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Back Track Magazine Volume No.34

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Number 1 January 2020

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BR Merchant Navy no 35003 Royal Mail sets off from Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth 34 1

Up and down Snowdon 34 4

No 4 Snowdon near the halfway station Snowdon N. Wales 34 4

No 6 Padarn shunting at Llanberis Llanberis N. Wales 34 4

No 3 Wydffa chugs past Clogwyn Snowdon N. Wales 34 5

No 4 Snowdon crosses the Upper Viaduct with the café supplies train Snowdon N. Wales 34 5

No 6 Padarn leaves Clogwyn Snowdon N. Wales 34 5

The G5 tanks 34 6

LNER G5 no 2085 outside Whitby shed Whitby Whitby 34 6

BR G5 no 67343 at Sleights Sleights Whitby 34 6

Vintage G5 no 568 enters Croft Spa station Croft Spa Darlington 34 7

BR G5 no 67253 at Pateley Bridge Pateley Bridge Harrogate 34 7

BR G5 no 67320 at Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Darlington 34 8

Table 1; power G5 v DMU 34 8

Table 2; Two runs Whitby-Malton 34 8

BR G5 no 67253 runs into Dacre Dacre Harrogate 34 9

BR G5 no 67253 takes the Pateley Bridge branch Ripley Harrogate 34 9

Table 3; A run from Leeds to Harrogate 34 9

BR G5 no 67339 arrives at Monkseaton Monkseaton Tyneside 34 10

Table 4; A run from Knaresborough to York 34 10

Table 5; A run from Durham to Bishop Auckland 34 10

BR G5 no 67246 with overflowing tanks at Durham Durham Durham 34 11

BR G5 no 67253 at Pateley Bridge Pateley Bridge Harrogate 34 11

Leith, Britain's first Diesel Depot? 34 12

BR A Metro-Cammell DMU [later class 101] Leith Edinburgh 34 12

BR The fuel storage area at Leith Central Leith Edinburgh 34 12

BR Birmingham RCW DMU [later class 26] Leith Edinburgh 34 13

BR The cleaning staff pose in front of a Gloucester RC&W DMU [later class 100] Leith Edinburgh 34 14

BR A cleaning crew Leith Edinburgh 34 15

BR Maintenance staff working on a Swindon built 'Inter City' DMU pause to pose for a photographer Leith Edinburgh 34 15

BR The staff mess room Leith Edinburgh 34 16

BR Two local railway men at Leith Central Leith Edinburgh 34 16

BR GNoS no 49 Gordon Highlander visits Leith with a special, 13 years after closure Leith Edinburgh 34 17

The City widened lines and Thameslink; part 1 34 18

Map of the Metropolitan Railway showing the widened lines and main connections 1914 London London 34 18

Engraving of the Holborn Viaduct 1872 Holborn London 34 19

LT Table 1; Route miles of the Metropolitan extension and widened lines 1914 London London 34 19

LT The Aldersgate and Barbican elliptical roof Aldersgate London 34 20

LT The Ray Street gridiron fly under Farringdon London 34 20

LT Farringdon Station with signs old and new Farringdon London 34 21

Vintage SE&CR Holborn Viaduct Hotel frontage Holborn London 34 21

LT Aldersgate & Barbican with a 'flared; train heading east Aldersgate London 34 22

Vintage Holborn Viaduct station Holborn London 34 22

BR Holborn Viaduct station with some platform extensions in 1964 Holborn London 34 22

BR A class 31 lugs its train up the Ray Street dip in 1976 Farringdon London 34 23

LT Temporary features still at Moorgate station in 1959 with an LMS class 3 Fowler no 40024 Moorgate London 34 23

Goole's railways 1836-1910 34 24

BR 1943 ambition's map Farringdon London 34 24

Map; Railways to Goole Goole Doncaster 34 25

BR Pug' no 51222 Goole Doncaster 34 25

BR A continuation of the Dutch River bridge over the Aire and Calder canal Goole Doncaster 34 26

BR The bridge over the Dutch River Goole Doncaster 34 26

LNER Ex NER Q6 no 2246 runs through Goole Goole Doncaster 34 27

LNER SS Rother Goole Doncaster 34 28

BR Ex LYR no 12, Pug no 51241 draws vans across a dock's road Goole Doncaster 34 29

BR A three coach DMU waits for its path Goole Doncaster 34 30

BR Goole station Goole Doncaster 34 31

Vintage SS Equity Goole Doncaster 34 31

Southern Holidays 34 32

BR Merchant Navy no 35007 Aberdeen Commonwealth takes water at Southampton Southampton Southampton 34 32

BR No 34013 Okehampton at Eastleigh shed Eastleigh Eastleigh 34 32

BR BR class 4 no 75035 leaves Eastleigh with a freight train passing no 76033 in the background Eastleigh Eastleigh 34 33

BR WC no 34019 Bideford in original form at Winchester Winchester Winchester 34 33

BR Rebuilt BoB no 34090 'Sir Eustace Missenden, Southern Railway' Southampton Southampton 34 34

BR WC no 34015 Exmouth in original form at Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth 34 34

BR Rebuilt WC no 34001 Exeter derailed outside Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth 34 35

BR Rebuilt WC no 34026 Yes Tor on the Bournemouth turntable Bournemouth Bournemouth 34 35

The RMS Queen Mary steams down Southampton Water Southampton Southampton 34 35

The stations at Wellingborough 34 36

BR BR Std class 2 no 84006 leaves Midland Road station Wellingborough Kettering 34 36

BR London Road station on the LNWR route to Peterborough Wellingborough Kettering 34 36

BR LMS Beyer-Garratt no 47969 on the spur to the Midland main line Wellingborough Kettering 34 37

LMS Midland 1P no 1246 with the Higham Ferrers branch train in 1937 Wellingborough Kettering 34 37

BR The level crossing at London Road station Wellingborough Kettering 34 38

BR Wellingborough Station signal box Wellingborough Kettering 34 38

BR Class 45 no 45 101 leaves Wellingborough Wellingborough Kettering 34 39

BR The exterior of the former Midland station Wellingborough Kettering 34 39

BR Wellingborough Junction signal box Wellingborough Kettering 34 39

Merry-go-round coal hauling 34 40

BR Class 58 no 58 026 takes the middle road through Crewe Crewe Crewe 34 40

BR Class 66 no 66 045 approaches the Kirkstall loop Leeds Leeds 34 40

BR Class 66 no 66 053 draws its train through the unloading unit Drax York 34 40

Shades of old Euston 34 43

BR Euston station from the air as it once was Euston London 34 43

LMS Trains loading at Platforms 12 and 11 in 1947 Euston London 34 43

BR Passengers wait on Platform 14 Euston London 34 44

BR Publicity photo from 1949 Euston London 34 44

BR Cabs by Platform 2 Euston London 34 45

BR Eversholt street Euston London 34 45

BR The station roof Euston London 34 45

The LSWR Turnchapel branch 1897-1961 34 46

Southern LSWR Adams Radial T1 no 17 at Friary Friary Plymouth 34 46

Southern LSWR O2 no 177 passes Friary shed Friary Plymouth 34 46

Southern LSWR O2 no 200 leaves Lucus Terrace Lucus Terrace Plymouth 34 47

Southern LSWR O2 no 218 crosses Hooe Lake Hooe Lake Plymouth 34 47

Map from Plymouth Steam 1954-63 Plymouth Plymouth 34 47

Southern LSWR O2 no 207 waits to leave Turnchapel Turnchapel Plymouth 34 48

Southern LSWR O2 no 233 crosses the swing bridge before Turnchapel Turnchapel Plymouth 34 48

GWR GWR 43xx no 5321 on the turntable at Friary shed Friary Plymouth 34 49

Southern LSWR O2 no 218 on a local push-pull Plymouth Plymouth 34 49

BR RCTS special with O2 30182 on the train at Plymstock with GWR pannier no 6420 waiting to take over Plymstock Plymouth 34 50

Southern The oil tank fire on Nov 28th 1940 Plymouth Plymouth 34 50

BR Looking north to Cattewater Junction Plymouth Plymouth 34 51

BR A forlorn Oreston station Oreston Plymouth 34 52

From Road to Rail; Exercises in Technology transfer Part 2 34 53

Vintage Drawing, Timothy Burstall's locomotive Perseverance 34 53

Vintage Drawing, Timothy Burstall's steam road carriage 34 53

Vintage Dr Church's steam carriage. 34 54

Vintage Dr Church's steam Juggernaut 34 54

Vintage Dr Church's railway locomotive 'Surprise' 34 55

Vintage Tombstones in Bromsgrove churchyard to the driver and fireman of 'Surprise' Bromsgrove Birmingham 34 55

Vintage An artist's impression of the Rainhill trials 34 56

Vintage William Henry James steam road carriage 34 56

Vintage William Henry James steam road 'tug' 34 56

Signalling Spotlight 34 57

BR The block instruments Hammerton York 34 57

BR The ten lever frame at Hammerton Hammerton York 34 57

BR The Tyler's key token instrument Hammerton York 34 57

Tickets for bathers and curlers 34 58

Vintage Broughy Ferry station Broughy Ferry Dundee 34 58

Vintage Granton station Granton Edinburgh 34 58

Vintage Victorian bathing facilities 34 59

BR West Ferry station West Ferry Dundee 34 59

Vintage A Victorian bather 34 60

BR Carnoustie station Carnoustie Dundee 34 60

Vintage Greenwich station Greenwich London 34 60

A 19th century illustration of curlers on a pond 34 61

Vintage Lochwinnoch station in the early 20th century Lochwinnoch Glasgow 34 61

Vintage West Bay station [which still stands with about 100 metres of track, closed and detached from the main line] West Bay Lyme Regis 34 61

BR LMS class 5 no 45346 leaves Skipton Skipton Settle and Carlisle 34 64

Number 2 February 2020

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BR B1 no 61211 leaves Retford for Lincoln in 58 Retford Retford 34 65

More mixed freight 34 68

BR BR 9F no 92039 takes its train through Stevenage Stevenage Stevenage 34 68

BR LMS class 5 no 45181on the approach to Carnforth Carnforth Carnforth 34 68

BR O1 no 63760 at Deerness Valley junction with a coal train Durham Durham 34 68

BR BRCW type 3 no D6528 with Q1 no 33006 alongside Woking Woking 34 69

BR LMS Stanier no 42439 with ballast wagons passes the abandoned Oxenholme shed Oxenholme Lake District 34 69

BR WD Austerity no 90721 at Wakefield Kirkgate Wakefield Wakefield 34 69

In praise of Moguls; part 1 34 70

Vintage An American built Midland Railway Mogul no 2526 Cudworth Barnsley 34 70

GWR GWR 43xx no 7321 at Patchway in the mid 30s Patchway Bristol 34 70

Vintage Caly 34 class no 37 34 71

LMS G&SWR 16 class as LMS no 17822 Gretna Gretna 34 71

BR K2/2 nos 61789 Loch Laidon and 61790 Loch Lomond on the Mallaig to Fort William 'express'. Inverlochy Fort William 34 72

LNER K3 no 186 passes Grantham in 1933 Grantham Grantham 34 72

BR K4 no 61995 Cameron of Lochiel leaves Fort William Fort William Fort William 34 73

BR Peppercorn K1 no 62008 runs through York York York 34 73

The 'Postal' 34 74

BR Carstairs track layout Carstairs Carstairs 34 74

BR Class 26 no 26 029 arrives at Carstairs with the postal from Aberdeen Carstairs Carstairs 34 74

BR The Glasgow portion of the Up West Coast Postal passes Motherwell behind a class 86 Motherwell Glasgow 34 74

BR NSX sorting van no M80329 Carstairs Carstairs 34 75

BR The interior of NSX no 80382 now at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Falkirk Falkirk 34 75

BR NUX rake stowage van no M80456 Carstairs Carstairs 34 76

BR The joined Glasgow and Aberdeen portions ready to leave for the south Carstairs Carstairs 34 76

Railways and the Turf; the formative years 34 77

Vintage Epsom Downs station on Derby Day 1907 Epsom Downs London 34 77

Vintage Postcard, Doncaster frontage of the Great Northern Station Doncaster Doncaster 34 77

Vintage Newmarket's second station in 1902 Newmarket Newmarket 34 78

Towcester station Towcester Northampton 34 78

Vintage L&Y Aintree Racecourse station sign in the early 1900s Aintree Liverpool 34 79

Vintage L&Y Atlantic no 1405 passing the York Racecourse platforms York York 34 79

Vintage L&Y Aintree Racecourse station Aintree Liverpool 34 80

Vintage LOR electric train no 23 arrives at Aintree in the 1930s Aintree Liverpool 34 80

GWR Newbury Racecourse and station under construction Newbury Newbury 34 81

Saddle tanks on the GWR 34 82

GWR 0-4-0ST no 96 was a veteran from the Birkenhead Railway 34 82

GWR 0-6-0ST no 1337 purchased from the liquidators of the Hook Norton Ironstone Partnership in 1904 34 82

GWR 0-6-0ST no 2194 Kidwelly inherited from the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley railway in 1903 34 82

A GWR Swindon built 0-6-0ST in 1886 no 1670 of the 1661 class 34 83

GWR Another GWR build but at Wolverhampton, no 45 0-4-0 ST worked mainly at Wrexham Wrexham Wrexham 34 83

Vintage GWR 0-6-0ST became no 1385 when the GWR took over the Whitland and Cardigan Railway 34 83

The splendour that was the single wheeler; part 1 34 84

Vintage GWR broad gauge 4-2-0 no 2002 rebuilt from a Bristol and Exeter 4-2-4T 34 84

Vintage GWR no 3070 Earl of Warwick in pre WW1 condition 34 84

Vintage An oil painting of GWR class 4-2-2 no 3047 Lorna Doone 34 85

Vintage GWR 4-2-2 no 3056 Wilkinson Widney Manor Birmingham 34 85

Vintage Caly 4-2-2 no 123 as built 34 86

Vintage Hand tinted photo of Caly 4-2-2 no 123 in a later guise 34 86

LMS Caly 4-2-2 no 123 as LMS no 14014 34 87

Vintage Hand tinted postcard of GN 4-2-2 no 1007 34 87

Vintage GN 4-2-2 at York York York 34 88

Vintage GN Stirling no 1 [my great uncle Robert was its first driver, chosen by Stirling himself] York York 34 89

Ireland GNoI 4-2-2 no 88 Victoria 34 89

Vintage Hand painted photograph of Midland Railway 4-2-2 no 116 34 90

Vintage Midland 4-2-2 no 644 Derby Derby 34 90

1966; Reflections on a spotter's travels 34 91

BR Closure day at Bath [Green Park] shed Bath Bath 34 91

BR WC no 34001 Exeter is far from home Banbury Banbury 34 91

BR LMS 2-6-2T no 41249 at Templecombe Templecombe Yeovil 34 92

BR WC no 34017 Ilfracombe brews up at Brighton Brighton Brighton 34 92

BR LMS Fairburn 2-6-2Ts nos 42052 and 42093 at Manningham Bradford Bradford 34 93

BR NBR J37 no 64547 at Dundee Dundee Dundee 34 93

BR Britannia no 70004 William Shakespeare waits at Westbury Westbury Bath 34 94

BR LMS 5MT 45247 at Chester rescuing a failed DMU Chester Chester 34 94

BR Britannia no 70027 [formerly Rising Star] in the Calder Valley Halifax 34 95

B1's; the LNER's class 5 4-6-0s 34 96

BR B1 no 61074 shines in the sun at Grantham Grantham Grantham 34 96

BR B1 no 61262 on a train of coal empties Wormit Dundee 34 96

BR B1 no 61118 at Perth Perth Perth 34 97

BR B1 no 61190 hurries away from Retford Retford Retford 34 97

BR B1 no 61033 on the Woodhead route 34 98

BR B1 no 61203 pollutes the atmosphere as it leaves March March March 34 98

BR B1 no 61258 coupled with a coal weighing tender at Sheffield Victoria Sheffield Sheffield 34 98

BR B1 no 61221 Sir Erskine Hall leaves Perth Perth Perth 34 99

BR B1 no 61251 Sir Oliver Bury at Grantham Grantham Grantham 34 99

Freight on the Underground 34 100

BR A meat train from the Western region for Smithfield's behind a 57xx 0-6-0T Farringdon London 34 100

LT The Chiltern Court freight at Baker Street behind electric locomotive no 16 Baker Street London 34 100

LT A Metropolitan K class no 113 at the end of the LT line Verney Junction Buckingham 34 101

BR A BTH type 1 [class 15] with a freight at East Finchley East Finchley London 34 102

GWR GWR 633 class no 643 with condensing apparatus Old Oak Common London 34 102

LT Ex Metropolitan 0-6-0T LT no30 at Kensington Olympia Kensington London 34 103

BR An LMS 'Jinty' shunting at High Street Kensington Kensington London 34 104

BR GN condenser fitted N2 class no 69848 Finchley Central London 34 104

LT Mural at Wapping showing an F stock train leaving and a BR freight entering the Thames Tunnel Wapping London 34 105

Irish diesel traction 34 106

Ireland A Metro-Vick-Crossley Co-Co locomotive of the A class noA38 Ireland 34 106

Ireland Irish diesel no B112, an A1A-A1A locomotive built by the BRCW Ireland 34 106

Ireland Ex GNoI diesel railcar C612N runs into Dublin Dublin Ireland 34 107

Ireland The smaller C 550hp engined class no C215 Ireland 34 107

Ireland An AEC bus on rails Inchicore Ireland 34 108

Ireland GNoI AEC/Park Royal railcar no 600 Macmine Junction Ireland 34 108

The railway and deep water Humber terminal that never was! 34 109

An O/S map showing the proposed route of the Sunk Island line and the site of the pier East Riding Yorkshire 34 109

Hawkings point showing the site of the pier East Riding Yorkshire 34 109

A more detailed NER map East Riding Yorkshire 34 110

The site of the proposed junction for the Sunk Island line East Riding Yorkshire 34 111

Scarborough engine shed and its locomotives; part 1 34 112

LNER An LNER plan of 1932 Scarborough Scarborough 34 112

Vintage O/S map of 1852 showing the original YNMR shed and six staff cottages Scarborough Scarborough 34 112

Vintage The only known photo of the York and North Midland shed see in 1905 Scarborough Scarborough 34 113

Vintage Class A6 no 693 was a rebuild from class W 4-6-0T Scarborough Scarborough 34 114

Vintage Scarborough shed in the early days of the 20th century Scarborough Scarborough 34 114

BR A8 Pacifics nos 68967, 69877 and 69885 in store Scarborough Scarborough 34 115

BR J94 0-6-0T no 68061 Scarborough Scarborough 34 115

BR Engines in store in the winter of 1952 Scarborough Scarborough 34 116

BR Pacific tank no 69886 with a train of empties in the early 1950's Scarborough Scarborough 34 116

Vintage Tables 1 to 4 from the April 1910 Bradshaw's guide with details of Scarborough services Scarborough Scarborough 34 117

BR Austerity 2-8-0 no 90030 brings a train past the excursion platforms Scarborough Scarborough 34 118

BR Three class A2/3 Pacifics in store, no 60516 Hycilla, no 60522 Straight Deal and no 60515 Sun Stream Scarborough Scarborough 34 118

BR D49 no 62739 smokes its way past the engine shed Scarborough Scarborough 34 119

BR Ivatt class 4 no 43124 seen on the same day as the Austerity on the previous page Scarborough Scarborough 34 119

BR LMS Crab no 42763 on an excursion train Scarborough Scarborough 34 119

The Holywell Town branch 34 120

Vintage Holywell station opens for business in July 1912 Holywell Deeside 34 120

Vintage LNWR Radial tank no 2512 at Holywell Junction station Holywell Junction Deeside 34 120

Map; Holywell Town branch Deeside 34 121

Vintage St. Winefride's Halt St. Winefride's Deeside 34 121

Vintage The Miles-Daimler motor bus 1905 Deeside 34 121

BR Ivatt 2-6-2T no 41276 at Holywell Town station Holywell Deeside 34 122

LMS Timetable May 31st to July 5th 1936 Deeside 34 122

BR LMS no 41270 in Holywell Town goods yard Holywell Deeside 34 123

BR Holywell Town station site Holywell Deeside 34 124

BR Ivatt 2-6-2T no 41276 at Holywell Junction station Holywell Junction Deeside 34 124

BR A transpennine class 124 calls at Diggle station Diggle Peak District 34 128

Number 3 March 2020

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BR LMS 5MT 42939 waits at Rugby Rugby Rugby 34 129

To the Channel and beyond 34 132

BR EWS class 66 no 66 016 at the western end of the new Medway Bridge Cuxton Rochester 34 132

BR EWS class 66 nos 66 076 and 097 at the eastern end of the North Down tunnel Maidstone Maidstone 34 132

BR D8188 [later 20 188] on a wiring train at Tutt Hill Charing Ashford 34 133

BR EWS class 66 nos 66 552 and 529 with empty ballast wagons near Southfleet Southfleet Dartford 34 133

BR Freightliner class 66 nos 66 531 and 529 top and tail a ballast train Ashford Ashford 34 133

Colwick: where coal was king! Part 1 34 134

Map, Nottingham colliery lines Nottingham 34 134

Vintage Colwick shed in GNR days Colwick Nottingham 34 134

BR Ex GC O4, O1 class no 63777 34 135

BR Stanier 8F no 48370 at Market Harborough Market Harborough Kettering 34 135

BR Class )4/8 no 63644 passing through Victoria Nottingham Nottingham 34 136

BR GCR J11 no 64397 Colwick Nottingham 34 137

BR GNR J6 no 64273 in Victoria station Nottingham Nottingham 34 138

BR GNR A5 no 69801 in Victoria station Nottingham Nottingham 34 139

BR WD Austerity no 90000 Colwick Nottingham 34 139

BR LMS 4MT no 43065 Colwick Nottingham 34 140

Oxfordshire's railways 34 141

BR GWR Modified Hall no 7921 Edstone Hall at Oxford with a train of Southern region coaches Oxford Oxford 34 141

Western Region routes in the 50's Oxford 34 141

BR LMS Royal Scot no 46118 in the rebuilt Banbury station in 1962 Banbury Banbury 34 142

Vintage Oxford GW station c1910 Oxford Oxford 34 142

BR GWR Modified Hall no 6969 Wraysbury Hall with a down freight at Wolvercote Junction Wolvercote Oxford 34 143

Vintage LSWR T9 no 118 with a train for Bournemouth Oxford Oxford 34 143

BR GWR 14xx no 1444 with the Wallingford branch train at Cholsey and Moulsford Cholsey Wallingford 34 144

BR GWR Castle no 7005 Sir Edward Elgar picks up water on the Charlbury troughs Charlbury Chipping Norton 34 144

BR An unidentified Castle with a LNWR G2a no 49350 at Oxford GW shed Oxford Oxford 34 145

Vintage Steventon railway station in the 1900's Steventon Didcot 34 145

BR Abingdon station in the 1960's Abingdon Abingdon 34 146

BR LMS class 5 no 45493 passes under the Aynho junction flyover Aynho Banbury 34 146

BR GWR Collett no 1444 at Wallingford Wallingford Wallingford 34 147

BR GWR King no 6029 King Edward VIII Banbury Banbury 34 147

BR Thame station in 1959 Thame Oxford 34 147

BR GWR 74xx no 7412 no 7412 at Witney station in 1962 Witney Oxford 34 148

BR The frontage of the LNWR's Rewley Road station in LMS days Oxford Oxford 34 148

BR Horspath Halt in Jan 1963 Horspath Oxford 34 149

BR Littlemore station in the 1900's Littlemore Oxford 34 149

Newton le willows 1830-1910 34 150

BR Rails to Earlestown [Newton le Willows] Newton le Willows Warrington 34 150

BR Reputed to be the world's first viaduct, the Sankey Viaduct Newton le Willows Warrington 34 150

Vintage An early view of Parkside station Newton le Willows Warrington 34 151

Vintage An early view of Newton le Willows station Newton le Willows Warrington 34 152

Vintage Earlestown Junction station in LNWR days Newton le Willows Warrington 34 152

BR Newton viaduct Newton le Willows Warrington 34 152

BR Earlestown Junction station in 1949 with a LNWR Webb 2-4-2T no 2260 Newton le Willows Warrington 34 153

BR LNWR class G2A no 49249 crossing Haydock Crossing Newton le Willows Warrington 34 153

A LNWR Precedent passing Stone's Crossing Signal Box Newton le Willows Warrington 34 154

The locomotive erecting floor of the Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows Warrington 34 154

BR Close up of a Sankey Viaduct pier Newton le Willows Warrington 34 155

BR The Huskission Memorial Newton le Willows Warrington 34 155

Peak Forest, Buxton and Great Rocks 34 156

BR Map; Chinley North junction Chinley Peak District 34 156

BR The Great Rocks signal box in 1976 with it's new flat roof Chinley Peak District 34 156

BR LMS 8F no 48190 shunting at Spencer's Sidings Hindlow Buxton 34 157

BR LMS Horwich 6P5F no 42796 passes Chapel-en-le-Frith south signal box Chapel-en-le-Frith Peak District 34 157

BR Chinley Station North Junction box being worked by Richard Clarke Chinley Peak District 34 158

BR Chinley Station North Junction box track diagram Chinley Peak District 34 158

BR Chinley Station North Junction box being worked by Richard Clarke Chinley Peak District 34 159

BR Working the ground frame at Hindlow Hindlow Buxton 34 159

Horwich's finest 34 160

BR Crab no 42899 at Appleby West Appleby Settle and Carlisle 34 160

BR Horwich 6P5F 'Crab' no 42841 at Bolton shed Bolton Bolton 34 160

BR Crab no 42800 at Patna Patna Ayr 34 161

BR Crab no 42853 at Bodfari Bodfari N Wales 34 161

BR Crab no 42904 at Chapel-en-le Frith Chapel-en-le-Frith Peak District 34 161

BR Crab no 42896 at Birmingham New Street Birmingham Birmingham 34 162

BR Crab no 42904 at Sheffield Sheffield Sheffield 34 162

BR Crab no 42912 at Brownhill Junction Dalry Kilmarnock 34 162

BR Crab no 42829 at Dudley Dudley Birmingham 34 163

BR Crab no 42936 at Birkenhead Woodside Birkenhead Merseyside 34 163

From Road to Rail; Exercises in Technology transfer Part 3 34 164

Vintage An adapted traction engine for rail use by Aveling and Porter used by the GNoS at Aberdeen Aberdeen Aberdeen 34 164

Vintage An early adapted traction engine for rail use by Aveling and Porter 34 164

Vintage A Foden traction engine crudely converted for rail use by the Aycliffe Lime and Limestone Co. 34 165

Vintage An adapted traction engine for rail use by Clayton and Shuttleworth 34 165

Vintage An adapted traction engine for rail use by Marshall and Sons of Gainsborough 34 165

Vintage A Great Northern railcar, 1905 34 166

Vintage The Peebles railcar tested on the Midland Railway 34 166

Diagram; Alley's standard compact water tube boiler 34 167

LMS LMS shunter no 7192 34 167

A Foden E type small locomotive 34 168

Southern Sentinel rail bus 34 168

In praise of Moguls; part 2 34 169

LMS Crab no 2822 fitted with Lentz cam poppet valve gear Manchester Manchester 34 169

BR LMS designed BR std class 2 no 46511 Three Cocks Mid Wales 34 169

BR LBSCR K class 32353 on the turntable at Bognor Bognor Regis Chichester 34 170

BR Stanier no 2948 leaves the Conwy Tubular Bridge in 1948 Conway North Wales 34 171

BR Stanier no 42983 passes Shap Wells Shap Wells Lake District 34 171

BR Ivatt class 2 no 46495 calls at Kettering Kettering Northampton 34 172

BR SECR N class no 31811 at Winchfield Winchfield Basingstoke 34 172

BR Ivatt no 3001 leaves Bletchley Bletchley Bletchley 34 173

BR U class no 31635 leaves Dorking Town station Dorking Dorking 34 173

Southern LBSCR K class no 2245 Addison Road London 34 174

BR No 43092 ready to leave Peterborough North Peterborough Peterborough 34 174

BR Class N no 31405 at Ashford shed Ashford Ashford [Kent] 34 175

Southern U1 class no 1908 34 175

Monton Green - West of Salford 34 176

BR LMS 8F no 48743 rumbles through the station Monton Green Manchester 34 176

BR LMS Jubilee no 45563 Australia Monton Green Manchester 34 176

BR The station master and his assistant Monton Green Manchester 34 176

BR LMS Ivatt no 41283 calls with the local Monton Green Manchester 34 177

BR LMS no 46232 Duchess of Montrose with a diverted Glasgow express Monton Green Manchester 34 177

BR LMS Stanier class 4 no 42439 passes the signal box Monton Green Manchester 34 177

The City widened lines and Thameslink; part 2 34 178

Thameslink routes 1991 London 34 178

BR A stock train at King's Cross in 1976 King's Cross London 34 179

BR Blackfriars station as it was in 1980 Blackfriars London 34 179

BR Ludgate Hill bridge in 1990 Ludgate Hill London 34 180

BR Ludgate Hill station in 1990 Ludgate Hill London 34 180

BR A King's Cross station entrance King's Cross London 34 181

BR Promotion; The Thameslink service London 34 181

BR A new 700 class arrives at Farringdon in 2018 Farringdon London 34 182

LT Farringdon station Farringdon London 34 182

BR A train prepares to leave the new Blackfriars station Blackfriars London 34 183

The Southampton Dock diesels 34 184

BR No D2992 at Southampton Royal Pier Southampton Southampton 34 184

BR No D2997 at the Ocean Terminal with the Queen Mary alongside Southampton Southampton 34 185

Hownes Gill Viaduct 1858 - 1968 34 186

Vintage Derwent Ironworks in 1857 Consett Tyneside 34 186

Vintage NER 0-6-2T crosses the viaduct Consett Tyneside 34 186

Vintage A Fletcher 901 class crosses the viaduct Consett Tyneside 34 187

Vintage Stockton and Darlington Railway 'Leader' 34 187

BR A view along the viaduct Consett Tyneside 34 188

BR Diesel shunter D3875 at Waskerley Waskerley Tyneside 34 188

BR BR class 4 no 76026 and class 5 no 73029 about to plunge into Bincome tunnel Bincome Weymouth 34 192

Number 4 April 2020

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BR The prototype English Electric Deltic in July 1960 Doncaster Doncaster 34 193

The standard class 2 2-6-2's 34 196

BR Class 2 2-6-0 no 78013 at Glenfield Glenfield Leicester 34 196

BR Class 2 2-6-0 no 78036 at Hellifield Hellifield Settle and Carlisle 34 196

BR Class 2 2-6-0 no 78049 at St Boswells St Boswells Borders 34 196

BR Class 2 2-6-0 no 78000 at Newbridge on Wye Newbridge Mid Wales 34 197

BR Class 2 2-6-0 no 78003 at Carno Carno Mid Wales 34 197

Scarborough engine shed and its locomotives; part 2 34 198

BR B1 no 61015 Duiker leaves Scarborough Scarborough Scarborough 34 198

BR Scarborough engine allocations 01.01.1923 to closure Scarborough Scarborough 34 198

BR 17 locomotives visible including Nos, 43076, 61306, 61015 and 62751 Scarborough Scarborough 34 200

BR A8's nos 69878 and 69886 with D49 no 62770 Scarborough Scarborough 34 200

BR Rebuilding the 60 foot turntable Scarborough Scarborough 34 200

BR BR std class 4 no 76036 on the newly renovated turntable Scarborough Scarborough 34 202

BR Demolition of the eastern end of Scarborough's eight road shed Scarborough Scarborough 34 202

BR LMS Jubilee no 45705 Seahorse Scarborough Scarborough 34 202

BR LMS Jinty no 47403 Scarborough Scarborough 34 203

BR Pacific tank no 69886 Scarborough Scarborough 34 203

BR Table 1. Observed departures from Scarborough Sunday 27th July 1952 Scarborough Scarborough 34 204

BR Table 2, Observed Departures Whit Monday 6th June 1930 Scarborough Scarborough 34 204

BR BR Std class 3 no 77004, D49's nos 62703 Hertfordshire and 62751 The Albrighton Scarborough Scarborough 34 205

BR D20 no 62384 pilots a D49 Scarborough Scarborough 34 205

BR 9F no 92058 Scarborough Scarborough 34 206

BR Britannia no 70034 Thomas Hardy Scarborough Scarborough 34 206

BR Stanier class 3 no 40117 Scarborough Scarborough 34 206

BR A3 no 60038 Firdaussi Scarborough Scarborough 34 207

BR B1 no 61166 Scarborough Scarborough 34 207

BR LMS no 46229 Duchess of Hamilton on the turntable recovered from Gateshead depot Scarborough Scarborough 34 207

'A Holiday all the way' 34 208

BR A pair of class 20's head a freight train over the Culloden Viaduct Culloden Inverness 34 208

BR Inverness map of 1984 as recalled by the author Inverness Inverness 34 208

BR Class 40 no 40 120 leaves Inverness Inverness Inverness 34 209

BR A train stands at the Kyle of Lochalsh headed by a class 26 Kyle of Lochalsh Highlands 34 210

BR Rose street junction Inverness Inverness 34 210

BR Class 37 no 37 017 leaving Garve Garve Highlands 34 211

BR Looking south from Invergordon station Invergordon Inverness 34 212

Thoughts on Scottish Coal part 1 34 213

Industrial Manning Wardle 579/1875 Florence Brora Highlands 34 213

Industrial The various Brora railways over time Brora Highlands 34 213

Industrial Blairhall Colliery's slag heap Oakley Dunfermline 34 214

Industrial Manufacturers of Brora's locomotives Jan 1947 Brora Highlands 34 214

BR Thornton shed with J37 no 64570, WD no 90444 and B1 no 61029 Chamois Thornton Kirkaldy 34 214

Industrial Ex Caly BR no 56250 became no 21 on the Wemyss private railway Wemyss Greenock 34 215

Industrial NCB no 54, Barclay 910/1901 Cowdenbeath Kirkaldy 34 216

Industrial Hawthorn's no 244 Falkirk Falkirk 34 217

Railwaymen charged with culpable homicide 34 218

BR C16 no 67491 calls at Monifieth Monifieth Dundee 34 218

Vintage Carnoustie station in NBR days Carnoustie Dundee 34 218

BR Cast notice; No trespassing on the Dundee and Arbroath joint railway 34 219

BR Forfar station, trackside Forfar Dundee 34 219

BR Forfar station, forecourt Forfar Dundee 34 220

BR Black Five no 44879 passes the closed Ardler station Ardler Dundee 34 221

LMS Coupar Angus station Coupar Angus Dundee 34 222

Vintage Perth station in the early 20th century Perth Perth 34 222

Vintage Heriot station frontage in NBR days Heriot Edinburgh 34 223

'Deltic' dawn 34 224

BR The Deltic passing Ordsall Ordsall Retford 34 224

BR The Deltic takes the White Rose out of King's Cross King's Cross London 34 224

BR The Deltic at Hornsey depot Hornsey London 34 225

BR The Deltic at Litchfield Litchfield Birmingham 34 225

BR The Deltic powers through Brookham's Park Brookham's Park Potters Bar 34 225

Terminus 34 226

BR BR class 5 no 73026 at Swansea Victoria Swansea Swansea 34 226

BR Caledonian 4-2-2 no 123 on a rail tour at Silloth Silloth Lake District 34 226

BR LMS Ivatt class 4 no 43130 sets off from Bradford, Forster Square Bradford Bradford 34 226

BR Highland Railway 'Jone's Goods' no 103 Inverness Inverness 34 227

BR LMS class 5 no 44958 at Morecambe Promenade Morecambe Lancaster 34 227

BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no 46468 at Ballachulish Ballachulish Oban 34 227

The 'Dandy line' part 1 34 228

Vintage Brampton coal staithe c1880 Brampton Lake District 34 228

Vintage Dandy Dinmont at Brampton c1880 Brampton Lake District 34 228

Vintage An artists impression of the Brampton 'Dandy horse' omnibus Brampton Lake District 34 229

Vintage Invitation to the Kirkhouse fete Brampton Lake District 34 229

Map; the Brampton Town branch 1836-1923 Brampton Lake District 34 229

Vintage Kirkhouse' an early carriage on the 'Dandy' line Brampton Lake District 34 230

Vintage Poster; Brampton station accommodation Brampton Lake District 34 230

Vintage A later view of Kirkhouse Brampton Lake District 34 231

Vintage Brampton coal staithe c1908 Brampton Lake District 34 231

Vintage The branch's only railway bridge Brampton Lake District 34 232

Vintage Dandy Dinmont at Brampton Junction c1906 Brampton Lake District 34 233

Vintage A poster for a public meeting to discuss local railway facilities Brampton Lake District 34 234

Great Eastern travels 34 235

BR B17 no 61669 Barnsley alongside F5 no 67199 Beccles Lowestoft 34 235

BR The level crossing at Oakington Oakington Cambridge 34 235

BR Two B12 including no 1564 and a B1 no 1046 waits to leave Liverpool Street London 34 235

BR Aldeburgh station forecourt Aldeburgh Ipswich 34 236

BR D16/3 no 62510 at Yarmouth Vauxhall Yarmouth Yarmouth 34 236

LNE N7 no 916 at Custom House Custom House London 34 236

BR B17 no 61639 Norwich City at Mark's Tey Mark's Tey Colchester 34 237

BR Great Chesterford trackside Great Chesterford Cambridge 34 237

BR N7 no 69646 ready to leave North Woolwich North Woolwich London 34 237

The splendour that was the single wheeler; part 2 34 238

Vintage A rough idea of an Adam's proposed 8 foot single wheeler 34 238

Vintage A Worsdell 7' 7" compound no 1517 34 238

Vintage NER 4-2-2 compound as rebuilt as a single in 1902 34 239

Vintage NER J class no 1517 34 239

Vintage A hand coloured picture of No 10 a Holden 4-2-2 34 240

Vintage GER 4-2-2 no 14 being refuelled 34 240

Vintage GER 4-2-2 no 12 had an extended smokebox 34 241

Vintage Great Northern Ivatt no 266 had a life of only 18 years 34 241

Vintage Great Central 'Hellfire Jacks' no 967 34 242

Vintage Great Central no 969 also had a very short life 34 243

Vintage Beyer Peacock 4-2-2 at Buenos Airies 34 244

Vintage Kerr Stuart 4-2-2 tender locomotive built for China 34 244

A wartime Saturday on the North Warwickshire line 34 245

Bill Gillett seen with Wilf Mawle who he was due to replace as the Chief District Inspector 34 245

BR Moor Street in 1949 Birmingham Birmingham 34 245

BR GWR 51xx no 4116 meets an unidentified sister at Henley in Arden Henley in Arden Birmingham 34 246

BR 2-6-2T no 4170 at Earlswood Lakes Earlswood Lakes Birmingham 34 247

BR No 5166 leaves Stratford on Avon Stratford on Avon Warwick 34 247

Assorted notice survivors 34 248

BR Appleford Halt get tickets at the Post Office Appleford Didcot 34 248

BR The Midland totem at Stalybridge in 1971 Stalybridge Manchester 34 248

Vintage Wantage Tramway's office Wantage Wantage 34 248

BR Arnos Grove Arnos Grove London 34 249

BR Do not trespass on the Kent and East Sussex railway Robertsbridge Tunbridge Wells 34 249

BR LSWR Queen's Road Battersea station frontage Battersea London 34 249

BR Shut and lock gate Lowdham Nottingham 34 249

The accident at Dog Kennel bridge 34 250

Vintage Paddington station c1905 Paddington London 34 250

Vintage Langley station c1900 Langley Slough 34 251

Vintage Slough station Slough Slough 34 251

Vintage West Drayton station West Drayton London 34 252

BR A GWR 0-6-0PT on the Weymouth tramway Weymouth Weymouth 34 256

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BR A GWR 61xx no 6165 brings stock into Paddington Paddington London 34 257

Freight at Brocklesby in 1963/4 34 260

BR O1 no 63571 rebuilt from a GC O4 Brocklesby Grimsby 34 260

BR WD 2-8-0 no 90035 with a class F freight Brocklesby Grimsby 34 260

BR BR std class 5 no 73010 Brocklesby Grimsby 34 261

BR K1 no 62039 with a class H freight Brocklesby Grimsby 34 261

BR WD 2-8-0 no 90714 from the station bridge Brocklesby Grimsby 34 261

The new marshalling yard at Tinsley Sheffield 34 262

BR Dr Beeching unveils the plaque Tinsley Sheffield 34 262

BR Tinsley yard in 1966 Tinsley Sheffield 34 262

BR Two maps showing the yard and its location Tinsley Sheffield 34 263

BR Class 20's no 20 112 and 029 take a train out Tinsley Sheffield 34 264

BR The Dowty wagon control system Tinsley Sheffield 34 264

BR Class 13 no 13003 master and slave shunter, one of three specially built for the yard Tinsley Sheffield 34 265

BR Class 08 no 08 824 pushes a train into the yard Tinsley Sheffield 34 266

BR A loaded steel wagon in the yard Tinsley Sheffield 34 267

BR 307 units from the Manchester to Glossop electrification Tinsley Sheffield 34 268

BR Class 08 no 08 879 ready for a photo shoot Tinsley Sheffield 34 268

BR Wagons in the Sheffield and Tinsley canal Tinsley Sheffield 34 269

BR Tinsley twilight in 1986 Tinsley Sheffield 34 270

LMS carriage working summer 1939 34 271

Table 1; Portion working weekdays 34 271

LMS The staple coach used on the Derby-Bristol run. No 3031 is a corridor third 34 271

LMS A Brake composite coach no 3530 34 272

LMS LMS Jubilee no 5660 at Temple Meads Bristol Bristol 34 272

LMS LMS Restaurant kitchen car no 10440 34 273

Table 2 34 273

Table 3 34 274

LMS The interior of composite dining car no 241 34 274

BR Mangotsfield station in the 50's Mangotsfield Bristol 34 275

Table 4 34 275

Toward the end of the 'Pacers' 34 276

BR Two pacer unit no 142 022 leaves Guiseley Guiseley Bradford 34 276

BR Two pacer unit no 142 037 at Colne in Provincial sector livery Colne Skipton 34 276

Merseyrail Two pacer unit no 142 043 near New Hey New Hey Rochdale 34 276

Arriva A four car pacer sets include 142 078 and 095 Outwood Wakefield 34 277

Northern Two pacer unit no 142 043 near New Hey leaves Gargrave Gargrave Skipton 34 277

Two pacer unit no 144 no 007 at Baildon Baildon Bradford 34 277

The rise and fall of two of Liverpool's termini 34 278

Vintage An L&Y Hughes 4-6-0 no 1514 Liverpool Merseyside 34 278

BR Liverpool Exchange in 1965 a LMS class 5 no 44664 Liverpool Merseyside 34 278

BR Exchange frontage Liverpool Merseyside 34 279

BR Map; Lines to Liverpool Liverpool Merseyside 34 279

Vintage GC 4-2-2 no 969 and Midland 4-4-0 no 399 at Central Liverpool Merseyside 34 280

Vintage GCR 11A no 871 with a CLC express Flixton Merseyside 34 280

Vintage An LYR electric unit in original condition at Exchange Liverpool Merseyside 34 281

Vintage The concourse of Exchange in the early 1900's Liverpool Merseyside 34 281

BR LMS Fairburn class 4 no 42066 at Central Liverpool Merseyside 34 282

BR The frontage of Central in 1956 Liverpool Merseyside 34 283

BR Black Five no 45137 waits to leave Central Liverpool Merseyside 34 284

BR Jubilee no 45698 Mars leaves Exchange Liverpool Merseyside 34 284

BR LMS class 5 no 45202 wits to leave Exchange Liverpool Merseyside 34 285

BR A Craven's DMU and two class 502 EMU's at Exchange in the mid 70's Liverpool Merseyside 34 286

BR A two car Derby DMU waits to leave Central in 1971 from the one remaining platform Liverpool Merseyside 34 286

Caledonian Railway footbridges 34 287

BR The Caledonian footbridge at Busby Busby Glasgow 34 287

BR The Caledonian footbridge at Clarkston Clarkston Glasgow 34 287

BR The Caledonian footbridge at Giffnock Giffnock Glasgow 34 287

The GWR 61xx tanks 34 288

BR GWR 61xx no 6151 in the Sonning cutting Sonning Reading 34 288

BR GWR 61xx nos 6141 and 2 Old Oak Common London 34 288

BR GWR 61xx no 6117 at Princes Risborough Princes Risborough Aylesbury 34 289

BR GWR 61xx no 6128 leaves Bourne End Bourne End Maidenhead 34 289

BR GWR 61xx no 6138 leaves Hanwell Hanwell London 34 290

BR GWR 61xx no 6142 again now at Ealing Broadway Ealing London 34 290

BR GWR 61xx no 6142 on station pilot duty Paddington London 34 290

BR GWR 61xx no 6106 on banking on the Gloucester-Swindon line Brimscombe Stroud 34 291

BR GWR 61xx no 6136 at High Wycombe High Wycombe High Wycombe 34 291

William Stroudley's 0-4-2 tender engines 34 292

Vintage D2 class no 300 Lyons 34 292

Vintage D3 class no 608 Richmond Eastbourne Eastbourne 34 292

Vintage D3 class no 210 Cornwall 34 293

Vintage Gladstone' class no 178 Leatherhead Barcombe Lewes 34 293

Vintage No 184 takes on water Lewes Lewes 34 294

Vintage No 187 waits to leave Brighton alongside no 436 Brighton Brighton 34 294

Vintage B1 class no 189 Edward Blount with the Hammond patent air pre-heater Brighton Brighton 34 295

Vintage No 190 Arthur Otway at Bognor Bognor Regis Bognor Regis 34 295

Vintage No 191 Gordon Lennox at Horsham shed Horsham Crawley 34 296

Vintage Gladstone' class no 214 Gladstone 34 297

Southern The last two Gladstones to remain in service nos B172 [Littlehampton] and B197 [Jonas Levy] Brighton Brighton 34 297

Preserved Gladstone' class no 214 Gladstone in the old York Railway Museum York York 34 298

Colwick: where coal was king! Part 2 34 299

BR A5 class no 69805 at Nottingham Victoria Nottingham Nottingham 34 299

BR Thompson L1 class no 67790 34 299

BR Ex GNR J6 class no 64246 Nottingham Nottingham 34 300

BR J5 class no 65480 at Colwick Colwick Nottingham 34 300

BR Ex WD Austerity no 90703 Nottingham Nottingham 34 301

BR BR std class 9F no 92013 Nottingham Nottingham 34 302

BR Demolition of Victoria in 1968 Nottingham Nottingham 34 303

BR Nottingham Victoria platform 4 Nottingham Nottingham 34 303

Steam in the north east coalfield 34 304

Industrial 0-6-0ST no 44 crosses the Blythe and Tyne line on the level Earsdon Tyneside 34 304

Industrial Looking from the coal plant at Backworth on NCB No 6 and No 9 Backworth Tyneside 34 304

Industrial 0-6-0ST no 47 at Newton-on-the-moor Newton Tyneside 34 305

Industrial 0-6-0ST no 69 at South Hetton South Hetton Tyneside 34 305

Industrial 0-6-0ST no 83 on a coal train Tyneside 34 305

Looking to the future in the 60's 34 306

BR Carlisle Citadel and its new roof Carlisle Carlisle 34 306

BR Kingmoor yard under construction Kingmoor Carlisle 34 306

BR Chelford station frontage Chelford Manchester 34 307

BR Euston recruitment centre Euston London 34 307

BR Three tunnels were replaced by two bridges at Stockport Stockport Manchester 34 307

BR A new bridge across Fairfield Street Manchester Manchester 34 308

BR A new training school at Horwich Horwich Bolton 34 308

BR The overseas freight office in Leadenhall Street Cornhill London 34 308

BR Radcliffe Central station built 1959 Manchester Manchester 34 309

BR The new flyover at Rugby Rugby Rugby 34 309

BR The rebuilt Manchester [Oxford Road] Manchester Manchester 34 309

The 'Dandy line' part 2 34 310

Vintage No 4 Belted Will at Brampton coal staithe Brampton Lake District 34 310

Track layout at Brampton Junction Brampton Lake District 34 310

Vintage A protest for better facilities Brampton Lake District 34 311

Vintage Dandie Dinmont after rebuilding in 1906 Brampton Lake District 34 311

Vintage The first special from town to junction Brampton Lake District 34 312

Vintage The official party at the junction on opening day Brampton Lake District 34 312

Vintage The opening of Brampton Town station Brampton Lake District 34 312

Vintage Brampton Jn stn in the early 1900's Brampton Lake District 34 313

Vintage NER Fletcher BTP class no 1089 Brampton Lake District 34 313

Vintage The opening of Brampton Town station Brampton Lake District 34 313

LNE Brampton Junction station after the demise of the Town branch Brampton Lake District 34 314

Plan of Brampton Town station Brampton Lake District 34 314

From Road to Rail; Exercises in Technology transfer Part 4 34 315

Vintage A Caledonian Railway converted charabanc Connell Oban 34 315

A primitive turntable on the Talyllyn Railway Talyllyn Mid Wales 34 315

Vintage An elegant AEC Regal rail-bus of 1932 34 316

Vintage Col. Stephens primitive but functional Ford siamesed railbus 34 316

Vintage The first of 5 GNR[I] rail-busses 34 316

LMS Changing the LMS Ro-Railer to rail use [two pictures] 34 317

BR A down West Coast Main Line train at Baswich Baswich Stafford 34 320

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BR LSWR 700 class np 30327 runs through Exeter Central Exeter Exeter 34 321

BR LMS Rebuilt Royal Scot no 46121 Highland Light Infantry climbs Beattock Beattock Beattock 34 323

Black Motors 34 324

BR A care worn 700 no 30698 at Guildford Guildford Guildford 34 324

BR Adams 700 class no 30699 ex works at Eastleigh Eastleigh Eastleigh 34 324

BR 700 no 30346 on an earlier occasion near Honiton Honiton Honiton 34 325

BR 700 no 30346 parks in a siding at Weybridge Weybridge Weybridge 34 325

BR 700 no 30350 on a special at Petersfield Petersfield Petersfield 34 325

Hampshire footplate memories; The early years 34 326

BR Class 4 2-6-0 at Swanwick Swanwick Southampton 34 326

BR Lord Nelson class no 30850 Lord Nelson Eastleigh Eastleigh 34 326

BR The branch goods behind class 2 no 41311 Bishops Waltham Southampton 34 327

BR T9 no 30707 alongside an LMS Ivatt 2-6-2T Eastleigh Eastleigh 34 328

BR Former Plymouth, Devonport and South Western 757 class no 30758 Lord St. Levan Plymouth Plymouth 34 329

BR Southampton Terminus the day after closure Southampton Southampton 34 329

BR Durley Halt taken from the guards van of the pick up goods Durley Halt Southampton 34 330

BR LSWR M7 no 30480 arrives at Bishops Waltham Bishops Waltham Southampton 34 330

BR S15 no 30828 34 331

BR The former GWR shed at Andover Andover Andover 34 331

BR GWR Hall no 6910 Gossington Hall Eastleigh Eastleigh 34 332

BR LBSCR A1X Terrier no 32678 on its way to Hayling Island Hayling Island Portsmouth 34 332

Ryedale Rambler 34 333

BR Gilling station with J39 no 64928 running round its train Gilling Scarborough 34 333

BR Helmsley station Helmsley Scarborough 34 333

BR No 64929 runs through Kirbymoorside Kirbymoorside Scarborough 34 333

BR A train crosses the Kirkdale Viaduct Helmsley Scarborough 34 334

BR Newton station Newton Scarborough 34 334

BR The crew of no 64928 open the gates at Pockley Pockley Scarborough 34 334

BR A DMU special pauses at Hovingham Spa Hovingham Spa Scarborough 34 335

BR Nunnington station Nunnington Scarborough 34 335

BR The crew of no 64928 pose at Gilling Gilling Scarborough 34 335

Rails to Windermere 34 336

Vintage Burnside station in LNWR days Burnside Lake District 34 336

Vintage Windermere station in splendid isolation when built in 1847 Windermere Lake District 34 336

Map; Railways to Windermere Lake District 34 337

LMS Precursor 4-4-2T no 6782 Staveley Lake District 34 337

Industrial Croppers private tramway Kendal Lake District 34 338

Vintage Furness 0-6-2T no 104 arrives at Lakeside Windermere Lake District 34 338

A coloured postcard of Lakeside in its heyday Windermere Lake District 34 339

BR LMS 5MT no 45025 heads for Ulverston Ulverston Lake District 34 339

Lakeside before demolition in 1970 with steamer Swift alongside Windermere Lake District 34 340

BR LMS Rebuilt Patriot no 45523 Bangor Oxenholme Lake District 34 340

BR LMS 5MT no 45025 at Lakeside Windermere Lake District 34 341

Vintage Newby Bridge motor car platform Newby Bridge Lake District 34 341

BR LMS 5MT no 45386 at Haverthwaite Haverthwaite Lake District 34 342

BR The hand operated gates at Staveley Staveley Lake District 34 342

BR 2=6=4T no 42317 arrives at Windermere Windermere Lake District 34 343

BR LMS Fowler 2-6-4T no 42378 at Kendal Kendal Lake District 34 343

Western Wolverhampton 34 344

BR GWR no 5050 'Castle' Earl of St. Germans Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 34 344

BR GWR no 6012 King Edward VI Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 34 344

BR GWR Dukedog no 9028 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 34 345

BR GWR no 5947 St Benet's Hall Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 34 345

BR Preserved Castle no 7029 Clun Castle Wolverhampton Wolverhampton 34 345

Transpennine timetable development 1961-2019 34 346

BR A Trans Pennine DMU Leeds Leeds 34 346

BR Class 40 no 40 020 passes through Rainhill station Rainhill Merseyside 34 346

BR Calder valley class110 DMU Luddendenfoot Halifax 34 347

BR Class 40 no D279 Leeds Leeds 34 347

BR Class 45 no 48 [to become 45 048] Newcastle Tyneside 34 348

BR Class 46 with a ten coach train passes Morley station Morley Leeds 34 348

BR A Trans-Pennine class 124 Marsden Huddersfield 34 349

BR Class 46 no 46 046 pulls away from Earlestown Earlestown Merseyside 34 350

BR Class 47 no 47 406 crosses Saddleworth Viaduct Saddleworth Manchester 34 350

BR Sprinter 150/2 Saddleworth Manchester 34 351

BR Class 47 no 47 475 leaves Dewsbury Dewsbury Wakefield 34 352

BR Class 158 has just left Stalybridge Stalybridge Manchester 34 353

The Metropolitan Railway in the news 1860-3; Part 1 34 354

Vintage Drawing, Ludgate Hill on a busy day Ludgate Hill London 34 354

Vintage Charles Pearson 34 355

Vintage Map, the first piece of the Metropolitan London 34 355

Vintage Artist's impression of Baker Street station Baker Street London 34 356

Vintage Artist's impression of construction near King's Cross King's Cross London 34 357

Vintage John Fowler 34 358

Vintage An engine stops below Stafford Street bridge Edgware Road London 34 359

Thoughts on Scottish Coal part 2 34 360

Industrial Map; Callendar Railways Callendar Falkirk 34 360

Industrial An Inglis of Airdrie locomotive Polmont Falkirk 34 361

Industrial Map; Redding Railways Redding Falkirk 34 361

Industrial NB-Paxman 0-4-0 no D2703 Falkirk Falkirk 34 362

Industrial Table; Scrapped locomotives 34 363

Industrial The exit from Policy Colliery Falkirk Falkirk 34 363

Industrial An Allan Andrews of Kilmarnock locomotive Bo'ness Falkirk 34 364

BR Totnes station in 1955 Totnes Torbay 34 368

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BR A4 no4492 Dominion of New Zealand Greenwood 34 369

BR GWR '2221' class no 2247 leaves Reading Reading Reading 34 371

Have camera, will travel 34 372

BR GWR Modified Hall no 7928 Wolf Hall at Hereford Hereford Hereford 34 372

BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no 41297 Barnstaple Jn. Exeter 34 372

BR BR Class 4 no 80104 at Tregaron Tregaron Mid Wales 34 373

BR LMS 4F no 44411 at Evercreech Junction Evercreech Jn. Bath 34 373

BR GWR 51xx no 4157 calls at Mountain Ash Mountain Ash Welsh Valleys 34 374

BR LMS Jubilee no 45626 Seychelles Carlisle Carlisle 34 374

BR V2 no 60963 at Leicester Central Leicester Leicester 34 374

The Metropolitan Railway in the news 1860-3; Part 2 34 375

LT Coppice Row Clerkenwell was eradicated by this work Clerkenwell London 34 375

LT The start at King's Cross King's Cross London 34 375

LT The burst of the Fleet sewer Clerkenwell London 34 376

LT A page from the Illustrated London News showing Metropolitan Rly features 34 377

LT Approaching Portland Road station Portland Road London 34 378

LT The Banquet held at Farringdon Street Farringdon London 34 379

The first train on the Liverpool and Manchester railway 34 380

A typical Quaker dress of the early 19th century 34 380

Vintage Crown Street terminus, Liverpool Liverpool Merseyside 34 380

Vintage Northumbrian 34 381

Vintage Phoenix coupled to a 'Curtain coach' 34 381

Vintage An alternative version of the Ackerman 'long print' 34 382

Vintage Contemporary rolling stock 34 382

Vintage Tables 1 & 2 Outward and return journeys 34 384

Vintage Andrew Barclay's assembly shop in 1902 with Lady Margaret on the right Kilmarnock Ayr 34 385

Have you seen Lady Margaret?' 34 385

Lady Margaret Spicer 34 385

Vintage Lady Margaret on the Looe and Liskeard Railway in pre GWR days at Liskeard Liskeard Plymouth 34 386

Vintage Lady Margaret on the Looe and Liskeard Railway in pre GWR days at Looe Looe Plymouth 34 386

GWR Lady Margaret as GWR no 1308 at Porthywaen Porthywaen N. Wales 34 387

GWR Lady Margaret on shunting duty at Swindon Swindon Swindon 34 387

GWR Lady Margaret at Porthywaen Porthywaen N. Wales 34 388

GWR Lady Margaret at Oswestry shed Oswestry Shrewsbury 34 389

GWR Lady Margaret takes a train out of Oswestry Oswestry Shrewsbury 34 389

The A1's Northumbrian swansong 34 390

BR A1 no 60127 Wilson Worsdell Inveresk Edinburgh 34 390

BR A1 no 60152 Holyrood at Dunbar Dunbar Edinburgh 34 390

BR A1 no 60124 Kenilworth Darlington Darlington 34 391

BR A1 no 60131 Osprey Darlington Darlington 34 391

BR A1 no 65812 Newcastle Tyneside 34 391

LNER A4 blues 34 392

BR A4 no 4486 Merlin Polmont Falkirk 34 392

BR A4 no 4488 Union of South Africa Potters Bar Hatfield 34 392

BR A4 no 27 Merlin Craigentinny Edinburgh 34 393

BR A4 no 4492 Dominion of New Zealand King's Cross London 34 393

From Road to Rail; Exercises in Technology transfer Part 5 34 394

LMS A Leyland railbus of 1934 34 394

BR An ACT lightweight train St Albans St Albans 34 394

BR A Park Royal railbus at the old Bedford station Bedford Bedford 34 395

BR An AC Cars railbus 34 395

BR A German railbus at White Notley White Notley Braintree 34 396

BR A very elegant Paicerailer railbus Droxford Eastleigh 34 396

BR The BR Leyland experimental LEV1 Rhyl N. Wales 34 396

The sad life of Henry Parkham, LBSCR signalman 34 397

Henry Packham? 34 397

Southern Preston Park station pre 1933 Preston Park Brighton 34 397

Southern Clayton Tunnel north portal Clayton Tunnel Brighton 34 398

Southern The 'Southern Belle' passing Balham Balham London 34 398

The Packham family 34 399

Travelling legitimately without payment 34 400

Austen Chamberlain 34 400

BR Kingston station Kingston London 34 400

Ramsey McDonald 34 400

BR Rannoch station Rannoch Highlands 34 401

LT South Kensington station South Kensington London 34 401

Sir Henry Chalk 34 402

LNER The 'Silver Jubilee' 34 402

BR Pilorth Halt Pilorth Fraserburgh 34 403

The 'Queen of Scots' pullman 34 403

A First class sleeping car Old Oak Common London 34 404

Treforest station Treforest Cardiff 34 405

BR GWR 45xx no 4580 takes a train from Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff 34 406

Marylebone police court Marylebone London 34 407

Tables 1 & 2 Permitted users of Railway travel warrants and firm's cards 34 407

Rolling stock focus 34 408

BR Car no 2900 The lounge and sleeping car were actually built for the 1955 Royal train Stafford Stafford 34 408

BR Car no 2904 The Duke of Edinburgh's saloon Norton Bridge Stafford 34 408

BR Car no 2901 held office space also gleaned from the 1955 Royal train Stafford Stafford 34 409

BR Car no 2905 held a generator and staff accommodation Stafford Stafford 34 409

BR Car no 2906 held more staff accommodation Stafford Stafford 34 409

Buxton's twin stations 34 410

BR LMS class 5 no 44847 arrives at Buxton LNWR Buxton Buxton 34 410

BR LMS Stanier class 4 no 42462 nears Buxton Buxton Buxton 34 410

BR Buxton station LNWR Buxton Buxton 34 411

BR Buxton station MR with a similar frontage Buxton Buxton 34 411

BR Cash boxes on the floor of the LNWR station Buxton Buxton 34 412

BR MR 0-4-4T no 58083 waits to leave the Midland station Buxton Buxton 34 412

BR The Midland station interior Buxton Buxton 34 412

BR SR BoB no 34072 257 Squadron leaves Barnstaple Barnstaple Barnstaple 34 416

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BR LMS Beyer-Garratt no 47982 on the Midland main line Chiltern Green Luton 34 417

BR A view from the bridge lattice of V2 no 60802 Forth Bridge Edinburgh 34 419

The LMS Garratts 34 420

BR LMS Garratt no 47998 with the original open top bunker Toton Nottingham 34 420

LMS LMS Garratt no 7991 after a visit to the paint shop Crewe Crewe 34 420

BR LMS Garratt no 47991 at Cricklewood shed Cricklewood London 34 421

BR LMS Garratt no 47995 on an Ironstone train Sileby Leicester 34 421

LMS LMS Garratt no 7987 with the later rotary bunker York York 34 421

Thoughts on Scottish Coal part 3 34 422

Industrial NCB no 16 a Gibb and Hogg locomotive Dunfermline Dunfermline 34 422

Industrial Map of the Dalmellington layout Dalmellington Ayr 34 423

Industrial NCB no 6 a Barclay locomotive Bedlay Glasgow 34 423

Industrial Dalmellington locomotive no 10 'Nanny' by Hawthorn's Dalmellington Ayr 34 424

BR BR std class 3 no 46249 Hurlford Ayr 34 425

BR LMS Hughes no 42909 Ayr Ayr 34 425

When the King and Queen came to stay 34 426

LMS Royal train notice 34 426

LMS Royal visit to Lancashire May 1938 34 426

BR A 1988 view of Earlestone station Earlestown Merseyside 34 427

BR Black Five no 45110 passes the Huskisson memorial in 1968 Parkside Merseyside 34 427

BR A modern replica of the Huskisson memorial Parkside Merseyside 34 428

BR Jubilee no 45647 Sturdee passes Parkside East junction Parkside Merseyside 34 428

BR Parkside East junction in 1977 Parkside Merseyside 34 429

BR Lowton station in 1956 Lowton Merseyside 34 430

BR A colourised version of LMS Compound no 1119 34 431

BR LMS Standard class 4 no 2394 34 431

Railway walks from Edinburgh in the 1920's 34 432

Vintage Broomlee station in NBR days Broomlee Edinburgh 34 432

Cardrona station Cardrona Edinburgh 34 432

Vintage Diagram; Railways around Edinburgh Edinburgh 34 432

Alphabetical list of tours 34 433

Vintage Diagram; The Dolphinton branch Dolphinton Edinburgh 34 433

Dolphinton station Dolphinton Edinburgh 34 433

Vintage Diagram; The Lauder branch Lauder Edinburgh 34 434

Eddleston station Eddleston Edinburgh 34 434

Vintage Fountainhall junction station in NBR days with 4-4-0 tank engine no 33 Fountainhall Edinburgh 34 434

Gifford station Gifford Edinburgh 34 435

Vintage Diagram; The Gifford branch Gifford Edinburgh 34 436

Leaflet; Cheap walking tour tickets 34 436

Vintage Oxton station in NBR days with 4-4-0 tank engine no 52 Oxton Edinburgh 34 436

Vintage NER class Q no 1876 at Dunbar Dunbar Edinburgh 34 437

Vintage Saltoun station in NBR days with 4-4-0 tank engine no 77 Saltoun Edinburgh 34 437

What the 'Jonse's' were doing 34 438

Vintage An unidentified 'Jones' at Druimuachdar Druimuachdar Highlands 34 438

Vintage Highland Railway no 109 near Strathhord Strathhord Glasgow 34 438

Vintage Highland Railway no 114 34 438

LMS LMS no 17017 on the turntable at Inverness Inverness Inverness 34 439

LMS LMS no 17927 at Achnascheen Achnascheen Highlands 34 439

BR One star of 'Those magnificent men in their flying machines' was Highland Railway no 103 Wellingborough Northampton 34 439

Visiting Engine sheds 34 440

BR A4 no 6008 Dwight D Eisenhower with V2 no 60847 and BR 9F no 92187 at 'Top shed' King's Cross London 34 440

BR An ugly Q1 taken from the platform. Guildford Guildford 34 440

BR A4 no 6008 Dwight D Eisenhower after 'Top shed' treatment King's Cross London 34 441

BR BR class 5 no 73117 and an unidentified 'West Country' Nine Elms London 34 441

BR LSWR O2 tanks W16 Ventnor and W32 Bonchurch Ryde Isle of Wight 34 442

BR Preserved LNER K4 no 3442 Great Marquess Nine Elms London 34 442

BR Black Five no 45428 Willesden London 34 443

BR BR Std 4's 2-6-4T no 80015 and 4-6-0 no 73022 Nine Elms London 34 443

BR A2 no 60528 Tudor Minstrel Dundee Dundee 34 444

BR NBR C16 no 67486 Dundee Dundee 34 444

BR Black Five no 44921 under repair Perth Perth 34 445

BR D30 no 62438 Peter Poundtext and D34 no 62485 Glen Murran Dundee Dundee 34 445

BR A WD 2-8-0, A3 no 60052 Prince Palatine and J37 no 64620 Dundee Dundee 34 446

BR WC no 34094 Mortehoe, BR std class 5 no 73016 and a class 2 Nine Elms London 34 446

Wolverton 1838-1890. Part 1 the early years 34 447

BR A LNWR survivor was a John Ramsbottom 0-6-0ST Special Tank no CD8 Earlestown Wolverton Bletchley 34 447

The Wolverton viaduct Wolverton Bletchley 34 447

St George the Martyr church Wolverton Bletchley 34 448

Vintage Wolverton's second station Wolverton Bletchley 34 448

BR The boys' and girls' school taken in 1968 Wolverton Bletchley 34 449

Typical workers' cottages Wolverton Bletchley 34 449

Vintage Wolverton station frontage c1905 Wolverton Bletchley 34 450

Men leaving the works at Wolverton Wolverton Bletchley 34 451

The down side sidings Wolverton Bletchley 34 451

Signalling spotlight; Controlled by Shrewsbury Semaphore 34 452

BR Class 25 nos 25 327 and 305 with the semaphore 'off' Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 34 452

BR Nos 24 091 and 25 158 leave with the Aberystwyth train Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 34 452

BR A class 128 parcels unit under distinctive LNWR signals Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 34 453

BR A pair of 120 DMUs leave for Hereford Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 34 453

BR No 25 156 passes the Abbey Foregate box with empty stock Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 34 453

The changing fortunes of Brandon station 34 454

Vintage Brandon station at opening as illustrated in the Illustrated London News Brandon Thetford 34 454

Map; Norfolk Railway and connections 34 454

George Parker Bidder 34 455

BR The level crossing at Brandon Brandon Thetford 34 455

Samuel Morton Peto 34 456

Vintage The original loco shed as photographed in 1901 Brandon Thetford 34 456

Vintage Brandon station in the early 1900s? Brandon Thetford 34 457

Vintage Brandon goods yard in 1911 Brandon Thetford 34 458

Vintage GER 'Claud Hamilton' no 1893 Brandon Thetford 34 458

BR The station buildings in 2014, later demolished Brandon Thetford 34 459

BR The station looking toward Norwich Brandon Thetford 34 459

LNER Weekday passenger train departures Brandon Thetford 34 460

BR St. Anne's Park station in 1955 St Anne's Bristol 34 464

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GNER class 91 no 91 019 with an Intercity HS1 no 43 160 Newcastle Tyneside 34 465

BR The Chalford Flyer 34 468

BR GWR 14xx no 1453 at Gloucester Central Gloucester Gloucester 34 468

BR GWR 57xx no 3775 returning to Gloucester Gloucester Gloucester 34 468

BR GWR 14xx no 1453 takes water at Stroud Stroud Gloucester 34 469

BR GWR 57xx no 3775 arrives at Chalford Chalford Gloucester 34 469

BR GWR 94xx no 9453 returns to Stroud Stroud Gloucester 34 469

BR The Fowler, Stanier and Fairburn 2-6-4 tanks of the LMS 34 470

LMS LMS Fowler 2-6-4T no 2300 at St. Albans c1928 St. Albans St. Albans 34 470

LMS LMS Fowler 2-6-4T no 2344 at Stoke on Trent Stoke Stoke 34 470

BR LMS Stanier 2-6-4T nom 42403 Tebay Lake District 34 471

LMS Two LMS Fowler 2-6-4T nos 2404 and 2424 at Shap Summit Shap Lake District 34 471

LMS LMS Fowler 2-6-4T no 2344 and Stanier no 2547 at Melton Mowbray Melton Mowbray Leicester 34 472

LMS A brand new LMS Stanier 2-6-4T no 2582 Birmingham Birmingham 34 473

LMS LMS Stanier 2-6-4T nom 2573 Shap Lake District 34 473

BR Fairburn 2-6-4T no 2190 but actually a BR build Greenock Glasgow 34 474

BR Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42199 Tunbridge Wells West Tunbridge Wells 34 474

BR Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42123 in the Tring cutting Tring Aylesbury 34 475

The railway dance bands 34 476

Henry Hall 34 476

The Gleneagles hotel Auchterader Perth 34 476

The Gleneagles hotel ballroom Auchterader Perth 34 477

The Winter Gardens in the Midland Hotel Manchester Manchester Manchester 34 477

West Hartlepool goods station 34 478

Vintage West Hartlepool Harbour and railway timetable 1860 West Hartlepool Middlesborough 34 478

Plan, Hartlepool Goods station Hartlepool Middlesborough 34 479

West Hartlepool Harbour staff on their outing to Teesdale 1922 West Hartlepool Middlesborough 34 479

West Hartlepool Goods ambulance team 1922 West Hartlepool Middlesborough 34 480

Vintage Wagons damaged by enemy action Dec 914 Hartlepool Middlesborough 34 481

West Hartlepool goods station in 1973 shortly before demolition [three photographs] West Hartlepool Middlesborough 34 482

BR The LMS 7F locomotives 34 483

BR LMS 7F no 49508 Horwich Manchester 34 483

BR LMS 7F no 49667 Sowerby Bridge Halifax 34 483

From Road to Rail; Exercises in Technology transfer Part 6 34 484

The Armstrong Siddeley railbus 34 484

The Michelin Railbus being tested in 1932 34 484

Madagaster Michelin type 51 Madagascar Madagaster 34 485

USA Pennsylvania railcars 4688 and 9 United States United States 34 485

Argentina BRCW railcar built for Argentina 34 486

The Dunlop-Fouga railcar 34 486

The Latil road-rail tractor of 1935 34 487

The UNILOKOMOTIVE demonstrates its pulling power 34 487

The years go by at Newcastle 34 488

BR A4 no 60026 Miles Beevor Newcastle Tyneside 34 488

BR No 68723 the J72 station pilot in a version of NER livery Newcastle Tyneside 34 488

BR An electric Bo-bo shunting locomotive no 26051 Newcastle Tyneside 34 489

BR The view from the footplate of A1 no 60131 as it crosses the high level bridge Newcastle Tyneside 34 489

BR V3 no 67684 at Manors Newcastle Tyneside 34 489

BR Class 47 no 47 673 Galloway Princess on 'Thunderbird' duty Newcastle Tyneside 34 490

BR The classic view from the Castle keep with Deltic no 55 016 Gordon Highlander taking the down 'Scotsman' out Newcastle Tyneside 34 490

A Royal Mail 325 Newcastle Tyneside 34 491

BR The National rail track testing train crosses the King Edward bridge Newcastle Tyneside 34 491

Virgin HST no 43 290 and class 91 no 91 123 Newcastle Tyneside 34 491

The Buckley Railway 34 492

BR Ex GER J69/1 no 68595 Buckley Chester 34 492

Map of the Buckley coalfield Buckley Chester 34 492

Map of the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay railway 34 492

Dumpling [Lane End] colliery yard c1902 with the company's Walker of Wigan built 0-4-0ST Buckley Chester 34 493

LNER LNER J60 no 6408 ex Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast railway Ashton Chester 34 493

A pair of Castle Brickworks Kerr Stuart 2ft gauge 0-4-0STs Buckley Chester 34 494

GWR 0-6-0PT no 1660 about to enter the brickworks siding Buckley Chester 34 494

LNER LNER J62 no 5883 shunts Connah's Quay docks Connah's Quay Chester 34 495

LNER LNER J62 no 5883 waits on the curve entering the dock. Connah's Quay Chester 34 495

GWR 0-6-0PT no 1660 with a train of empties Buckley Chester 34 496

WM and CQ Co no 6 Co 0-8-0ST Buckley Chester 34 497

WM and CQ Co no 9 'Duke' Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST Buckley Chester 34 497

Woodhead epilogue 34 498

Harwarden Bridge Junction signal box Harwarden Jn Chester 34 498

Looking out of the eastern end of the tunnel Woodhead Peak District 34 498

The western portal of the Woodhead tunnel Woodhead Peak District 34 498

Torside signal box stands guard over rusting rails Torside Peak District 34 498

BR Class 303 units wait at the new terminus of the line in 1984 Hadfield Peak District 34 499

BR Class 323 passes the site of the Mottram staff halt Mottram Peak District 34 499

Push pull working in the St. Helens, Warrington and Widnes areas 1911-1956 34 500

LMS A two coach push pull propelled by Webb 0-6-2T no 7789 Roe Green Manchester 34 500

Vintage A Webb 2-4-2T no 1438 at Winsford Winsford Crewe 34 500

BR LYR Aspinall 2-4-2T no 10647 Manchester 34 501

An LMWR diagram 45 driving trailer no M3420 at Rainford Ju Rainford Jn Manchester 34 502

Map Ormskirk to Rainford and St Helens [North Sheet] Manchester 34 502

Map St Helens to Warrington and Widnes [South Sheet] Manchester 34 502

Vintage A GCR motor train with GC 2-4-0T Altringham Tank no 448 at Ashton in Makerfield station Ashton Manchester 34 503

The St Helens to Widnes line at St Helen's Jn station St Helen's Jn Manchester 34 503

BR 1960 was the final year of P&P working from Warrington Bank Quay. Warrington Merseyside 34 504

BR No 41210 propels its train out of Heatley Heatley Merseyside 34 504

BR A Webb 2-4-2T leaves Earlestown Earlestown Merseyside 34 505

BR The driving compartment in the luggage compartment of LMS M24449 34 505

Table 1 St Helen's push pull service 1911-66 Samples of LNWR motor fitted trailers 34 506

BR Webb 2-4-2T no 46727 at St Helen's Shaw Street St Helen's Manchester 34 506

Table 2 St Helen's push pull service 1911-66 Samples of LYR and LMS motor fitted trailers 34 507

BR BR built Ivatt 2-6-2T no 41288 Earlestown Merseyside 34 508

Ireland An Irish custom's official secures a wagon Castlefinn Ireland 34 512

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BR Welshpool; and Llanfair Railway 0-6-0Y no 822 shunting at Welshpool Welshpool Mid Wales 34 513

Between Shrewsbury and Hereford 34 516

BR Class 25 no 25 265 with a failed 101DMU at Dorrington Dorrington Shrewsbury 34 516

BR Class 37 37 906 passes Stokesay Castle Craven Arms Shrewsbury 34 516

BR Class 50 no 50 008 Thunderer with the Long Mynd hills in the background Church Stretton Shrewsbury 34 516

BR A pair of Coradia class 175 units pass at Ludlow Ludlow Shrewsbury 34 517

BR Class 47 no 47 426 near Marshbrook Church Stretton Shrewsbury 34 517

The Monster Excursion 34 518

BR Aberdeen station round 1900 Aberdeen Aberdeen 34 518

BR Perth station Perth Perth 34 518

BR Elgin station Elgin Inverness 34 519

Vintage Dunalistar 4-4-0 no 722 34 520

BR Ex Caly 4-4-0 no 54500 Dundee Dundee 34 520

Cartoon; Stragglers miss the last train Dundee Dundee 34 521

Vintage Magdalen Green station c1900 Magdalen Green Dundee 34 521

Bullied, a brilliant but impractical engineer 34 522

BR MN no 21C5 Canadian Pacific 34 522

BR MN no 35004 Cunard White Star Exeter Exeter 34 522

BR BoB no 21C163 [later 34063 229 Squadron] leaves Victoria Victoria London 34 523

BR WC no 21C116 Bodmin Eastleigh Eastleigh 34 523

BR MN no 35024 East Asiatic Company Waterloo London 34 524

Layout of Bulleid's valve gear 34 525

BR MN no 35027 Port Line Dover Dover 34 525

BR Rebuilt MN no 35030 Elder-Dempster Lines Waterloo London 34 526

The end of the Mildenhall branch 34 527

BR GE class E4 no 62785 Mildenhall Newmarket 34 527

BR Map, The Mildenhall branch Mildenhall Newmarket 34 527

BR J17 no 65580 Swaffamprior Newmarket 34 528

BR Timetable extract Cambridge to Mildenhall 34 528

BR Quy station Quy Newmarket 34 529

BR Table 1; Stations and halts on the Mildenhall branch Mildenhall Newmarket 34 529

BR Timetable extract Cambridge to Mildenhall 34 529

BR A DMU at Fordham Fordham Newmarket 34 530

BR Swaffamprior station Swaffamprior Newmarket 34 530

BR Burwell station Burwell Newmarket 34 531

BR Isleham station Isleham Newmarket 34 531

BR Table 2; Passenger loadings on the Mildenhall branch 34 531

BR The last scheduled train from Mildenhall Mildenhall Newmarket 34 532

BR A DMU interior 34 533

The former station building at Bottisham and Lode now a private dwelling Bottisham Newmarket 34 533

John Spenser Gilks photographs in South Wales 34 534

BR Crumlin Viaduct with GWR 56xx no 6661 crossing Crumlin Welsh Valleys 34 534

BR GWR 45xx no 5549 at Crymmych Arms Crymmych Arms Mid Wales 34 534

BR GWR 56xx nom 6634 at Hengoed Low level Hengoed Welsh Valleys 34 534

BR GWR County no 1020 County of Monmouth at Neyland Neyland Pembroke 34 535

BR GWR Manor no 7825 Lechlade Manor leaves Tenby station Tenby Pembroke 34 535

BR GWR no 5633 passes through Quaker's Yard High Level Quaker's Yard Welsh Valleys 34 535

The Llanfair train 34 536

BR GWR no 822 [Earl] shunting wagons in Welshpool yard Welshpool Shrewsbury 34 536

BR GWR no 823 [The Countess] being prepared at the Welshpool shed Welshpool Shrewsbury 34 536

BR GWR no 822 [Earl] weaving its coal train through the washing lines Welshpool Shrewsbury 34 537

BR GWR no 823 [The Countess] shunting at Welshpool Welshpool Shrewsbury 34 537

BR GWR no 822 [Earl] out in the country at Llanfair Caereinion Llanfair Shrewsbury 34 538

BR GWR no 822 [Earl] wit empty wagons in the yard at Llanfair Caereinion Llanfair Shrewsbury 34 538

BR GWR no 823 [The Countess] shunting at Welshpool Welshpool Shrewsbury 34 538

Wolverton 1838-1890. Part 2 34 539

BR The southern approach to Wolverton station Wolverton Bletchley 34 539

The staff and others pose for a photograph Wolverton Bletchley 34 539

BR An inside view of the carriage works Wolverton Bletchley 34 540

Vintage The Wolverton tram trundles along Stratford Road in 1910 Wolverton Bletchley 34 540

BR Bradwell station Bradwell Bletchley 34 541

BR The view from the Stratford Road bridge in 1962 Wolverton Bletchley 34 541

BR The station footbridge at Wolverton Wolverton Bletchley 34 542

BR Wolverton's island platforms in 1956 Wolverton Bletchley 34 542

BR LMS Ivatt class 2 no 41222 sets off for Newport Pagnall Wolverton Bletchley 34 543

The fuel conversion programme on British Railways 1845.48 34 544

Vintage Great Eastern T19 no 760 Petrolea 34 544

GWR 28xx no 2872 34 544

A view of the cab of GWR 28xx no 2872 34 545

GWR no 5955 Garth Hall 34 545

GWR Hall no4972 St. Bride's Hall 34 546

GWR no 5083 Bath Abbey 34 546

Ex War Dept no 3152 Doncaster Doncaster 34 547

Southern Southern D15 no 463 34 548

Southern Southern T9 no 113 34 548

Southern Southern King Arthur no 740 Merlin 34 549

Southern Southern N class no 1831 34 549

A booklet to explain oil burning produced after the programme was abandoned 34 550

A map of the oil refuelling centres from the booklet 34 550

Table 1; Locomotives converted 34 551

Table 2; Refuelling depots 34 551

The last of the Bury Electrics 34 554

BR DMU nos M77167 and M65446 arrive at Crumpsall Crumpsall Manchester 34 554

BR Five of the Bury units outside the depot at Bury Bury Manchester 34 554

BR The final journey of eight of the units Manchester 34 554

Remembering Kimberley Station East 34 555

BR Kimberley station box in 1967 Kimberley Nottingham 34 555

BR The box lever frame Kimberley Nottingham 34 555

BR The lever frame and signalling instruments Kimberley Nottingham 34 556

BR The track diagram Kimberley Nottingham 34 556

BR The portal of Watnall tunnel Watnall Nottingham 34 557

IoM Isle of Man Railway 2-4-0T no 4 Loch Port St Mary Isle of Man 34 560

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BR Southern Q class no 30531 shunting at Brockenhurst Brockenhurst New Forest 34 561

Focus on Glasgow Central 34 564

BR BR standard 2-6-4T no 80057 Glasgow Glasgow 34 564

BR LMS Coronation No 46244 King George VI Glasgow Glasgow 34 564

BR A class 156 unit in Scotrail livery with other units in Strathclyde's carmine and cream Glasgow Glasgow 34 565

BR A class 303 unit and a class 311 in 1977 Glasgow Glasgow 34 565

BR A class 156 unit in Strathclyde's carmine and cream Glasgow Glasgow 34 566

BR The Post Office loading a train appropriately hauled by 'Penny Black' Glasgow Glasgow 34 566

BR Three 303 units with some electric locomotives in shot Glasgow Glasgow 34 566

The death of the Waverley stationmaster 34 567

Vintage An East Coast express hauled by a North Eastern locomotive arrives at Waverley Edinburgh Edinburgh 34 567

The east end of Edinburgh Waverley Edinburgh Edinburgh 34 567

Vintage A group of North British Railway policemen 34 568

The east bay platform at Waverley Edinburgh Edinburgh 34 568

Vintage A group of North British Railway staff at Burnbank Burnbank Glasgow 34 569

Cartoon; Arguing with a ticket inspector 34 569

Railways in Western Lakeland 34 570

BR Ivatt 2-6-2T no 41217 at Foxfield Foxfield Lake District 34 570

Map; Railways in western Lakeland 34 570

Vintage Broughton station c1907 Broughton Lake District 34 571

BR Jinty 0-6-0T no 47317 arrives on wash day Broughton Lake District 34 571

BR Jinty 0-6-0T no 47531 passing Woodland Woodland Lake District 34 572

BR The Coniston terminus from a train Coniston Lake District 34 573

Coniston station c1893 Coniston Lake District 34 574

The line to Copper Mine's wharf Coniston Lake District 34 574

The railmoter with an extra coach Coniston Lake District 34 575

Vintage The 'Ratty' terminus c 1908 was on 3 foot gauge Ravenglass Lake District 34 575

A glimpse of the Cavan and Leitrim 34 576

Vintage Locomotive 'Devon' at the other end of the line, in those days Boot Boot Lake District 34 576

The first 15" gauge locomotive was 'San Pareil Ravenglass Lake District 34 576

A special hauled by pacific Colossus Murthwaite Lake District 34 577

BR Ivatt 2-6-2T no 41217 on the last day of the branch Coniston Lake District 34 578

BR No 44950 about to depart with a train to Blackpool Coniston Lake District 34 578

Ireland Hunslet built 2-6-0T no31 Ballinamore Ireland 34 579

Ireland Locomotive no 3 at Drumshanbo Drumshanbo Ireland 34 579

Ireland Robert Stevenson built 4-4-0T no 2 Kathleen Ballinamore Ireland 34 579

From Rail to road, part 7 34 580

USA A trial of the Besler 'Blue Goose' in Connecticut Groton United States 34 580

USA Diagram of Besler-Doble engine United States 34 580

Germany Deutsche Reichbahn no 19 1001 Germany 34 581

USA The proposed W! streamlined titan Baltimore United States 34 581

Kenya Beardmore-Sentinel type K31 hybrid locomotive Kenya 34 582

India The restored Ewing monorail at the Indian Railway Museum India 34 582

A rail rickshaw in the Edwardian period 34 583

The Brockhouse Uniline 34 583

Southern Railway 0-6-0's 34 584

Southern Q class 0-6-0 no 30533 at Eastleigh Eastleigh Southampton 34 584

Southern Q1 no 33051 at Nine Elms Nine Elms Waterloo 34 584

Southern Q class 0-6-0 no 30543 at Horsham Horsham Crawley 34 585

Southern Q class 0-6-0 no 30547 at Rowfant Rowfant Three Bridges 34 585

Southern Q1 no 33027 at Factory junction Battersea London 34 585

Southern Q class 0-6-0 nos 30531 and 543 leave Havant Havant Portsmouth 34 586

Southern Q1 no 33012 at Bramley and Wonersh Bramley Guildford 34 586

Southern Q1 no 33033 At Bough Beech Bough Beach Edenbridge 34 586

The Salford Triangle 34 587

BR LMS 2-8-0 no 48714 passes Eccle's junction Salford Manchester 34 587

BR WD Austerity no 90722 waits at Patricroft station Patricroft Manchester 34 587

BR Brindle Heath junction in the 1960;s Salford Manchester 34 588

Map; Railways to Salford 34 588

BR Salford station Salford Manchester 34 588

BR BR class 3 2-6-2T no 82009 Eccles Manchester 34 589

BR Irlam signal box Salford Manchester 34 589

Vintage A vintage view of the Eccle's station forecourt Eccles Manchester 34 590

Vintage Looking south from Clifton Junction station pre 1900 Salford Manchester 34 590

BR Patricroft sidings in 1964 Patricroft Manchester 34 591

Vintage Irlams o'th'height station soon after opening Irlam Manchester 34 592

BR Pendleton Broad Street signal box Salford Manchester 34 592

BR Clifton Junction station and signal box Clifton Jn. Manchester 34 593

Problems of subsidence on the railway caused by coal mining 34 594

BR Class 45 no 45 132 on the North Midland line Oakenshaw Blackburn 34 594

Routes affected by NCB mining plans 1969-74 34 594

BR Class 45 no 45 052 at Wath Road junction Barnsley Sheffield 34 595

BR Deltic no 9015 arrives at Wakefield Westgate Wakefield Leeds 34 595

BR Class 45 no 45 022 passes over Kirkgate West junction Wakefield Leeds 34 596

BR Class 45 no 45 047 passes Lofthouse Colliery Wakefield Leeds 34 597

BR Class 47 no 47 500 Great Western on Burton Salmon junction Burton Salmon Leeds 34 598

BR Class 43 no 43 167 pass Ferrybridge cooling towers Ferrybridge Leeds 34 599

It's a guard's life 34 600

Vintage A guard perched on a Liverpool and Manchester first class coach 34 600

Vintage A LB&SCR guard 34 601

Vintage An LNWR guard in 1850 finery 34 601

Vintage A Midland Railway guard c1870 34 602

Vintage An LNWR guard in 1860 finery 34 603

Vintage A Great Northern guard c1870 34 604

Industrial Hudswell Clark 0-6-0T no S100 and train silhouetted against the setting sun Micklefield Leeds 34 608

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BR Great Western King no 6005 King George II Reading West Reading 34 609

On shed at Kingmoor 34 612

BR LMS Jubilee no 45719 Glorious Kingmoor Carlisle 34 612

BR LMS Patriot no 45509 The Derbyshire Yeomanry Kingmoor Carlisle 34 612

BR LMS Coronation no 46231 Duchess of Athol Kingmoor Carlisle 34 613

BR LMS Royal Scot no 46107 Argyll and Sutherland Highlander Kingmoor Carlisle 34 613

BR LNER A2 no 60535 Hornet's Beauty Kingmoor Carlisle 34 613

BR BR Britannias nos 70054 Dornock Firth and 70035 Rudyard Kipling Kingmoor Carlisle 34 614

BR LMS 4F no 44183 Kingmoor Carlisle 34 614

BR LNER A3 No 60100 Spearmint Kingmoor Carlisle 34 614

'The Festival' 34 615

Ireland A First class compartment Ireland Ireland 34 615

Ireland The Festival headed by no 100 Queen Elizabeth Ireland Ireland 34 615

Ireland A new UTA multipurpose diesel train Ireland Ireland 34 616

Ireland The restaurant car interior Ireland Ireland 34 616

Ireland A Second/third class compartment Ireland Ireland 34 617

The near death of the North Warwickshire line 34 618

BR Birmingham Moor Street 51xx no 4173 at platform 3 Birmingham Birmingham 34 618

Map; The North Warwickshire line Birmingham 34 618

BR GWR 81xx no 8109 at Tyseley Tyseley Birmingham 34 619

Table 1; Stations and distances Birmingham 34 619

BR Advert; Diesel and steam services Birmingham to South Wales Birmingham 34 620

BR Table 2; Average daily originating traffic Birmingham 34 620

BR Table 3; Total alightings by each train Birmingham 34 620

BR A DMU at Danzey on what should have been the penultimate day Danzey Birmingham 34 621

BR Moor Street concourse as it was in 1976 Birmingham Birmingham 34 621

BR Stratford on Avon in 1966 Stratford on Avon Stratford on Avon 34 621

BR Moor Street concourse as restored in 2005 Birmingham Birmingham 34 622

BR Stratford on Avon in 2012 with 172 344 arriving from Snow Hill Stratford on Avon Stratford on Avon 34 623

BR DMU no 150 002 at Whitlocks End in 2011 Whitlocks End Birmingham 34 624

Stoke station and it's stationmasters. Part 1 34 625

Vintage A lithograph of Stoke station in 1849 Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 625

Vintage Unveiling the statue of Josiah Wedgwood Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 625

Vintage Photograph; The North Stafford Hotel Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 626

Vintage Postcard; The North Stafford Hotel Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 626

Vintage Stoke station's original roof Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 627

Vintage Thomas Adams Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 627

BR A detail of the train shed taken 2010 Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 628

Vintage Looking north along platform 1 Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 628

Vintage Class B 2-4-0T no 26 at the south end of platform 1 Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 629

Vintage A surviving signalman's chair Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 630

Vintage The NSR First World War memorial on Platform 1 Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 630

BR Stanier class 5 no 44863 stands at platform 2 Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 631

BR Stoke station looking north in BR days Stoke Stoke on Trent 34 631

Reading matter 34 632

BR GW Castle no 5017 The Gloucestershire Regiment Reading Reading 34 632

BR GW Manor no 7808 Cookham Manor Reading Reading 34 632

BR GW King no 6000 King George V Reading Reading 34 633

BR SR U class no 31797 Reading Reading 34 633

BR GW Castle no 5052 Earl of Radnor Reading Reading 34 634

BR GW Saint no 2947 Madresfield Court Reading Reading 34 634

BR Southern King Arthur no 30784 Sir Nerovens Reading Reading 34 634

A tribute to David Idle 34 635

BR SECR C class 0-6-0 no 592 as DS 239 at Ashford Works Ashford Ashford 34 635

BR SECR C class 0-6-0 no 592 in SECR livery on the Bluebell line Sheffield Uckfield 34 635

BR SECR C class 0-6-0 no 592 under restoration at Ashford Ashford Ashford 34 635

Coals from Newcastle. Part 1 34 636

Vintage Drawing; A 53 cwt chaldron 34 636

Vintage Drawing; A horse drawn chaldron 34 636

4 ton 'Black Wagons' preserved at Beamish Beamish Chester-Le-Street 34 637

Vintage Drawing of a Keel boat 34 637

Vintage 10.5 ton hopper wagon at Stella Gill Stella Gill Chester-Le-Street 34 638

Vintage A NER Long Boiler 0-6-0 no 1005 34 638

Replica of an early wooden chaldron on the Tanfield Wagonway Tanfield Tyneside 34 638

Vintage A coaling saithe at Tyne Dock Tyne Dock Tyneside 34 639

Vintage A NER P1 class no 2057 at Selby Selby York 34 639

A grand day out for eight shillings and sixpence 34 640

BR Lord Nelson' no 30856 Lord St. Vincent Waterloo London 34 640

BR Rebuilt WC no 34005 Barnstaple Waterloo London 34 640

BR EMU 3143 leaves Victoria past the BOAC building Victoria London 34 641

BR King Arthur' no 30782 Sir Brian Margate Margate 34 641

BR Schools' no 30916 Whitgift leaves Somerhill Tunnel Tonbridge Tonbridge 34 642

BR U class no 31615 enters Betchworth station Betchworth Dorking 34 642

BR EMU 6-PUL no 3013 has just past Clapham Junction Clapham Jn. London 34 643

BR N class no 31866 leaves Wokingham Wokingham Wokingham 34 643

The Highland Railway Clans 34 644

LMS Highland Railway No 14765 Clan Stewart at Oban Oban Oban 34 644

Vintage Highland Railway No 55 Clan MacKinnon Perth Perth 34 644

LMS Highland Railway No 14767 Clan MacKinnon Aviemore Highlands 34 645

Vintage Highland Railway No 49 Clan Campbell Dalwhinnie Highlands 34 645

LMS Highland Railway No 14765 Clan Stewart Inverness Inverness 34 646

LMS Highland Railway No 14767 Clan MacKinnon Inverness Inverness 34 646

LMS Highland Railway No 14763 Clan Fraser Stirling Stirling 34 647

LMS Highland Railway No 14767 Clan MacKinnon Balornock Glasgow 34 647

Table 1; Names carried by the Highland Railway Clans 34 647

Table 2; Dimensions of the Highland Railway Clans 34 647

Tyson's tours 34 648

BR 0-6-0T no 47378 on the Clifton Hall branch Manchester Manchester 34 648

Vintage GNoS 4-4-0 no 49 Gordon Highlander Aberdeen Aberdeen 34 648

Vintage L&Y 0-4-0ST no 51232 Salford Manchester 34 648

BR BR class 2 2-6-0 no 78036 Earby Skipton 34 649

Preserved LNER K4 no 3442 The Great Marquess Manchester Manchester 34 649

BR LYR 2-4-2T no 50850 Woolfold Manchester 34 649

Drama aboard the TS King Edward 34 650

TS King Edward [two views] 34 650

BR Manchester Exchange as daylight fades Manchester Manchester 34 656

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