Railway Magazine Volumes 10 to 19
Midland Railway Scotch Express [folding coloured
plate]. facing page 1.
Rather crude (both in terms of original oil painting and its execution
as a plate depiction of MR compound No. 2632 on down luncheon car express
near Lazonby (at foot of plate) dimensions are quoted. More
accurate portrayal of same locomotive facing page 345.
Bywell, E.M. Notable railway stations No. 21.— Darlington (Bank Top).
1-9.
Portrait of Mr G.W. Laidler on page 1
Macfarlane, Harold. Manchester Ship Canal Railways.
10-16.
Continued from 1903, 12, 470.
Ratcliffe, A.G. A railway traffic problem and its solutions. 17-19.
Schooling, John Holt. Lessons from railway statistics. 20-8.
Budleigh Salterton and Exmouth Railway. 29-30.
Date that line opened is not stated (but this was July issue): mentions
the gradients and the improved access to the East Devon Golf Links (history
of which was written by Kathleen Harland, one century later).
Scott, W.J. Gradients of our chief railways. No. III — The Great
Western Railway — Continued. Northern Line— (a) Didcot to Birmingham
and Birkenhead. 31-6.
Page 34 et seq: South Wales Section (Bristol to New Milford
via Severn Tunnel)
The late Sir Joseph Loftus Wilkinson, Kt.: General Manager, Great Western Railway, 1896-1903. 37
To Perranporth by railway, (the Truro and Newquay Railway). 38-42
Railway art and literature in 1903. 43-8.
Rous-Marten, Charles British locomotive practice and performance.
49-56.
Dunlop, D.N. The progress of electric traction. 57-63.
This begins with what the author considers to be outstanding developments
in steam motive power: these include
Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. 64-
Brunel Redivivus. Summer services of 1903. 69
Caledonian Railway locomotive, No. 50. [coloured plate]. facing page 89.
Russell, J. Darlington North Road Works (North-Eastern Railway). 89-100.
The Wick and Lybster Light Railway. 101-
Tripp, G.W. How the Midland Railway reached London. 107-12
King, C.R. Heavy Mountain locomotives on Italian Railways. 113-19.
4-8-0 compounds
Letterkenny and Burtonport Railway. 120-
Rous-Marten, Charles British locomotive practice and performance. 124
Dunlop, D.N. The world's progress of steam and electric traction. 132.
The Exeter Railway. 139-43.
Opened for traffic on 1 July 1903: line ran from west of Exeter St
David's to Christow on the Teign Valley line and as this article noted formed
the potential for a route to Plymouth which avoided the storm-prone coastal
section.
Scott, W.J. Gradients of our chief railways. No. III — The Great
Western Railway — Continued. Weymouth (via Newbury and Westbury)
Section. 145-50.
Page 148 et seq: The Great Central Railway: Marylebone to
Annesley.
Great Western Railway's new route to South Wales 151-5.
Railway portrait gallery, Mr. James Charles Inglis, General Manager, Great Western Railway. 156-7.
London and South-western Railway locomotive, No. 343. [coloured plate]. facing
page 169.
5ft 7in mixed traffic 4-4-0.
Lawrence, J.T. Notable Railway Stations No. 22.— Wellington Station,
Leeds. 169-77.
Portrait of Mr William Brown, Station Master on page 169.
Tripp, G.W. How the Midland Railway reached London. 178
Feature began on page 107.
A Permanent-way Engineer' Permanent Way and its Maintenance182
Scott, W.J. Gradients of our chief railways. No. IV — Great Central Railway — Continued. (c) Annesley to Woodhouse Junction; and Woodhouse to Manchester. 189-91.
Vale of Rheidol Light Railway. 195
Scott, W.J. Gradients of our chief railways. No.V. Great Northern Railway. (a) King's Cross to Retford. 191-4.
Rous-Marten, Charles British locomotive practice and performance. 204
Axminster and Lyme Regis Light Railway. 211.
Dunlop, D.N. The world's progress of steam and electric traction.
218-
Royal Trains of the Irish Railways. 224
Some lessons from the Great Western Railway's record run. 231-
Forth Bridge's biggest British rival.
238-43.
Connel Bridge, a cantilever bridge across Loch Etive on line to
Ballachulish opened 21 August 1903.
Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway. 245-
Great Northern Railway locomotive, No. 271. [coloured plate]. facing page 257.
Rous-Marten, Charles British locomotive practice
and performance. 257
Railway Portrait Gallery Mr. John R. Kerr. General Manager, Cork, Bandon
and South Coast Railway..265
Scott, W.J. Gradients of our chief railways. No.V. Great Northern
Railway — Continued. (b) Retford to Shafttholme Nox, and (over
NER) to York. 266-8.
(c) Leeds and Bradford.
Scott, W.J. Gradients of our chief railways. No.VI. North-Eastern
Railway. (1) Main line (York to Edinburgh) (a) York and Newcastle. 268-71.
Page 271: (b) Newcastle to Berwick.
The gauge crisis in India. 272-
Dunlop, D.N. The world's progress of steam and electric traction.
276-
Mr. W.H. Hilditch, (Late Station Superintendent, Waterloo Terminus, L&SWR).
283.
Includes a portrait: his father had been first station master of Esher
and he joined LSWR at Kingston (now Surbiton) in 1861 as a clerk.
Edwards, W.E. The broad gauge working of the Wilts
and Somerset Railway (G.W.R.). 289-96.
Mainly concerned with signals and signalling, notably the fish-tail
signals, but also mentions original Gooch locomotives: Fire-King and
Sun of 1840 and a later Homer (a saddle tank of 1854). Plan
of original Westbury station. Illus. (page 294) of train with blast furnaces
behind at Westbury station; also mentions joint railway serving
Portland.
Mathieson, R.B. Rating valuation of Scottish railways. 297-302.
Writer was an officer of the NBR: relevant Acts were those of 17 and
18 Victoria cap 91 of 1854: reproduces parts of Sections 21 and 22. Notes
County of Lanark's action caused by the decline in the value of railways
in spite of increased traffic and extent as exemplified by the Caledonia
Railway's decline in value from £227,633 in 1883 to £120,251 in
1903. Over the same period the valuation of the Highland Railway had declined
almost to zero, but the West Highland Railway was fighting an absurdly high
valuation placed upon the Mallaig Extension.
Concrete viaduct under construction. 304.
Illus. (photograph): location not stated, but
Cambrian Railway's modern rolling stock.
303-9.
Five 0-6-0 freight locomotives (Nos. 89-93) had been supplied from
Robert Stephenson & Co. These had Belpaire fireboxes and larger boilers
than the previous series. the grate area was increased from
16.5ft2 to 20.5ft2 and the total heating surface from
1084.5 ft2 to 1241.7ft2. Also described a special meat
van for conveying Welsh mutton (God bless the Prince of Wales) from Llanidloes
to Euston; a brake van and a Travelling Post Office tender.
Observation coach on the Canadian Pacific Railway. 310-12.
Early vistadome car complete with brass handrails, cane-covered revolving
chairs and oil lamps.
Kirkwood, S. Peeps into old railway books: curious
and amusing. 313-17.
Begins by noting the rarity of much of the material described, but does not
note where the items were inspected, but articles do include facsimile
reproductions (perhaps items were kept in GNR's Board Room). Cites but does
not develop J. Anderson's Recreations in agriculture (1799-1802) which
had 6 volumes (see Ottley 235); Thomas Young's [A course of lectures on]
natural philosophy and the mechanical arts (1807) (Ottley 185);
Continued page 387.
Stock, C.S. About footplates. 318-23.
Three locomotives are illustrated: cab views of Metropolitan District
Railway 4-4-0T (text noted that this type was not fitted with a brick arch);
a Northern Railway of France tender locomotive and (three different views)
of Stroudley B class 0-4-2 Gladstone type. Text reflects the
illustrations.
New regulations for private owners' wagons. 324-30.
Railway Clearing House
What the Railway Staff Officer did during the War.
331-6.
RSO duties during the Boer War in South Africa: illus. of Coldstream
Guards, sick horses, and Boer refugees all travelling in open trucks. Presumably
the Guards' officers were travelling in one of the few coaches
visible..
Midland Railway Locomotive express locomotive, No.
2632. [coloured plate]. facing page 345
More accurate representation than that forming plate facing page 1,
but technical details less complete (no hint on this page that the locomotive
is a compound!)
The new railway from Yarmouth and Lowestoft
Railway. 345-50.
Norfolk & Suffolk Joint Railways Committee (Midland & Great
Northern Joint Committee and Great Eastern Railway) line from Yarmouth Beach
and Southtown stations to Lowestoft via Gorleston North, Gorleston-on-Sea,
Hopton, Corton and Lowestoft North which crossed Breydon Water on a magnificent
swing viaduct designed by A. Ross of the GNR and W. Marriott of the MGNJR.
The swing bridge was powered by a gas engine installed on the swinging portion.
There are two superb illustrations of the bridge, plus pictures of the
Gorleston-on-Sea station which was clearly intended to be capable of handling
vast crowds and the more genteel Lowestoft North Station. The opening date
is not cited, but now KPJ's grandson cycles from his school south of Gorleston
through the site of the once grand station to his home, not far from where
the horse trams used to be assisted up the hill from the beach and were later
usurped by electric cars at about the time the railway opened. Now one could
travel from Lowestoft to Peterborough by bus (but it is doubtful if anyone
is daft enough to do so, the journey bay car is awful enough).
Hensman, Howard. The Railways of Rhodesia.
351-7.
Continued page 460.
Scott, W.J. Gradients of our chief railways. No.VI. North-Eastern
Railway. — Continued. (c) Berwick to Edinburgh. 358-62.
Page 360: (2) Leeds, York and Scarborough: (a) Leeds, Church Fenton
and York; (b) York, Malton and Scarborough; (c) Whitby branch — from
Pickering: page 362: Leeds and Newcastle by Wertherby, Harrogate, Stockton
and Sunderland.
Rous-Marten, Charles British locomotive practice and performance. 363-71.
No. 98, Great Western Railway. 366.
Official photograph and leading dimensions
Great Northern Railway eight-wheel coupled tank
engine. 369.
Official photograph (photographic grey), leading dimensions and intended
use for suburban traffic over heavy gradients.
Great Western Railway's motor car service.
372-3.
Steam railcar designed for service between Chalford and Stonehouse:
introduced 12 October 1903.
The Westinghouse new combined automatic coupler. 377-8.
Automatic couplerwhich also joins compressed air lines.
Rake, Herbert. The conception of the Midland Railway. 379-86.
Continued on page 447
Kirkwood, S. Peeps into old railway books: curious
and amusing. 387-90.
Series began on page 313: most
of the material has been confirmed in Ottley, but sometimes corrections have
been required: these may have originated either as errors made by Kirkwood,
or in typography, but in may case it is merely in the form of citation: Alex
Gordon: Treatise upon elemental locomotion, 1832 (Ottley 305), this
in turn cited Goldsworthy Gurney's evidence to House of Commons in 1831;
R. Cort: Rail-road impositions detected, 1834 (Ottley 5218, 5219,
5220); George Godwin: An appeal to the public on the subject of railways
(pamphlet) (Ottley 4296); James Walker: Report on the proposed lines for
a Northern Railway. 1835 (Ottley 11735) note this is the Ottley Supplement
and covered the Grand Northern Railway which was to go from London to York
via Bishops Stortford, Saffron Walden, Cambridge, Huntigdon, Peterborough,
Market Deeping, Bourn, Lincoln, Gainsborough, and Selby, Luke Hebert: Treatise
on railway 1836 (Ottley 311); Henry Fairbairn (Mis-cited as Fairburn):
[Treatise on] Political economy of railroads. (Ottley 406) Kirkwood
suggests that this work contains a reference to the conversion of roads into
railways (but this may be covered in Ottley 304); W. Bridges Adams: English
pleasure carriages 1837 (Ottley 307); Linney Gilbert is credited with
two books: Beauties and wonders of nature and science 1839 (Ottley
7248) and Railways of England. 1838 (Ottley 4) where it would seem
that James Gilbert was the publisher; P. Lecount: [Practical] treatise
on railways. 1839 (Ottley 2934); Parker's Roads and railroads is
probably Ottley 412 and "Rees" is .C. Brees: Railway practice (Ottley
2554).
Whitechurch, Victor L. Southern Mahratta Railway. 391-7.
Metre gauge railway which served Bangalore and Mysore. Portrait of
W.B. Wright, Traffic Manager (KPJ: was this the son of William Barton Wright
who had strong Indian financial links?)
Wade, George A. Private railway stations.
398-403.
Dovenby, near Cockermouth on the Maryport & Carlisle Railway (owned
by Mrs Ballantyne Dykes) (illus.); the Duke of Sutherland's Dunrobin (accompanied
by Stalinist era "illustration"); Lowther Station on the LNWR was not a "private"
station, but was fully exploited by Lord Lonsdale to entertain his pal, the
German Emperor; Watchingwell station (illustrated) on the Isle of Wight Central
Railway Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway (owned by Sir John Stephen
Barrington Simeon as a few quids pro quo for the passage of the railway through
his estate; Crofton Station (illustrated) onn the Maryport & Carlisle
Railway near Wigton; Whippingham Station was originally constructed for her
late Majesty Queen Victoria to serve Osborne, but she graciously allowed
her station to be used by her loyal subjects; notes the construction of a
"private station" by the North Staffordshire Railway near Cheddleton Junction
to serve the Staffordshire County Lunatic Asylum; and "Avon Lodge" (illustrated)
station between Christchurch and Ringwood, built by the late Turner Turner
and then owned by Colonel Ralph Peacock (who presumably strutted along to
board the train).
Scott , W.J. Fast trains in the summer of 1903. 404-
Soft water for locomotives. 410-17.
Kennicott water softening system as installed on several railroads
in USA
Dunlop, D.N. The world's progress of steam and electric traction. 418-
Midland Hotel, Manchester. [coloured plate]. facing page 433.
Midland Railway's new Manchester Hotel. 433-8.
Whitechurch, Victor L. Southern Mahratta Railway. 439-43
Continued from feature beginning page 391:
Wroth, A.E. Nickels's Atmospheric Railway.
444-5.
System exhibited in 1845 by Keene and Nickels: used compressed air
and the ducts were sealed with gutta percha. Refers to pastent by Christopher
Nickells of 1839: description herein refers to "pneumatic tyre"
Rake, Herbert. The conception of the Midland Railway. 447
New Zealand Railways. 456
Hensman, Howard. The Railways of Rhodesia.
460.
Began page 351
Phillip, S.M. Gradients of our chief railways —
No.VII. London and North-Western Railway. 466-71.
Mainlline: Euston to Carlisle via Shap.
Retirement of Mr. T.I. Allen: Superintendent of Line, G.W.R. 472-5.
Elliott, T.C. The Rhaetian Railway. 476-82.
Dunlop, D.N. The world's progress of steam and electric traction.
483-90.
Scott , W.J. Fast trains in the summer of 1903. 491-500.
Rous-Marten, Charles. British locomotive practice and performance.
501-8.