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Back Track Magazine Volume No.36

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Number 1 January 2022

Railway Feature Where General Area Vol. Page

SR Schools no 30901 is the Royal Train standby at Stewarts Lane Stewarts Lane London 36 1

Skyfall, trains in the snow 36 4

BR LMS class 5 no 44727 on a southbound freight Hellifield Settle and Carlisle 36 4

BR LNER A3 no 60073 St, Gatien at Dent Dent Settle and Carlisle 36 4

BR Class 47 no 47 002 at Diggle Diggle Peak District 36 5

BR Preserved LMS class 5 no 5305 crosses the Glenfinnan Viaduct Glenfinnan Highlands 36 5

BR A 'Pacer' passes the site of the Mirfield depot Mirfield Huddersfield 36 6

BR Fort William depot in March 1987 Fort William Highlands 36 6

BR A class 158 crossing the River Colne on the viaduct at Staithwaite Staithwaite Huddersfield 36 7

BR No 43 120 at the Clay Cross junction Clay Cross Chesterfield 36 7

The Mold to Brymbo line 36 8

Vintage Llanfyndd with an LNWR Coal Tank c WWI Llanfyndd Mid Wales 36 8

Mold to Brymo branch map 36 8

BR Mold Tryddyn Junction signal box Mold Tryddyn Mid Wales 36 8

LMS A Coal tank on a short freight Brymo Mid Wales 36 9

Vintage Coed Talon station c 1910 Coed Talon Mid Wales 36 9

BR A trackless Ffrith Viaduct in 1959 Ffrith Viaduct Mid Wales 36 10

BR LMS 4F no 44065 Brymo Mid Wales 36 10

BR Stanier 8F no 48665 passing the Brymo station site Brymo Mid Wales 36 11

The Nobility and railways of Huddersfield 36 12

Vintage Huddersfield station façade at its L&Y end Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 12

Vintage Huddersfield station façade in its heyday Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 12

BR Class 50 no 50 020 Revenge on Paddock Viaduct Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 13

BR Crosti boiler 9F nom 92020 nears Standedge tunnel Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 13

BR Map; railways to Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 14

BR LMS class 5 no 45421 Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 15

BR LMS Jubilee no 45558 Manitoba at Springwood Junction Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 15

BR Class 37/0 nos 37 252 and 221 on the Lockwood Viaduct Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 16

BR Huddersfield station from the track in 1965 with 5MT no 45437 and a DMU which became a class 110 Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 17

BR LNER B1 no 61320 at Lockwood Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 17

BR Holmfirth? Station with LMS class 4 no 42650 in 1959 Holmfirth Huddersfield 36 18

LMS Kirkburton station Kirkburton Huddersfield 36 18

LMS Huddersfield station from the track with LNWR Prince of Wales no 5716 Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 19

BR Huddersfield station interior showing part of No 1 signal box Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 19

BR A view of the station interior in 2002 Huddersfield Huddersfield 36 20

Aspects of the Manchester and Leeds railway part 2 36 21

Vintage A drawing of Todmorden Viaduct by A F Tait Todmorden Rochdale 36 21

Vintage Todmorden station in L&Y days Todmorden Rochdale 36 21

BR Gauxholme skew bridge Todmorden Rochdale 36 22

BR The level crossing at Eastwood station Eastwood Rochdale 36 22

BR Hebden Bridge station frontage Hebden Bridge Rochdale 36 23

BR The east portal of Weasel Hall tunnel Hebden Bridge Rochdale 36 23

Vintage Luddendenfoot station in LYR days Luddendenfoot Halifax 36 24

Vintage Sowerby Bridge station frontage Sowerby Bridge Halifax 36 24

LMS LYR Aspinall 0-6-0 LMS no 12574 climbs out of Luddendenfoot Luddendenfoot Halifax 36 25

A day at the races 36 26

BR Blisworth station from a nearby road bridge Blisworth Northampton 36 26

LMS LNWR Webb 2-4-2T no 46666 Blisworth Northampton 36 26

LMS Blisworth station from the track Blisworth Northampton 36 27

LMS Webb 2-4-2T sandwiched between a symmetrical pair of push-pull coaches Blisworth Northampton 36 27

LMS A general view of Towcester station Towcester Northampton 36 28

LMS The race trains timetable from Banbury 36 28

LMS Lots of trains at Towcester in the 1920;s Towcester Northampton 36 29

LMS Towcester station with a push pull train and the signal box Towcester Northampton 36 29

LMS 4F no 4321 with an excursion at Duston Wood junction Northampton Northampton 36 30

LMS And a view of the 1932 operation Towcester Northampton 36 30

LMS Track diagram of the Blisworth area Blisworth Northampton 36 30

'Kingfisher' in flight 36 31

BR A4 no 60024 Kingfisher leaves Forfar Forfar Highlands 36 31

BR A4 no 60024 Kingfisher passes through Glamis Glamis Highlands 36 31

BR A4 no 60024 Kingfisher rests in the sun at Forfar Forfar Highlands 36 31

'School' ties 36 32

BR SR Schools no 30902 Wellington at Brighton shed Brighton Brighton 36 32

BR SR Schools no 30926 Repton near Shortland's Junction Shortland's London 36 32

BR A polished Schools no 30926 Repton ready for the Royal train Tattenham Corner London 36 33

BR SR Schools no 30924 at Haileybury fitted with the larger chimney Ashford [Kent] Ashford [Kent] 36 33

BR SR Schools no 30915 Brighton should feel at home at Brighton station Brighton Brighton 36 34

BR SR Schools no 30930 Radley under repair at Bricklayers Arms shed Bricklayers Arms London 36 34

BR What looks like a crew change at Faversham for Schools no 30910 Merchant Taylors Faversham Canterbury 36 34

BR SR Schools no 30927 Clifton near Wadhurst Wadhurst Tunbridge Wells 36 35

BR The driver of Schools no 30929 Malvern waits the 'right away' Paddock Wood Tunbridge Wells 36 35

The 1848 drivers dispute in the newspapers 36 36

Vintage A London and Birmingham train from a painting by Hamilton-Ellis 36 36

Vintage A typical Liverpool and Manchester train from an LNWR postcard 36 36

Vintage Richard Creed the LNWR company secretary 36 37

The Railway Tavern in Chalk Farm where the protesters met as photographed in 1939 Chalk Farm London 36 37

Vintage Bury 2-2-2 built as no 96 36 38

Vintage Curzon Street station façade Birmingham Birmingham 36 38

Vintage Long Boiler' 4-2-0 no 189 built in 1848 36 39

Vintage Long Bloomer' no 887 Knowsley 36 40

Vintage L&B passenger train as depicted on a 1938 LMS publication 36 41

In the East Midlands with JSG 36 42

BR A BR class 4 no 75059 runs into Ketton and Collyweston station Ketton Stamford 36 42

BR An LTSR '79' locomotive no 41975 far from home at Uppingham Uppingham Stamford 36 42

BR Ivatt class 2 no 41227 on the push-pull at Stamford Stamford Stamford 36 42

BR LMS Fairburn class 4 no 42137 pulls into Saxby Saxby Leicester 36 43

BR LMS Stanier class 4 no 42446 arrives at Kelmarsh Kelmarsh Northampton 36 43

BR LNER B1 no 61141 at Melton Mobray North Melton Mobray Melton Mobray 36 43

Ipswich a hub for Suffolk railways; part 2 36 44

BR Beccles station looking north Beccles Lowestoft 36 44

BR LNER B1 no 61253 waits to leave Ipswich Ipswich Ipswich 36 44

Vintage GE Holden E22 [LNER J65] no 253 at Eye Eye Bury St Edmunds 36 45

BR Liverpool Street station concourse in steam days Liverpool Street London 36 45

BR Felixstowe station c 1960 Felixstowe Felixstowe 36 46

Vintage The original Felixstowe station renamed Beach when the new Town station was opened Felixstowe Felixstowe 36 46

BR L1 no 67711 at Ipswich on the London train Ipswich Ipswich 36 47

BR GER F5 2-6-4T no 67218 on the push-pull at Lowestoft Lowestoft Lowestoft 36 48

BR Brockford station with an ornate station place board Brockford Bury St Edmunds 36 49

BR The station buildings at Laxfield Laxfield Diss 36 49

BR Class 90's nos 90 043, 047 and oi4 head into Ipswich tunnel Ipswich Ipswich 36 50

Third rail on Merseyside 36 51

BR A 507 alongside a 508 at Southport Southport Merseyside 36 51

BR Class 507 no 507 110 at St. Michael's station St. Michael's Merseyside 36 51

BR Class 508 no 508 140 at Kirkdale Kirkdale Merseyside 36 51

Take the train for the boat. The rise and fall of the boat train. Part 1 36 52

BR BoB no 34085 501 Squadron leaves Dover Marine in 1954 Dover Dover 36 52

BR LMS Royal Scot no 46150 The Life Guardsman on the Irish Mail leaves Chester Chester Chester 36 52

BR Doncaster built Bo-Bo electric [later class 71] no E5012 on the Golden Arrow Dover Dover 36 53

Southern The 'Golden Arrow' arch at Victoria Victoria London 36 53

BR BoB no 21C156 Croydon on the Night ferry Victoria London 36 54

BR Britannia no 70004 William Shakespeare leaves the Shakespeare cliff tunnel Dover Dover 36 54

BR The branch train arrives at Brockenhurst behind LSWR M7 no 30068 Brockenhurst New Forest 36 55

BR GWR '1366' 0-6-0PT no 1368 meets the Channel Islands ferry Weymouth Weymouth 36 56

GWR GWR's train waits for St. Julien to berth Weymouth Weymouth 36 57

BR Rebuilt WC no 34018 Axminster passes Vauxhall with the Statesman Vauxhall London 36 57

BR GWR Atbara no 3381 Maine leaves Fishguard in 1908 Fishguard Fishguard 36 58

BR GWR King no 6029 King Edward VIII nears Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Newton Abbott 36 58

Preserved GWR Super saloons nos 9112 and 9118 Behind No 7808 Cookham Hall and 6998 Burton Agnes Hall Norton Junction Worcester 36 59

BR Liverpool Riverside and LMS 3F no 47387 on a Liverpool University special Liverpool Merseyside 36 59

BR BR Std class 5 waits at Gournock Prince's Pier Gournock Glasgow 36 60

BR LNER L1 no 67800 pulls away from Bingham station Bingham Nottingham 36 64

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BR The Network Rail New Measurement train at Nuneaton Nuneaton Coventry 36 65

Through Sussex via Steyning 36 68

BR LBSCR K class no 32345 Beeding Warnham 36 68

BR LMS Ivatt 2MT no 41314 leaves Southwater Southwater Horsham 36 68

BR Partridge Green station Partridge Green West Grinstead 36 69

BR Southwater station from the track Southwater Horsham 36 69

BR West Grinstead station from the track West Grinstead Billingshurst 36 69

'What a lovely job this is' Making television documentaries 36 70

Artwork from the Radio Times for the Ballard of John Axon 36 70

BR Class 7F no 53807 in the snow at Midford Midford Bath 36 70

BR Wc no 34040 Crewkerne at Midsomer Norton Bath 36 71

BR Wc no 34042 Dorchester cab with Donald Beale and Ivo Peters 36 71

BR Class 7F no 53810 bursts out of Devonshire tunnel Lyncombe Vale Bath 36 72

Filming on the trackbed of the branch to Burnham Bath 36 73

Preserved Wc no 34105 Swanage with Donald Beale, Ivo Peters and Mike Arlett on the Mid Hants Railway Bentley Alton 36 73

BR BR class 4 heads north near Wellow Wellow Bath 36 74

Film splicing/editing equipment 36 74

Frustrations of fuel efficiency, part 4 36 75

A Baldwin compound articulated Mallet locomotive 36 75

Drawing of the right hand half of the Franco-Turbize locomotive 36 75

Italy An Italian State Railway's class 743 36 76

First layout for Bulleid's experimental peat burning rebuild of ex -GSR no 356 36 76

Bulleid's first experimental turf burner as initially built 36 77

BR Riddle's Crosti 9F no 92023 on the Rugby test bed Rugby Rugby 36 77

Spain The Swansong for the Crosti concept, the RENFE rebuild of 2-8-0 no 2438 36 78

'And it was all yellow' Examples of yellow painted locomotives 36 79

BR HS4000 Kestrel built by Hawker Siddeley Cricklewood London 36 79

Preserved The Jones Goods H.R. no 103 pilots GNSR no 49 Gordon Highlander Glenwhilly Stranraer 36 79

BR The Network Rail New Measurement train at Rotherham Car 43 062 at the front and 42 014 at the back Rotherham Sheffield 36 79

The GWR, Ruabon to Barmouth route 36 80

BR GWR Manor no 7800 Torquay Manor at Llangollen Llangollen Mid Wales 36 80

BR The western end of Llangollen station showing how near it was to the Dee Llangollen Mid Wales 36 80

BR 0-6-0PT no 9793 leaves Llangollen Llangollen Mid Wales 36 81

GWR The Ruabon - Barmouth route Mid Wales 36 81

Vintage Armstrong 517 class no 539 at Bala Town Bala Town Mid Wales 36 82

GWR GWR Dean class 645 no 772 at Corwen Corwen Mid Wales 36 82

BR GWR 43xx no 4377 leaves Berwyn Berwyn Mid Wales 36 83

GWR Abadare no 2679 waits at the Barmouth excursion platform Barmouth Mid Wales 36 84

GWR Drys y Nant showing the station and goods sidings Drys y Nant Mid Wales 36 85

BR The GWR [up] platform at Dolgelley viewed from the Cambrian [down] side Dolgelley Mid Wales 36 85

The story of the clickety-clack, the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway 1912=1961 36 86

Map of the Grimsby and Immingham tramway Grimsby Grimsby 36 86

BR Car no 11 at the Corporation Bridge terminus Grimsby Grimsby 36 87

BR Tram passing along Gilbey Street Grimsby Grimsby 36 87

BR Car no 12 at Cleveland Bridge Grimsby Grimsby 36 88

BR Car no 19, an ex Gateshead vehicle Grimsby Grimsby 36 88

BR A GCR tram leaves Immingham Immingham Grimsby 36 89

BR Car DE 320234 was a Gateshead tram rebuilt by British Railways Grimsby Grimsby 36 89

BR Car no 18 receives a wash Grimsby Grimsby 36 90

BR GCR car 15 on its final day of operation Grimsby Grimsby 36 90

Milk train derailment at Chipping Sodbury 36 91

BR The site of the accident from the south west Chipping Sodbury Bristol 36 91

BR Lifting a milk wagon back onto the track Chipping Sodbury Bristol 36 92

BR A closer view of the accident site Chipping Sodbury Bristol 36 93

On the Lambourne Valley branch 36 94

BR GWR 57xx at the Lambourn terminus Lambourn Newbury 36 94

BR The view of East Garston East Garston Newbury 36 94

BR 57xx no 4665 crosses the level crossing East Garston Newbury 36 95

BR GWR 2251 no 2252 passes East Garston light engine East Garston Newbury 36 95

BR Welford Park signal box after closure to passenger service Welford Park Newbury 36 95

The ins and outs of Paddington 36 96

BR No 5060 Earl of Berkeley Paddington London 36 96

BR No 6023 King Edward II takes on water Paddington London 36 96

BR No 6006 King George I on the turntable at Ranelagh with no 1009 County of Carmarthen in the background Paddington London 36 97

BR No 6023 King Edward II takes its train out of London Paddington London 36 97

BR GPO ex GWR Express parcels van W34W Paddington London 36 98

BR No 5035 Coity Castle leaves for Wolverhampton Paddington London 36 98

BR No 6761 57xx moving empty stock Paddington London 36 98

Cross country through the Tyne Valley 36 99

BR Class 47 no 47 428 leaves Haltwhistle Haltwhistle Tyneside 36 99

BR LNER A1 makes an unscheduled stop at Haydon Bridge Haydon Bridge Tyneside 36 99

BR Class 156 unit no 156 444 Hexham Tyneside 36 100

BR Hexham's unique signal box with 156 491 passes underneath Hexham Tyneside 36 100

Preserved LMS class 5 no 5305 crossing the Tyne Haltwhistle Tyneside 36 100

Preserved A4 no 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley nears Brampton Junction Brampton Carlisle 36 101

BR Class 66 no 66 548 on the Drax 'Merry-go-round' train Corbridge Tyneside 36 101

BR DMU 156 469 in the Tyne valley east of Hexham Hexham Tyneside 36 101

Snowbound at Rowley 36 102

Map of lines local to Rowley Tyneside 36 102

Vintage Rowley station just pre WW I Rowley Tyneside 36 102

Vintage The snowbound train Rowley Tyneside 36 103

Vintage The snowbound train from the road bridge Rowley Tyneside 36 103

LNE The 1940 accident at Rowley involving two Q6's Rowley Tyneside 36 104

Vintage The two 398 class locomotives that hauled the train Rowley Tyneside 36 104

Vintage German prisoners of WW I clearing the line at Waskerley Waskerley Tyneside 36 105

Vintage Rowley station in warmer times with NER 901 class no 929 on a local train Rowley Tyneside 36 105

The St. Finian's sheep accident 36 106

LMS St Fillan's station in the 1930's St Fillan Highlands 36 106

Vintage St Fillan's track layout c1921 St Fillan Highlands 36 106

Vintage A Caledonian 4-6-0 36 107

Vintage A Caledonian livestock wagon 36 107

Take the train for the boat. The rise and fall of the boat train. Part 2 36 108

BR The last steam hauled Belfast Boat Express at Manchester Victoria in 1968 Manchester Manchester 36 108

BR Britannia no 70048 waits at Holyhead for the Irish Mail Holyhead Anglesey 36 109

BR LMS class 5 no 45126 with the Northern Irishman at Stranraer Stranraer Stranraer 36 109

BR B1 no 61342 at Ardrossen Montgomerie pier Ardrossen Kilmarnock 36 110

BR Coronation no 46256 with the Ulster Express and Royal Scot no 46142 with the Shamrock Euston London 36 110

BR V3 2-6-2T no 67691 at Newcastle Tyne Commission Quay Newcastle Tyneside 36 111

LNE B17 no 2822 Alnwick Castle on the 'Flushing Continental' Manningtree Colchester 36 112

BR The 'Orient Line' at St Pancras in the 1950's St. Pancras London 36 112

BR EE type 3 [later class 37] at Sheffield Midland with the North Country Continental Sheffield Sheffield 36 113

BR LMS Patriot no 45543 Home Guard heads away from Windermere with a return excursion Windermere Lake District 36 114

BR A3 no 60036 passes the site of Pilmoor station Pilmoor Thirsk 36 115

BR Britannia no 70001 Lord Hurcomb arrives at Liverpool St. with the up 'Hook Continental' Liverpool Street London 36 115

BR Britannia no 70005 John Milton climbs Brentwood Bank with the 'Day Continental' Brentwood Brentwood 36 116

BR Southern H15 arrives on pier 50 aka 'Airways station' built to service flying boats Southampton Southampton 36 116

BR The 'Venice Simpion Orient Express' leaves Folkestone Harbour with Class 67 no 67 017 at the rear.. Folkestone Folkestone 36 117

Falling short of ambition: a new line to Leatherhead 36 118

BR Malden Manor station from the track Malden Manor London 36 118

BR Motspur Park station with a 1930's development Motspur Park London 36 118

Southern Malden Manor station frontage c 1937 Malden Manor London 36 119

Map; Railways to Chessington London 36 119

Southern Malden Manor station with a group of schoolboys Malden Manor London 36 120

BR Chessington North station Chessington London 36 121

BR Tolworth station Tolworth London 36 121

Southern The frontage of Chessington South station Chessington London 36 122

BR The complete but never used northbound platform at Chessington South Chessington London 36 123

Donegal Delight 36 124

Ireland 2-6-4T no 6 Columbkille wits to leave Letterkenny with GNR no 16 in the siding Letterkenny Ireland 36 124

Ireland Railcar no 10 at Stranorler Stranorler Ireland 36 124

BR GWR Castle no 7008 passes under Westbourne Bridge Paddington London 36 128

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BR LNER J94 0-6-0ST outside Darlington works Darlington Darlington 36 129

The J94 saddle tanks 36 132

BR J94 no 68013 at the Cromford and High Peak railway Cromford Peak District 36 132

BR J94 no 68037 on a local freight Darlington Darlington 36 132

BR J94 no 68047 runs through Darlington Darlington Darlington 36 133

BR J94 no 68072 at Doncaster Doncaster Doncaster 36 133

BR J94 no 68079 cross the level crossing at Longcliffe Longcliffe Peak District 36 133

Competition between the railways and canals in the 19th century 36 134

The Forth and Clyde Canal at Camelon Camelon Falkirk 36 134

Ellesmere Port in 1905 Ellesmere Port Merseyside 36 135

BR Austerity no 90704 crosses the Weighton Canal Wallingfen Goole 36 136

The Sankey [or St. Helen's] canal Sankey Bridge Merseyside 36 137

A prewar WWI scene with a dredger at work on the Monmouthshire Canal Monmouth Monmouth 36 138

BR A Craven's DMU at the Crowle swing bridge Crowle Doncaster 36 139

The Regent canal by the Midland's Agar Town goods depot St. Pancras London 36 140

Index of railway owned canals before 1923 36 141

Birmingham's Grand Central station AKA New Street 36 142

BR A panorama of New Street taken c 1954 New Street Birmingham 36 142

BR Jubilee no 45742 Connaught stands at Platform 4 in 1956 New Street Birmingham 36 142

Etching; the frontage to Queen's hotel New Street Birmingham 36 143

BR LMS Compound no 40915 pilots Jubilee no 45663 Jervis from platform 9 New Street Birmingham 36 143

Trunk routes round New Street New Street Birmingham 36 143

BR LMS Compound no 44193 New Street Birmingham 36 144

BR LMS Jubilee no 45618 New Hebrides waits at platform 6 New Street Birmingham 36 144

BR LMS 2P no 40659 pilots Royal Scot no 46148 The Manchester Regiment New Street Birmingham 36 145

BR LMS Compound no 41157 ready to leave platform 11 New Street Birmingham 36 145

BR Bo-Bo diesel-electric no 10800 at platform 3 New Street Birmingham 36 146

BR LMS Jubilee no 45669 Fisher New Street Birmingham 36 146

BR LMS Jubilee no 45560 Prince Edward Island New Street Birmingham 36 147

BR Post war reconstruction on the LNWR side New Street Birmingham 36 147

BR B1 no 61195 moves off platform 9 New Street Birmingham 36 148

BR Black Five no 45186 at platform 7 New Street Birmingham 36 148

Engineering Works notice New Street Birmingham 36 149

BR Midland 2P no 40421 leaves platform 6 New Street Birmingham 36 149

The Chinaman and the British engineer that built it 36 150

Preserved KF 1 class 4-8-4 no 607 [KF1 007] NRM York 36 150

Kenneth Cantile 36 151

Vulcan Foundry drawing showing their original scheme for the locomotive 36 151

Preserved Detail of valve gear on KF1 007 showing the 2 to1 multiplier 36 152

KF1 in as new condition near Wuchang Wuchang China 36 153

China KF1 006 in the Chinese railway museum in Beijing Beijing China 36 154

The inauguration of the Victory Arch at Waterloo station 36 155

Southern The Victory Arch photographed in the 1930's Waterloo London 36 155

The GWR, Ruabon to Barmouth route; part 2 36 156

BR 8750' 0-6-0PT no 9669 at Bala Bala Mid Wales 36 156

BR Llangollen station in 1954 with a 'Butlin's service. Llangollen Mid Wales 36 156

BR LMS class 2 no 46446 approaches Garneddwen Garneddwen Mid Wales 36 157

BR Penmaenpool station Penmaenpool Mid Wales 36 157

BR Collett 0-4-2T no 4867 with an auto train at Barmouth Barmouth Mid Wales 36 158

BR Flag station Halt Flag Mid Wales 36 158

BR Llys Halt Llys Mid Wales 36 159

Succeeding like success; the LMS class 5 36 160

BR LMS class 5 no 45131 emerges from Standedge Tunnel Standedge Peak District 36 160

BR LMS class 5 no 45214 at St. Rollux shed Glasgow Glasgow 36 160

BR LMS class 5 no 44824 inside Leeds Holbeck shed Leeds Leeds 36 161

BR LMS class 5 no 45087 passes through Dalry Dalry Glasgow 36 161

BR LMS class 5 no 45930 runs into Preston Preston Preston 36 161

BR LMS class 5 no 44709 leaves Windermere Windermere Lake District 36 162

BR LMS class 5 no 45041 leaves Lime Street Liverpool Merseyside 36 162

BR LMS class 5 no 45228 at Scout Green Scout Green Lake District 36 162

BR LMS class 5 no 44803 pauses at Victoria Manchester Manchester 36 163

BR LMS class 5 no 45182 climbs Shap Shap Lake District 36 163

What about the workers?s 36 164

LMS Late shift at Euston in 1937 Euston London 36 164

Vintage LNWR staff adorn Precursor 4-4-0 Cedric 36 164

BR Staff at the control room in Birmingham in 1967 Birmingham Birmingham 36 164

LMS Digging out snow on the Stainmore route in 1947 Barras Settle and Carlisle 36 165

Southern Tea bar at Waterloo during WW II Waterloo London 36 165

Recalled to Cumbria 36 166

BR Two LMS Ivatts nos 46426 and 46458 on a RSTC special at Bassenthwaite station Bassenthwaite Lake District 36 166

BR Two LMS Ivatts nos 46426 and 46458 on a RSTC special leave Keswick Keswick Lake District 36 166

BR Class 31 no 31 119 with a train at Grange over Sands Grange over Sands Lake District 36 167

BR Two Direct Rail Services class 37 nos 37 218 and 604 Maryport Lake District 36 167

BR A pair of 142 pacers on the Leven's Viaduct Levens Lake District 36 168

BR Class 47 no 47 501 stops at the temporary Workington north station Workington Lake District 36 168

BR Class 66 no 66 164 with a container train Maryport Lake District 36 168

Bridlington engine shed 36 169

Map; Railways round Bridlington in NE region days Bridlington Scarborough 36 169

Vintage NER J class no 1525 at Bridlington in 1914 Bridlington Scarborough 36 169

LNE D49 no 62750 Pytchley and K3 no 61899 double head an empty stock train Bridlington Scarborough 36 170

LNE K3 no 2438 on the turntable Bridlington Scarborough 36 170

LNE LNER plan of Bridlington shed in 1929 Bridlington Scarborough 36 170

Table; Bridlington engine shed turns Bridlington Scarborough 36 171

BR V2 no 60938 also on the turntable Bridlington Scarborough 36 171

BR Ex GCR Director no 62662 being turned on the turntable Bridlington Scarborough 36 172

BR Recovering D49 62703 Hertfordshire from the turntable pit Bridlington Scarborough 36 172

BR Over 30 engines with B16 no 61434 being the nearest to the camera Bridlington Scarborough 36 173

BR K3 no 61889 alongside LMS class 5 no 44777 Bridlington Scarborough 36 174

BR B1 61087 takes on water Bridlington Scarborough 36 175

BR Sentinel Y3 no 68155 Bridlington Scarborough 36 175

BR Whittaker's of Halifax annual trip behind Jubilee no 45694 Bellerophon on its way home Bridlington Scarborough 36 175

Private stations and waiting rooms on the Highland Railway 36 176

Vintage Dunrobin station in 1871 Dunrobin Highlands 36 176

Vintage Queen Victoria's waiting room at Ballater Ballater Highlands 36 176

BR Dunrobin station today Dunrobin Highlands 36 177

Vintage HR Duke no 72 Bruce pulls into Blair Athol station Blair Atholl Highlands 36 177

BR Alness station Alness Highlands 36 178

BR Castle Grant platform Castle Grant Highlands 36 178

BR Blair Athol station Blair Atholl Highlands 36 179

BR Duncraig station Duncraig Highlands 36 179

A new observation train 36 180

Vintage A petrol electric railcar built by the NE railway 36 180

A prototype observation car by Wilkes and Ashmore 36 180

LNE The Bever tail observation car of the Coronation leaves Edinburgh Waverley in the 1930's Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 181

LMS The Caly Pullman vehicle rebuilt and named Maid of Morvern 36 181

LNE Cleaning the Bever car windows King's Cross London 36 182

LNE Inside the Bever tail observation car of the Coronation 36 182

LNE The Bever tail observation car of the Coronation as rebuilt as a more angular shape as E1729E 36 183

The Devon Belle observation car Exeter Exeter 36 183

A former Devon Belle observation car used on the North Wales Land Cruise Criccieth Caernarvon 36 184

BR The Devon Belle observation car interior 36 184

BR Turning observation car SC281 at Blair Athol as Jones Goods no 103 waits nearby Blair Atholl Highlands 36 185

BR Willesden carriage shed middle box Willesden London 36 186

BR Willesden carriage shed north box Willesden London 36 186

BR Willesden carriage shed south box Willesden London 36 186

BR The view looking north from the Willesden Brent sidings box Willesden London 36 187

BR Willesden Brent sidings box Willesden London 36 187

BR Willesden Brent sidings box interior Willesden London 36 187

Welshpool once more 36 188

Vintage Cartoon re LNWR Locomotives Experiment and Problem 36 189

BR Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway 0-6-0T no 822 [2 pictures] welshpool Mid Wales 36 192

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BR Caledonian '439' no 55218 Aberfeldy Highlands 36 193

Northant's Ironstone 36 196

Industrial A Hunslet Fitzwilliam class 'Ring Haw' at work in Nassington [Two pictures] Nassington Peterborough 36 196

Industrial Ring Haw' banks a train out of the quarry Nassington Peterborough 36 197

Industrial Two views of 'Jack's Green' Nassington Peterborough 36 197

Norfolk's railways 36 198

BR Hunstanton station in 1959 with D16/3 no 62597 waits to leave for Liverpool Street Hunstanton King's Lynn 36 198

Map of Norfolk's Railways. 36 198

BR D16/3 no 62597 again, this time off to Sheringham Melton Constable n. Norfolk 36 199

BR Yarmouth Vauxhall concourse in 1957 Yarmouth Yarmouth 36 199

BR B1 no 61059 waits to leave Norwich Thorpe Norwich Norwich 36 200

BR Britannia no 70030 William Wordsworth backs out Norwich Norwich 36 200

BR Ex GE F4 no 67176 with a holiday express to Lowestoft Yarmouth Yarmouth 36 201

Vintage Post card of Tivetshall station posted in 1916 Tivetshall Norwich 36 201

BR Ex GNR 4-4-2T no 67386 King's Lynn King's Lynn 36 202

Vintage The Sandringham stop, Wolferton station in 1921 Wolferton King's Lynn 36 202

BR LMS Ivatt class 4 no 43108 at Melton Constable Melton Constable n. Norfolk 36 203

LNE Post card of Potter Heigham station posted in 1940 Potter Heigham Yarmouth 36 203

BR LNER V1 no 7664 at North Walsham North Walsham Norwich 36 204

Vintage Norwich Victoria station c 1900 Norwich Norwich 36 204

LNE Caister Camp halt with 'happy campers!' Caister Yarmouth 36 205

Vintage Postcard of St. Olave's station c 1906 St. Olave's Yarmouth 36 205

Vintage Trimmingham station in the 1900s Trimmingham Cromer 36 206

Mid Wales railway 1864-88 36 207

Fares to the Eisteddfod poster for 1878 36 207

BR Map; The Mid Wales railway 36 207

Vintage Postcard of Newbridge on Wye sent in 1902 Newbridge Mid Wales 36 207

Vintage A £10 Mid Wales Railway share 36 208

GWR Newbridge on Wye in the 1930's Newbridge Mid Wales 36 209

BR Newbridge on Wye in the 1950's Newbridge Mid Wales 36 209

GWR Agricultural machinery on a flat car at Newbridge in the 1930's Newbridge Mid Wales 36 210

Vintage A turn of the 19th century view of the station mistress Sarah Jones and porter Tom Lewis at St. Harmon station St Harmon Mid Wales 36 211

Vintage An extract from the 'Mid Wales Railway rules and regulations 36 211

Vintage A train crosses the River Wye Mid Wales 36 212

BR LMS designed Ivatt class 2 no 46523 Mid Wales 36 213

By the waters of Luddendenfoot 36 214

BR LMS 2-6-0 no 42701 pilots class 5 no 45284 Luddenden Foot Halifax 36 214

BR LMS Patriot no 45517 runs over the troughs Luddenden Foot Halifax 36 214

BR BR class 4 no 75018 takes a drink Luddenden Foot Halifax 36 215

BR LMS class 4 no 43056 with a vintage inspection saloon Luddenden Foot Halifax 36 215

BR Midland Railway 4F 43852 Luddenden Foot Halifax 36 215

The first twenty years of the NER Tyneside electrics 36 216

Vintage An early colourised postcard featuring the NER electric trains Tyneside 36 216

Vintage A train of varied NER electric stock Tyneside 36 217

Vintage An electric train at New Bridge Street station New Bridge St. Tyneside 36 217

Vintage A colourised view of the train interior Tyneside 36 218

Vintage A train at Tynemouth Tynemouth Tyneside 36 219

Vintage The last surviving Tyneside stock, one of two parcel vans Tyneside 36 219

Vintage An electric locomotive built to operate the Quayside branch Quayside Tyneside 36 220

Vintage Electric shunting locomotive no 1 South Trafalgar Tyneside 36 221

Alan Tyson on the East coast route 36 222

BR A3 no 60108 Gay Crusader Peterborough Peterborough 36 222

BR A4 no 60031 Golden Plover York York 36 222

BR V2 no 60881, a V2 with a double chimney York York 36 222

BR A1 no 60136 Alcazar Peterborough Peterborough 36 223

BR A3 no 60043 Brown Jack Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 223

BR A4 no 6006 Sir Ralph Wedgwood Retford Retford 36 223

Scottish Expeditions 36 224

BR Caly 294 class at Port of Mentieth Port of Mentieth Stirling 36 224

BR GWR 16xx at the unlikely situation of Dornoch Dornoch Highlands 36 224

BR Caly Jumbo no 57340 Wigtown Stranraer 36 225

BR The driver of B1 no 61352 stops to exchange tokens at Banavie Banavie Fort William 36 225

BR Caly 439 class no 55236 pauses at Duror Duror Oban 36 226

BR Crianlarich Upper station Crianlarich Oban 36 226

BR GWR 16xx shunts at the head of Loch Fleet Loch Fleet Highlands 36 226

The Trent Valley line in the news 1845 - 1900 36 227

Vintage Stafford station c 1900 Stafford Stafford 36 227

BR The ornate western entrance to Shugborough tunnel Shugborough Stafford 36 227

BR Colwich station Colwich Stafford 36 228

BR The plain eastern entrance to Shugborough tunnel Shugborough Stafford 36 228

BR Rugeley station Rugeley Stafford 36 229

BR Webb 'Teutonic' no 1304 Jennie Dean runs through Litchfield Low Level Litchfield Birmingham 36 229

LMS LNWR Cauliflower no 1235 leaves Tamworth Tamworth Birmingham 36 230

BR LNWR class E compound no 1017 trundles through Tamworth Low level Tamworth Birmingham 36 230

LMS The down 'Irish Mail' passing Atherstone Atherstone Birmingham 36 231

LMS The station buildings at Polesworth Polesworth Birmingham 36 231

LMS The view from Watling Street Bridge of Atherstone station Atherstone Birmingham 36 232

Vintage Rugby station c WW I Rugby Rugby 36 233

Vintage The low level platform at Nuneaton Nuneaton Coventry 36 233

'ABC' absentees 36 234

Vintage Glasgow and South Western 4-6-4T no 545 on an LPC postcard 36 234

LNE Raven NER 4-6-2 no 2401 City of Kingston on Hull Darlington Darlington 36 234

LMS Furness Railway 4-6-4T no 119 as LMS no 11104 36 235

LNE North British 4-4-2 no 510 The Lord Provost Perth Perth 36 235

LNE Highland Railway 'Clan' class no 57 Clan Cameron Luncarty Perth 36 236

LMS Pickersgill '191' class Caly no 198 as LMS 14626 36 236

LMS Hughes 4-6-4T no 11112 at Middleton Junction Middleton Leeds 36 237

GWR Star' class no 4066 Sir Robert Horne 36 237

LNE Class P1 no 2394 at Ganwick Ganwick London 36 238

Williams revisited 36 239

Shakespeare's Cliff Dover Dover 36 239

BR The western entrance to Shugborough tunnel Shugborough Stafford 36 239

Vintage LNWR postcard showing the eastern end of Conway bridge Conway N. Wales 36 240

Vintage The excavation of Tring cutting Tring Aylesbury 36 240

Vintage Junction signals 36 241

Vintage LNWR postcard showing the Britannia Bridge Bangor Caernarvon 36 241

Vintage A Midland Railway 4-4-0 no 1330 36 242

A dangerous liaison 'Stamp, Stanier, Gresley 'and the Nazis 36 243

Germany Hitler looks from a railway coach Germany 36 243

The Dawes Committee 36 243

LMS Josiah Stamp shakes hands with Fred Bishop Euston London 36 244

Germany Julius Dorpmuller became Hitler's Minister of Transport Germany 36 245

Germany Richard Wagner the DGR's chief engineer Germany 36 245

William Stanier and Nigel Gresley 36 245

Germany A publicity poster for German Railways 36 246

Germany A visit to Germany by members of the Institution of Railway Engineers Germany 36 246

A visit by German engineers hosted by the Institution of Railway Engineers 36 247

German visitors on the Forth Bridge Forth Bridge Edinburgh 36 247

Taking the Orient Express 36 248

BR Class 73 no 73 129 in Network South East livery nears Sevenoaks Sevenoaks Sevenoaks 36 248

BR EWS class 59 no 59 202 Vale of the White Horse Kemsing Sevenoaks 36 248

BR Class 47 Royal Train no 47 799 Prince Henry Kemsing Sevenoaks 36 249

BR EWS class 39 no 37 694 climbs away from Tonbridge Tonbridge Tonbridge 36 249

BR EWS class 66 no 66 094 Polhill Sevenoaks 36 249

In the west of Wales 36 250

BR GWR 45xx no 5550 takes water at Glogue Glogue Cardigan 36 250

BR Manor no 7826 at Llanpumpsaint Llanpumpsaint Swansea 36 250

BR 2-6-2T no 4569 at Cardigan Cardigan Cardigan 36 251

BR GWR 74xx no 7442 arrives at Abergwili Abergwili Swansea 36 251

BR GWR Manor no 7814 Fringford Manor at Neyland Neyland Pembroke 36 251

BR Hymek no D7030 at Strata Florida Strata Florida Mid Wales 36 251

BR The Pembroke Coast Express arrives at Pembroke Pembroke Pembroke 36 251

BR Class 58 no 58 020 Doncaster Works on a Venice-Simplon Orient Express working Folkestone Folkestone 36 256

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BR GWR County no 1028 County of Warwick about to leave St Erth St Erth Penzance 36 257

Working the Wensleydale stone 36 260

BR Class 37s nos 514 and 7 shunt wagons at the Redmire terminal Redmire Darlington 36 260

BR Class 37s nos 515 and 6 on the Redmire to Tees yard train Preston under Scar Darlington 36 260

BR Class 37s nos 514 and 7 near Wensley Wensley Darlington 36 261

BR Class 37s nos 514 and 7 stand in front of the old Redmire station Redmire Darlington 36 261

BR Class 37s nos 515 and 6 near Harmby Harmby Darlington 36 261

From Rugby to Peterborough, the heyday and demise of a Cross Country route Part 1 36 262

BR Former LT&S 4-4-2T no 41975 at Seaton Junction Seaton Corby 36 262

Map; The Rugby to Peterborough line 36 262

BR LMS Fairburn class 4 no 42062 at Peterborough East Peterborough Peterborough 36 263

BR Midland Railway 3F no 43728 on a good's train Thorpe by water Corby 36 263

BR LMS 4-4-0 no 41162 running into Seaton Seaton Corby 36 264

BR King's Cliffe station King's Cliffe Peterborough 36 265

BR LMS Stanier class 4 no 42487 runs into Seaton Seaton Corby 36 265

BR Thorpe by Water level crossing Thorpe by water Corby 36 266

BR LMS class 4 no 42061 passes Rockingham Signal Box Rockingham Corby 36 267

BR Wansford station forecourt in 1954 Wansford Peterborough 36 267

BR Austerity 2-8-0 no 90156 pilots 4F no 44160 Seaton Corby 36 268

BR Class 4 2-6-2Ts nos 42451 and 41615 arrive at Seaton with an Uppingham School special Seaton Corby 36 269

BR Wansford station trackside with the level crossing across the Great North Road in the distance Wansford Peterborough 36 269

LMS; The camping coach behemoth Part 1 36 270

LMS LMS Caravan brochure cover 36 270

LMS Fresh linen arrives from Derby Bolton Abbey Skipton 36 271

LMS The interior of a unit at Dyserth Dyserth N. Wales 36 271

LMS Looking for the station cat! Coniston Lake District 36 272

LMS Camping coach sites 1936 36 273

LMS Old hands at this camping lark! Pont-y-Pant N. Wales 36 273

LMS Dancing to a wind up gramophone Heysham Lancaster 36 274

LMS Lots of coaches at Heysham. Interesting beach Heysham Lancaster 36 274

LMS Taking a snap Heysham Lancaster 36 274

LMS Fitting the coaches out Derby Derby 36 275

A Superseded idea, The four ages of the Stratford and Moreton steam tramway 36 276

Vintage Map tramway 1826-52 36 276

Vintage The terminus buildings at Moreton in Marsh Moreton Stratford on Avon 36 276

Vintage The tramway siding by Stratford Wharf Stratford on Avon Stratford on Avon 36 276

Vintage A preserved wagon at Stratford c 1930 Stratford on Avon Stratford on Avon 36 277

Vintage Looking west from Newbold Wharf Newbold Stratford on Avon 36 277

Vintage Map tramway 1860-88 36 277

Vintage Newbold Wharf in 1918 Newbold Stratford on Avon 36 278

Vintage The bridge over the Stratford on Avon and Midland Junction Railway Stratford on Avon Stratford on Avon 36 278

Vintage Map tramway 1853-59 36 279

Vintage The approach to Stratford on Avon Stratford on Avon Stratford on Avon 36 279

Vintage On the River Avon bridge Stratford on Avon Stratford on Avon 36 280

Vintage A section of preserved rail c 1930 Stratford on Avon Stratford on Avon 36 281

Vintage Map tramway 1888-1918 36 281

The LNWR's Glasson dock branch 36 282

BR Glasson dock station Glasson Dock Lancaster 36 282

Map; the Glasson dock branch 36 282

BR Lancaster Castle station forecourt Lancaster Lancaster 36 283

BR Lancaster Castle station trackside Lancaster Lancaster 36 283

BR The bridge over the River Conder Glasson Dock Lancaster 36 284

BR Glasson dock station trackside Glasson Dock Lancaster 36 285

BR LMS Fairburn class 4 2-6-4T no 42136 at Glasson dock at the start of an SLS/MLS Northern Fells rail tour Glasson Dock Lancaster 36 286

Hi-di-hi holidays 36 287

BR BR class 4 no 76096 at Heads of Ayr Ayr Ayr 36 287

BR Ex GER D16/3 leaves Gorleston on Sea Gorleston on Sea Yarmouth 36 287

BR Filey camp station Filey Scarborough 36 287

Out with the 'County' set 36 288

BR GWR no 1013 County of Dorset Thingley Jn Chippenham 36 288

BR GWR no 1021 County of Montgomery Swindon Swindon 36 288

BR GWR no 1014 County of Glamorgan Twyford Reading 36 289

BR GWR no 1016 County of Hants Newton Abbot Newton Abbott 36 289

BR GWR no 1002 County of Berks Twyford Reading 36 290

BR GWR no 1026 County of Salop Teignmouth Newton Abbott 36 290

BR GWR no 1011 County of Chester on an SLS special Sapperton Cirencester 36 291

BR GWR no 1027 County of Stafford Johnston Mid Wales 36 291

The career of James Robb Scott 36 292

Vintage The LSWR memorial arch at Waterloo Waterloo London 36 292

BR Margate station forecourt Margate Margate 36 293

BR Margate station from the inside Margate Margate 36 293

BR Ramsgate station forecourt Ramsgate Ramsgate 36 294

BR Hastings station forecourt Hastings Hastings 36 295

BR Ramsgate station booking hall Ramsgate Ramsgate 36 295

BR Wimbledon Chase station forecourt Wimbledon Chase London 36 296

BR Wimbledon station forecourt Wimbledon London 36 296

BR Chessington South station forecourt Chessington London 36 297

BR Chessington South station trackside Chessington London 36 298

From Barry to Finedon 36 299

GWR Alfred Mason, one time Station Master Barry Cardiff 36 299

GWR The sometime Barry station staff Barry Cardiff 36 299

By standard gauge to Blaenau Ffestiniog 36 300

BR DMU in the Afon Lledr valley Roman Bridge N. Wales 36 300

BR DMU is just entering the Festiniog tunnel Festiniog N. Wales 36 300

BR GWR 74xx no 7417 meets 7442 at Festiniog Festiniog N. Wales 36 301

BR GWR 74xx no 7417 takes water at Trawsfynydd Trawsfynydd N. Wales 36 301

BR The view from the brake van N. Wales 36 301

The bridge high over the Forth 36 302

BR A DMU comes off the bridge Firth of Forth Edinburgh 36 302

BR The Forth railway bridge Firth of Forth Edinburgh 36 302

BR A class 158 comes off the bridge Firth of Forth Edinburgh 36 303

BR A view from the north cantilever of a class 66 crossing Firth of Forth Edinburgh 36 303

BR A view from the north cantilever of the refurbished ironwork Firth of Forth Edinburgh 36 303

BR An HST comes off the north end Firth of Forth Edinburgh 36 304

BR Not a view for the faint hearted Firth of Forth Edinburgh 36 304

BR Deltic no 55 017 The Durham Light Infantry Firth of Forth Edinburgh 36 305

BR HMS Rapid passes under the bit in the middle Firth of Forth Edinburgh 36 305

BR The bridge lit up for its centenary in 1,990 Firth of Forth Edinburgh 36 305

The first twenty years of the NER Tyneside electrics part 2 36 306

Vintage An NER electric train interior Beamish Tyneside 36 306

Vintage NER electric trains at Central Newcastle Tyneside 36 306

Vintage A train passing through Backworth station Backworth Tyneside 36 307

Vintage A cartoon from the Shields Daily Gazette in 1903 Shields Tyneside 36 308

Vintage A coloured postcard of an electric train 36 309

Vintage The effect of the December 1915 landslide on the track Tyneside 36 309

Vintage A train passing through Benton station Benton Tyneside 36 310

Vintage Interesting colours but a fine view of a train in West Desmond station West Desmond Tyneside 36 311

A Philadelphia story 36 312

N C B 0-4-0 ST no 28 originally at the Sherburn Hill colliery Philadelphia Sunderland 36 312

N C B 0-6-0 ST no 63 and 0-6-2 ST no 29 now on the North Yorkshire Moors railway Philadelphia Sunderland 36 312

N C B 0-6-0 T no 42 looking good after an overhaul and repaint Philadelphia Sunderland 36 312

N C B 0-4-0 ST no 28 Philadelphia Sunderland 36 313

N C B 0-6-0 T no 27 started out life on the Newcastle and Darlington Philadelphia Sunderland 36 313

N C B 0-6-2 ST no 57 Philadelphia Sunderland 36 313

The Wymington deviation 36 314

BR Map, The Wymington deviation Wymington Wellingborough 36 314

BR Wymington signal box in 1966 Wymington Wellingborough 36 314

BR LMS 8F no 48225 passing Wymington Wymington Wellingborough 36 315

BR The north end of Sharnbrook Tunnel Sharnbrook Wellingborough 36 315

BR The aqueduct at Wymington before rebuilding Wymington Wellingborough 36 316

BR The two Sharnbrook viaducts Sharnbrook Wellingborough 36 316

BR SR West Country no 34015 Exmouth at Sidmouth Junction Feniton Honiton 36 320

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BR Southern 'Lord Nelson' no 30859 passing Worting Junction Worting Jn. Basingstoke 36 321

Up and under at Worting Junction 36 324

BR MN no 35017 Belgian Marine crosses the West of England tracks Worting Jn. Basingstoke 36 324

BR Rebuilt WC no 34108 Wincanton comes off the Salisbury line Worting Jn. Basingstoke 36 324

BR SR class S15 no 30508 crosses the West of England line Worting Jn. Basingstoke 36 325

BR SR Schools no 30937 leaves the junction behind Worting Jn. Basingstoke 36 325

BR The Atlantic Coast Express behind MN no 35014 Nederland Line on the Salisbury line Worting Jn. Basingstoke 36 325

The Fort William to Mallaig line in 1986 36 326

BR Class 37 no 37 412 Loch Lomond passes Banavie Banavie Highlands 36 326

Preserved LMS Class 5 no 5305 moves off the yard at Fort William Fort William Highlands 36 326

BR Railfreight livered Class 37 no 37 423 near Polnish Polnish Highlands 36 327

BR Shunter class 20 no 20 138 used for local shunting and trips to the Corpach paper mill Fort William Highlands 36 328

BR Class 37 no 37 405 Strathclyde soon after coming off the Glenfinnan viaduct Glenfinnan Highlands 36 329

BR Ben Nevis is the backdrop to no 37 413 Benavie Highlands 36 330

BR Class 37 no 37 405 on the Glenfinnan viaduct Glenfinnan Highlands 36 331

Preserved LNER K1 no 2005 on the Jacobite near Polnish Polnish Highlands 36 331

BR Class 37 no 37 405 passes the end of Loch Eilt Loch Eilt Highlands 36 332

BR Class 37 no 37 405 passes the west end of Loch Dubh Polnish Highlands 36 333

More frustration of fuel efficiency; Incomplete combustion part 1 36 334

Zimbabwe A cameo of fuel inefficiency Zimbabwe 36 334

Diagrams; Ashpan profiles 36 334

LMS Beyer-Garratt no 4977 Crewe Crewe 36 335

Diagrams; Ashpan profiles 36 335

GWR Churchward's variable blastpipe orifice 36 336

Diagram; Profiles for blastpipe and chimney alignment 36 336

Vintage The first locomotive built with twin blastpipes. LNWR 2-4-0 no 1532 36 337

Vintage LSBR class K no 351 36 338

France The layout of the single Kylchap chimney 36 338

Memories of Angerstein Wharf 1949-51 36 339

BR Map showing rail connections Greenwich London 36 339

BR The Permanent Way works Greenwich London 36 339

BR A newly made switch laid out Greenwich London 36 340

BR The view across the Thames Greenwich London 36 340

BR Track relaying at Lewisham Lewisham London 36 341

BR Track relaying at Orpington Orpington London 36 342

BR New Cross junction was a bit much for the yard New Cross London 36 343

BR SECR C class no 1037 36 343

Blyth Spirit; a ghost line comes back to life 36 344

BR A Derby 'Lightweight' leaves Blyth in 1963 Blyth Tyneside 36 344

LNE Map; The Blyth and Tyne network in 1943 Tyneside 36 344

BR NER G5 no 67340 on the Avenue branch Blyth Tyneside 36 345

BR Site of the coal saithes Blyth Tyneside 36 345

BR NER J27 0-6-0 no 65882 runs through Backworth Backworth Tyneside 36 346

BR G5 tank no 67323 at Monkseaton station Monkseaton Tyneside 36 347

BR G5 tank no 67347 at Newbiggin station Newbiggin Tyneside 36 347

BR Table 1; Annual Passenger numbers 36 347

BR Metro Cammell DMUs at Ashington station Ashington Tyneside 36 348

BR Extract from the final timetable Tyneside 36 349

BR G5 tank no 67323 at Newsham station Newsham Tyneside 36 349

BR J27 no 65805 crosses Hartley Junction Hartley Tyneside 36 350

BR GB Railfreight class 60 no 60 021 with a biomass train for Lynemouth Power station Tyneside 36 351

BR Map; Plans for reopening the line Tyneside 36 351

Keeping goods and parcels moving 36 352

BR LMS class 5 no 44826 heads into Skipton Skipton Settle and Carlisle 36 352

BR Peppercorn A1 no 60133 Pommern on a fast freight at Wood Green Wood Green London 36 352

BR BR Britannia no 70039 formerly Sir Christopher Wren nears Penrith Penrith Lake District 36 353

BR LMS 8F no 48602 with a train of empty wagons Sowerby Bridge Halifax 36 353

BR GWR Modified Hall no 7910 Hown Hall Goring Reading 36 354

BR LMS Black Five no 45392 at Oxford Oxford Oxford 36 354

Back on the Erewash line in 1968 36 355

Diagram; Hasland sidings pre 1964 Hastings Chesterfield 36 355

BR Wingfield signal box Wingfield Chesterfield 36 355

BR Two LMS Jintys nos 47289 and 47383 at Williamthorpe colliery Williamthorpe Chesterfield 36 356

BR A3 no 4472 Flying Scotsman Hastings Chesterfield 36 357

Diagram; Hasland sidings 1968 Hastings Chesterfield 36 357

BR Jubilee no 45562 Alberta Ambergate Chesterfield 36 358

BR Track diagram; Clay Cross North Jn box Clay Cross Chesterfield 36 359

BR Trent station north signal box in 1969 Chesterfield 36 359

Ingleton- forgotten frontier 36 360

BR Class 5MT on Low Gill viaduct Low Gill Lake District 36 360

Map; Clapham to Low Gill Yorkshire Dales 36 360

A commercial postcard of the Ingleton viaduct Ingleton Yorkshire Dales 36 361

Vintage An early and well known picture of Ingleton Viaduct Ingleton Yorkshire Dales 36 361

BR Clapham Junction with class 25 no D7592 coming off the Morecambe line Clapham Junction Yorkshire Dales 36 361

Vintage Staff at Sedbergh station Sedbergh Yorkshire Dales 36 362

BR The ex Midland shed in 1951 Ingleton Yorkshire Dales 36 362

BR Bleak conditions on the last day of service Barbon Yorkshire Dales 36 363

LMS The ex LNWR wooden shed burnt down and was replaced by this corrugated iron structure Ingleton Yorkshire Dales 36 363

BR Class 4 no 43035 calls at the Midland station Ingleton Yorkshire Dales 36 364

BR The Ingleton lines at Low Gill Low Gill Lake District 36 364

BR Barbon station in 1960, no signal box, just a ground frame and manually operated level crossing gates Barbon Yorkshire Dales 36 365

BR Class 4 no 43035 shunting Sedbergh Yorkshire Dales 36 366

BR No 46233 Duchess of Sutherland with the diverted 'Royal Scot' Ingleton Yorkshire Dales 36 366

BR Class 5 no 45081 crossing the Lune Viaduct Lake District 36 367

BR Ivatt 2-6-0 no 43009 waits to join the main line Low Gill Lake District 36 367

LMS Garratts at large 36 368

BR LMS Garratt no 47982 in BR days at Kettering Kettering Northampton 36 368

LMS LMS Garratt no 4999 with a coal train at Loughborough Loughborough Leicester 36 368

LMS LMS Garratt no 7967 at Toton shed Toton Derby 36 368

BR LMS Garratt no 47984 in BR days at Wellingborough Wellingborough Northampton 36 369

BR LMS Garratt no 47995 at Chiltern Green Chiltern Green Luton 36 369

LMS LMS Garratt no 7997 at Trowell Trowell Nottingham 36 369

Royal travels 36 370

BR Class 47 no 47 522 ready to leave King's Cross London 36 370

BR LMS Jubilee no 45562 Alberta with the empty Royal train at Nidd Bridge station Nidd Bridge Harrogate 36 370

BR Class 47 no 47 484 Isambard Kingdom Brunel at Goose Hill junction Goose Hill Normanton 36 371

BR Class 47 no 47 799 Prince Henry, one of two Royal train locomotives (Prince William 798 is the other) Bradford Bradford 36 371

BR Scotrail no 47 702 Saint Cuthbert comes off Culloden Viaduct Culloden Highlands 36 371

BR Britannia no 70000 Britannia on its way to Wakefield Mirfield Huddersfield 36 372

BR No 6233 Duchess of Sutherland Waitby Penrith 36 372

A Beyer-Garratt at Bedford 36 373

LMS LMS Garratt no 4998 at Bedford [Two photos] Bedford Bedford 36 373

LMS; The camping coach behemoth Part 2 36 374

LMS 1939 Camping Coach holiday brochure cover 36 374

LMS The Spence family from Leeds at Montrose Montrose Dundee 36 374

Ireland The Morton family from Warwickshire at Downhill Downhill N. Ireland 36 375

Ireland The site at Downhill Downhill N. Ireland 36 375

The dining room set ready for lunch 36 376

LMS A colour photo of the coach at Coniston Coniston Lake District 36 377

LMS Station master Rioch Fortrose Highlands 36 377

LMS Relaxing at Knott End Knott End Blackpool 36 378

LMS A family group at Knott End Knott End Blackpool 36 379

LMS The coach at Nantclwyd Nantclwyd Mid Wales 36 379

LMS Equipping coaches at Derby Derby Derby 36 380

BR A WD Austerity 2-8-0 of unknown maker Ryhope Grange Jn Sunderland 36 384

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BR BRCW Co. prototype 2,750 Hp Co-Co no D0280 King's Cross London 36 385

BR GWR 0-4-2T no 5804 at Kemble Kemble Swindon 36 387

The transition period of the 60's, steam to diesel 36 388

BR Class 40 no D257 at York York York 36 388

BR Diesel locomotives gathered round a refuelling point at Holbeck shed Leeds Leeds 36 388

BR Class 40 no D352 with a ballast tender Healey Mills Wakefield 36 389

BR Three type 2's at York in what is now the railway museum York York 36 389

BR A BR/Sulzer no D25 and an English Electric no D307 Leeds Leeds 36 390

BR A Metro Cammell DMU passes the Mirfield locomotive depot Mirfield Huddersfield 36 390

BR Steam era duties on the Southern 36 391

BR BoB no 34066 Spitfire waits to leave Waterloo London 36 391

BR MN no 35011 General Steam Navigation on the Bournemouth Belle Clapham Junction London 36 391

BR MN no 35006 Peninsular and Orient SN Co passes through Surbiton Surbiton London 36 392

BR MN no 35010 Blue Star on the Bournemouth Belle Southampton Southampton 36 392

BR BR Std class 4 brings a stopping service into Southampton Southampton Southampton 36 393

BR SR Q1 no 33027 at Wimbledon Wimbledon London 36 393

BR BR Std class 3 2-6-4T no 82026 Wimbledon London 36 394

BR Q1 no 33006 arrives at St. Helier with empty milk tankers St. Helier London 36 394

BR Ivatt class 2 no 41238 arrives at Corfe Castle Corfe Castle Swanage 36 395

BR SR U class no 31625 Guildford Guildford 36 395

BR BR Class 4 waits at the Express Dairy site at Morden South Morden London 36 396

BR The 'Pines Express' arrives at Southampton behind WC no 34105 Swanage Southampton Southampton 36 396

BR MN no 35002 Union Castle with a Newcastle service Oxford Oxford 36 397

BR Type 3 no D41312 pilots 2-6-2T no 41312 Corfe Castle Swanage 36 397

BR Railway accidents on the Cornwall line 1859-1900 36 398

BR Liskeard station Liskeard Plymouth 36 398

BR The Royal Albert Bridge Plymouth Plymouth 36 398

Vintage A train passes over the Coldrenick Viaduct c 1905 Liskeard Plymouth 36 399

Vintage Menheniot station c 1922 Liskeard Plymouth 36 399

BR Doublebois station Liskeard Plymouth 36 400

BR Falmouth station Falmouth Falmouth 36 401

Vintage The scene of destruction between Doublebois and Bodmin Bodmin Bodmin 36 401

BR A train nears Penryn station c 1907 Penryn Falmouth 36 402

Vintage A photograph of the Penryn accident Penryn Falmouth 36 403

Vintage Edwardian vintage Truro station Truro Truro 36 403

BR From Rugby to Peterborough, the heyday and demise of a Cross Country route Part 2 36 404

BR LMS class 2 no 41225 leaves Luffenham Junction 36 404

BR Tilbury no 41949 leaves Seaton for Uppingham Seaton Corby 36 404

BR Ex LTSR no 41975 at Uppingham Uppingham Corby 36 405

BR Lubenham station in 1965 with some new track Lubenham Corby 36 405

BR Class 3F leaves Seaton with a mixed train Seaton Corby 36 406

BR King's Cliffe station King's Cliffe Peterborough 36 406

BR Rockingham station Rockingham Corby 36 407

BR Table, passenger numbers carried on the line March 1964 36 407

BR Welford and Kilworth station Welford and Kilworth Corby 36 408

BR Clifton Bridge junction Rugby Rugby 36 409

BR Three Liverpool and Manchester railway curiosities 36 410

Vintage Locomotive 'Manchester' built by Galloway, Bowman and Glasgow as a speculative venture 36 410

Vintage Locomotive 'Caledonian' a more successful build by Galloway, Bowman and Glasgow 36 411

Vintage Locomotive 'Experiment' was not a conspicuous success! 36 412

Vintage A detail from 'Experiment's' valve gear 36 413

Vintage Hibernia' was a development from 'Experiment' 36 414

BR 'Lion' on the loose 36 415

BR D 0260 'Lion' Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 36 415

BR D 0260 'Lion' Warwick Warwick 36 415

BR Dales rails 36 416

BR A3 no 60082 Neil Gow on the Thames Clyde express Leeds Leeds 36 416

BR The Arten Gill viaduct with LMS Jubilee no 45566 on the 'Waverley' Arten Gill Settle and Carlisle 36 416

BR A 'special' DMU calls at Dacre Dacre Harrogate 36 417

BR BR class 4 no 75042 arrives at Grassington Grassington Harrogate 36 417

BR Pool in Wharfedale station visited by K4 no 3442 The Great Marquess Pool in Wharfedale Leeds 36 417

BR BR class 4 no 75019 waits at the level crossing gates at Rylstone Rylstone Harrogate 36 418

BR Class 20 nos 20 075 and 3 with a diverted steel train against the backdrop of Ingleborough Kettlebeck Settle and Carlisle 36 418

BR A tank [Armoured Fighting Vehicle] on a well wagon at Redmire Redmire Leyburn 36 419

BR Brush type 4/Class 47 no D1545 climbs toward Ribblehead with Pen-y-ghent in the background Ribblehead Settle and Carlisle 36 419

BR LMS Coronation no 46229 Duchess of Hamilton crossing the Dantry Mire viaduct Dantry Mire Settle and Carlisle 36 419

Vintage George Hudson, Railway villain or railway visionary? 36 420

Vintage A bust of Hudson on display at the NRM York York 36 420

Vintage Drawing of Hudson conducting business in Parliament Westminster London 36 420

Vintage Hector' an 0-6-0 built for the York and North Midland by Kitson's of Leeds 36 421

Vintage The ECR Cambridge station Cambridge Cambridge 36 422

Dividends paid out by England's leading railways 36 423

Vintage Hudson welcomes Queen Victoria about to board the royal train at Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge 36 423

Vintage Plews' a 2-2-2 locomotive built for the Newcastle and Berwick 36 423

A 1945 painting of Hudson 36 424

Vintage A four coupled express locomotive built by Robert Stephenson's of Newcastle for the YNB 36 424

Vintage England's railways in August 1849 36 424

BR 'RCR' on the Eastern 36 426

BR B1 no 61254 Ipswich Ipswich 36 426

BR B12/3 no 61572 Ipswich Ipswich 36 426

BR A1 no 60156 Great Central Wood Green London 36 427

BR A4 no 60017 Silver Fox Wood Green London 36 427

BR Footballer' B17/4 no 61652 Darlington Cambridge Cambridge 36 427

BR A GE veteran E4 no 62797 Halesworth Southwold 36 428

BR A4 no 60030 Golden Eagle King's Cross London 36 428

BR V2 no 60800 Green Arrow King's Cross London 36 428

BR Teddy Aston takes the train 36 429

Allen Clarke 36 429

Vintage The Lancs and Yorks station at Trinity Street Bolton Bolton Manchester 36 429

An issue of the Lancashire Annual 36 430

Vintage An LYR 4-4-0 leaves Victoria passing Exchange Manchester Manchester 36 431

Vintage The erecting shop at LYR's Horwich works Horwich Bolton 36 431

Vintage Blackpool Talbot Road station [North from 1932] Blackpool Blackpool 36 432

Cartoon 'Putting Ginger in the van' 36 433

BR A South Eastern journey from 60 years ago 36 434

BR D1 4-4-0 no 31739 leaves Charing Cross Charing Cross London 36 434

BR Ex SER R1 no 31337 at Folkestone shed Folkestone Folkestone 36 435

BR The Ramsgate train passing St. John's Lewisham Lewisham London 36 435

BR D1 4-4-0 no 31545 oh the east side of Victoria station Victoria London 36 436

BR Common user arrangements for wagons 36 437

Vintage A loaded L&Y single plank wagon 36 437

Vintage Somer Town goods depot soon after WW 1 Somer Town London 36 437

LNE An LNER 12 ton Lowfit 36 438

LNE Inverness depot in 1927 Inverness Inverness 36 438

BR A seven plank mineral wagon at the end of its days Winchfield Basingstoke 36 439

GWR Please return our wagon 36 439

BR A single from Doncaster 36 440

Vintage Great Northern 'Single' no 1004 Peterborough Peterborough 36 440

Vintage Great Northern 'Single' no 544 36 440

Vintage Great Northern 'Single' no 1004 King's Cross London 36 441

Vintage Great Northern 'Single' no 878 runs through Harringay Harringay London 36 441

Vintage Great Northern 'Single' no 95 York York 36 441

Vintage Great Northern 'Single' no 1 Peterborough Peterborough 36 442

Vintage Great Northern 'Single' no 1 Doncaster Doncaster 36 442

Vintage Great Northern 'Single' no 269 Oakleigh Park London 36 442

BR Signalling spotlight 36 443

BR G&SWR signal box Mauchline Kilmarnock 36 443

BR G&SWR signal box Kirkconnel Ayr 36 443

BR G&SWR signal box Holywood Dumfries 36 443

GWR The GWR streamlining experience 36 444

GWR No 5005 Manorbier Castle with its streamlining Leamington Spa Warwick 36 444

BR An LMS 8F heads up the Calder valley line with a coal train Mirfield Huddersfield 36 448

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BR A1 no 60156 Great Central King's Cross London 36 449

Steam's last summer on Shap 36 452

BR BR 9F no 92012 climbs from Tebay Shap Lake District 36 452

BR BR std class 4 no 75039 on banking duty Shap Lake District 36 452

BR BR 9F no 92073 runs down the bank Shap Lake District 36 453

BR LMS class 5 heads a freight train at Scotsman's Bridge Shap Lake District 36 453

Princes Street station 36 454

BR Princes Street terminus and Lothian Road good's depot Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 454

BR Class 5 no 44793 arrives at platform 2 Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 455

LMS Dunalistar IV no 145 waits to leave Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 455

LMS Princes Street terminus and Lothian Road good's depot in the 1930's Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 456

BR The road entrance from Princes Street Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 457

BR Princes Street terminus and Lothian Road good's depot in the 1963 Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 458

BR A group of workers Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 459

BR Inside Prince's Street station Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 460

BR A group pose by Caly '439' class no 55210 Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 461

BR The shedmaster at Dairy Road MPD Edinburgh Edinburgh 36 461

The impact of the Great War on the Gelligar parish and surrounding areas Part 1 36 462

BR Map 1; Lines in the study area Welsh Valleys 36 462

Vintage Rhymney Railway A class 0-6-2T no 116 Heath Junction Welsh Valleys 36 462

Vintage Rhymney Railway K class 0-6-2ST Heath Junction Welsh Valleys 36 463

Table 1; List of running powers Welsh Valleys 36 463

New Tredegar Colliery pre WW I Tredeager Welsh Valleys 36 464

Table 2; Performance figures of railway companies operating in the study area Welsh Valleys 36 464

Deep Navigation Colliery Bargoed Welsh Valleys 36 465

Bargoed Colliery Bargoed Welsh Valleys 36 466

Elliot's Colliery Tredeager Welsh Valleys 36 466

Vintage The weight restricted Crumlin Viaduct Crumlin Welsh Valleys 36 467

The troubled road to the new Euston 36 468

Vintage Drawing of the original Euston Euston London 36 468

BR The Euston Arch Euston London 36 468

LMS An aerial view of the station taken in 1946 Euston London 36 469

BR The track layout in its final form Euston London 36 469

BR Coronation no 46236 City of Bradford Euston London 36 470

LMS A view of the station before the aborted reconstruction Euston London 36 471

BR Electric EMU leaves for Watford Junction Euston London 36 471

BR Euston from the south Euston London 36 472

BR The great hall Euston London 36 472

BR A glimpse of Platform 6 in 1963 Euston London 36 473

BR Queen's Park station with cross platform connection to the Bakerloo line Queen's Park London 36 473

BR One of the 'Lodges' Euston London 36 474

BR The destruction of the Arch Euston London 36 474

BR A Euston scene in 1984 Euston London 36 475

BR The present day concourse Euston London 36 475

'JSG' on the byways of the Great Western 36 476

BR GWR 14xx no 1445 at Symonds Yat station Symonds Yat Monmouth 36 476

BR GWR 43xx no 6330 at Grange Court junction station Leominster Hereford 36 476

BR GWR 58xx no 5804 at Tetbury Tetbury Swindon 36 477

BR GWR 74xx no 7445 at Cassington Halt Cassington Oxford 36 477

BR GWR 14xx no 1407 at Wallingford Wallingford Oxford 36 478

BR GWR 5101 class no 4109 at Chipping Norton Chipping Norton Oxford 36 478

BR GWR 54xx no 5417 comes off the Severn Bridge Lydney Gloucester 36 478

'Tadpole' tales 36 479

BR A 'Taqdpole' Aka class 206 at Ryhe Rye Hastings 36 479

The King's Cross scene 36 480

BR A3 no 60061 Pretty Polly backs onto its [her?] train King's Cross London 36 480

BR A4 no 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley King's Cross London 36 480

BR A1 no 60149 Amadis leaves Platform 2 King's Cross London 36 481

BR B1 no 61159 arrives at Platform 2 King's Cross London 36 481

BR A4 no 60017 Silver Fox with A3 no 60103 Flying Scotsman and A2/1 no 60508 Duke of Rothesay King's Cross London 36 482

BR A4 no60032 Gannett King's Cross London 36 482

BR The King's Cross 'throat' King's Cross London 36 482

BR A2/3 no 60500 Edward Thompson King's Cross London 36 483

Preserved A3 no 4472 Flying Scotsman King's Cross London 36 483

Bidston shed Part 1 36 484

LNE 0-6-0 J58 no 6490 Bidston Merseyside 36 484

BR LSWR 4-8-0T no 30495 Feltham London 36 484

LNE The GCR and LNER at Bidston Bidston Merseyside 36 484

LNE 0-6-0 J10 no 5121 Bidston Merseyside 36 485

Depots and warehouses in the Birkenhead and Wallasley docks Birkenhead Merseyside 36 485

LNE 0-6-0ST J62 no 5893 Bidston Merseyside 36 486

LNE Ivatt 0-6-0ST J62 no 4206 Bidston Merseyside 36 486

Table 1 GCR freight from Bidston yard 1910 onward Merseyside 36 487

LNE Wordsell designed 0-6-0T J72 no 2320 Bidston Merseyside 36 487

BR An LNER Sentinel Y3 0-4-0T Upton Merseyside 36 488

LNE Table 2. Weekly timetable of cattle specials from 1924 36 488

LNE A 1930 view of Bidston shed Bidston Merseyside 36 489

LNE Table 3 Freight from Bidston yard summer 1939 36 489

LNE Table 4 Trip working to and from Bidston yard mid 1944 Bidston Merseyside 36 490

LNE Table 5 Pilot and shunting duties mid 1944 Bidston Merseyside 36 490

BR Ex LNER class O4 no 63742 and J39 no 64742 approach Bidston station Bidston Merseyside 36 491

BR Ex North Eastern J72 no 68714 formerly LNE no 2307 Birkenhead Merseyside 36 491

Steam at Southern sheds 36 492

BR Rebuilt WC no 34012 Launceston Nine Elms London 36 492

BR Sir Nelson no 30864 Sir Martin Frobisher Eastleigh Southampton 36 492

BR An LSWR Greyhound no 30707 Eastleigh Southampton 36 493

BR Unrebuilt WC no 34102 Lapford Bournemouth Bournemouth 36 493

BR W class no 31911 Eastleigh Southampton 36 493

BR Schools no 30902 Wellington Nine Elms London 36 494

BR WCs nos 34040 Crewcerne and 34108 Wincanton with BoB no34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair Bournemouth Bournemouth 36 494

Walnut Rede; the mysteries of the railway telegram codes 36 495

A single needle telegraph instrument 36 495

Alphabet for Cookes and Wheatstone telegraph 36 495

Sign for the telegraph office at Nottingham Victoria Nottingham Nottingham 36 495

Vintage The Lancs and Yorks telegraph office at Manchester Victoria Manchester Manchester 36 496

LNE Telegraph poles at Hull Hull Hull 36 497

A page from the codes booklet 36 498

Table 1, Examples of codes 36 498

Vintage A telegraph pole at Wennington Wennington Lancaster 36 499

Table 2, Examples of codes 36 499

Saving the 2.17 from Braintree 36 500

BR Former GE 2-4-2T no 67196 Cressing Braintree 36 500

Map; Bishops' Stortford to Braintree and Witham 36 500

BR Diesel railbus no E79964 Braintree Braintree 36 501

BR Two Class 101 DMU's at Braintree Braintree Braintree 36 501

BR Class 101 stops at a local station near Witham Witham Witham 36 502

Keep Braintree on the rails Braintree Braintree 36 502

BR Class 104 set at Braintree Braintree Braintree 36 503

BR The opening of the refurbished station Braintree Braintree 36 504

BR Class 101 waits to leave Braintree Braintree Braintree 36 505

Merry-go-round, a non stop service 36 506

BR Class 56 no 56 103 on a block train Burton on Trent Derby 36 506

BR Ex LMS Jinty no 47653 withy some ex MR wagons Burton on Trent Derby 36 506

BR Map, the redeveloped area c 1970 Burton on Trent Derby 36 507

BR Map; location of the ex MR wagon repair depot pre 1966 Burton on Trent Derby 36 507

BR A pair of class 76 Bo-Bo electric locomotives on the Woodhead route Woodhead Peak District 36 508

BR A picture of the Burton Merry-go-round site c 1990 Burton on Trent Derby 36 508

BR A party of nuns pass the hydraulic buffers at Crewe Crewe Crewe 36 512

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BR LMS Jubilee no 45593 Kolhapur crosses the Ribblehead Viaduct Ribblehead Settle and Carlisle 36 513

BR South Wales Colliery steam 36 516

NCB Ex BR, GWR 57xx no 9600 on a coal train Merthyr Vale Welsh Valleys 36 516

NCB Ex BR, GWR 57xx no 9600 with its previous owners insignia displayed Merthyr Vale Welsh Valleys 36 516

NCB Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T no 2340 banks the train hauled by GWR no 9600 Merthyr Vale Welsh Valleys 36 517

NCB Drams [trucks] waiting to be hauled into the mine Merthyr Vale Welsh Valleys 36 517

NCB Hunslet 0-6-0ST no 3846 at Craig Merthyr Colliery Merthyr Vale Welsh Valleys 36 517

Vintage Difficulties on the Lauder light railway 36 518

Vintage Early days at Lauder station Lauder Scottish Borders 36 518

LNE Fountainhall station Fountainhall Scottish Borders 36 518

BR Map; The Lauder light railway Scottish Borders 36 519

Vintage The first train at Oxton Oxton Scottish Borders 36 519

Vintage The Lauder branch train in North British days Lauder Scottish Borders 36 519

LNE Lauder station in 1946 Lauder Scottish Borders 36 520

LNE The branch engine D51 no 10406 runs round its train Fountainhall Scottish Borders 36 520

LNE The branch locomotive allocation two ex GER J69's now BR nos 68511 and 68492 Hawick Scottish Borders 36 521

BR BR class 2, 2-6-0 no 78049 on the last journey Scottish Borders 36 522

Vintage The railways of Gravesend and the Isle of Grain 36 523

Southern An R1 0-4-4T no 1697 at Gravesend West Gravesend Gravesend 36 523

Map; Railways round Gravesend and the Isle of Grain Gravesend Gravesend 36 523

BR Allhallows motor train, class R1 0-4-4T no 31666 at Gravesend Central Gravesend Gravesend 36 524

BR Class R no 31671 at Southfleet Southfleet Gravesend 36 524

BR And here is class R no 31671 again passing through the closed station at Rosherville Rosherville Gravesend 36 525

BR King Arthur no 30800 Sir Meleaus de Lile passing through Central Gravesend Gravesend 36 525

BR Class C no 31682 looks ready to leave West Gravesend Gravesend 36 526

BR A 4-EPB unit at Central Gravesend Gravesend 36 527

BR A recent view of Central Gravesend Gravesend 36 527

Vintage Preston station in the news 1860-1896 36 528

BR LMS Coronation no 46228 Duchess of Rutland Preston Preston 36 528

Vintage The north end of Preston station in 1863 Preston Preston 36 528

BR LMS Jubilee no 45654 Hood heads out of Preston Preston Preston 36 529

BR Platform 5 Preston Preston 36 529

BR LMS Class 5 no 45102 at Platform 13 Preston Preston 36 530

BR The interior of the station taken from Platform 2 Preston Preston 36 530

Vintage Looking along Platform 6 in 1907 Preston Preston 36 531

BR The southern approach to Preston station Preston Preston 36 531

Vintage The Park Hotel a joint LNWR and LYR operation Preston Preston 36 532

Vintage Platform 5 in 1920 Preston Preston 36 533

Vintage Scene of the accident at the station in 1903 Preston Preston 36 533

BR The East Lancs side of the station with a BR class 2 and an LMS 2-6-4T Preston Preston 36 534

Vintage The southern end of the station with a view of the LNWR goods yard Preston Preston 36 534

Vintage The impact of the Great War on the Gelligaer parish and surrounding areas Part 2 36 535

Map; Coals produced in the South Wales coalfield Welsh Valleys 36 535

Table 3; Collieries in the study area on the Admiralty list Welsh Valleys 36 535

Table 4;Ports to which the Admiralty special trains worked 36 535

Vintage 28xx no 2810 leaving the Patchway tunnel Patchway Bristol 36 536

Vintage Aberdare [2621 class] no 2642 at Aberdare shed Aberdare Welsh Valleys 36 536

Map of coal train routes from Wales Welsh Valleys 36 537

Vintage View of a 43xx locomotive crossing the viaduct at Quaker's Tard Quaker's Yard Welsh Valleys 36 538

Vintage Quaker's Yard in 1920 Quaker's Yard Welsh Valleys 36 539

Table 5; The rising cost of coal 36 539

Table 6; Examples of cost inflation of essential items 36 539

Vintage The eastern end of Quaker's Yard exchange sidings Quaker's Yard Welsh Valleys 36 540

Vintage The lines to Whitby 36 542

BR A DMU calls at Levisham Levisham Whitby 36 542

LNE A8 no 9881 heads north from Whitby Whitby Whitby 36 542

Vintage North Eastern class W 4-6-0T no 695 passes through Sleights Sleights Whitby 36 542

BR A DMU train descends the 1 in 38 from Ravenscar Ravenscar Whitby 36 543

Vintage Lealholm Station c 1905 Lealholm Whitby 36 543

Vintage Whitby Town station c 1908 Whitby Whitby 36 543

BR The Settle and Carlisle line 36 544

BR BR Clan no 72008 Clan McLeod Dent Settle and Carlisle 36 544

BR LMS class 5 no 44669 tackles the climb to Ais Gill's summit Dent Settle and Carlisle 36 544

BR Blea Moor signal box with two BR class 9F's meeting Blea Moor Settle and Carlisle 36 545

BR BR Crosti 9F no 92021 Dent Settle and Carlisle 36 545

BR Britannia no 70006 Robert Burns near Dent Dent Settle and Carlisle 36 546

BR Class 8F no 48090 climbs to Birkett tunnel Birket Tunnel Settle and Carlisle 36 546

BR A 9F pulls out of the loop at Blea Moor Blea Moor Settle and Carlisle 36 547

BR LMS 8F no 48773 at Mallerstang Common Mallerstang Settle and Carlisle 36 547

LNE An LNER 4-6-0 succession 36 548

BR B1 no 61159 passing Beeston Beeston Leeds 36 548

BR B16 no 61411 at York shed York York 36 548

BR B1 no 61021 Reitbok is shunting the yard at Pickering Pickering Scarborough 36 549

BR B1 no 61438 at Darlington shed Darlington Darlington 36 549

BR B1 no 61008 Kudu near the Luddendenfoot troughs Luddendenfoot Halifax 36 550

BR B16/2 no 61435 on a rail tour at Hawes Hawes Pennines 36 550

BR B16/2 no 61455 on the ECML near Thirsk Thirsk Harrogate 36 550

BR B1 no 61306 at Bradford with an EE type 4 no D354 Bradford Bradford 36 551

BR B16/2 no 61435 cleaned up for the rail tour to Hawes York York 36 551

LNE Investment difficulties of the LNER 1923-1938 36 552

Vintage NER Raven T2 no 2237 Croft Darlington 36 552

LNE Senior LNER officials at a Doncaster sports day Doncaster Doncaster 36 552

Vintage A GC Robinson O4 with a mineral train Dunford Bridge Peak District 36 553

LNE Table 1. LNER Capital Investment, Gross and net receipts 36 553

LNE A1 no 4474 Victor Wild on the Cornish Riviera at Hayes in 1925 Hayes London 36 554

LNE Table 2. Expenditure on 1923 stock renewal 36 554

LNE D11 no 6378 Baillie MacWheeble 36 555

LNE J72 no 8751 36 555

LNE Table 3. Proposals for new locomotives in the NWP 1935 36 555

Table 4. Returns of the Big Four on expenditure 36 555

LNE A view of Whitemore yard Whitemore March 36 556

LNE Table 5. Railway revenue earned 36 557

LNE Table 6. LNER standard gauge branch lines in England 36 557

LNE V2 no 4771 climbs from the Potter's Bar tunnel Potter's Bar Potter's Bar 36 557

LNE V2 no 4831 Durham School leaves Nottingham Victoria Nottingham Nottingham 36 557

LNE K3 no 2-6-0 at Colwick Nottingham Nottingham 36 558

LNE NER no 11 electric locomotive Simpasture Darlington 36 558

LNE GC railcar at Macclesfield Macclesfield Macclesfield 36 559

BR The introduction of DMU's 36 559

LNE Armstrong-Whitworth diesel electric railcar LNER no 25 36 560

LMS LMS four wheeled diesel railbus no 29950 Lower Darwen Blackburn 36 560

Ireland A CDRJC railcar Barnesmore Gap Ireland 36 561

Ireland Railcars at Strabane Strabane Ireland 36 561

BR Gloucester based railcar no W19 Dymock Gloucester 36 562

GWR Gloucester RC&W car no 10 Sarsden Halt Lyneham 36 562

BR A three car railcar set at Newbury Newbury Newbury 36 563

BR Comparative costs, steam v DMU, Cockermouth to Penrith Lake District 36 563

Map; Cumberland lines converted to DMU operation Lake District 36 563

BR DMU's crossing at Bassenthwaite station Bassenthwaite Lake District 36 564

BR Land Cruiser DMU rail tour at Keswick in 1955 Keswick Lake District 36 564

BR A DMU at Keswick station in 1972 Keswick Lake District 36 565

BR Whitehaven to Carlisle DMU at Redness Redness Lake District 36 565

Ireland The Irish Goods 36 566

Ireland NCC no 84 Magherafelt Ireland 36 566

Ireland NCC no 84 Upperlands Ireland 36 566

Ireland 0-6-0 no 719 Mullingar Ireland 36 567

Ireland County Donegal Railways no 11 Erne Strabane Ireland 36 567

BR Crossings to and trains on the Isle of Wight 36 568

BR LSWR O2 no 28 Ashley Ryde Isle of Wight 36 568

BR Paddle steamer Ryde Ryde Isle of Wight 36 568

BR LSWR O2 no 21 Sandown Ventnor Isle of Wight 36 569

BR LSWR O2 no 22 Brading Brading Isle of Wight 36 569

BR Ex LT 1924 stock Ryde Isle of Wight 36 570

The tramway terminus with two trams Ryde Isle of Wight 36 570

BR LSWR O2 no 33 Bembridge Ryde Isle of Wight 36 571

BR Modernisation in the form of ex LT 1938 stock Ryde Isle of Wight 36 571

The restored station at Alverstone Alverstone Isle of Wight 36 572

BR TMSV Brading Portsmouth Portsmouth 36 572

BR LMS 0-4-4T no 55263 takes water at Connel Ferry Connel Ferry Highlands 36 576

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BR GWR 56xx no 6613 calls at Blaengwynfi Blaengwynfi Mid Wales 36 577

BR Ventnor station with LSWR O2 no W30 Shorwell Ventnor Isle of Wight 36 579

Second Deliveries 36 580

BR A1 no 60145 Saint Mungo runs into Peterborough North Peterborough Peterborough 36 580

BR LMS Jubilee no 45738 Samson hauls its train up Shap Greenholme Lake District 36 580

BR BR Std class 5 with an express freight at Basingstoke Basingstoke Basingstoke 36 581

BR GWR 57xx 0-6-0 PT no 4649 uses the through road at Oxford Oxford Oxford 36 581

BR O4 no 63688 at Retford Retford Retford 36 581

Snow Hill station 1954-62 36 582

BR King, No 6000 King George V Snow Hill Birmingham 36 582

BR King, No 6013 King Henry VIII Snow Hill Birmingham 36 582

BR AEC streamlined railcar W14W Snow Hill Birmingham 36 583

BR AEC streamlined railcar W8W Snow Hill Birmingham 36 583

Vintage An early 20th century view of the Snow Hill [Hotel] Snow Hill Birmingham 36 584

BR GWR Hall no 6918 Sandon Hall Snow Hill Birmingham 36 584

BR GWR Grange no 6861 Crynant Grange Snow Hill Birmingham 36 585

BR Churchward 2-8-0 no 2804 Snow Hill Birmingham 36 586

LNE D49's 'Hunt' 4-4-0 nos 220 Argyllshire and 396 Roxboroughshire Harrogate Harrogate 36 586

BR GWR Castle no 7010 Avondale Castle Snow Hill Birmingham 36 586

BR 51xx 20602T no 4167 at platform 5 Snow Hill Birmingham 36 587

BR GWR Large Prairie tank no 5156 Snow Hill Birmingham 36 588

BR GWR Castle no 5086 Viscount Horne was converted from a 'Star' Snow Hill Birmingham 36 589

Railways and 'The World's greatest Spa' 36 590

Vintage Great Northern poster for Harrogate Harrogate Harrogate 36 590

Vintage Staff on parade at Spofford Spofford Harrogate 36 590

BR The Crimple Viaduct Harrogate Harrogate 36 590

Map; Railways to Harrogate Harrogate Harrogate 36 591

The great West Park stone Harrogate Harrogate 36 592

BR Class 37/45 no 37 411 crosses the Knaresborough viaduct Knaresborough Harrogate 36 593

BR Knaresborough station with a class 144 'Pacer' Knaresborough Harrogate 36 593

BR NER J27 0-6-0 no 65894 Starbeck Harrogate 36 593

BR A3 no 60084 Trigo comes off the spur at Crimple Crimple Harrogate 36 594

BR D49 'Hunt' 4-4-0 no 62736 The Brabham Moor Harrogate Harrogate 36 594

BR A1 no 60131 Osprey crosses a snow covered stray Harrogate Harrogate 36 595

BR A view of Harrogate station Harrogate Harrogate 36 596

Vintage Harrogate booking hall in 1906 Harrogate Harrogate 36 597

Vintage Harrogate station frontage pre 1904 Harrogate Harrogate 36 598

BR Harrogate station in 1993 Harrogate Harrogate 36 598

A misfortune of 'Rivers' 36 599

Southern SECR K [River] class 2-6-4T no 790 Bricklayers Arms London 36 599

Southern SECR K [River] class 2-6-4T no A792 River Arun Brighton Brighton 36 600

Southern SECR K [River] class 2-6-4T no A792 River Arun Merstham London 36 600

Southern SECR K [River] class 2-6-4T no A794 River Rother Brighton Brighton 36 601

Southern SECR K [River] class 2-6-4T no A803 River Ithcen Redhill London 36 602

Southern SECR K [River] class 2-6-4T no A890 River Frome Bricklayers Arms London 36 603

Southern SECR K [River] class 2-6-4T no A 797 River Mole Merstham London 36 604

Southern SECR K [River] class 2-6-4T no A 866 River Torridge now U class no 1806 Waterloo London 36 604

Southern SECR K [River] class 2-6-4T no A793 River Ouse Brighton Brighton 36 605

Archaeological discoveries 36 606

Vintage Goring station in mixed gauge days Goring Reading 36 606

Vintage Stamford station in the early 20th century Stamford Peterborough 36 606

Vintage Berwick station Berwick Berwick 36 607

Vintage Malton station Malton York 36 607

56xx, the workhorses of South Wales 36 608

BR GWR 56xx tank no 6634 trundles through Pontypool Pontypool Welsh Valleys 36 608

BR GWR 56xx tanks including no 6662 Swansea Swansea 36 608

BR GWR 56xx tank no 6605 Pontypool Welsh Valleys 36 609

BR GWR 56xx tank no 6622 Pontypool Welsh Valleys 36 609

BR GWR 56xx tank no 5666 Dowlais Welsh Valleys 36 610

BR GWR 56xx tank no 6605 Mountain Ash Welsh Valleys 36 610

BR GWR 56xx tank no 6662 steams out of Blaengwynfi Blaengwynfi Mid Wales 36 610

Judging by the looks of them 36 611

BR LMS class 4 no 43030 at Shipley Shipley Bradford 36 611

BR LMS class 4 no 43070 at Bradford Bradford bradford 36 611

BR LMS Class 4 no 43019 at Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth 36 612

BR LMS class 4 no 43135 leaves Craigendoran Craigendoran Glasgow 36 612

BR LMS Class 4no 43044 shunts at Yeadon Yeadon Leeds 36 612

BR LMS Class 4 no 43072 ran out of line and into the road at Bradford Bradford Bradford 36 613

BR LMS class 4 no 43137 at Normanton Normanton Wakefield 36 613

The Harrow and Wealdstone accident 1952 36 614

BR Plan of Harrow and Wealdstone station H and Wealdstone London 36 614

BR The Aftermath looking south H and Wealdstone London 36 614

BR No 46202 Princess Anne among wrecked coaches H and Wealdstone London 36 615

BR Jubilee no 45637 and no 46202 Princess Anne H and Wealdstone London 36 616

BR Rescue workers among the wreckage H and Wealdstone London 36 616

BR Local people gather H and Wealdstone London 36 617

BR A recent view of the station H and Wealdstone London 36 619

BR Memorial plaque H and Wealdstone London 36 619

BR Rescue workers and locals among the wreckage H and Wealdstone London 36 619

Greetings from Cornwall 36 620

BR Saltash with a train coming off the Tamar bridge Saltash Plymouth 36 620

BR The Devon side approach to the bridge Plymouth Plymouth 36 620

BR A Class 121 on the Newquay branch Bugle Newquay 36 621

BR A DMU runs alongside the River Tamar Saltash Plymouth 36 621

BR A Swindon class 120 DMU on the Looe branch Sandplace Looe 36 621

Stockport Flower show special arrangements 1966-68 36 622

BR A general view of Southport Chapel Street station Southport Preston 36 622

BR Teatime rush at Wigan Wallgate Wigan Wigan 36 622

BR Class 5 no 44871 at Lostock Junction Lostock Bolton 36 623

BR Class 5 no 45055 at Bolton East Junction Bolton Manchester 36 623

BR A view of the throat at Southport Chapel Street station Southport Preston 36 624

BR Black Five no 44871 waits to leave Bolton Trinity Street Bolton Manchester 36 624

BR LMS class 2 2-6-4T leaves Christ's Hospital Christ's Hospital Horsham 36 625

BR Southern S15 no 30836 about to leave Crowthorne Crowthorne Reading 36 625

BR DMU push pull to Hawkhurst waits at Paddock Wood Paddock Wood Tunbridge Wells 36 626

BR Southern Q1 no 33008 passes through Hampton Hampton London 36 626

BR Fittleworth station Fittleworth Petworth 36 627

BR SECT L class no 31773 at Redgate Mill Junction Eridge Tunbridge Wells 36 627

BR Southern N class no 31832 at Banstead Banstead London 36 627

Bilston shed part 2 36 628

BR J39 no 64742 Bidston Merseyside 36 628

BR O1 no 63689 Bidston Merseyside 36 628

BR Ex ROD class O4 no 63713 Bidston Merseyside 36 629

BR J94 0-6=0ST no 68065 Bidston Merseyside 36 629

BR O4 no63915 Bidston Merseyside 36 630

Table 6, Traffic to and from Bilston Yard 1962 summer Bidston Merseyside 36 630

BR BR Std class 9F no 92159 Bidston Merseyside 36 631

BR Three Class 9F's Bidston Merseyside 36 631

LMS Large boiler Claughton class no 5975 36 632

More frustrations of fuel economy; Incomplete combustion part 2 36 633

LMS Hughes 4 cylinder 4-6-0 no 10458 36 633

Drawing; The Lemaitre exhaust system 36 634

LMS Princess Royal class no6201 Princess Elizabeth as originally built 36 634

Drawing; The7 jet Geist ejector system 36 635

Narrow Talyllyn 0-4-2T No 4 Edward Thomas fitted with a Geist system Talyllyn N. Wales 36 635

Argentina Porta modified Mitsubishi 2-10-2 Argentina 36 636

Argentina Porta's 4 cylinder compound Argentina Argentina 36 636

BR GWR 56xx no 6661 crossing the Crumlin viaduct Crumlin Welsh Valleys 36 640

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Southern Ex SECR D1 no 31489 at Ashford Kent Ashford [Kent] Ashford [Kent] 36 641

LMS Midland Railway 2P no 382 about to plunge into the darkness of the Totley tunnel Totley Sheffield 37 643

On the Hope valley line 38 644

BR A class 142 'Sprinter' no 142 015 Hope Brink Peak District 39 644

BR A class 47 no 47 587 emerges from the Totley tunnel Totley Sheffield 40 644

BR A Derby Heavyweight DMU passes Edale signal box Edale Peak District 41 645

BR Class 47 no 47 228 heads a train of empty cement wagons at Earle's sidings Hope Peak District 42 645

BR A 9 car formation of Swindon class 120 DMU's pass Bamford Bamford Peak District 43 646

BR Class 114 DMU cars E 54018 and 53018 call at Bamford Bamford Peak District 44 646

BR The Cleethorpes to Manchester train viewed from Black Tor Peak District 45 646

The pontop inclines of the Stanhope and Tyne Rail-Road company 46 647

Vintage 1923 map showing inclines and collieries in the area Chester-le-Street 47 647

Vintage Men in front of an NE P4 10.5 ton hopper wagon Stella Gill Chester-le-Street 48 647

Vintage Empties getting to the top of the Stanley Incline Stanley Chester-le-Street 49 648

Fig 1; section of incline 50 648

Vintage Brake cabin at Waldridge bank head Waldridge Chester-le-Street 51 649

Diagram; Lock chain attachment details 52 650

Diagram; Wheel pit of self acting incline 53 650

Vintage NER B class no 1124 at Pelton Pelton Chester-le-Street 54 650

Vintage A group photograph spread round a Midland Railway wagon Stella Gill Chester-le-Street 55 651

Vintage Brake cabin at Eden Hill incline Eden Hill Chester-le-Street 56 651

Late view of the top of the Waldridge incline Waldridge Chester-le-Street 57 652

BR N10 0-6-2T no 69093 on the lower part of the Waldridge incline Waldridge Chester-le-Street 58 652

Long serving people on the Pontop inclines Eden Hill Chester-le-Street 59 653

Staff of the Pontop inclines Chester-le-Street 60 653

Wagons at Waldridge bank foot Waldridge Chester-le-Street 61 653

Britain; Locomotive workshop to the world 62 654

Holland Built by Beyer Peacock and Co for The Dutch State Railway a 2-4-0 Holland 63 654

Portugal Built by Beyer Peacock and Co Portugal a 2-2-2 now preserved at Santarem Santarem Portugal 64 654

Belgium A Clone of the Caly Dunalistar class Triegnes Belgium 65 655

Australia NSWGR 0-6-0 supplied by Robert Stevenson and Co New South Wales Australia 66 655

Australia A clone of the Metropolitan 4-4-0, Class 79 no 1243 Newcastle Australia 67 656

Australia A clone of the Metropolitan 4-4-0, Class 79 no 1301 Sydney Australia 68 657

Vulcan Foundry 323 class no 1709 69 657

Australia Beyer Peacock 2-6-0 3'6 gauge no SAR Y71 built for the Tasmanian Railways Tasmania Australia 70 658

A 3'6" locomotive built for the Silverton Tramway 71 659

Australia Western Australian 4-6-0 version of the Beyer Peacock standard, this is G125 built by Dubs West Australia Australia 72 659

Australia No U655 is one of 14 locomotives built by the Ministry of Supply for use in Africa and later sent to West Australia West Australia Australia 73 660

Australia Built by Beyer Peacock a P class 2-4-0T built for the South Australian 5'3" lines South Australia Australia 74 661

The tank version of the DD 4-6-0 75 662

The railways of Gravesend and the Isle of Grain; Part 2 76 663

Vintage Cliffe station Cliffe Rochester 77 663

Vintage Grain Halt Grain Rochester 78 663

Map of the Hoo Hundred railway Isle of Grain Rochester 79 663

BR Middle Stoke Halt Middle Stoke Rochester 80 664

Vintage The hotel and pier at Port Victoria Port Victoria Rochester 81 664

Southern A postcard of Allhallows-on-Sea station Allhallows Rochester 82 665

BR SECR H class no 31512 on the push-pull Allhallows Rochester 83 665

BR LCDR class R no 31710 Gravesend Dartford 84 666

BR SR Q1 no 33039 being coaled at Gravesend Gravesend Dartford 85 666

BR Bo-Bo electric E5016 later class 71 shunting at Ashford Ashford [Kent] Ashford [Kent] 86 667

BR Class 47 no 47 213 Marchwood Military Port at Thamesport Grain Rochester 87 667

The minor 'counties' league 88 668

Vintage County class no 3814 County of Chester Paddington London 89 668

Vintage County class no 3814 County of Chester Knowle Kidderminster 90 668

Vintage County class no 3819 County of Salop Lapworth Warwick 91 668

Vintage County class no 3816 County of Leicester Swindon Swindon 92 669

Vintage County class no 3821 County of Bedford Leamington Spa Leamington 93 669

Vintage County class no 3822 County of Brecon Shrewsbury Shrewsbury 94 669

Back to the South Wales engine sheds 95 670

BR 72xx Heavy Goods no 7478 at Neath Neath Neath 96 670

BR Castle no 5054 Earl of Ducie Carmarthen Carmarthen 97 670

BR 64xx no 6410 at Tondu shed Tondu Bridgend 98 671

BR Brecon shed with 57xx no 6746 with LMS designed class 2 no 45614 Brecon Welsh Valleys 99 671

BR Castle's no 5053 Earl Cairns and no 5075 Wellington Cardiff Cardiff 100 671

Focus on Inverness 101 672

BR Ex Caly '439' class no 55198 Inverness Inverness 102 672

BR LMS class 5 no 45117 with snowplough by the very massive water tower Inverness Inverness 103 672

BR Double heading train with class 5's nos 45463 and 44999 Inverness Inverness 104 673

BR Ex Caly '113' class no 54472 Inverness Inverness 105 673

BR Ex Caly 0-6-0 no 57661 by the coaling plant Inverness Inverness 106 674

BR LMS Class 5 no 45192 on the Kyle of Lochalsh train Inverness Inverness 107 674

BR LMS No 45123 with a classmate head out past the Welsh's Bridge signal box Inverness Inverness 108 674

Public frauds and private robberies 109 675

Cartoon 'Albert spare those trees' 110 675

Cartoon of Sibthorp going ballistic after hearing the Crystal Palace might remain in Hyde Park after the exhibition 111 675

Cartoon of Sibthorp throwing stones at the Crystal Palace 112 675

Cartoon; Sibthorp was the caricaturists ideal subject 113 676

Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Lincoln 114 676

Cartoon of Sibthorp dances with delight after hearing the Crystal Palace will go after the exhibition 115 677

Cartoon, Sibthorp takes George Hudson into custody 116 677

BR An LNER Azuma arrives at Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln 117 678

Sibthorp sat as a Tory in the House of Commons but did not accept party discipline 118 678

An unkind caricaturist depicting Sibthorp with a big head and small body 119 679

Sibthorp depicted as tilting at a railway locomotive 120 679

En route to Woodford and Hinton 121 680

BR A passenger train passing the site of Roade station Roade Northampton 122 680

BR A railcar at Buckingham Buckingham Buckingham 123 680

The entrance to the former Brackley station Brackley Banbury 124 681

The viaduct at Helmdon Helmdon Banbury 125 681

From the Chatham Company 126 682

BR South Eastern and Chatham D1 no 31470 on LBSCR metals at Groombridge Groombridge Tunbridge Wells 127 682

BR South Eastern and Chatham D1 no 31489 Ramsgate Ramsgate 128 682

BR South Eastern and Chatham D1 no 31489 leaves Orpington Orpington London 129 683

BR South Eastern and Chatham D1 no 31735 moves out of London Bridge station London Bridge London 130 683

BR South Eastern and Chatham E1 no 31504 leaves Ravensbourne Ravensbourne London 131 683

BR Midland 2P no 40489 at Kentish Town Kentish Town London 132 684

BR South Eastern and Chatham D1 no 31489 Folkestone Jn. Folkestone 133 684

BR South Eastern and Chatham D1 no 31739 Westerham London 134 684

BR South Eastern and Chatham E1 no 31497 leaves Folkestone Warren Folkestone Folkestone 135 684

Miracle train jumps a chasm to safety 136 685

BR Black Five no 44854 Cricklewood London 137 685

BR Caly 439 class no 55218 at Aberfeldy Aberfeldy Highlands 138 685

Map; The Aberfeldy branch Aberfeldy Highlands 139 685

BR Rebuilt WC no 34042 Dorchester Nine Elms London 140 685

BR SER O1 no 31048 Stewarts Lane London 141 685

BR Bainaguard halt in 1958 Bainaguard Highlands 142 686

BR Caly 439 class no 55217 at Aberfeldy Aberfeldy Highlands 143 686

BR Grandtully station Grandtully Highlands 144 687

BR The mixed train nears Aberfeldy Aberfeldy Highlands 145 687

BR Class 47 no 1972 comes off the Tay bridge Dundee Dundee 146 688

BR No 43 o46 at the south end of the bridge in 1986 Dundee Dundee 147 688

BR The mixed train standing at Aberfeldy Aberfeldy Highlands 148 688

BR The signal box at Aberfeldy Aberfeldy Highlands 149 688

BR Ex Caly no 55117 calls at Grandtully Grandtully Highlands 150 689

BR Looking south at Ballinluig with no 55212 at the platform Ballinluig Highlands 151 690

BR The crane readies to lift the derailed locomotive Highlands 152 690

BR Passengers watch the guard's van being unloaded Aberfeldy Highlands 153 691

BR The Aberfeldy train by the branch platform Ballinluig Highlands 154 691

BR BR std class 4 no 80093 Grandtully Highlands 155 692

BR Sulzer type 2 no D5324 with the mixed train [2 photos] Ballinluig Highlands 156 693

London area shed visits 157 694

BR Castle no 5051 Earl of Bathurst Old Oak Common London 158 694

Revisiting the 'Locomotives of the LNER' 159 696

BR A4 no 60017 Silver Fox King's Cross London 160 696

Brothers W. Stephen and R. Stephen on the Forth Bridge Forth Bridge Edinburgh 161 696

Vintage Great Eastern tram engine J70 no 7139 used on the Wisbech and Upwell tramway Wisbech King's Lynn 162 697

BR Great Northern class N1 no 69441 at Marylebone Marylebone London 163 697

The bridge over the silvery Tay 164 700

A period cameo of St. Pancras in May 1959 St, Pancras London 165 704

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BR Western Diesel hydraulic no D1033 Western Trooper Dawlish Newton Abbott 36 705

The Somerset and Dorset line 36 708

BR LMS 8F no 48760 at Bath [Green Park] Bath Bath 36 708

BR Somerset and Dorset 2-8-0 no 53807 at Bath [Green Park] Bath Bath 36 708

BR BR class 5 no 73051 pilots Rebuilt WC no 34046 Braughton on 'The Pines Express' Bath Bath 36 709

BR LMS 2F no 40700 pilots Class 5 no 73087 as they climb out of Bath Bath Bath 36 709

BR LMS 8F no 48760 calls at Radstock Radstock Bath 36 709

BR LMS 8F no 48760 waits to cross the level crossing at Radstock Radstock Bath 36 710

BR Midsommer Norton South box with LMS 3F no 47557 alongside Midsommer Norton Bath 36 710

BR A familiar double header combination as 2P no 40569 leads 4F no 44422 Chilcompton Bath 36 711

BR S&D no 53807 blows up at Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet 36 711

The life and times of Bassenthwaite station 36 712

Vintage Bassenthwaite Lake station in 1910 Bassenthwaite Lake District 36 712

Vintage Map, the Cockermouth, Keswick and Carlisle railway Lake District 36 712

A single key token Lake District 36 713

Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria 36 713

BR Sam Whalan, stationmaster in 1950 Bassenthwaite Lake District 36 714

BR Elizabeth Whalan sits by one of the station's fine flower beds Bassenthwaite Lake District 36 715

BR The aftermath of the sugar spill in 1948 Bassenthwaite Lake District 36 715

BR A DMU arrives in 1964 Bassenthwaite Lake District 36 716

The station ruins in 2011 Bassenthwaite Lake District 36 716

The station in 2021 redeveloped as a café and tourist attraction Bassenthwaite Lake District 36 717

Completing the triangle. The Sevenoaks cut off 36 718

Map; The Sevenoaks cut-off 36 718

BR St. John's station c1960 St John's London 36 718

BR A Stirling Q class on a local train at Grove Park Grove Park London 36 719

Vintage Elmstead Woods staff in 1910 Elmstead Woods London 36 719

BR SR BoB no 34072 257 Squadron at Pett's Wood junction Pett's Wood London 36 720

Vintage The station building at Chislehurst Chislehurst London 36 720

Southern Pett's Wood station in 1939 Pett's Wood London 36 721

Southern Orpington station after reconstruction for the electrification in 1925/6 Orpington London 36 722

BR Schools no 30932 nears Pohill tunnel Pohill Sevenoaks 36 722

BR The Westerham branch train at Dunton Green hauled by two SECR H class engines Dunton Green Sevenoaks 36 723

BR Sevenoaks station looking north Sevenoaks Sevenoaks 36 724

BR Hildenborough station c 1955 Hildenborough Tonbridge 36 725

Vintage Tonbridge station in 1888 Tonbridge Tonbridge 36 725

Southern The 1904 built signal box at Chislehurst in 1935 Chislehurst London 36 726

LMS LMS 7F no 9531 at Toton Yard Toton Nottingham 36 727

LMS LMS 7F no 9598 at Mirfield Mirfield Huddersfield 36 727

The LMS 0-8-0F's harder work than they might have been 36 727

BR LMS 7F no 49660 at Bacup shed Bacup Blackburn 36 728

LMS LMS 7F no 9504 adds to the pollution at Edwalton Edwalton Nottingham 36 728

LMS LMS 7F no9525 on Castlethorpe troughs Castlethorpe Bletchley 36 728

BR LMS 7F no 49526 climbs through Marsden Marsden Huddersfield 36 729

BR LMS 7F no 49636 36 729

LMS LMS 7F no 9672 at Edgehill shed Edgehill Merseyside 36 729

Five bridges across the big ditch 36 730

BR A 9F climbs toward Acton Grange Viaduct Acton Grange Merseyside 36 730

Runcorn bridge over the Mersey Runcorn Merseyside 36 730

The Latchford high level bridge over the Manchester Ship canal Latchford Merseyside 36 731

The CLC bridge at Cadishead Cadishead Merseyside 36 732

The Latchford high level bridge over the Manchester Ship canal Latchford Merseyside 36 732

The CLC bridge at Cadishead being tested with lots of locomotives parked on it Cadishead Merseyside 36 733

The Irlam bridge Irlam Merseyside 36 733

The Duxford crane tanks 36 734

Industrial Crane tank 0-4-0 Hendon again with 0-4-0ST General Sunderland Sunderland 36 734

Industrial Crane tank 0-4-0 Hendon is readied for the day's work with sister locomotive Roker in the background Sunderland Sunderland 36 734

Industrial Crane tank 0-4-0 Roker at work [three pictures] Sunderland Sunderland 36 735

Roaming through mid Wales 36 736

BR From the train scenery between Tylwch and Rhayader Mid Wales 36 736

BR Moat Lane Junction Moat Lane Mid Wales 36 736

BR Builth Wells station Builth Wells Mid Wales 36 737

BR Ivatt class 2 2-6-0 near Tylwch Tylwch Mid Wales 36 737

BR Builth Wells station lift Builth Wells Mid Wales 36 738

BR Ivatt 2-6-0 no 46511 arriving at Erwood Erwood Mid Wales 36 738

BR Three Cocks junction Three Cocks Mid Wales 36 738

BR Builth Road [Low level] Builth Road Mid Wales 36 739

BR Talyllyn Junction with Ivatt class 2 no 46501 ready to leave Talyllyn Junction Mid Wales 36 739

A few railway ghosts 36 740

Bradley Fold signal box Bradley Fold Bolton 36 740

George Stephenson 36 740

LT The plaque at Bethnal Green [Central line] station Bethnal Green London 36 741

The Red Hall. Bourne Bournemouth Peterborough 36 741

LT Elephant and Castle passageway Elephant and Castle London 36 742

Drawing, Rescuers at the Hexthorpe disaster Hexthorpe Doncaster 36 743

Drawing, The Staplehurst accident Staplehurst Tonbridge 36 743

A double pioneer, evolution on the Manchester to Bury line 36 744

BR LMR timetable map Manchester 36 744

BR Table 1; Stations on the Prestwick branch Manchester 36 744

Detail of the power pick up Manchester 36 745

LMS One of the two sets made for the Holcombe Brook experiment Manchester 36 745

LMS A Prestwick train Manchester 36 746

BR An LYR set in BR livery Bury Manchester 36 746

BR Bowker Vale station Bowker Vale Manchester 36 747

BR Radcliffe Central station Radcliffe Manchester 36 747

BR Manchester Victoria with a Bury unit Manchester Manchester 36 748

BR The new Bury [Bolton Street] station 36 748

Laying the rails in Manchester High Street in 1990 Manchester Manchester 36 749

The roadworks sign Manchester Manchester 36 749

The track layout of the proposed Pic-Vic project Manchester Manchester 36 749

Brochure; Light rapid system in Manchester Manchester Manchester 36 750

The terminal at Victoria being turned into a through road Manchester Manchester 36 750

A unit at Victoria station Manchester Manchester 36 751

Unit 1005 at Aytoun Street Manchester Manchester 36 751

Looking at existing and possible new routes in 1991 Manchester Manchester 36 752

A partially rebuilt Victoria station with a new tram Manchester Manchester 36 753

'Western' summer 36 754

BR Western Diesel-hydraulic no D1070 Western Gauntlet 36 754

BR Western Diesel-hydraulic no D1072 Western Fusiler Penzance Penzance 36 754

BR Western Diesel-hydraulic no D1054 Western Governor Plymouth Plymouth 36 755

BR Western Diesel-hydraulic no D1072 Western Glory Dawlish Newton Abbott 36 755

BR Western Diesel-hydraulic no D1001 Western Pathfinder Dawlish Newton Abbott 36 756

The Kinghorn and Berwick collisions of December 1891 36 757

BR A local train behind B1 no 61029 arrives at Kinghorn Kinghorn Kirkcaldy 36 757

Vintage North British class M no 633 Bridge of Earn Perth 36 757

Vintage Berwick on Tweed station in the early 19th century Berwick Berwick 36 758

Vintage North British class M no 637 36 758

East Coast joint stock, six wheeled carriage no 176 36 759

BR V2 no 60900 backs its train of oil tankers into a siding Berwick Berwick 36 759

Berwick station signal box Berwick Berwick 36 760

East Coast joint stock, six wheeled first class sleeper no 184 36 760

BR A2 no 60537 on the local from Edinburgh Berwick Berwick 36 761

Bolton on the turn 36 762

BR A class 108 pair pass Bolton East junction Bolton Manchester 36 762

BR A Cravens DMU at Trinity Street Bolton Manchester 36 762

BR Three DMU sets in the new blue Bolton Manchester 36 762

The site for Caythorpe station 36 763

BR Claythorpe station in1954 Claythorpe Grantham 36 763

Map showing locations mentioned in the debate for the site Claythorpe Grantham 36 763

BR A pair of Derby class 115 DMU's meet at Beaconsfield station Beaconsfield High Wycombe 36 768

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