584 North West Frontier passing WD no 90271 at Moorside Oldham Manchester 33 91

BR LMS Jubilee no 45652 Hawke at Blackrod Horwich Manchester 33 91

BR LMS Stanier class 4 no 42657 rests at Central below the Tower Blackpool The Fylde 33 91

Vintage Miners and their families at Blackpool in 1921 mill round Central station Blackpool The Fylde 33 92

Vintage Talbot Road station interior in 1910 Blackpool The Fylde 33 92

BR A4 no 60022 Mallard being serviced at North yard in 1961 Blackpool The Fylde 33 93

BR An LYR Barton Wright loco being used as a stationery boiler Blackpool The Fylde 33 93

Vintage An LYR High-flyer on the 16.55 club train to Lytham St. Anne's and Blackpool. Manchester Manchester 33 93

One thousand miles in 24 hours 33 94

Vintage A Midland Railway double headed express leaving St. Pancras St . Pancras London 33 94

Vintage The joint station at Halifax Halifax Halifax 33 94

Vintage Carlisle station Carlisle Carlisle 33 95

Vintage Leeds station Leeds Leeds 33 95

The 43xx class - useful GW locomotives 33 96

BR GWR 43xx no 5330 'ex-works' at Swindon Swindon Swindon 33 96

BR GWR 43xx no 6316 at Carmarthen Carmarthen Carmarthen 33 96

BR GWR 43xx no 6373 at Lydney junction Lydney Junction Gloucester 33 97

BR GWR 43xx no 7330 takes water at Moat Lane Junction Moat Lane Junction Mid Wales 33 97

BR GWR 43xx no 5306 with a single coach on the West Wales line Wolf's Castle Fishguard 33 98

BR GWR 43xx no 7319 leaves Hereford Hereford Hereford 33 98

BR GWR 43xx no 7341 leaves Penmaenpool Penmaenpool Mid Wales 33 98

BR GWR 43xx no 7307 passes through Neath station Neath Swansea 33 99

BR GWR 43xx no 7337 descends into Brimscombe Brimscombe Stroud 33 99

The railway to Strathpeffer Part 2 33 100

Vintage A postcard of Strathpeffer village in the 19th century Strathpeffer Highlands 33 100

Vintage Map section which accompanied the Highland Railway 1922 timetable Strathpeffer Highlands 33 100

LMS LMS no 15051 at Dingwall sometime called Strathpeffer in HR days Dingwall Highlands 33 101

LMS LMS no 16118 at Dingwall in 1926 Dingwall Highlands 33 101

LMS Yankee 4-4-0 designed for use in Uruguay Strathpeffer Highlands 33 102

LMS A D1 no 2538 built by the LBSCR on loan to the LMS during WWII Dingwall Highlands 33 103

Vintage All in the county of Surrey, The Surrey Iron Railway 33 104

Vintage Copy of Act authorising the Surrey Iron Railway 33 104

Vintage Route of the Surrey Iron Railway 1801 33 104

Vintage An �814 share certificate issued to Thomas Hersfold of Mitcham 33 105

Vintage Cover of the album made by Davies at Battersea library. 33 105

LT Ampere Way tram stop has seen 220 years of railway history as it was on the original SIR route Croydon London 33 106

Vintage Surrey Iron Railway charges 33 106

Vintage Copy of Act winding up the railway 33 107

LT A tram at Ampere Way Croydon London 33 108

A Premier Line pair 33 109

LMS LNWR 'Claughton' class no 5946 33 109

LMS LNWR 'Prince of Wales' class no 25673 at Bletchley Bletchley Bletchley 33 109

A close escape 33 110

BR D1001 Western Pathfinder waits to leave Paddington Paddington London 33 110

Plan; Derailment at Oxford 29th Jan 1975 33 110

BR D1028 Western Hussar leaves Swindon Swindon Swindon 33 111

BR D1005 Western Venture near Westbury Westbury Bath 33 112

Sketch showing half-section of class 52 locomotive 33 112

BR Problems due to the gearbox height and the confined track layout Oxford Oxford 33 113

BR The crane lifts Western Fusilier Oxford Oxford 33 113

BR Class 43 D860 Victorious, Class 42s D823 Hermes and D819 Goliath Exeter Exeter 33 114

BR D1005 Western Venture at Hereford Hereford Hereford 33 115

Last call for Hayling Island 33 116

BR A1X no 32650 Whitechapel finishing its days after a spell on the Isle of Wight as Fishbourne Hayling Island Portsmouth 33 116

BR A1X no 32670 [ex Poplar of 1872] crossing the swing span across Langstone Bridge Hayling Island Portsmouth 33 116

BR A1X no 32636 [once Fenchurch] meeting the LCGB special from Waterloo Hayling Island Portsmouth 33 117

BR A1X no 32650 Whitechapel crosses the causeway Hayling Island Portsmouth 33 117

BR A1X no 32670 [ex Poplar of 1872] Hayling Island Portsmouth 33 117

Railway involvement in the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857/8 33 118

LMS A LNWR Precedent class LMS no 5005 Manchester Manchester 33 118

Vintage The LNWR Old Trafford station frontage Manchester Manchester 33 118

BR Manchester London Road through platforms before rebuilding in 1960 Manchester Manchester 33 119

Vintage LNWR station staff at Cheadle Hulme Cheadle Hulme Manchester 33 120

Vintage The Midland Railway's Saltaire station Saltaire Leeds 33 121

IOM A Manx Northern Railway ticket Isle of Man Isle of Man 33 122

A Mersey ferry ticket issued by the Corporation of Birkenhead Birkenhead Merseyside 33 122

Ireland A Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties ticket Ireland Ireland 33 122

Tickets from some independent railways 33 122

Six non BR tickets 33 123

Signalling spotlight 33 124

BR Chippenham Junction box Chippenham Jn. Cambridge 33 124

BR Norwich Trowse Swing Bridge box Norwich Norwich 33 124

BR South Tottenham [Station Jn,] box Tottenham London 33 124

Derby staff training college 33 125

BR Attenders at a diesel traction course in 1955 Derby Derby 33 125

BR Frontage of the Derby staff training college Derby Derby 33 125

BR Names of attenders at a diesel traction course in 1955 Derby Derby 33 125

BR Faithful to the last' WD Austerity no 90427 clanks through Wakefield Kirkgate station Wakefield Wakefield 33 128

Number 3 March 2019

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BR LSWR '0415' class no 30582 ready to leave Axminster for Lyme Regis Axminster Axminster 33 129

The Midland and South West Junction Railway 33 132

BR BR class 4 no 78029 arrives at Swindon Town Swindon Swindon 33 132

BR SR U class no 31793 meets sister locomotive no 31795 at Marlborough low level Marlborough Marlborough 33 132

GWR Ex MSWJR 4-4-0 no 1123 [ex no 5] waits at Cheltenham St James Cheltenham Cheltenham 33 133

Map; The Midland and South Western Joint Railway 33 133

BR Chedworth station in 1959 Chedworth Cirencester 33 134

BR SR U class no 31639 arrives at Andover Junction Andover Andover 33 134

BR Ex MSWJR 2-4-0 no 12 as GWR no 1336 at Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester 33 135

BR GWR 43xx no 5396 joins the MSJR from the Swindon main line at Rushey Platt Junction Rushey Platt Swindon 33 136

BR SR U class no 31618 pauses at Marlborough Marlborough Marlborough 33 136

BR GWR 0-6-0PT no 3724 waits to leave Savernake Savernake Marlborough 33 137

BR GWR 57xx no 3724 arrives at Savernake Low level Savernake Marlborough 33 137

BR GWR 43xx no 6341 shunts freight at Ludgershall Ludgershall Andover 33 138

BR Ogbourne station in 1955 Ogbourne Swindon 33 138

BR Chiseldon station from the train Chiseldon Swindon 33 139

BR U class no 31620 prepares to accept the single line token at Redpost Junction box Redpost Jn Andover 33 139

BR Andoversford Junction in 1959 Andoversford Cheltenham 33 140

The Marple's Report - part 2 33 141

Dr Richard Beeching 33 141

BR V2 no 60877 is signalled away at Nottingham Victoria Nottingham Nottingham 33 141

Harold Wilson 33 142

Woodford Halse station Woodford Halse Banbury 33 142

Vintage Hawick in the 1900's Hawick Borders 33 143

BR LMS 8F no 48675 brings a freight train through Matlock Matlock Peak District 33 143

Barbara Castle 33 144

Vintage The Stationmaster sees a train away in 1900 from Matlock Bath Matlock Peak District 33 144

BR LMS 8F no 48003 leaves Chapel LNW tunnel Chapel-en-le-Frith Peak District 33 145

Placating the Civil engineers; A tricky balancing act part 3 33 146

BR A unique rebuild [using salvaged fittings] of a Gresley D49 no 4-4-0 The Morpeth 33 146

BR Thompsons useful B1 no 1000 Springbok 33 146

Vintage Drawing of the totally balanced locomotive Albion built in 1848 33 147

BR Stanier's LMS Black Five no 45020 33 147

Vintage Drawing of Crampton's totally balanced locomotive Lablanche built in 1848 33 148

France Nord 2-8-2 tank locomotive 33 148

And a drawing based on the blueprint of the SAR 600 class using the Werry opposed piston system 33 149

Australia Drawing of South Australian Railways class 600 built in 1926 33 149

The Maryport and Carlisle Railway 33 150

Map; The Maryport and Carlisle Railway 33 150

Vintage Maryport station and company HQ with a M&C 2-4-0 Maryport Lake District 33 150

Aspatria station Aspatria Lake District 33 151

Braydon station Braydon Lake District 33 151

Vintage M&CR 2-4-0 No 13 Carlisle Carlisle 33 152

Brigham station Brigham Lake District 33 153

Dalston station Dalston Lake District 33 153

BR A3 no 4472 Flying Scotsman which as an A1 did a 100 mph Paddington London 33 154

Edward Thompson 33 154

Vintage M&CR 2-4-0 no 8 and 0-4-2 no 4 outside their Currock shed Carlisle Carlisle 33 154

Vintage M&CR 0-6-0 no 12 Carlisle Carlisle 33 155

Vintage M&CR 0-6-0 no 30 outside Currock shed Carlisle Carlisle 33 155

Sir Nigel Gresley 33 155

Vintage The frontage of Carlisle Citadel station Carlisle Carlisle 33 156

Vintage M&CR 2-4-0 No 13 Carlisle Carlisle 33 157

St. Enoch station, Glasgow 33 158

Vintage A G&SWR 4-6-4T no 543 Glasgow Glasgow 33 158

LMS A G&SWR Manson 8 class 4-4-0 at St Enoch in LMS days Glasgow Glasgow 33 158

St Enoch Hotel Glasgow Glasgow 33 158

LMS A Drummond 4-4-0 no 14521 Glasgow Glasgow 33 159

LMS LMS 5MT 2-6-0 no 2834 Glasgow Glasgow 33 159

BR LMS rebuilt Royal Scot no 46107 Argyll and Sutherland Highlander Glasgow Glasgow 33 159

Dorset Delight 33 160

BR 0415' 4-4-2T no 30583 arrives at the goods shed Lyme Regis Lyme Regis 33 160

BR 0415' 4-4-2T no 30583 leaves Lyme Regis little shed Lyme Regis Lyme Regis 33 160

BR 0415' 4-4-2T no 30582 leaves Axminster for the coast Axminster Axminster 33 161

BR 0415' 4-4-2T no 30584 drops a family off at Combpyne Combpyne Axminster 33 161

BR 0415' 4-4-2T no 30584 with through coaches for London Combpyne Axminster 33 161

BR 0415' 4-4-2T no 30583 crosses a farm bridge near Combpyne Combpyne Axminster 33 162

BR 0415' 4-4-2T no 30584 alongside MN no 35019 French Line C.G.T. Axminster Axminster 33 162

BR 0415' 4-4-2T no's 30582&3 with through coaches for London Axminster Axminster 33 162

BR 0415' 4-4-2T no 30583 in the bay platform Axminster Axminster 33 163

BR 0415' 4-4-2T no 30584 heads for Lyme Regis Combpyne Axminster 33 163

Edward Thompson - Part 1 33 164

LNE A1 no 4479 Robert the Devil King's Cross London 33 165

LNE Raven Pacific no 2401 as built but in LNER livery 33 166

Australia D57 4-8-2 designed for the NSW government 33 167

LNE Thompson's only A1 with the number and name of the Gresley loco it was rebuilt from, no 4470 Great Northern 33 167

BR Great Northern became BR no 60113 here leaving Retford Retford Retford 33 168

Sir Vincent Raven 33 168

LNE B17 no 2814 Castle Headingham Brentwood Brentwood 33 169

BR Former GE '1500' class no 61572 as a B12/3 33 169

When road and rail meet 33 170

BR New cars for Northern Ireland at Stranraer Stranraer Stranraer 33 170

BR One of my unfavourite stretched limos crosses the Healing level crossing Healing Grimsby 33 170

BR The norm at Apsley Guise Apsley Guise Bletchley 33 170

BR A 'Post bus' waits at Achnasheen station Achnasheen Highlands 33 171

BR Class 66 no 66 089 crosses at Lidlington station Lidlington Bedford 33 171

BR Two choices at Ely for road traffic. A 101 DMU sets out from Ely station Ely Cambridge 33 171

Kemble station and its branches- Part 2 33 172

Poster New diesel railbus service Cirencester to Kemble to Tetbury 33 172

BR Railbus W79977 arrives at Tetbury Tetbury Cirencester 33 172

BR A railbus arrives from Cirencester Kemble Cirencester 33 173

BR A railbus waits to leave Kemble Kemble Cirencester 33 173

BR A railbus waits to leave Kemble Kemble Cirencester 33 174

BR The Kemble track layout Kemble Cirencester 33 174

BR A railbus at Cirencester Town Cirencester Cirencester 33 175

BR A railbus at Rodmartin Rodmartin Cirencester 33 175

BR Tetbury exterior with a railbus standing on the platform Tetbury Cirencester 33 176

BR Cuckerton station complete with railbus Cuckerton Cirencester 33 177

BR The last rites performed by a GWR 14xx no 1472 with a railbus looking on Cirencester Cirencester 33 177

Timber structures of the Lancs and York's Railway 33 178

Vintage Middleton Junction station Middleton Manchester 33 178

Vintage The last rites for the timber Denby Dale viaduct Denby Dale Huddersfield 33 178

Vintage Wakefield [Goole Junction] box Wakefield Wakefield 33 178

Vintage A timber footbridge at Newton Heath Newton Heath Manchester 33 179

Vintage A timber signals bracket at Bolton Trinity Street Bolton Bolton 33 179

Vintage Lostock Hall station Lostock Hall Preston 33 179

Vintage Orrell Park station Orrell Park Liverpool 33 179

The Ashton valve company 33 180

USA Ashton Locomotive steam whistle advertisement 33 180

USA Henry Aston? 33 180

Model The Warton Road entrance to Dewsbury Town goods station 33 181

USA Two advertisements for Ashton Valve Company products 33 181

Model Wagons being loaded 33 181

Railway good's stations - modelling the reality 33 182

Model A freight train at the buffer stops 33 182

Model Map of lines of the actual Dewsbury being modelled Dewsbury Huddersfield 33 183

Model Cattle in its pens 33 184

Model Map of lines of the actual Dewsbury Depot approaches being modelled Dewsbury Huddersfield 33 184

Model Map of lines of the actual Dewsbury Depot being modelled Dewsbury Huddersfield 33 185

Model The coal sidings 33 185

Model Table A; Dewsbury goods siding lengths 33 186

Model Table B; Instructions of how to work the yard 33 186

Model A one horsepower shunter 33 187

Model An open wagon 33 187

Model British standard headlight codes 33 187

Model 18, Warton Road 33 188

Model Wagon turntables 33 188

BR LMS Fairburn class 4 2-6-4T waits to leave Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield 33 192

Number 4 April 2019

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BR A4 no 60009 Union of South Africa waits at Perth Perth Perth 33 193

Shropshire's Railways 33 196

BR LMS Jubilee no 45651 Shovell Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 33 196

BR Shropshire's Railways; Existing and defunct 33 196

BR Graven Arms and Stokesay station with LNWR no 48895 on a wagon train Craven Arms Shrewsbury 33 197

BR The approach to Shrewsbury station from the south Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 33 197

BR GWR 44xx no 4406 Wellington Wellington 33 198

BR Ironbridge and Broseley station c1950 Ironbridge Wellington 33 198

BR GWR Hall no 5910 Park Hall on a fast freight Gobowen Shrewsbury 33 199

BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no 41285 at Oswestry Oswestry Shrewsbury 33 199

BR GWR Manor no 7815 Fritwell Manor at Oswestry Oswestry Shrewsbury 33 200

BR Trench Crossing Halt Trench Crossing Wellington 33 200

BR The Cambrian Coast Express arrives at Shrewsbury behind GWR no 7814 Fringford Manor Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 33 201

BR The single railcar service at Much Wenlock Much Wenlock Wellington 33 201

BR GWR 28xx no 2856 passes Madeley junction Madeley Wellington 33 202

BR LMS Fowler no42385 calls at Knighton station Knighton Shrewsbury 33 202

BR A GWR Railcar at Cheobury Mortimer in 1961 Cheobury Mortimer Kidderminster 33 203

BR LMS class 5 calls at Craven Arms Craven Arms Shrewsbury 33 203

BR GWR 57xx takes water at Market Drayton Market Drayton Stoke on Trent 33 204

BR LNWR no 58904 at Coalport in 1950 Coalport Wellington 33 204

Crane laying of prefabricated track - part 2 33 205

A bundle of wooden sleepers being off loaded at a pre-assembly depot 33 205

An ex LNER crane offloading a section of flat bottomed rail 33 205

BR A crane lifts a section of track at Berkhamsted Berkhamsted Hemel Hempstead 33 206

Part of LMS 'Crane renewal of Track standard assembly' diagram 33 206

BR A crane lifts a section of track at probably a Western Region location 33 207

BR A pair of Stanier 2-8-0's on a sleeper train pause at Blea Moor to take water Blea Moor Settle and Carlisle 33 207

BR A crane lifts a section of track at Madeley in 1959 Madeley Wellington 33 208

BR A crane lifts a section of track carefully! It's near a bridge. 33 208

Aberystwyth cliff railway 33 209

Vintage Cover of 1896 guide book Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 33 209

Diagram taken from Patent no 10,457 33 209

A modern guide featuring a facsimile of Lord Marks from an early guide Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 33 210

Lord Marks 33 210

The cars about to pass Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 33 211

The forecourt of the lower station in 1918 Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 33 212

The upper station looking down the cliff Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 33 213

The view of Cardigan bay from a descending car Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 33 213

Streamlined Colour 33 214

LNE A4 no 2509 Silver Link in silver grey livery King's Cross London 33 214

LMS Coronation no 6221 Queen Elizabeth in Royal Blue livery Shap Lake District 33 214

LNE A4 no 4495 Golden Fleece in Garter Blue King's Cross London 33 215

LMS Coronation no 6225 Duchess of Gloucester in Crimson Lake livery leaves Euston Euston London 33 215

The Railway in Court; Animal matters 33 216

BR ex LNWR Precursor on a cattle train near Tal-y-cafn Tal-y-cafn North Wales 33 216

Vintage Sturdy Midland fencing round Bleasby station in Midland days Bleasby Nottingham 33 216

BR LMS 2P no 40542 pilots a 5XP at Melton Junction Melton Junction 33 217

LMS Two sidings of cattle trucks 33 217

BR B1 no 61348 in early BR livery leaves Maud junction Maud Jn. Highlands 33 218

LNE K3 no 1389 with empty cattle trucks near Thirsk Thirsk Thirsk 33 218

Vintage A Great Central third class horse box 33 219

Two journeys in 1962; The last throes of the Western Region 33 220

BR GWR King no 6016 King Edward V Beaconsfield High Wycombe 33 220

BR GWR King no 6016 King Edward V Newton Abbott Newton Abbot 33 220

BR GWR 15xx no 1503 moves empty stock into Paddington Paddington London 33 221

BR GWR King no 6007 King William III Dawlish Exeter 33 221

BR GWR Hall no 6930 Aldersley Hall Chester Chester 33 222

BR GWR Warship No D807 Caradoc Whitchurch Basingstoke 33 222

BR SR Z 0-8-0 tank no 30955 Exeter Exeter 33 223

A4 Pacifics in the 'Scottish years' 33 224

BR A4 no 60026 Miles Beevor on the approach to Perth Perth Perth 33 224

BR Haymarket's famous No 9, A4 no 6009 Union of South Africa Perth Perth 33 224

BR A4 no 60024 Kingfisher climbs from Stonehaven Stonehaven Aberdeen 33 225

BR A4 no 60034 near Kinbrick crossing Allen Water Kinbrick Stirling 33 225

Edward Thompson - Part 2 33 226

BR B1 no 61017 [was Bushbuck] runs over the long lifted crossing north of York York York 33 226

LNE P2 no 2002 Earl Marischal on the Aberdonian 33 226

BR Another rebuilt 2-8-2, A2/3 no 60505 Thane of Fife Hitchin Hitchin 33 227

BR P2 no 2002 Earl Marischal was rebuilt as an A2/2 Pacific no 60502 here leaving York York York 33 227

BR V2 no 60835 Aberdeen Aberdeen 33 228

BR V2 no 60932 Edinburgh Edinburgh 33 228

LNE An A4 lookalike, B17 no 2870 with A4 style streamlining Ipswich Ipswich 33 229

BR V2 no 60813 Dundee Dundee 33 229

BR An ex GC 'Lord Faringdon' after a major rebuild finished up as B3 no 61671 Royal Sovereign 33 230

BR B2 no 61632 Belvoir Castle rebuilt from a B17 Cambridge Cambridge 33 230

BR Gresley J38 no 65929 Dunfermline Dunfermline 33 231

BR O4/8 no 63785 33 231

BR O4/8 no 63899 under the wires at Woodhead Woodhead Peak District 33 231

Canford Manor's bridge under the L&SWR 33 232

BR Bridge 77 or Lady Wimborne's Bridge Wimborne Minster Bournemouth 33 232

BR The crossing keeper's lodge at Oakley Oakley Bournemouth 33 232

Vintage Charles Castleman 33 233

BR The River Stour viaduct Wimborne Minster Bournemouth 33 233

Canford Manor in a pre WWI postcard Wimborne Minster Bournemouth 33 234

Canford [Manor] Lodge Wimborne Minster Bournemouth 33 235

Wimborne Lodge Wimborne Minster Bournemouth 33 236

Signalling between Gilberdyke and Brough 33 238

BR Gilberdyke junction and signal box Gilberdyke Hull 33 238

BR Signals at the end of Gilberdyke's up platform Gilberdyke Hull 33 238

BR Stations and signal boxes Gilberdyke to Brough Hull 33 238

BR Crabley Creek level crossing and box Crabley Creek Hull 33 239

BR Signals at Gilberdyke's station Gilberdyke Hull 33 239

BR Brough East box Brough Hull 33 240

BR Oxmardyke signal box Oxmardyke Hull 33 240

BR Signs at Cave crossing Cave Hull 33 240

From Wrexham to New Brighton 33 241

BR A DMU prepares to leave Caergwie Castle & Wells for Chester Caergwie Castle Chester 33 241

BR GWR 57xx no 4683 stands alongside the Penyfford signal box ready to leave the station Pennyfford Chester 33 241

BR GWR 57xx no 4683 now draws its empty stock out of the station New Brighton Merseyside 33 242

BR GWR 57xx no 4683 stands at New Brighton having run round its train New Brighton Merseyside 33 242

BR BR Std class 4 no 75012 steams into Shotton High level Shotton Chester 33 243

BR GWR 57xx no 4683 now waits with its train for the return trip New Brighton Merseyside 33 243

Advice for Victorian travellers 33 244

Vintage A contemporary illustration of what Victorian travellers might expect London Bridge London 33 244

Vintage Insurance brochure cover for the Railway Passengers Assurance Co 33 244

Vintage A contemporary illustration of the types of passenger 33 245

Vintage Cartoon, How to avoid railway accidents 33 245

Vintage Aftermath of the Stapleford accident Stapleford Nottingham 33 246

Vintage Untitled cartoon 33 246

Vintage How a wooden coach suffers in an accident 33 247

Vintage Insurance brochure cover for the Railway Passengers Assurance Co 33 247

Vintage Untitled cartoon 33 247

Vintage Poster for the Railway Passengers Assurance Co 33 248

North Easter survivors 33 249

BR G5 no 67598 leaving Sunderland in the mid 50's Sunderland Sunderland 33 249

BR J21 no 65103 on the Hexham to Reedsmouth branch Wark Borders 33 249

Vintage NER D class no 2143 this class later rebuilt by the LNER as a 4-6-2T Darlington Darlington 33 250

Vintage NER S class no 710 a fine looking engine with a disappointing performance York York 33 250

LNE Y8 class no 559 Hull 33 250

LNE D17/2 class no 1923 York York 33 251

LNE J78 crane engine no 590 Gateshead Gateshead 33 251

LNE NER S class became LNER B16 Potters Bar Potters Bar 33 251

Recalling the Plant Centenarian 33 252

BR GNR no 990 Henry Oakley on a Centenarian Special in 1953 with No 251 approaching Hadley South tunnel Hadley Wood Hadley Wood 33 252

BR GNR no 990 Henry Oakley on a Centenarian Special in 1953 with No 251 in the shade King's Cross London 33 252

BR GNR no 990 Henry Oakley on a Centenarian Special in 1953 with No 251 near the Dukeries junction Dukeries Jn. Retford 33 252

BR LMS class 5 no 44905 passes the signal box at Eldroth Eldroth Settle and Carlisle 33 256

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BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no 46431 leaves Lancaster Castle Lancaster Lancaster 33 257

Great Northern [Ireland] 4-4-0's 33 260

Ireland UTA no 61 Galtee More ex GN no 173 Strabane Ireland 33 260

Ireland V5 class no 207 Boyne Adelaide Ireland 33 260

Ireland Q class no 135 Strabane Ireland 33 261

Ireland S class no 170 Errigal Dublin Ireland 33 261

Ireland S class no 174 Carrantuohill Dublin Ireland 33 261

Cafeteria cars 33 262

BR Cafeteria car no E43034E at Wembley Hill on a Cup Final special Wembley Hill London 33 262

BR Prototype cafeteria car converted from LNER open third no E13369E 33 262

BR A Great Eastern restaurant car converted to cafeteria car no SC670E 33 263

BR A view through a window of cafeteria car type B no W41697E 33 263

BR Table 1; Cafeteria cars converted 33 264

BR Table 2; Restaurant-Cafeteria cars 33 264

BR Type B cafeteria car no M254M was converted from an ambulance car 33 264

BR Restaurant-Cafeteria car behind V2 no 60830 Lincoln Lincoln 33 265

BR Table 3; LM region allocation 1958 33 265

BR Cafeteria-restaurant car no M9212E was converted from an ambulance car 33 266

BR Diagram Cafeteria car type B 33 266

BR Diagram Cafeteria car type D 33 266

Remembering Connectrail; part 1 33 267

BR Class 20 no 20 128 Guglielmo Marconi and 20 075 Sir William Cooke leave Bloxwich Bloxwich Birmingham 33 267

BR Class 33 no 33 211 and an unidentified twin unload the Nord Pas-de-Calais train ferry Dover Dover 33 267

BR Class 90 no 90 127 Allerton TRS Depot Docker Lake District 33 268

The Nord Pas-de-Calais ferry Dover Dover 33 268

BR Railfreight class 47 no 47 316 Langley Green Birmingham 33 269

BR Class 47 no 47 356 at Slindon Slindon Norton Bridge 33 270

France Class 92 nos 92 040 Goethe and 90 014 Emile Zola emerge from the French portal Calais France 33 271

BR Table 1; Bescot European contract services 33 272

BR Class 47 no 47 361 Wilton Endeavor near Hamstead Hamstead Birmingham 33 273

BR Table 2; Dollands Moor Connectrail services 33 273

BR The result of a derailment at Maidstone East station Maidstone Maidstone 33 274

SNCF Class 90 no 90 130 Fretconnection heads dead sister no 90 133 Slindon Norton Bridge 33 275

BR Table 3; Washwood Heath Connectrail services 33 275

Four Yorkshire stations , a 19th century perspective 33 276

BR The Albert Bridge at Middlesborough Middlesborough Middlesborough 33 276

LMS Two Johnson 2P's led by no 468 double head a train from Sheffield Midland Sheffield Sheffield 33 276

BR Middlesborough forecourt Middlesborough Middlesborough 33 277

BR Middlesborough trackside looking east Middlesborough Middlesborough 33 277

Vintage Skipton station in its heyday Skipton Bradford 33 278

Vintage Skipton's main southbound platform in the early 1900's Skipton Bradford 33 278

BR The old Boroughbridge station being used as a good's shed adjoining a one road engine shed Boroughbridge Harrogate 33 279

Vintage Boroughbridge station c1920 Boroughbridge Harrogate 33 280

Strikes, theft and fraud at Liverpool Road 33 281

Vintage An 1831 depiction of the arrivals station at Manchester Manchester Manchester 33 281

Vintage Plan of Liverpool Road station c 1830's Manchester Manchester 33 281

Vintage The Water Street Bridge replaced in 1905 Manchester Manchester 33 282

The fa�ade of the Liverpool Road Coach Office Manchester Manchester 33 283

The Interior of the restored First Class Booking Office Manchester Manchester 33 284

The waiting area at rail level Manchester Manchester 33 285

'Dashing away with the smoothing iron' 33 286

LMS Class 3 0-6-4T no 2031 Duffield Derby 33 286

LMS Class 3 0-6-4T no 2038 Sutton Park Birmingham 33 286

LMS Class 3 0-6-4T no 2000 piloting a Nottingham to Yarmouth express 33 287

LMS Class 3 0-6-4T no 2030 Northfield Birmingham 33 287

LMS Class 3 0-6-4T no 2037 emerges from Cofton tunnel Cofton Birmingham 33 287

The LMS class 2 2-6-0's 33 288

BR LMS class 2 no 46471 on a local goods at Kelso Kelso Borders 33 288

BR LMS class 2 no 46497 at Derby Midland in 1962 Derby Derby 33 288

BR LMS class 2 no's 46406, 16 and 36 at Bury Bury Manchester 33 289

BR LMS class 2 no 46411 with an offices saloon at Wilpshire Wilpshire Blackburn 33 289

BR LMS class 2 no 46522 on GWR metals at Talyllyn Junction Talyllyn Jn. Mid Wales 33 289

BR LMS class 2 no 46503 calls at Glasbury on Wye Glasbury on Wye Mid Wales 33 290

BR LMS class 2 no 46511 at Builth Road Builth Road Mid Wales 33 290

BR LMS class 2 no's 46426 and 58 climb out of Keswick Keswick Lake District 33 290

BR LMS class 2 no 46446 at Drys-y-Nant Drys-y-Nant Mid Wales 33 291

BR LMS class 2 no 46484 nears Dove and Totley Dove and Totley Sheffield 33 291

The transport of the dead by train in the UK 33 292

Trans-Pennine 33 292

LMS A 'Corpe' waybill 33 292

Vintage Lady Howe's Coffin being moved to a train Shackerstone Leicester 33 292

A GWR coffin carrier 33 293

Vintage Advert from the Undertakers Journal 33 293

LMS Coffins from the dead of the R101 arriving at Bedford St Johns Bedford Bedford 33 294

BR Free French Army coffins exhumed from wartime graves in the UK being returned to France Dover Dover 33 294

Vintage Corpse and coffin transport charges in the late 19th century 33 295

Vintage Lady Sykes' coffin arrives at Sledmere and Fimber station Sledmere and Fimber Scarborough 33 296

The coffin of His Highness the Maharaja of Cooch Behar is loaded on a train for transport to Golders Green 33 296

BR LMS class 5 no 45350 climbs to Sough tunnel Sough Burnley 33 297

BR WD no 90113 climbs from Huddersfield Longwood Huddersfield 33 297

BR BR std 5 no 73067 Marsden Huddersfield 33 298

BR LMS 8F no 48348 on the way to Copy Pit summit Towneley Burnley 33 298

BR LMS 8F no 48519 on the LYR main line Todmorden Halifax 33 298

BR Class 5's nos 44871 and 94 with a Stephenson Society Farewell Special Black Rock Manchester 33 299

BR LMS Black Five no 44983 on the climb to Golcar station Golcar Huddersfield 33 299

Into Ashford by the back door 33 300

BR Class 37 no 37 609 crosses the Eynsford Viaduct Eynsford Sevenoaks 33 300

BR Swanley to Ashford via Maidstone 33 300

BR Class 73 no 73 101 leads the Venice-Simpion Orient Express thro' Kemsing Kemsing Sevenoaks 33 301

Southern SECR H class 0-4-4T no 1264 at Swanley Swanley Sevenoaks 33 301

Southern SECR H class 0-4-4T no 1519 passes the power box at Swanley Swanley Sevenoaks 33 301

Southern Eynsford station Eynsford Sevenoaks 33 302

BR Otford station Otford Sevenoaks 33 302

Southern East Malling station East Malling Maidstone 33 303

Vintage West Malling station West Malling Maidstone 33 303

Southern Wrotham and Borough Green station Wrotham Maidstone 33 303

BR Barming station Barming Maidstone 33 304

Maidstone East station and Week Street tunnel Maidstone Maidstone 33 304

Vintage Bearstead station Bearstead Maidstone 33 305

Southern Hollingbourne station just before electrification Hollingbourne Maidstone 33 306

Hothfield Halt Hothfield Ashford [Kent] 33 307

Failures 33 308

A painted section of bridge to make the semaphore signal easier to sight Aintree Merseyside 33 308

Vintage Semaphore signals at the approach to Glasgow Central in Caly days Glasgow Glasgow 33 308

LNE LNER Pacific no 2402 33 309

Vintage Not much protection on Iron Duke at Bristol in 1890 Bristol Bristol 33 309

Semaphore signals at Croft Croft Darlington 33 309

LMS Ex LYR 0-8-0 as LMS no 12926 Horbury Wakefield 33 310

BR LMS class 2 no 46448 leaves Penrith with a Keswick train Penrith Lake District 33 310

BR Standard BR locomotive cab layout 33 311

BR The result of an accident at Irk Valley junction Manchester Manchester 33 311

Edward Thompson - Part 3 33 312

LNE No 9000 the prototype L1 2-6-4T Liverpool Street London 33 312

LNE The first rebuilt P2 no 2005 Thane of Fife 33 312

BR K1 no 62045 takes water at West Hartlepool West Hartlepool Middlesborough 33 313

Preserved NER E1 no 69023 in NER livery despite being a BR build York York 33 313

LNE A2 no 500 Edward Thompson 33 314

BR Peppercorns A2 design no 60130 Sayajirao Dundee Dundee 33 314

Preserved Peppercorn designed A1 no 60163 Tornado 33 315

LNE Thompson A1 no 4470 Great Northern 33 315

LMS A possible P2 rebuild design 33 316

Czech Golsdorf class 2 no 375.007 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 33 316

BR LMS class 2 2-6-0 no 46503 passes through Whitney on Wye Whitney on Wye Hereford 33 320

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BR Warship Diesel-hydraulic no D862 Viking at Bristol Bath Road Bristol Bristol 33 321

BR Std class 4 no 75067 on the Bournemouth turntable Bournemouth Bournemouth 33 323

Mixed freight 33 324

BR BR 9F no 92152 recovers after descending the Lickey incline Bromsgrove Birmingham 33 324

BR J27 no 65879 in the sidings at Ryhope Grange Ryhope Grange Sunderland 33 324

BR BR class 4 no 75048 crosses the Kent viaduct Arnside Lake District 33 325

BR GWR Hall no 6932 minus its Burwarton Hall plates and very dirty passes Taplow Taplow Slough 33 325

BR K1 no 62002 moves the empties at North Blyth North Blyth Tyneside 33 325

BR Ex WD no 90417 with a rake of empties Ryhope Grange Sunderland 33 326

BR LMS class 5 no 45295 crests Beattock summit Beattock Beattock 33 326

Northallerton engine shed; Part 1 33 327

LNE A view of the shed in 1937 with J21 no 1513 Northallerton Northallerton 33 327

LNE F8 no 279 at the Northallerton shed Northallerton Northallerton 33 327

BR A close up of the shed's south end with K1 no 62044 and D20 62388 Northallerton Northallerton 33 328

Northallerton rail layout [two diagrams] Northallerton Northallerton 33 328

BR Table 717, Northallerton, Bedale, Leyburn and Hawes Junction Northallerton Northallerton 33 329

BR The shed from the east with J73 no 68359 and D20 no 62388 Northallerton Northallerton 33 329

BR A view from the station in 1959 with condemned Q1 nos 69928 and 34 Northallerton Northallerton 33 330

BR Another view of the south end Northallerton Northallerton 33 331

BR Yet another view of the south end with J25 no 65726 and a G5 Northallerton Northallerton 33 331

Crane laying of prefabricated track - part 3 33 332

BR An LNER 15 ton crane lifts a pre assembled double diamond crossing York York 33 332

LNE ex GN J6 no 3591 heads a ballast train at Potters Bar Potters Bar Barnet 33 332

BR An ex SR 10 ton crane lifts a double slip into position Waterloo London 33 333

BR Spreading timbers in order categorical Guildford Guildford 33 333

BR A 12 tonne Cowans diesel hydraulic crane places a length of rail in place 33 334

BR A new double crossover laid out in the depot at Newton Heath Newton Heath Manchester 33 335

Colas Colas Rail's Kirow KRC 1200 UK 125 tonne diesel hydraulic train Grantown on Spey Highlands 33 335

Rail-roving in Scotland 33 336

BR Caly 812 class no 57581 at Brechin station Brechin Montrose 33 336

BR LMS class 3 no 40150 at Thurso Thurso Highlands 33 336

BR Preserved NBR 4-4-0 Glen Douglas heads J37 no 64632 Garelochhead Highlands 33 336

BR BR class 4 no 80028 at Killin in 1965 a month before the branch closed due to a landslide Killin Highlands 33 337

BR Caly 812 class no 57581 at Edzell Edzell Montrose 33 337

BR LMS Fairburn no 42277 on the G&SW branch to Catrine Catrine Ayr 33 337

The Glasgow Central railway and its rivals 33 338

Map; The Glasgow Central Railway Glasgow Glasgow 33 338

Vintage Maryhill yard around the 1900's Glasgow Glasgow 33 338

LMS Kelvin Bridge station in LMS days? Probably! Glasgow Glasgow 33 339

BR Kelvinhall station Glasgow Glasgow 33 339

Trams passing the Botanic Gardens station Glasgow Glasgow 33 340

Uninteresting places 33 341

Captain O'Brien General manager of the NER 1854 to 1871 33 341

Vintage Cover of the NE Illustrated guide 33 341

Vintage Hercules an early 0-6-0 built for the Hull and Selby Railway 33 341

Vintage NER class 5 [later LNER B13] at Chathill Chathill Berwick on Tweed 33 342

Vintage Wetwang station c1890 Wetwang Beverley 33 342

Vintage NER McDonnell class 38 no 158 at Cliff Common Cliff Common Beverley 33 343

Vintage The staff pose at Everingham station c1900 Everingham York 33 344

BR Sledmere station in 1958 Sledmere and Fimber Beverley 33 345

Fraudulent promotion on the Mersey Railway 33 346

Vintage Engraving; How the Mersey Railway liked to portray the ferries Merseyside 33 346

Vintage Engraving; Invited guests head for the tunnel centre Merseyside 33 346

Vintage Engraving; The official opening ceremony in the centre of the tunnel by the Mayors of Liverpool and Birkenhead Merseyside 33 347

Vintage The Mersey Tunnel is open. Merseyside 33 347

Vintage Map; the site of Williamson Square station Liverpool Merseyside 33 348

Vintage Engraving; The official grand opening by the Prince of Wales Merseyside 33 349

Vintage Director's report for the first five months Merseyside 33 350

Vintage The Major' the first of the railway's monster engines Merseyside 33 350

Pannier tank at Talywain 33 351

Industrial GWR pannier no 7754 at work in Talywain [3 photos] Talywain Newport [Gwent] 33 351

Warships of the Western line 33 352

BR Warship Diesel-hydraulic no D804 Avenger in Std BR loco green passes Dawlish Dawlish Newton Abbot 33 352

BR Warship Diesel-hydraulic no D867 Zenith passes through Plymouth North road Plymouth Plymouth 33 352

BR Warship Diesel-hydraulic no D813 Diadem in 'rail blue' passes Dawlish Dawlish Newton Abbot 33 353

BR Warship Diesel-hydraulic no D823 Hermes in BR maroon at Honiton Honiton Exeter 33 353

1955 - BR steam's last great year 33 354

BR A4 no 60009 Union of South Africa Monktonhall Jn Edinburgh 33 354

BR BR std class 5 no 73115 Bramshot 33 354

BR Jubilees nos 45639 Raleigh and 22 Nysaland wait for the off St Pancras London 33 355

BR A Derby built two coach DMU passes A1 no 60123 H. A. Ivatt waiting to leave Leeds Central Leeds Leeds 33 356

BR Royal Scot no 46116 Irish Guardsman Wellingborough Northampton 33 357

BR LMS 2P no 40692 leaves Liverpool Central Liverpool Merseyside 33 358

BR LMS 2P no 40682 pilots Black Five no 44856 away from Derby Derby Derby 33 359

BR Schools no 30920 Rugby at Waterloo East Waterloo London 33 360

BR An early English Electric type 1 no D8027 Bow London 33 361

BR Thornton marshalling yard Strathore Kirkaldy 33 361

The Great Bear 33 362

Vintage GWR no 111 'The Great Bear' leaves Paddington Paddington London 33 362

Vintage Postcard; The 'Great Bear' in early condition 33 362

Vintage GWR no 111 'The Great Bear' at Old Oak Common Depot Old Oak Common London 33 363

Vintage GWR no 111 'The Great Bear' leaves Paddington before the boiler exchange in 1913 Paddington London 33 363

Vintage Parts of the 'The Great Bear' were used to make a new Castle also no 111 Viscount Churchill Nottingham Nottingham 33 363

Railway curiosities 33 364

Vintage Dava station Dava Highlands 33 364

Vintage Garfield, the station cat at Blunsdon Blundson Swindon 33 364

Guiseley station Guiseley Leeds 33 365

Watlington station with the branch train engine Watlington High Wycombe 33 365

Nottingham Midland station Nottingham Nottingham 33 366

Widdrington station Widdrington Morpeth 33 366

LT Baker Street station frontage Baker Street London 33 367

De Haviland aircraft of the Railway Air Services at Croydon Croydon London 33 367

Victorian alphabet of railway management 33 367

BR Collessie station Collessie Perth 33 368

BR NBR D34 no 62471 Glen Falloch at Galashiels Galashiels Borders 33 368

Bare knuckle fighter Tom Sayer 33 369

LT Chalk Farm station Chalk Farm London 33 369

N class no 31862 near Farnborough North Farnborough Farnborough 33 369

The Daiseyfield Affair - 1850 33 370

LMS Daisyfield station looking west Blackburn Blackburn 33 370

BR Daisyfield station as it was in 1961 Blackburn Blackburn 33 371

Northern viaducts 33 372

BR The Stockport Viaducts Stockport Manchester 33 372

BR The Ashton Viaduct Ashton under Lyne Manchester 33 373

BR The Cefn Viaduct Ruabon Wrexham 33 373

BR The Mytholmbridge Viaduct Mytholmbridge Huddersfield 33 374

Vintage Replacing the Denby Dale Viaduct Denby Dale Huddersfield 33 375

BR Bolton's Tonge Viaduct Bolton Bolton 33 376

BR Whalley Viaduct Whalley Blackburn 33 377

BR Whalley Viaduct where it faced the ruins of Whalley Abbey Whalley Blackburn 33 377

Snapshots of the East and West Yorkshire Union Railway 33 378

LNE J85 no 3114 Ardsley Barnsley 33 378

Map. The lines of the East and West Yorkshire Union Railway 33 378

Vintage 0-6-2ST no 5 in original condition 33 379

LNE No 5 again but as LNER N19 no 3115 Ardsley Barnsley 33 379

As it was at Walsall 33 380

BR Walsall station frontage in 1978 Walsall Birmingham 33 380

BR Class 25 no 25 104 passes platform 2 with a coal train Walsall Birmingham 33 381

BR EE class 40 no 40 089 plods past platform 1 the same day Walsall Birmingham 33 381

Narrow 0-4-0ST Blanche at Port Penhyrn on the Penhyrn railway. Now active on the Festiniog railway with sister Linda Port Penhyrn N Wales 33 384

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VoR Vale of Rheidol No 7 still in GWR livery Aberystwyth Aberystwyth 33 385

Reflections on railway gauges 33 388

Belgium A tram on the Brussels to Leuven line Belgium 33 388

Vintage Mixed gauge at Uphill junction 33 388

Vintage A train on the Llanfair Caereinion to Welshpool light railway Welshpool Mid Wales 33 389

Spain Metre gauge in North Spain Unquera Spain 33 389

Ireland A County Donegal train at Donegal Town Donegal Town Ireland 33 390

Ireland A diesel hauled train nears Ennistymon Ennistymon Ireland 33 390

Narrow LNER style 4-6-2 No 1 Green Goddess at New Romney New Romney Folkestone 33 391

Switzerland The scene at Aigie in the Rhone valley in 1979 Aigie Switzerland 33 391

Narrow A hair raising excursion on the Ashover Light Railway in 1950 behind a Baldwin loco built for service in WW1 Ashover Peak District 33 392

Narrow The reopening of the Festiniog Railway, the train hauled by Prince Minffordd N W Wales 33 393

Narrow A South African Garrett on the West Highland Railway Beddgelert N W Wales 33 394

Narrow Blaenau Ffestiniog terminus in 2009, narrow meets standard gauge Blaenau Ffestiniog N W Wales 33 394

Lost on the narrow gauge 33 395

Narrow Ashover Light Railway locomotive 'Hummy' Ashover Sheffield 33 395

Narrow Campbeltown and Machrihanish Railway locomotive 'Argyll' Machrihanish Mull of Kintyre 33 395

Narrow Southwold Railway No 1 Southwold in the late 1800's Southwold Lowestoft 33 395

C.I. Jersey Railways no 4 St Brelades St Helier Channel Islands 33 396

Narrow Smallbeach District Railways Kerr Stuart locomotive No 2 Pontesbury Shrewsbury 33 396

Narrow Torrington and Marland Railway Bagnall No 2 Torrington Barnstaple 33 396

Narrow Corris Railway no 4 now with the Talyllyn Railway Machynlleth Mid Wales 33 397

Narrow Glyn Valley Tramway No 2 St Theodore at Glyn Ceirog Glyn Ceirog Mid Wales 33 397

Narrow Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway Llandudno N. Wales 33 397

The Weatherhill Incline and winding engine 33 398

Vintage New winding engines 1919 Weatherhill Durham 33 398

Vintage Railwaymen at the Weatherhill Incline about the time of WW I Weatherhill Durham 33 398

Vintage The abandoned incline Weatherhill Durham 33 399

Vintage Wagons being hauled up the incline 1919 Weatherhill Durham 33 399

Vintage Hetton Colliery locomotive 'Lyons' at the original York Railway museum's Queen Street location York York 33 400

Vintage The winding engine rebuilt at the NRM York York 33 401

Remembering Connectrail; part 2 33 402

BR Class 31's nos 31 203 and 229 double head a freight train at Rycroft Junction Walsall Birmingham 33 402

BR The unique electric class 87 no 87 101 Stephenson Hampstead London 33 403

BR Class 47 no 47 365 Diamond Jubilee climbs toward Hare Park junction Walsall Birmingham 33 404

BR Class 58 no 58 005 comes off Rycroft junction Walsall Birmingham 33 405

BR Table 1; Post Speedlink chemical cargoes using the Dover Car ferry 33 406

BR Class 08 no 08 905 at the Birmingham Distribution Centre Birmingham Birmingham 33 407

BR Table 2; 6G29 Ssux Wembley to Bescot Down yard 33 408

BR Table 3; 6G90 Ssux Wembley to Bescot Down yard 33 408

EWS Class 92 no 92 002 H G Wells at Kensington Olympia Kensington London 33 409

EWS Class 92 no 92 004 Jules Verne at Battersea Battersea London 33 409

BR Table 4 6O58 Msux Bescot down yard to Dollands Moor 33 409

BR Table 5 to Table 9; Various loads at assorted dates and routes 33 410

EWS Class 92 no 92 017 William Shakespeare near Sellinge Ashford Ashford [Kent] 33 411

Cheshire Choice 33 412

BR LMS Fairburn class 4 no 42116 Stockport Manchester 33 412

BR LMS Jubilee no 45647 Sturdee Stockport Manchester 33 412

BR Britannia no 70013 Oliver Cromwell at Stockport Edgeley shed Stockport Manchester 33 413

BR LMS 8F no 48327 at Heaton Mersey shed Stockport Manchester 33 413

BR LMS Black Fives nos 45110 and 44949 double head an enthusiast's special Disley Manchester 33 413

Winchester Chesil [Cheese Hill] 33 414

BR GWR 43xx no 5380 in Chesil shed Winchester Winchester 33 414

BR GWR 43xx no 5397 at Chesil station Winchester Winchester 33 414

BR GWR 2251 class no 3211 Winchester Winchester 33 415

BR The south portal of Chesil tunnel Winchester Winchester 33 415

To the Yorkshire Coast 33 416

BR ex NER B16/1 no 61447 pulls into Scarborough Scarborough Scarborough 33 416

BR LNER B1 no 61276 accelerates away from Whitby station Whitby Whitby 33 416

BR LNER D49/1 no 62371 Selkirkshire about to leave with an RCT special Whitby Whitby 33 417

BR Three LMS class 5's with no 44951 leading Bridlington Scarborough 33 417

BR LNER A8 no 69861 and B1 61143 at Whitby Whitby Whitby 33 418

BR LNER B1's nos 61031 Reedbuck and 61018 Gnu cross the Larpool viaduct Whitby Whitby 33 418

BR LNER B1's nos 61338 and 61129 at Bridlington shed Bridlington Scarborough 33 419

BR LNER K1 no 62005 at Butlin's Filey station Filey Scarborough 33 419

BR LNER K3 crosses Quay Road level crossing Bridlington Scarborough 33 419

The Bluebell line closure 33 420

Vintage Barcombe station with its once abundant milk traffic Barcombe Lewes 33 420

Vintage Horsted Keynes station in LBSCR days Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath 33 420

Vintage Newick and Chailey station Newick and Chailey Haywards Heath 33 421

Vintage West Hoathly station with an LBSCR Gladstone no 199 Samuel Laing West Hoathly East Grinstead 33 421

Vintage LBSCR Gladstone no 185 George A Wallis Barcombe Lewes 33 422

BR LBSCR C2X no 32438 passing fields of corn Newick Haywards Heath 33 423

BR LMS Fairburn class 4 no 42090 calls at Sheffield Park Sheffield Park Haywards Heath 33 423

BR BR Std class 4 MT no 80033 on the 'Sulky' at East Grinstead [Low level} East Grinstead East Grinstead 33 424

BR C2X no 32438 in the open countryside near Sheffield Park Sheffield Park Haywards Heath 33 425

Bluebell LBSCR E4 no 273 Birch Grove ready to leave Horsted Keynes Horsted Keynes Haywards Heath 33 426

Laxfield: Accidental railway terminus N Suffolk 33 427

Map of the Mid Suffolk Light Railway N Suffolk 33 427

Vintage Two of the Mid Suffolk Light Railway's Hudswell Clarke locomotives N Suffolk 33 427

Vintage Brockford station in 'Middy' days Brockford N Suffolk 33 428

BR Laxfield station in 1949 Laxfield N Suffolk 33 428

BR Laxfield station track diagram Laxfield N Suffolk 33 429

BR LNER J65 no 8211 in the bay platform at Haughley Haughley N Suffolk 33 429

BR Ex GE six wheeled stock at Laxfield in 1949 Laxfield N Suffolk 33 430

BR J15 no 65447 in front of the damaged engine shed with another J15 inside Laxfield N Suffolk 33 430

BR J15 no 5494 waits with the local to Haughley Laxfield N Suffolk 34 431

BR J15 no 65447 with crew pose four days before the branch closed Haughley N Suffolk 33 431

BR J15 no 65447 suitably adorned on the last trip Haughley N Suffolk 33 432

BR J15 no 65447 on the last day after a serious polishing Laxfield N Suffolk 33 433

The last summer of steam over Shap 33 434

BR Britannia no 70004 [William Shakespeare as was] under repair at Bolton shed Bolton Bolton 33 434

BR Britannia no 70013 Oliver Cromwell ready to leave Preston Preston Preston 33 434

BR Britannia no 70022 Tornado climbs Shap Thrimby Grange Lake District 33 435

BR Britannia's nos 70022 Tornado and 70010 Owen Glendower at Carlisle Citadel Carlisle Carlisle 33 435

BR Britannia no 70012 John of Gaunt takes water at the Dillicar troughs Dillicar Lake District 33 436

BR Train movements at Carlisle 29/7/67 13.10 to 16.12 Carlisle Carlisle 33 436

BR Details of train movements 33 437

BR Britannia no 70045 Lord Rowallan [out of shot] waits at Tebay for BR class 4 to provide banking assistance Tebay Lake District 33 438

BR Class 5 no 44862 hurries along the Lune valley Tebay Lake District 33 438

BR Class 5's nos 45038 and 44878 33 438

BR Britannia no 70039 Sir Christopher Wren enters Oxenholme Oxenholme Lake District 33 439

BR Crossing the as yet unopened M6, no 45444 nears Penrith Penrith Lake District 33 439

BR Britannia no 70012 John of Gaunt near Kent's Bank Kent's Bank Lake District 33 440

BR Britannia no 70047 0n a freight nears Preston Preston Preston 33 440

The Kinmel Camp and Foryd Harbour branch 33 441

WD Map of Kinmel Park 1919 Rhyl N. Wales 33 441

LMS The start of the Kinmel Camp branch Rhyl N. Wales 33 441

WD The Bodelwyddan Road Crossing Rhyl N. Wales 33 442

WD The Royal Engineers that worked the line in front of 0-6-2T Pyramus? Rhyl N. Wales 33 442

WD WW1 timetable 33 442

WD A brief outline of locomotives used on the branch 33 443

WD Eleanor with empty wagons Rhyl N. Wales 33 443

WD Foryd Quay station building c 1946 Rhyl N. Wales 33 444

WD The end of the line at the quarry Rhyl N. Wales 33 444

WD The Hudswell Clarke diesel shunter Rhyl N. Wales 33 444

BR LMS Jubilee no 45622 Nysaland leaves the tunnel at New Mills New Mills Peak District 33 448

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BR SR N15X 'Remembrance; no 32331 Beattie at Windsor and Eton Riverside Windsor Windsor 33 449

Odd moments on the Great Eastern line 33 452

BR A Hastings diesel-electric DMU no 1001 arrives at Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich 33 452

BR Letters from the podium repositioned for photographing No 47 170 County of Norfolk Norwich Norwich 33 452

BR Class 121 Bubble car no 55031 at Clacton on Sea Clacton Clacton 33 453

BR Class 37 no 37 431 hauls a damaged class 33 no 33 025 Ipswich Ipswich 33 453

BR Class 60 no 60 081 Isambard Kingdom Brunel passes Manningtree Manningtree Harwich 33 453

Camping Coaches; part 1 33 454

LNE A camping coach at Sandsend Sandsend Whitby 33 454

LNE Plan of a standard LNER camping coach 33 454

LNE A camping coach at Kildale Kildale Middlesborough 33 455

LNE An ex GN coach no 42221 being used as a camping coach Pateley Bridge Harrogate 33 455

LNE Newly converted for the 1934 season with the short lived 'Camping Coach' legend 33 456

BR A3 Pacific no 60084 comes off the Leeds line Northallerton Darlington 33 457

LNE CC17 being cleaned by its occupiers at Forge Valley Forge Valley Scarborough 33 457

LNE CC66 was a touring coach that went to various stops starting and finishing at York 33 457

LNE A letter from the Passenger manager York re camping coaches 33 458

LNE CC50 at Ravenscar Ravenscar Scarborough 33 459

LNE Forge Valley camping family in 1936 Forge Valley Scarborough 33 459

The locomotive designs of William Charles Werry 33 460

Drawing of Werry's express locomotive from his patent of 1912 33 460

Drawing of Werry's flyer from his patent of 1906 33 460

Drawing of Werry's freight locomotive from his patent of 1913 33 461

List of Werry's proposed locomotives 33 461

Drawing of Werry's compact locomotive from his patent of 1913 33 462

Drawing of Werry's 'improved' Maunsell's N class 2-6-0 of 1920 33 462

Artist's impression on what could have been. A Werry N class rebuild meets a Drummond 4-2-2-0 33 463

Drawing of Werry's compact locomotive from his patent of 1933 33 464

Outline drawing of a Werry 4-6-4 to suit the Australian market 33 464

USSR Teploparovoz no 8001 during its brief trials in 1948 USSR USSR 33 464

The history of Northallerton shed 33 465

BR Ex works D49 no 62733 Northallerton Darlington 33 465

Inspecting the fire of the replica Planet Manchester Manchester 33 465

BR Std class 5 no 78014 Northallerton Darlington 33 465

BR A2 Pacific no 60526 alongside Ivatt class 2 no 46461 Northallerton Darlington 33 466

BR Drewry 204hp 0-6-0DM no D2242 Northallerton Darlington 33 467

LMS Hawes Junction shed Hawes Junction Settle and Carlisle 33 468

BR Leyburn's engine shed Leyburn Darlington 33 468

LNER Leyburn engine shed layout Leyburn Darlington 33 469

LNER A Sir Vincent Raven Pacific no 2401 Kingston upon Hull on Wiske Moor troughs Northallerton Darlington 33 470

LMS Hawes Junction shed layout Hawes Junction Settle and Carlisle 33 470

The impact of the railway on Alderley Edge in the 19th century 33 471

Vintage Alderley Edge station in the early 1900's Alderley Edge Manchester 33 471

Vintage Alderley Edge station looking south Alderley Edge Manchester 33 471

Vintage Wilmslow station c1905 Wilmslow Manchester 33 472

Vintage Scene of an accident at Chelford Chelford Manchester 33 473

A Plasser track relayer works in a tunnel 33 474

BR London Midlands Track layer TL3 Handforth Manchester 33 474

Crane laying of prefabricated track - part 4 33 475

BR Ex Midland 3F no 43429 with a track relayer converted from a 50 ton Warwell bogie wagon 33 475

BR Western Region track relayer W1404 used a pair of redundant 6 ton hand cranes 33 475

BR A first generation of self propelled tracklayers TL6 at Chelford Chelford Manchester 33 476

BR A pair of Coles crane units on Warwell DM721234 Chard Axminster 33 476

BR A pair of Donelli portal cranes in use at Cheadle Cheadle Stoke on Trent 33 477

BR Cowan Sheldon's version of a twin jib tracklayer Chapel-en-le-Frith Peak District 33 477

Glimpses of Mid Wales steam in the 1920's and 30's 33 478

GWR 517 class no 846 bon the former Mawddwy Railway Mawddwy Mid Wales 33 478

GWR Ex Cambrian 15 class no 93 GWR no 892 Towyn Mid Wales 33 478

GWR Ex Cambrian 61 class no 63 GWR no 1091 Machynlleth Mid Wales 33 478

GWR A 36xx class no 3603 calls at Bont Newydd Bont Newydd Mid Wales 33 479

GWR A 43xx crossing the Afon Wnion in the early 30's Drys-y-Nant Mid Wales 33 479

GWR Duke class no 3259 Merlin waits the off at Machynlleth Machynlleth Mid Wales 33 479

The Caprotti class 5's 33 480

BR LMS Caprotti class 5 no 44744 leaves Halifax Halifax Halifax 33 480

BR LMS Caprotti class 5 no 44752 passes Chinley North Chinley Peak District 33 480

BR LMS Caprotti class 5 no 44687 runs into Orrell station Orrell Wigan 33 481

BR LMS Caprotti class 5 no 44755 at Leeds Holbeck shed Leeds Leeds 33 481

BR BR Caprotti class 5 no 73151 at St. Rollox shed St Rollox Glasgow 33 482

BR LMS Caprotti class 5 no 44743 tackles the Lickey Incline Lickey Birmingham 33 482

BR BR Caprotti class 5 no 73136 leaves Leawood Tunnel Leawood Peak District 33 483

BR BR Caprotti class 5 no 73151 at Patricroft depot Patricroft Manchester 33 483

BR BR Caprotti class 5 no 73134 at Bolton Trinity Bolton Bolton 33 484

BR BR Caprotti class 5 no 73151 leaves Perth Perth Perth 33 484

BR LMS Caprotti class 5 no 44757 heads out of Leeds Leeds Leeds 33 484

Moments of remembrance 33 485

Vintage LBSCR no 332 at Honor Oak Honor Oak London 33 485

Southern N15X no 2333 Remembrance Bournemouth Bournemouth 33 485

BR N15X no 32331 Beattie at Windsor and Eton Riverside Windsor Windsor 33 485

The railway at Tutbury part 1 33 486

NSR and GNR railways in the Burton on Trent area Burton on Trent Burton on Trent 33 486

Vintage NSR no 2 built as a 2-2-2 tender locomotive but rebuilt as shown as a 2-2-2ST Burton on Trent Burton on Trent 33 486

Vintage NSR class B 2-4-0T No 2 became LMS no 1447 Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 487

Vintage Tutbury station in NSR days Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 487

LMS LMS 0-4-4T no 1429 on the 'Jenny' Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 488

BR The Tutbury push-pull at Tutbury in 1949 Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 488

BR Ex LMS no 58058 passes through the closed Stretton and Clay Mills station Stretton and Clay Mills Burton on Trent 33 489

BR Ex LMS 0-4-4T no 58080 on the 'Jenny' Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 490

LMS Sentinel Railcar no 4145 being trialled in 1932 Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 490

BR Ex LMS Ivatt 2-6-2T no 41328 on the 'Jenny' Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 491

BR Ex LMS Ivatt 2-6-2T no 41277 passes through the closed Stretton and Clay Mills station Stretton and Clay Mills Burton on Trent 33 492

The first railway strike 33 493

Vintage A drawing of 'North Star' 33 493

Vintage A print of Planet class 'Fury' 33 493

Vintage A print of 0-4-0 Samson class 'Jupiter' 33 494

Vintage Isaac Shaw's famous depiction of Planet passing under the Skew bridge at Rainhill Rainhill Merseyside 33 495

The building of Ironbridge Power Station 33 497

BR A boiler drum train arrives behind LMS 8F no 48724 Ironbridge Telford 33 497

BR BR Std 4MT no 76037 on a train of empties Ironbridge Telford 33 497

BR A clean 8F no 48474 climbs to the Albert Bridge Ironbridge Telford 33 498

BR The boiler drum in the sidings Ironbridge Telford 33 498

Industrial A CEGB Peckett 0-4-0ST Ironbridge Telford 33 499

BR A Stephenson Society special behind Black Five no 44680 passes the site of Admaston Halt Admaston Telford 33 499

The Swindon scene 33 500

BR Castle no 6080 Defiant, the name of a WWII night fighter by Bolton-Paul Swindon Swindon 33 500

BR County no 1021 County of Montgomery not long out of the works Swindon Swindon 33 500

BR 72xx no 7240 ex works Swindon Swindon 33 501

BR Ex LMS 8F 48412 passing through Swindon where it was actually built during WWII Swindon Swindon 33 501

BR The last of the GWR non GWR locomotives, former Cardiff Railway 0-4-O ST no 5, GWR no 1338 Swindon Swindon 33 501

BR Castle no 5018 St Mawes with a borrowed tender Swindon Swindon 33 502

BR No 6018 King Henry VI Swindon Swindon 33 502

BR The Swindon erecting shop Swindon Swindon 33 502

BR 43xx no 5385 brings a local freight through Swindon Swindon Swindon 33 503

BR Modified Hall no 7902 Eaton Mascot Hall with Hymec no D7044 Swindon Swindon 33 503

BR Adams G6 0-6-0T no 30227 in the yard Guildford Guildford 33 504

BR Guildford shed in its latter years Guildford Guildford 33 504

Sent to work on the railway 33 505

Southern Drummond 700 no 325 33 505

BR One of the Adams B4's that shared station pilot duty. No 30089 in the shed Guildford Guildford 33 505

BR LSWR M7 class 0-4-4T leaves Rogate Rogate Petersfield 33 506

BR Urie S16 no 30510 with a mixed freight near Woking Woking Woking 33 506

BR LSWR '0395' 'Jumbo' 33 507

BR Drummond superheated L12 no 30420 at Privett Privett Petersfield 33 508

BR LBSCR E4 no 32505 Guildford Guildford 33 508

BR T9 no 30708 with the pick up goods at West Meon West Meon Petersfield 33 509

BR The 'Bournemouth Belle' speeds through Byfleet in 1967 Byfleet London 33 512

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BR LNER J50 no 68984 at Leeds Central Leeds Leeds 33 513

The GNR/LNER J50's 33 516

BR LNER J50 no 68984 at Leeds Central Leeds Leeds 33 516

BR LNER J50 no 68988 as station pilot at Leeds Central Leeds Leeds 33 516

BR LNER J50 no 68911 moves stock at Copley Hill shed Leeds Leeds 33 517

BR LNER J50 no 68978 near Harringay Harringay London 33 517

BR LNER J50 no 68981 looks back at the Gasworks' tunnel King's Cross London 33 517

WW II children's evacuation 33 518

Evacuees from London arrive at Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 33 518

Evacuation orders for children from schools in Northumberland Tyneside 33 519

Evacuees from Guernsey arrive at Bury, Lancs Bury Manchester 33 519

Evacuees from London arrive at Birmingham Moor Street Birmingham Birmingham 33 520

Evacuees from Yarmouth entrain bound for Derbyshire Yarmouth Yarmouth 33 520

Evacuees from the Channel Islands at Crewe Crewe Crewe 33 521

Evacuees from Guernsey arrive at Stockport Stockport Manchester 33 522

Peter Hopper and the Willis family in Skegness Skegness Skegness 33 522

A Blue Plaque at Stockport station Stockport Manchester 33 523

Making oil gas and it's demise on British Railways 33 524

LNER An ex NER two cylinder gas holder wagon at Leyburn Leyburn Richmond [York's] 33 524

GWR GWR Buffet car no 9632 with three gas cylinders mounted traversely in the centre of the underframe 33 524

Table 1 Post 1930 oil gas plants 33 524

Table 2 BR Catering cars Dec 1949 33 525

Table 3 Vehicles converted to propane use by 1961 33 525

GWR GWR First class sleeping car no 9091 with gas cylinders mounted longitudinally 33 526

Table 4 Annual gas production 1954, 57 and 58 33 526

BR 1961 working of gas tanks in South Wales 1961 33 527

Camping Coaches; part 2 33 528

LNER A Dutch family relaxing by CC 6 at Glaisdale in 1937 Glaisdale Whitby 33 528

LNER An LNER poster advertising camping coaches 33 528

LNER Camping coach no 84 was an ex M,S and L six wheeler St. John's Chapel Wearside 33 529

LNER LNER V1 class 2-6-2T no 2901 with an unofficial passenger on the footplate Arrochar and Tarbet Highlands 33 529

LNER LNER Y5 no 7230 with CC 14 on exhibition at Romford Romford London 33 530

LNER The Seabrook family from Southall enjoying high life on the roof of CC 36 Hopton on Sea Yarmouth 33 530

LNER Mr Seabrook on the steps of Hopton on Sea signal box Hopton on Sea Yarmouth 33 531

LNER The final conversion was CC 119 an ex East Coast joint stock coach no 292 Mundesley on Sea Cromer 33 531

The railways of Rutland and Stamford part 1 33 532

BR LMS Fowler class 4 no 42331 leaves Stamford Town Stamford Stamford 33 532

BR Manton Junction Manton Rutland 33 532

BR MSLR N5 0-6-2T no 69292 waits to leave Stamford East Stamford Stamford 33 533

Vintage Ashwell station in Midland Railway days Ashwell Rutland 33 534

BR LMS compound 4-4-0 leaves Oakham Oakham Rutland 33 534

BR LNWR 2-4-2T no 46604 stands at Luffenham Luffenham Rutland 33 535

Vintage The scene at Ketton c1905 Ketton Rutland 33 535

BR The well maintained gardens at Ryhall and Belmisthorpe station Ryhall Rutland 33 535

BR GER class D16/3 no 62535 arrives at Manton Manton Rutland 33 536

Vintage No lavish facilities at Morcott station in LNWR days Morcott Rutland 33 536

BR The one road GN locomotive shed at Stamford East station Stamford Stamford 33 537

Uppingham station Uppingham Rutland 33 537

BR A Metro-Cammell DMU arrives at Seaton with an LTSR 4-4-2T no 41975 in the adjoining platform Seaton Rutland 33 538

BR GN C12 4-4-2T no 67375 at Essendine Essendine Rutland 33 538

BR London, Tilbury and Southend 79 class 4-4-2T no 41975 Seaton Rutland 33 539

BR The frontage of Stamford East station Stamford Stamford 33 539

LNER A4 no 2509 Silver Link on the ECML nears Essendine Essendine Rutland 33 540

Brunel, the hospital builder 33 541

Detailed plans of the Renkioi hospital Renkioi Turkey 33 541

The classic Brunel picture in front of the chains of the SS Great Eastern 33 541

A report on the state of hospitals in the Crimea 33 542

Transport ships in a Crimean port Crimea Ukraine 33 542

A memorial to Capt. Webb who died at Scutari North Cowton Darlington 33 543

A Renkioi building Renkioi Turkey 33 543

Edinburgh Waverley station 33 544

BR An J37 no 64624 NBR freight loco pressed into service on a passenger train Waverley Edinburgh 33 544

BR LMS class 5 no 44956 leaves with a good view of the National Gallery of Scotland Waverley Edinburgh 33 544

BR A3 no 60099 leaves the Mould tunnel passing a Swindon built DMU Waverley Edinburgh 33 545

BR An LMS Jubilee no 45673 Kepple Waverley Edinburgh 33 545

BR Br class 4 no 80026 moves empty stock Waverley Edinburgh 33 545

BR BR class 6 no 72005 Clan MacGregor Waverley Edinburgh 33 546

BR NBR J83 no 68474 in front of the remains of Calton Jail Waverley Edinburgh 33 546

Serious crime against the railways, the 1861 legislation 33 547

Vintage The former SECR station at Woodside and South Norwood gets a visit from a 0-6-0 and brake van South Norwood London 33 547

GWR Tintern station Tintern Chepstow 33 547

BR Midland Compound 4-4-0 no 40907 pilots Jubilee no 45607 Jubilee Fiji Leagrave Luton 33 548

BR Class 60 no 60 078 negotiates Stenson Junction Stenson Jn. Derby 33 549

BR LMS Unrebuilt Patriot no 45547 Rugby Rugby 33 549

Vintage LNWR no 724 at Guide Bridge Guide Bridge Manchester 33 550

BR BR 5MT pollutes the atmosphere at Stirling Stirling Stirling 33 551

Taunton and thereabouts 33 552

BR Class 46 no 46 025 emerges from Whiteball tunnel Whiteball Taunton 33 552

BR Class 47 no 47 561 leaves Taunton Taunton Taunton 33 552

BR Class 45 no 45 012 at Whiteball Summit Whiteball Taunton 33 553

BR Class 47 no 47 507 at Cogload Junction Cogload Jn. Taunton 33 553

BR Class 47 no 47 511 Thames speeds through Creech St Michael Creech St Michael Taunton 33 553

Exercising 'Greyhounds' 33 554

BR T9 no 30119 displays its new number at Bournemouth Central Bournemouth Bournemouth 33 554

Southern T9 no 313 approaches Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge Wells Tunbridge Wells 33 554

Southern T9 no 716 nears Havant on Royal train duty Havant Portsmouth 33 554

BR T9 no 30286 in store at Eastleigh Eastleigh Southampton 33 555

BR T9 no 30313 at Padstow Padstow Bodmin 33 555

BR T9 no 30313 in possibly ex works condition leaves Swaythling Swaythling Southampton 33 555

The LMS class 3 2-6-2 tanks 33 556

LMS LMS Fowler class 3 2-6-2T no 15537 fitted with condensing apparatus St Pancras London 33 556

BR LMS Fowler class 3 2-6-2T no 40024 fitted with condensing apparatus Farringdon London 33 556

LMS A gleaming Stanier class 3 no 91 33 557

LMS LMS class 3 no 6 Manchester Manchester 33 557

BR LMS class 3 no 49 at New Street in 1949 Birmingham Birmingham 33 558

BR LMS class 3 no 40061 at Wellingborough Higham Ferrers Northampton 33 559

LMS Stanier class 3 no 141 being built at Derby works in 1935 Derby Derby 33 559

BR Class 3 no 40152 at Dumfries Dumfries Dumfries 33 560

BR Class 3's nos 160 and M161 St Pancras London 33 560

LMS A snowplough fitted no 185 at Grantown-on-Spey Grantown-on-Spey Highlands 33 561

LMS Class 3 no 133 leaves Glasgow Central Glasgow Glasgow 33 561

LMS Working day of a Fowler 2-6-2T no 5 33 561

LMS LMS class 3 no 142 at Central Manchester Manchester 33 562

LMS No 40118 waits to leave Wennington Wennington Lancaster 33 562

Nasmyth Gaskell, Edward Bury and locomotives for the London and Southampton railway 33 563

Vintage Drawing; Edward Bury and Co. 'Lark' 33 563

Drawing; The Bridgewater Foundry Patricroft Patricroft Manchester 33 564

Hand drawn numeral sketch 33 565

Paddington round about 1900 33 566

Vintage GWR Achillies class no 3072 Bulkeley [Originally North Star] Paddington London 33 566

Vintage GWR Duke class St Michael no 3267 [later 3263] Paddington London 33 566

Vintage GWR no 3201 Stella Paddington London 33 566

Vintage GWR Flower class no 4168 Stephanotis [originally 4120] Paddington London 33 567

Vintage GWR no 104 Alliance was the last of a trio of French compound locomotives Paddington London 33 567

Vintage GWR no 4104 Canendula [later 4142] Paddington London 33 567

Signal boxes on the Great Western Cornish main line 33 568

BR Par signal box Par Bodmin 33 568

BR St Austell signal box St Austell Bodmin 33 568

BR Starting signals at Par Par Bodmin 33 568

BR Bodmin Road signal box Bodmin Bodmin 33 569

BR Liskeard signal box Liskeard Plymouth 33 569

BR Lostwitheil Crossing signal box Lostwitheil Bodmin 33 569

Harpenden and the Midland Railway 33 570

BR Harpenden island platform Harpenden St Albans 33 570

BR The Harpenden approach road Harpenden St Albans 33 570

BR Coal offices in the approach road Harpenden St Albans 33 571

BR Down fast platform Harpenden St Albans 33 571

BR Train departure board Harpenden St Albans 33 571

BR A 'Peak' hurries past Harpenden junction Harpenden St Albans 33 572

BR Harpenden station signal box Harpenden St Albans 33 572

BR An RCT tour hauled by LMS 8F no 48697 Brymbo Wrexham 33 576

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BR Coronation no 46245 City of London ready to leave Euston in 1959 Euston London 33 577

Return to Mugby Junction 33 580

BR Coronation no 46245 City of London stands at Rugby in 1963 Rugby Rugby 33 580

BR Ex LNWR 0-8-0 no 48952 leaves Rugby in 1953 Rugby Rugby 33 580

BR Princess Royal no 46204 Princess Louise Rugby Rugby 33 581

BR Unrebuilt Merchant Navy no 35022 Holland-America line outside the Rugby test plant Rugby Rugby 33 581

BR No 45500 Patriot suitable adorned for Remembrance Sunday 1956 Rugby Rugby 33 582

BR LMS class 5 no 45147 on a down freight Rugby Rugby 33 583

BR LMS Fairburn class 4 nom 42673 and BR Std no 80038 Rugby Rugby 33 583

Vintage An LNWR postcard showing the signal gantry paid for by the Great Central Rugby Rugby 33 584

BR V2 no 60961 leaving the 'Birdcage' Rugby Rugby 33 584

BR BR std class 6 no 72005 Clan MacGregor passes under the 'Birdcage' Rugby Rugby 33 585

BR Robinson GCR 2-8-0 no 63664 in 'as built' condition Annesley 33 586

BR BR class 5 no 73066 calls at the GC station Rugby Rugby 33 587

BR GWR Hall no 6931 Aldborough Hall en route for Sheffield Rugby Rugby 33 587

Early locomotives on the Stanhope and Tyne Railway 33 588

Vintage The sole surviving ledger of the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad with a 'Northumbrian' type loco on the cover Stanhope Consett 33 588

Vintage Two side views of Stephenson 0-4-2 Samson type Stanhope Consett 33 589

Vintage Stockton and Darlington loco 'Wilberforce' Stanhope Consett 33 590

Vintage Howne's Gill Viaduct with a Tory class loco on it Consett Consett 33 591

Vintage List; Stanhope and Tyne locomotives Stanhope Consett 33 592

Vintage Stockton and Darlington loco No 25 Derwent 33 592

Vintage Water column between Weatherhill and Parkhead Weatherhill Consett 33 592

The Taff Vale Railway in the news 1836-1922 33 593

Vintage A hand tinted postcard of Abercynon station Abercynon Welsh Valleys 33 593

Vintage Taff Vale 0-6-0 Newbridge at Cardiff docks in 1849. Possibly the earliest photograph of a railway locomotive Cardiff Cardiff 33 593

Vintage Radyr station c1912 Radyr Welsh Valleys 33 594

Vintage Taff's Well station Taff's Well Welsh Valleys 33 594

Vintage Merthyr Vale station Merthyr Vale Welsh Valleys 33 595

Vintage Pontypridd station Pontypridd Welsh Valleys 33 595

Vintage Ammon Beasley the General Manager appointed in 1891 33 596

Vintage Porth station c1900 Porth Welsh Valleys 33 596

Vintage Ferndale station, a view from the south and another from the north Ferndale Welsh Valleys 33 597

Vintage The opening of Maerdy station Maerdy Welsh Valleys 33 598

Vintage Treorchy station Treorchy Welsh Valleys 33 598

Vintage Pontypridd station with a TVR 0-6-2T M class Pontypridd Welsh Valleys 33 599

Vintage Treherbert station Treherbert Welsh Valleys 33 599

The Tonbridge to Ashford line of the South Eastern Railway 33 600

Map; Tonbridge to Ashford [Kent] 33 600

BR SECR L class 4-4-0 no 31762 leaves Tonbridge Tonbridge Tonbridge 33 600

SR SECR L1 class 4-4-0 no 1755 leaves Tonbridge Tonbridge Tonbridge 33 601

BR SECR rebuilt D1 no 31489 at Ashford station Ashford [Kent] Ashford [Kent] 33 601

BR SECR E1 class 4-4-0 no 31019 arrives at Paddock Wood Paddock Wood Tonbridge 33 602

BR SECR H class 4-4-0T arrives at Paddock Wood Paddock Wood Tonbridge 33 602

BR Q class no 33040 with a down freight at Paddock Wood Paddock Wood Tonbridge 33 603

BR SECR H class 4-4-0T no 31278 leaves Tonbridge Tonbridge Tonbridge 33 603

BR Std class 5 leads a boat train through Headcorn Headcorn Ashford [Kent] 33 604

Typical staggered platforms at Marden Marden Tonbridge 33 604

Vintage An early view of Ashford station Ashford [Kent] Ashford [Kent] 33 605

BR SECR N class no 31402 with an up freight at Pluckley Pluckley Ashford [Kent] 33 605

BR Ashford D box Ashford [Kent] Ashford [Kent] 33 606

BR Schools no 30908 Westminster nears Ashford station while WC no 34100 Appledore takes water Ashford [Kent] Ashford [Kent] 33 606

BR Ashford station soon after completion of the Kent Coast electrification Ashford [Kent] Ashford [Kent] 33 607

Pacific power on the WCML 33 608

BR No 46221 Queen Elizabeth comes off the 'Mid-day Scot' Carlisle Carlisle 33 608

BR No 46227 Duchess of Devonshire in BR Express green sets off from Preston Preston Preston 33 608

BR Coronation no 46251 City of Nottingham in BR Crimson Lake at Crewe Crewe Crewe 33 609

BR Coronation no 46253 City of St Albans takes water on Dillicar troughs Dillicar Lake District 33 609

BR No 46228 Duchess of Rutland, another 'Red un' Lichfield Birmingham 33 609

BR No 46257 City of Salford gets the road at Euston Euston London 33 609

BR Coronation no 46235 City of Birmingham backs out of Euston Euston London 33 610

BR Coronation no 46243 City of Lancaster at Manchester [London Road] Manchester Manchester 33 610

BR Coronation no 46249 City of Sheffield on the up Postal Aberdeen Aberdeen 33 610

An Electric train set 33 612

BR Ex LNWR vehicles for the Willesden Junction to Earls Court service reused at Morecambe Promenade Morecambe Lancaster 33 612

Vintage Lancs and York's electrification on the Bury to Holcombe brook branch Bury Manchester 33 612

BR The LNER suburban electrification from Liverpool Street to Sheffield went 'live' in 1949 London 33 612

BR An AM10 [later class 310] unit at Leighton Buzzard in 1965 33 613

BR An LNER designed unit on the new 1500v electrification at Glossop in 1954 Glossop Manchester 33 613

BR North London line unit at Camden Road in 1968 Camden Road London 33 613

The Railway at Tutbury part 2 33 614

Vintage Group photo at Tutbury in 1906 Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 614

Vintage North Staffs K class no 8 passes the Nestles factory in 1911 Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 614

Vintage Alabaster for the J K Vanderbilt New Your Palace Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 615

Vintage Great Northern Stirling no 818 at the Nestle factory but going the other way Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 615

Vintage A Peckett R4 0-4-0 saddle tank crosses the River Dove on the industrial line Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 616

Vintage A Leyland type B coke fired lorry used to collect milk for the Nestle factory Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 617

Map; Scropton and Fauld tramways Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 618

LMS The Eastern Counties express behind LNWR Jubilee 4-4-0 no 1923 Agamemnon Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 618

LNER An unidentified LNER Ivatt 4-4-0 at Tutbury in LNER days Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 619

LMS LMS 0-6-0 no 8660 at Tutbury yard Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 619

BR Stanier 20604T no 42561 on a Crewe to Derby train in 1949 Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 620

BR The main line at Tutbury in 1968 with a demonstration 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic loco in the siding Tutbury Burton on Trent 33 621

Trans Pennine transformation 33 622

BR A 'Trans-Pennine' DMU [later class 124] approaches Milnsbridge Milnsbridge Huddersfield 33 622

BR Rebuilt Patriot no 45531 Sir Fredrick Harrison at Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield 33 623

BR Unrebuilt Patriot no 45517 on the Luddendenfoot troughs in 1961 Luddendenfoot Huddersfield 33 623

BR EE Type 4 [class 40] passes Mirfield loco depot Mirfield Huddersfield 33 624

BR B1 no 61337 pilots LMS Crab no 42845 on the approach to Heaton Lodge junction Mirfield Huddersfield 33 625

BR LMS class 5 no 44823 from the top of Sowerby Bridge tunnel Sowerby Bridge Halifax 33 625

BR D244 passes Ripon box with a Liverpool train Ripon Harrogate 33 626

BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no 46437 waits at Manchester Victoria for its next banking duty Manchester Manchester 33 626

BR LMS Jubilee no 45717 Dauntless arrives at Brighouse Brighouse Huddersfield 33 627

BR LMS Jubilee no 45747 Sturdee ready to leave Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield 33 628

BR A Calder Valley DMU [Class 110] at Eastwood Eastwood Halifax 33 629

BR A dirty WD Austerity no 90650 leaves Sowerby Bridge Sowerby Bridge Halifax 33 629

BR Jubilee no 45593 Kolhapur crosses Longwood Viaduct Milnsbridge Huddersfield 33 630

BR Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42116 on the last train to Stockport Bradford Bradford 33 631

BR LMS Jubilee no 45600 Bermuda storms away from Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield 33 631

The Wootton Bridge accident on the LNWR 33 632

Vintage A close up of the collapsed bridge from the east Leek Wootton Warwick 33 632

Vintage Another view this time facing the Warwick direction Leek Wootton Warwick 33 633

Vintage Yet another view this time from the South west Leek Wootton Warwick 33 633

South of Chester 33 634

BR GWR no 6870 Bedicote Grange at Chester Chester Chester 33 634

BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no 46442 at Bala Bala N Wales 33 634

BR A mixed goods behind Black Five no 45277 Gresford Bank Wrexham 33 635

BR GWR 28xx draws a mineral train away from Croes Newydd Bridge Wrexham Wrexham 33 635

BR Crab no 42892 hurries through Wrexham General Wrexham Wrexham 33 636

BR GWR 56xx no 6604 clears Ruabon station Ruabon Wrexham 33 636

BR GWR Hall no 4963 Ragley Hall Wrexham Wrexham 33 636

BR The train waits for the mail delivery Kingsbridge South Devon 33 640

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BR BR Std class 3 no 77016 at Ardrossan Ardrossan Kilmarnock 33 641

The Standard class 3's 77xxx 33 644

BR BR Std class 3 no 77000 at Calverley and Rodley Calverley and Rodley Bradford 33 644

BR BR Std class 3 no 77019 at New Cumnock New Cumnock Kilmarnock 33 644

BR BR Std class 3 no 77003 pilots Class 4 no 76049 on a special at Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Steven Penrith 33 645

BR BR Std class 3 no 77014 at Guildford Guildford Guildford 33 645

BR BR Std class 3 no 77015 at Glenbuck Glenbuck Kilmarnock 33 645

The Middleton in Tees branch 33 646

BR NER G5 no 67273 arrives at Middleton in Teesdale Middleton in Teesdale Barnard Castle 33 646

BR The Middleton in Teesdale branch map Barnard Castle 33 646

BR NER G5 no 67284 leaves Barnard Castle Barnard Castle Darlington 33 647

BR Passengers wait at Cotherstone to board the DMU Cotherstone Barnard Castle 33 647

BR NER G5 no 67258 waits to leave Middleton Middleton in Teesdale Barnard Castle 33 648

BR Ex NER class H no 898 sold to Ord and Maddison in 1929 Middleton in Teesdale Barnard Castle 33 649

BR LNER A8 no 69863 arrives at Romaldkirk Romaldkirk Barnard Castle 33 649

BR BR class 2 no 84028 moves its train past Middleton box Middleton in Teesdale Barnard Castle 33 650

BR Middleton station in 1952 Middleton in Teesdale Barnard Castle 33 650

BR A excursion returns from Middleton behind B1 no 61237 passing Mickleton Mickleton Barnard Castle 33 651

A West Coast racing train of 1888 33 652

Vintage An engraving of the Waverley, LNWR no 806 33 652

Vintage Waverley at Bletchley Bletchley Bletchley 33 652

Vintage Waverley at Manchester Manchester Manchester 33 653

Vintage Caly no 123 33 654

Vintage Plans of P29 Brake third and P16 lavatory tricomposite 33 654

The last four Bass day trips 1911-1914 33 655

Vintage Bass trippers at Blackpool in 1911 [two pictures] Blackpool The Fylde 33 655

Development of breweries in Burton 1831 to 1888 33 655

Vintage Bass trippers at Blackpool in 1911 Blackpool The Fylde 33 656

Burton on Trent station Burton on Trent Burton on Trent 33 656

Vintage The CLC Liverpool Central station Liverpool Merseyside 33 657

View from the upper level of Burton on Trent station Burton on Trent Burton on Trent 33 657

Vintage Bass trippers at Scarborough in 1910 Scarborough Scarborough 33 658

Vintage Day trip to Forge Valley on a charabanc Scarborough Scarborough 33 658

Vintage The Excursion trains lined up in Talbot Road station in 1896 Blackpool Bletchley 33 659

The Southern in Devon through the 1970's 33 660

BR Calstock viaduct with DMU C319 on top Calstock Plymouth 33 660

BR Class 25 pauses at Crediton signal box to drop the single track token. Crediton Exeter 33 660

BR Diagram 1. Southern and GWR networks in Devon 33 661

BR DMU C319 at Bere Alston Bere Alston Plymouth 33 661

BR An unidentified Class 45 passes through Crediton Crediton Exeter 33 662

BR DMU P583 stands at Crediton bound for Barnstaple Crediton Exeter 33 662

BR Class 25 pauses at lonely Morchard Road station Morchard Road Exeter 33 663

BR Hastings Class 203[6B] unit 1033 at the back of a train at Exeter St David's Exeter Exeter 33 664

BR Warship no 831 Monarch passes Exeter Central Box with a freight train Exeter Exeter 33 664

BR A class 31 passes over Cowley Bridge junction Exeter Exeter 33 665

BR DMU P582 enters Lympstone Station Lympstone Exeter 33 665

BR Diagram 2. Southern and GWR networks in Plymouth 33 666

'Odd' Princess out 33 667

LMS LMS No 6202 the 'Turbolocomotive' 33 667

LMS LMS No 6202 the 'Turbolocomotive' enters Euston Euston London 33 667

LMS No 6202 heads past Camden Camden London 33 668

LMS No 6202 showing the left hand side 33 668

LMS No 6202 under repair at Crewe Crewe Crewe 33 668

BR No 46202 after rebuilding Edge Hill Merseyside 33 669

BR No 46202 at Euston during its seven week rebuilt life Euston London 33 669

BR No 6202 became 46202 here at Edge Hill in 1949 Edge Hill Merseyside 33 669

Met and GC stopping trains 33 670

BR Derby built no 42134 at Stoke Mandeville Stoke Mandeville Aylesbury 33 670

BR Fairburn class 4 no 42089 waits at Aylesbury Aylesbury Aylesbury 33 670

BR Derby built no 42281 at Amersham Amersham Amersham 33 671

BR LNER B1 no 61380 on a local stopper 33 671

BR The view north from the footbridge at Wendover Wendover Aylesbury 33 671

Wanderings in the North East 33 672

BR J27 no 65817in Tyne Dock shed Tyne Dock Tyneside 33 672

BR K1 no 62022 on its way to Leamside Leamside Tyneside 33 672

BR Q6 no 63369 at Tyne Dock Tyne Dock Tyneside 33 673

BR Q6 no's 66337 and 63363 pass at Tyne Dock Tyne Dock Tyneside 33 673

BR B1 no 61275 runs into Whitby Town Whitby Whitby 33 674

BR Fairburn class 4 no 42085 at Saltburn Saltburn Middlesborough 33 674

BR J27 no 65842 shunts the branch goods at Woodburn Woodburn Tyneside 33 674

Bodies on the railway 33 675

Bogside signal box Bogside Dunfermline 33 675

Margaretting on the Great Eastern main line Margaretting Chelmsford 33 675

Bexhill station Bexhill Hastings 33 676

Vintage Devizes station in 1912 Devizes Swindon 33 676

Lewes station Lewes Brighton 33 677

Willesden Junction Willesden Junction London 33 677

Carstairs station Carstairs Glasgow 33 678

Hatfield station Hatfield Welwyn 33 678

Merchiston station Edinburgh Edinburgh 33 678

Bridgeton Cross station Glasgow Glasgow 33 679

Officers of the Norfolk Regiment 33 679

Eglington Street Station Glasgow Glasgow 33 680

Folkestone Junction station Folkestone Jn Folkestone 33 680

The railways of Rutland and Stamford part 2 33 681

BR MSLR N5 0-6-2T no 69258 shunts at Stamford East Stamford Stamford 33 681

BR MSLR N5 0-6-2T no 69258 takes its leave of Ryhall and Belmisthorpe Ryhall Stamford 33 681

BR LMS Jubilee no 45667 Jellicoe approaches Manton Manton Oakham 33 682

BR The south end of Manton tunnel Manton Oakham 33 682

BR Class 66 no 66 726 hauls a roadstone train through Oakham Oakham Oakham 33 683

BR GN C12 no 67375 at Stamford East Stamford Stamford 33 684

BR Harringworth viaduct Harringworth Stamford 33 684

BR Stamford [Town] station showing the Peterborough platforms Stamford Stamford 33 685

BR Midland 2P no 40542 arrives at Manton Manton Oakham 33 686

BR LMS 4F no 44097 takes water at Seaton Seaton Stamford 33 687

BR N5 no 69327 joins the ECML at Essendine Essendine Stamford 33 687

The railway at Shireoaks, Worksop and Rhodesia 33 688

BR 55 milepost Shireoaks Sheffield 33 688

BR Woodend Junction box exterior in 1979 Woodend Jn. Sheffield 33 688

BR Woodend Junction box interior the same day Woodend Jn. Sheffield 33 688

BR A Great Central 'Beware of the trains' Shireoaks Sheffield 33 689

BR Part of the local timetable 33 689

BR The new box at Shireoaks in 1997 Shireoaks Sheffield 33 689

BR Two 08 shunters known as Pinky and Perky push a brakevan past Woodend Junction box Woodend Jn. Sheffield 33 689

Electrfying Merseyside 33 690

A Mersey Railway electric train motor car BFO no 28410 leading Birkenhead Merseyside 33 690

Part of a Liverpool overhead railway poster Liverpool Merseyside 33 690

A Lancs and York's train at Blundell sands and Crosby station Crosby Merseyside 33 691

Liverpool tram no 958 on Lime St in 1957 Liverpool Merseyside 33 691

An LoR train crosses a bridge at Pier Head Liverpool Merseyside 33 692

LoR motor car no 9 at Seaford Sands Seaford Sands Merseyside 33 692

BR A 1956 class 503 driving trailer no 29153 at Rock ferry Rock Ferry Merseyside 33 693

LMS A train of new 1939 stock Merseyside 33 693

BR An LMS 502 unit leaves Liverpool Exchange Liverpool Merseyside 33 693

Highland moments 33 694

BR A class 26 leaves Strathcarron Strathcarron Highlands 33 694

BR Class 26 no 5337 arrives at Lairg Lairg Highlands 33 694

BR The train travels along the side of Loch Dughaill Loch Dughaill Highlands 33 694

BR Unloading a train across the tracks at Strathcarron Strathcarron Highlands 33 694

Calmac's Loch Arkaig comes in to the Kyle of Lochalsh Kyle of Lochalsh Highlands 33 695

From Road to rail; Exercises in Technology transfer Part 1 33 696

Vintage Trevithick's road locomotive of 1801 33 696

Working replica of the 'Puffin Devil' Cambourne Redruth 33 696

An 1830 possible view of London's traffic 33 697

Richard Trevithick's second road locomotive of 1803 33 697

Gurney road tug 33 698

Gurney steam carriage 33 698

Artist's impression of Bruton's mechanical horse 33 699

Bruton's mechanical horse 33 699

Suggested modifications to Bruton's mechanical horse 33 699

Thomas Grey; Tweedmouth's railway poet 33 700

Musings on the footplate, Poems by Thomas Grey 33 700

Thomas Grey c1899 33 700

LNER The locomotive facilities at Tweedmouth in the 1930's Tweedmouth Berwick on Tweed 33 701

The Tweedmouth war memorial Tweedmouth Berwick on Tweed 33 701

BR A DMU calls at the Rowntree's Halt in 1984 York York 33 704

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GWR GWR 47xx class no 4706 passes West Ealing Ealing London 33 705

The survival of the 'Far north' line 33 708

BR A fine floral display at Georgemas Junction Georgemas Jn. Highlands 33 708

BR LMS class 5 no 44783 stands in Wick station Wick Highlands 33 708

BR BRCW type 2 [later class 27] stands at Thurso station with a Post Office van on the platform Thurso Highlands 33 709

BR The Duke of Sutherland's private station at Dunrobin Castle Dunrobin Castle Highlands 33 709

LMS Highland Railway Clan Goods no 17953 at Inverness in 1947 Inverness Inverness 33 710

BR Kyle of Lochalsh station Kyle of Lochalsh Highlands 33 710

BR LMS class 5 no 45483 meets a Brush type 2 [later class 31] at Tain Tain Highlands 33 711

BR Caly 439 class no 55162 brings the Thurso train into Georgemas Jn. Georgemas Jn. Highlands 33 712

BR Delny station Delny Highlands 33 712

BR Fearn station Fearn Highlands 33 713

BR Kyle of Lochalsh station Kyle of Lochalsh Highlands 33 713

BR Class 26 takes its train across the Caledonian canal Clachnaharry Highlands 33 714

Marylebone collisions 33 715

Vintage Marylebone in the early 20th century Marylebone London 33 715

BR Upper and lower quadrant signals on the same post Marylebone London 33 715

LNER Great Central C4 no 6091 en route for Amersham London 33 716

LNER Great Central A5 no 5024 33 717

Wembley Hill station frontage Wembley Hill London 33 717

BR A B1 waits to leave as a class 115 DMU arrives Marylebone London 33 718

BR B1 no 61008 Kudu backs out for servicing Marylebone London 33 719

BR Black Five no 44936 waits to leave Marylebone London 33 719

At Peterborough 33 720

BR A3 no 60103 Flying Scotsman at Peterborough North [now gust Peterborough] Peterborough Peterborough 33 720

LNER Great Uncle Robert's locomotive, Stirling No 1 Peterborough Peterborough 33 720

BR A3 no 60047 waits to leave Peterborough Peterborough 33 721

BR B1 no 61362 at Peterborough East Peterborough Peterborough 33 721

BR A4 no 60010 Dominion of Canada meets A4 no 60013 Dominion of New Zealand Peterborough Peterborough 33 722

BR N2/4 no 69571 passes the North box on station pilot duty Peterborough Peterborough 33 722

BR V2 Green Arrow no 60800 ready to leave Peterborough with an express freight Peterborough Peterborough 33 722

BR A4 no 60003 Andrew K. McCosh Peterborough Peterborough 33 723

BR LMS class 5 no 45308 visits from Northampton Peterborough Peterborough 33 723

The Iron Horse 33 724

Cartoon; Show your ticket 33 724

Cartoon; The Iron Hourse 33 724

Cartoon; Caught in the act 33 725

Cartoon; Mrs Durby changes a locomotive 33 726

Cartoon; Looking out ahead 33 727

Cartoon; Sam and Gertie in the Signal box 33 727

The Midland Compounds 33 728

Vintage Compound no 1000 on the Settle and Carlisle Armathwaite Settle and Carlisle 33 728

LMS Crimson Rambler no 1119 Crewe Crewe 33 728

LMS Compound no 1169 at Rugby Rugby Rugby 33 729

LMS Compound no 1191 pilots LNWR Claughton no 6014 Kenton London 33 729

LMS Compound no 1091 nears St Pancras St. Pancras London 33 730

LMS Compound no 1121 leaves Manchester London Road Manchester Manchester 33 730

LMS Compound no 1023 at Bristol Temple Meads Bristol Bristol 33 731

BR No 40921 at Perth in the 1950's at the head of a Ladybank train Perth Perth 33 731

LMS Compound no 1050 heads a down express at Halesowen Junction Halesowen Birmingham 33 732

LMS Compound no 1138 is the train engine on an express to Carlisle at St. Enoch Glasgow Glasgow 33 732

LMS Compound no 1118 nears Llandudno Llandudno Llandudno 33 733

BR Compound no 41176 pilots LMS class 5 no 44999 at Stonehaven Stonehaven Aberdeen 33 733

BR Compound no 41090 pilots LMS class 'Patriot' no 45522 Prestatyn at Tring Tring Aylesbury 33 734

BR Compound no 41096 leaves Lincoln St Marks Lincoln Lincoln 33 735

BR Compound no 41139 at Bellahousten Glasgow Glasgow 33 735

The nine 'Bright Shiners', the GWR 47xx class 33 736

BR 47xx no 4704 at Old Oak Common Old Oak Common London 33 736

BR 47xx no 4707 leaving Swindon Swindon Swindon 33 736

BR 47xx no 4700 passes through Warwick with a freight train Warwick Warwick 33 737

BR 47xx no 4704 at Newton Abbot Newton Abbott S Devon 33 737

BR 47xx no 4705 leaves Paddington Paddington London 33 737

Thoughts from inside and outside the box 33 738

BR LMS class 5 no 44680 nears Harecastle tunnel Harecastle Stoke on Trent 33 738

BR LMS Royal Scot no 46142 The York and Lancaster Regiment on Whitmore troughs Whitmore Stoke on Trent 33 738

BR BR Std class 4 no 75035 nears the site of the closed Chatterley station Chatterley Stoke on Trent 33 739

BR LMS 8F no 48766 near Whitmore Whitmore Stoke on Trent 33 739

BR Alsanger East signal box Alsanger Stoke on Trent 33 740

Table GCR and BR services from Seacombe Merseyside 33 740

BR LMS class 4 no 45224 with an up freight that includes a dead D2519 Diesel shunter Harecastle Stoke on Trent 33 741

BR Coronation no 46223 Princess Alice takes water from Whitmore troughs Whitmore Stoke on Trent 33 742

BR A class 304 EMU leaves Kidsgrove Kidsgrove Stoke on Trent 33 743

BR Kidsgrove Central station and the junction signal box Kidsgrove Stoke on Trent 33 743

The GCR and LNER on the mid-Wirral line 33 744

LNER A 1939 view of Bidston station Bidston Merseyside 33 744

Map; the Great Central on the Wirral Merseyside 33 744

LNER GCR class 9K [LNER C13] no 5191 near Neston and Parkgate station Neston and Parkgate Merseyside 33 745

BR Upton station in 1960 Upton Merseyside 33 745

LNER GCR class 3 [LNER F1] no 5598 at Bidston shed with an LMS 3F Bidston Merseyside 33 746

BR GCR class 9F [LNER N5] no 69290 at Burton Point Burton Point Merseyside 33 747

LNER GCR class 9K [LNER C13] no 7429 waits to leave Seacombe and Egremont station Seacombe Merseyside 33 747

BR GCR class 9L [LNER C14] no 67442 has just left Bidston station Bidston Merseyside 33 748

BR GCR class 9F [LNER N5] no 69339 at Bidston shed Bidston Merseyside 33 749

Sir Brian Inspects 33 750

BR Sir Brian at Euston with a formally dressed station master Euston London 33 750

BR Sir Brian chats to Mrs Megan Cooke at the Crewe enquiry counter Crewe Crewe 33 750

BR Sir Brian is shown a model of the new Coventry station Coventry Coventry 33 750

BR Sir Brian leaves his 'special' at Stoke freight terminal Stoke Stoke on Trent 33 751

BR Sir Brian talks to the crew of the Jinty on station pilot duty Liverpool Merseyside 33 751

BR Sir Brian walks round the freight terminal Stoke Stoke on Trent 33 751

BR Sir Brian inspects the new Westinghouse console in the signal box Manchester Manchester 33 752

BR Sir Brian is met at Manchester Central station Manchester Manchester 33 752

BR Sir Brian moves on to Piccadilly Manchester Manchester 33 752

BR Sir Brian at the Derby works training school Derby Derby 33 753

BR Sir Brian at the Huskisson Freight terminal Liverpool Merseyside 33 753

BR Sir Brian plays with the Westinghouse - Garad multiprinter at Piccadilly Manchester Manchester 33 753

BR Sir Brian speaks to the flagman that escorts him to the box Manchester Manchester 33 753

The 'Marquess' goes out 33 754

LNER K4 no 3442 'The Great Marquess' on a tour at Norwood Junction Norwood London 33 754

LNER K4 no 3442 'The Great Marquess' on an RCTS tour at Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland 33 754

LNER K4 no 3442 'The Great Marquess' on an RCTS tour at Grassington Grassington Harrogate 33 754

The Railways round Firsby [Lincs] 33 755

Diagram; Lines round Firsby Firsby Skegness 33 755

BR Firsby station in 1970 Firsby Skegness 33 755

Map; Lines on the central Lincolnshire coast Skegness 33 755

BR Somersault signals at Firsby Firsby Skegness 33 756

BR The interior of Firsby signal box Firsby Skegness 33 756

LNER LNER D2 no 2154 rumbles through Firsby Firsby Skegness 33 757

BR LNER B1 no 61050 passes the Firsby box and level crossing Firsby Skegness 33 758

BR LNER B1 no 61107 passes Firsby North box Firsby Skegness 33 759

BR LNER B1 no 61210 passes Firsby East junction box Firsby Skegness 33 759

San Pareil; After Rainhill 33 760

Vintage A early but inaccurate rendering of San Pareil 33 760

Vintage Timothy Hackworth 33 760

Vintage What is left of the original San Pareil with later upgrades at the NRM Shildon Shildon Bishop Auckland 33 761

Working replicas of Rocket and San Pareil cross Liverpool Road Manchester Manchester 33 761

Another way to Liverpool 33 762

BR Dunham Massey hosts the 'push-pull'. Dunham Massey Merseyside 33 762

BR LMS class 3 no 2 leaves Timperley Timperley Manchester 33 762

LMS Lymm station in 1947 Lymm Merseyside 33 762

'The Eastern Belle' 33 763

LNER B12/1 no 8552 heads the Eastern Belle 33 763

Rolling stock focus 33 764

BR The North Wales Radio Cruise Train at Aberdovey Aberdovey Mid Wales 33 764

BR Two road oil tanker trailers on a specially designed truck 33 764

BR GWR 47xx no 4705 at Tiverton Junction in 1962 Tiverton Tiverton 33 768

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