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Former LSWR O2 0-4-4T nearing Ryde. Derek Penney.
front cover.
April 1962
Gresleys through Grantham. Derek Penney. 4-5.
Col. illus.: 60065 Knight of Thistle on 9 September 1962; 60066
Merry Hampton as prev.; 60015 Quicksilver in early 1960s; 60032
Gannet in June 1962
Observations from a hospital bed. [of GNR (I) trains].
Norman Johnston. 6-11.
Author was a child polio victim in 1957 and had to spend nineteen
weeks in bed at the Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast, from which he could
see the GNR (I) trains to Dublin and a variety of lesser services. In May
he was taken by his father to Scotland where he encountered the A4 class
and was even given the treat of a journey to Newcastle and back (on the return
journey the train engine was an A4 Silver King). illus.: GNR(I) no
72 Daffodil as working in 1900, Musgrave Park Hospital; GNR(I)
T2 class no 148 on Lisburn local train on 1 June 1934 (William Robb):
Col.: GNR(I) 202 as UTA No 67 Louth, but still in blue livery passing
Adelaide on Lisburn local train on 22 June 1962 (Irwin Pryce); NCC WT class
no 51 passing Finaghy halt on 28 August 1965 with empty stock (Derek Young*),
WT class no 51 meets no 55 on same day as prev. with "marching" special (*);
GNR(I) no 207 Boyne at Adelaide on 10 April 1965 (*); QG class no
152 on local near Adelaide in July 1956 (Keith Pirt), VS class no 210
Erne leaving Great Victoria Street whilst V class no 86
Peregrine waits at an adjoining platform in July 1956 (Keith Pirt).
B&w: Balmoral station in 1962; GNR(I) no 72 on 25 May 1956 returning
from Royal Ulster Agriculture Show for Enniskillen.
The Railways of Ipswich. K.A. Frost. 12-17.
Historical article (sources are quoted, but not linked to text).
Article was printed following the death of this contributor. illus.:
GER. D56 no 1823 on the Ipswich water troughs; Ipswich station c 1910; Bentley
station, Ipswich; Map; Early railways to Ipswich; GER. T19 no 763 (an oil
burner) takes water from the Ipswich water troughs; GER. Y56 no 1303 at Ipswich
on Felixstowe train; Bury St Edmunds station (pre-grouping view); Stowmarket
station frontage c 1900; GER. J17 no 65513 at Ipswich; LNER B12 no 8508 with
ACFI feed water heater near Ipswich in 1938 with parcels train; B12/3 no
61571 leaving Ipswich Tunnel with express for Liverpool Street on 22 May
1957 (R.C. Riley).
Vintage Caledonian [Railway locomotives]. 18-20.
Photo-feature with notes provided by Caledonian Railway Association:
illus.: CR No. 1029 at Perth; Ex Solway Junction railway No 1323 at Carstairs,
Glasgow; A Dundee bogie No 127; CR No. 544A (Conner 2-4-0); CR No 679 (Brittain
670 class 0-4-2) at Arbroath; CR No 123; CR No. 1454 (Conner 2-4-0) at
Perth
The Paget Locomotive. Bob Mills. 21-23.
Cites the Rly Gaz., 1945 article by James Clayton [Mills observes
Clayton's major input into the Paget locomotive, but fails to observe Clayton's
expertise in automobile design]. See letters from Essery
(14-614).and very important letter
from Philip Atkins on page 186. illus.: Diagram; front and rear profile;
Diagram; principal dimensions and weights; Diagram; General arrangement drawing
and plan; The Paget locomotive No 2299
The evolution of train communication in the 19th Century.
Part 3. Towards an acceptable system 1876-1899. Jeffrey Wells.
24-28.
illus.: Jones no 94 at Dingwall; LCDR M3 no 25 at Victoria, London;
Diagram; Normal and emergency whistles; Ramsbottom Newton no 460; MSLR
Sacr‚ class no 128; MSLR Parker class 6DB no 400Sacr‚ class no
128 at Manchester
Electric Blues. Michael Mensing (phot.). 29.
Col. illus.: AL1 class electric locomotive No E3019 at Runcorn on
20 July 1963; AL5 class E3082 at Berkeswell, near Coventry on 10 June 1967:
both locomtives in electric blue with raised lion and wheel device and raised
numbers (former with LMR marron stock; latter with blue/grey stock)
Focus on Carlisle. 30-33.
Colour photo-feature: Coronation no 46225 Duchess of Gloucester
in maroon at Upperby mpd in September 1963 (Geoff Rixon*); Jubilee no
45697 Achilles at station on 6 August 1966 (Les Elsey); LMS class
5 Nos. 45274 and 45168 at Carlisle Upperby on Halewood to Bathgate car train
on 18 September 1965 (Robert Leslie); BR class 5 no 73151 heading north with
express freight in Septemeber 1962 (*); Princess Royal No 46203 Princess
Margaret Rose (green) at Kingsmoor on 8 October 1962 (*); 72008 Clan
Macleod at Kingsmoor in September 1962 (Richard Jelves); A3 No 60100
Spearmint at Carlisle Canal shed in September 1962 (*); A4 No 60024
Kingfisher on Kingsmoor to Millerhill express freight on 21 March
1965 (Robert Leslie).
Liverpool Street Station. Dick Riley (phot.).
34-35.
Colour photo-feature: LNER B17 no 61618 Wynyard Park at the
next platform to N7 No 69704 on 4 October 1958; N7 No 69704 on suburban train
leaving Liverpool Street on same day as prev.; Britannia no 70012 John
o' Gaunt at Liverpool St on Broadsman for Cromer West Runton &
Sheringham on 2 May 1958 (locomotive is immaculate)., J69 no 68619 in GER
dark blue livery as station pilot on 2 October 1959.
Ten Coupled Variety. 36-38.
illus.: BR 9F no 92019 at Tyldesley (J.R. Carter); BR 9F no 92114
at Dent in early spring 1997 (Mike Kinder); BR 9F no 92110 at Ais Gill (Mike
Kinder); BR 9F no 92136 at Dunhampstead, on 3 May 1963 (Michael Mensing);
BR 9F no 92233 at Shepton Montague on express passenger train on 1 September
1962. Erratum p. 126 (R.C. Riley); BR 9F no 92250 with
Giesl ejector at Bristol St Philips Marsh on 9 October 1963 (R.C.
Riley)
On the track with Sherlock Holmes. Peter Clowes.
39.
Brief examination of railways as portrayed in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
literary output, also notes how his interest arose through childhood travels,
and his later interest in model railway. illus.: Drawing; Dr Watson and Sherlock
Holmes. Letter from Rob Adamson (p. 254) comments on
the illustrations produced by Sidney Paget both of carriage interiors (as
shown) and of exteriors which are of doubtful authenticity. Also notes Conan
Doyle's interest in gyroscopically controlled model railways, adding that
Louis Brennan was installing an experimental gyroscope-controlled monorail
near Gillingham in Kent in around 1912.
The Hawkshaw Arch. Stan Roberts. 40-1.
Four reproductions of lithographs of the the Hawkshaw Arch at Liverpool.
Letter concerning locomotives within picture by Rob Adamson
on page 186 and page 314.
The Pelaw Main Railway. Part 2. Colin E. Mountford.
42-7.
The later development of colliery railways, including their modernization
to accommodate the development of street tramways in Gateshead, the Team
Valley Trading Estate and its Railway in 1937 and its incorporation into
the National Coal Board's system from 1947. The system finaly closed in 1973.
illus.: Ex NER 1350 class loco Victory at Pelaw, Ex NER H class no
1310 at Pelaw, Peckett (1748/1928) Charles Nelson at Ravensworth Park
Drift; Map of system in 1937: Bowes and Pelaw Main railways; chocks at Allerdene
Bank Foot; set of full wagons crossing the road at Allerdene Bank Head; sidings
at Pelaw Main reorganised in 1937 to allow a new bridge on the A1; first
full set to travel under the road bridge at Pelaw new Allerdene Bank Head
in 1967; Allerdene Bank Head from the roadbridge; Starrs Bank Head; Planet
diesel-mechanical 134 BHP loco no 101.
Lancanshire & Yorkshire Railway signal boxes in the
Manchester area. Jeffrey Wells. 48-9.
B&w illus.: Miles Platting Junction on 28 July 1991; Monsall Lane
signal box on 6 June 1971; Newton Heath signal box on 12 April 1957 (H.C.
Casserley); Philip's Park no 2 signal box in May 1995.
Timetables and traction. Part 2. Railway Reflections No.
61. Michael Rutherford. 50-8.
The German high speed test vehicles which reached speeds in excess
of 200km/h in 1904, the development of high speed, articulated diesel-elecric
railcars of the Flying Hamburger type during the 1930s, the Gresley
steam high speed trains of the 1930s, and the possible involvement of R.P.
Wagner in their introduction rather than diesel railcars, the intensive Great
Eastern suburban service operated by steam and the introduction of the
Britannia class on the Norwich expresses. Part 3 on
page 113 et seq. illus.: A three cyl compound 'Furniture Van'
no 561, Germany; Diagrams; German railcars that beat the 200 kph barrier,
Germany; Cartoon; What steam men thought of railcars!, Germany; Class O5
200 kph streamliner, Germany; The Flying Hamburger prototype, Germany;
No 2512 Silver Fox at Northallerton on Silver Jubilee in 1939;
The Jazz at Bethnal Green, London; J69 no 7267 at Chingford, London; Train
running chart morning up service to Liverpool Street; The Brighton Belle
on 30 June 1935; The Brighton lines departure board at Victoria, London;
Diagram; The Direct admission valve used by the GWR; No 6000 King George
V on the Bristolian at Bathford in late 1930s; Coronation Scot
no 6223 Princess Alice at Thrimby Grange on the Coronation Scot
in 1937 (Eric Treacy), Shap; Table 1; Typical braking distances; Britannia
no 70040 Clive of India at Bethnal Green on 16 February 1957 (R.C.
Riley), London; Table 2; Britannia diagramming on the GE section 1952;
Provocations / Reflections index
Postcards from the past. Andrew Swift. 59-66.
The origins of railway postcards, and the collection of them, including
some indication of prices. Further reading. illus.(all from postcards): Aftermath
of the floods at Holmersfield on Wavwnwy Valley line in 1912 (Cann - local
photographer); Derailment at Highbridge on 20 June 1909 (Montague Cooper,
local photographer), Signal box interior at Harrow (LNWR). Prev. b&w:
next group col.: Bratton Fleming station, Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
(Pictorial Stationery Co. official); The new sea route to Northern Ireland
(Midland Railway 1905); Lynmouth (GWR, 1905); Leek and Manifold train in
NSR livery (LPC); Midland Hotel at Manchester (MR); Midland Rly 2-4-0 no
1400 in green livery (Alfred Stiebel & Co); B&w: SECR push &
pull with P class 0-6-0T in middle at Greenwich Park (LPC); Deepcut station
opened in 1917 and built by Canadian troops; Radstock station (GWR) c 1910;
Askham station (FR); Fishguard Harbour (LPC); LYR saddle tank no 155 (Ernest
Pouteau: see Railway Archive for further
information); Col: GN large Atlantic near Hadley Wood LPC); Midland nos.
672 and 559 leave St Pancras on double-headed express (LPC) ; GNR Third class
dining car interior (LPC).
Readers' Forum. 65-6
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Error in caption to illustration on front cover of
1999 Number 12: was not war time President!
The development of Glasgow's railway terminals. Roderick
Low.
Crossovers were installed at Queen Street in 1844 to permit experiments
with locomotive haulage. The banking engines used on Cowlairs Incline were
coupled to the trains and a slipping mechanism was fitted which enabled the
banker to uncouple whilst moving at the top of the bank.
See feature on Glasgow stations (13 p.
519).
Wandering on a foreign strand. Terry McCarthy.
Location of Creigiau - not as stated, but NW outskirts of Cardiff
near US Military hospital. The reason for public houses near to B&M stations
in Monmouthshire was the difference in Licensing hours from neighbouring
Glamorgan (where pubs closed on Sundays). See feature
on ambulance trains (13 page 525).
Some thoughts on compounding. J.C. Butler.
See feature by Rutherford: Vol. 13 page 553:
compound locomotives lasted on steam-hauled freight in East Germany until
reunification: the locomotives were 750mm gauge Sachsen Meyers.
Keith Chester (p. 186) wrote to explain reason for
longevity of Sachsen Meyers. .
'Claughton' comments. Bob Mills.
Long letter which covers several aspects of the Claughton class, notably
the high fuel consumption and low mileages between repairs, mainly due to
lack of mechanical lubrication and inadequate ashpans due to the pitch of
the boilers which was too low. Written mainly in response to
long, critical letter by Peter Davis (13
p. 569) to author's own assessment of Claughton
class (13 page 347).
Loading freight in the 1880s. K.J. Bowen.
Illus. (13-549) shows work of HM Customs
& Excise Gauger and response from author page
314.
The world of the timetable. Arnold Tortorella.
Former Caledonian Railway clock at Barrhill station with double face
which was vandalized in 1999: illus show clock and platform face of clock.
Feature on timetables by Rutherford Vol. 13 p.
611.
'Deltic' in the Snow [at Harrogate]. C.P. Atkins.
rear cover.
January 1979: Deltic hauls empty stock to Leeds, having worked to
Harrogate on 10.45 from King's Cross: excellently captures extreme cold of
that time.
LMS Patriot 4-6-0 45502 Royal Naval Division in
Carlisle Citadel Station. Gavin Wilson. front
cover.
Unrebuilt Patriot alongside class 5 44701 in 1959.
A Midland & Great Northern landmark: Cross Keys Swing
Bridge. 71.
43105 coming off swing bridge at Sutton Bridge on 23 June 1958: note
tablet being dropped onto catcher and GNR-type somersault signals. The bridge
is still in service (when not under repair) and handles a vast road
traffic. (R.C. Riley)
Oxfordshire Ironstone. Dick Riley (phot.) Industrial
Railway Society (captions). 72-3.
Colour feature:: Oxfordshire Ironstone Company photographed 13 April
1957: 0-4-0ST Barabel (Hudswell Clarke 1868/1953) (black); 0-6-0T
Sir Thomas (Hudswell, Clarke 1334/1918) (red), 0-6-0ST The Bursar
(Hunslet 1645/1930 (had worked in Palestine during construction of Haifa
harbour); 200HP Sentinel Phyllis (9615/1956) (red) and Hunslet The
Dean (1496/1926)(black). Several include American-style dumpcars.
The LNER in Scotland. Peter Tatlow. 74-83.
General description of the main LNER routes in Scotland, and the main
topographical features with which they had to contend The Area structure.
Motive power: that which was inherited and that specially constructed (e.g.
class J38), or transferred to Scotland (B12), passenger services, freight,
signalling (limited modernization at Waverley), tourism, docks, steamer services
(including attempts to off-load onto LMS), bus services and impact of WW2.
Tables: Assets contributed to the LNER by GNoS and NBR; Scottish subsidiary
companies absorbed by the LNER; Joint companies in Scotland in which the
LNER had a share; Pre-grouping locomotives GNoS and NBR. Named trains in
Scotland. illus.: Class D49/1 no 310 Kinross-shire passing through
Princes Street Gardens in June 1929; B12 no 8500 with ACFI feed water heater
at Keith; K2 no 4691 Loch Morar alongside an ex NB J36 at Mallaig;
D34 no 9496 Glen Moidart at Crainlarich in March 1930 with small
snowplough and snow on mountains. Early col.:
D34 No 9035 Glen Gloy at Eastfield in August 1939, Y9 class No 10095
alongside an ex GER J69 at St Margarets shed, Edinburgh in August 1938 (L.
Hanson); LNER-built Director class D11/2 No 6394 Lord James of Douglas
as prev.; K2 No 4691 Loch Morar at Mallaig in 1936 (H.N. James).
Remainder b&w:; K4 No 3441 Loch Long on West Highland line; LNER
Map ( Scottish area); Two ex GNoSR locos, D41 No 6908 and D40 No 6848 Sir
Andrew Bain at Aberdeen; Two D11/2s 6392 Malcolm Graeme and 6391
Wizard of the Moor at Helensburgh with Northern Belle in June
1935, D34 No 9278 Glen Lyon on Forth Bridge with fish train in June
1929; J37 no 9517 with freight near Burntisland, (G.H. Soole*); O4/2 No 6544
on Glen Farg bank in April 1934 (*); new K3 No 195 at Dalmeny in June 1925
on freight (W.D. Stephen); D41 renumbered 2252 at Elgin in May 1947.
The 10th Earl of Dundonald, his rotary engine and his
locomotive. Part 2. Robin Barnes. 84-90.
Part 1 is in Vol. 13 page 586 et seq. The
locomotive had the interesting 0-2-0 wheel arrangement and was accompanied
by a supporting wagon. It was patented (6923 of 1835). He was also interested
in carriages with an ultra-low ecntre of gravity and in elevated railways
(as of London & Greenwich type). Barnes' sources (both primary - the
Dundonald Muniments held by the Scottish Record Office) and secondary are
carefully identified and assistance received from specific librarians is
recorded: those who have been bred in Edinburgh have courtesy beaten into
them). illus.: Lithograph; L&GR viaduct over what is now Abbey St.
Bermondsey, London; Lithograph; The new church behind the viaduct at Bermondsey,
London; Artist's Impression; Westminster to Greenwich viaduct; Lord Dundonald
boiler designs; Drawing from patent 6923 of 1835; Variations on Lord Dundonald's
rotary engine project; Artist's Impression of the rotary engine; Sketch;
Lord Dundonald's low centre of gravity coaches; Engraving; The London and
Greenwich railway at Deptford; Drawing from Lord Dundonald's patent
The Mid-Sussex Railway. Adrian Gray. 91-4.
Historical sketch. illus.: LBSCR D1 no 2254 at Horsham; Map; the mid
Sussex line and branches; LBSCR B4X no 2073 at Amberley, Arundel; Petworth
station; The auto-train to Midhurst at Pulborough; 4-VEP four car set near
Amberley tunnel, Arundel; Class 421 set at Amberley station, Arundel
DMU through Ebbw Vale. Paul Strong (phot.). 95.
Colour feature:. taken on 23 April 1962: Class 116 three car Derby
DMU at Aberbeeg; and at Ebbw Vale [Low level] station and view of Crumlin
viaduct through front window.
The Midland & Great Northern remembered. 96-7.
Colour feature:: class 2 No 43160 at Caister-on-Sea with carmine &
cream Gresley corridor stock in April 1957 (E. Alger*) , D16/3 no 62517 at
Caister-on-Sea in July 1957 with ex-LMS stock on train for Derby in July
1957 (*); J6 No 64171 at Sutton Bridge on 24 June 1958 (R.C. Riley), B1 No
61113 at Cromer Beach on Ian Allan Special in September 1954 (engine shed
where supermarket parking now is)(J.B.McCann) see also
letter page 314; Spalding GN station with J6 No 64172 on Saxby to Kings
Lynn train (LMS stock) on 28 February 1959 (T.J. Edgington).
A Winter's Tale. 98-9.
Colour feature: BR class 5 no 73093 at Farnborough (Hants) in January
1963 (T.B. Owen); Class 5 no 44869 at Dent on freight passing ploughed snow
drifts in January 1963 (K.J. MacDonald); V2 no 60825 and BR no 80055 at
Craigentinny, Edinburgh in February 1963 (George M. Staddon); A4 no 60026
Miles Beevor at Hadley Wood on down express in February 1963 (J.F.
Aylard); 6814 Enbourne Grange at Grampound Road in March 1962 (Peter
W. Gray): see also rear cover Number 3
Birmingham New Street. John Edgington (phot.).
100-02.
Colour feature: Derby lightweight DMU leaving platform 5 on 30 April
1956; Jubilee No 45742 Connaught c1956 with express from Euston; LNWR
0-8-0 No. 48930 with SLS special on 2 June 1962; Class 5 No 44963 shunting
one van in June 1963; Jubilee No. 45742 Munster with express for Euston
in September 1956; No 46246 City of Manchester (red) with train from
Euston in February 1962; New Street from the signal box during reconstruction
on 10 September 1966.
Folly at Farringdon. Michael J. Smith. 103-5.
Accident on 3 February 1878: collision between two MR coal trains
near foot of Snow Hill incline due to haphazard working according to Co.
W. Yolland. illus.: Lithograph; View from Farringdon Street station
(Illustrated London News 27 January 1866), Midland no 695 of the same
type as the engine involved in the accident at Farringdon, London; Map;
Farringdon Street and surroundings in 1878, London; Midland no 1925 at Clapham
Jn., London; View of LNER no 9484 seen through the station bridge at Farringdon,
London
The Festiniog Railway's acquired locomotives. Andrew
Wilson. 106-12.
The leading dimensions of acquired locomotives are tabulated on page
112: these are Moel Tryfan from the NWNGR; the Harrogate Gasworks
Peckett; Linda & Blanche; Mountaineer (the last
three having operated in general service: a Beyer Garratt (K1) came from
Tasmania but now rests at the NRM. See letter (page 370)
from David Powes concerning the derailment of Linda when piloting
Prince on 5 September 1962: Linda was being driven by Bill
Hoole and the cause of the derailment was Linda being out-of-gauge
(it also lacked continuous brakes at the time). illus.: Moel Tryfan
at Festiniog: reader requests further illus. of this locomotive
(page 314), Russell in 1935 at Festiniog, ;
Russell in the 1920s at Festiniog,; Harrogate Gas Works Peckett in
1949 at Harrogate; Russell and the Baldwin No. 590 at Festiniog,;
Penrhyn quarry Blanche at Festiniog, ; Penrhyn railway Linda
at Festiniog; Beyer-Garratt no K1, Australia; Beyer-Garratt no K1 in Tasmania;
Alco-Cooke no 3.23, France; Alco-Cooke on the Boston Lodge headshunt at
Festiniog, Blaenau Ffestiniog; Ex Penrhyn Blanche at Festiniog.
Timetables and Traction. Part 3. Railway Reflections
No. 62. Michael Rutherford. 113-19.
Part 2 was on page 50 et seq. See
letter from Adrian Tester on page 254 comparing effort of stoker on a
ship with that of a fireman on a locomotive (including observations made
by one who had filled both roles). illus.: AEI 3,300 HP no 3004 at Liverpool,
Merseyside; Graph; Hand firing steam locomotives according to BR; Graph;
Minimum coal consumption per drawbar horsepower; Deltic no D9002 at Doncaster;
Intercity railcars at Birmingham; Intercity railcars at Birmingham; Western
Pullman at Leamington Spa, Warwick; E3162 piloting another of the same class
at Rugby; Page 117: pair of EE type 3s with XP64 set:
see letter page 254 by Alan de Burton noting that train
was heading east not west; Prototype Hawker-Siddeley 4000hp prototype Kestrel;
A pair of EE type 4s at Carnforth; Timetable compilers guide from
Swindon
Colour files: Nameplate miscellany. 120-1.
Nameplates of Battle of Britain Nos 34089 602 Squadron (Les
Elsey*) and 34090 Sir Eustace Missenden, Southern Railway (T.J.
Edgington); Castles Nos. 5070 Sir Daniel Gooch (Rodney Lissenden)
and 7008 Swansea Castle; Jubilee no 45721 Impregnable (Joe
Richardson); 1021 County of Montgomery (B.J. Harding); 35006
Peninsular and Orient S.N.Co(*); 46256 Sir William Stanier FRS
(Gavin Wilson) and 46200 Princess Royal (Geoff Rixon) (both latter
maroon)
Chappel Viaduct. G.R. Mortimer (phot.). 122-3.
B&w illus.: Chappel Viaduct on the Sudbury branch: panoramic view
with DMU crossing on 1 June 1969, with D16/3 no 62571 crossing with Cambridge
to Colchester stopping train on Easter Monday 1952, side view with DMU crossing
on 2 May 1971; view facing DMU crossing on 27 July 1969 and view looking
through the arches.
Rolling Stock Focus - LNER 21-ton hopper wagons: BR rebuilds.
Paul W. Bartlett. 124.
Colour photo-feature:: LNER 21 ton hopper wagons: E306716, probably
rebodied at Newport [Mon], on 27 May 1978; E306981, certainly rebodied at
Slough at Staines Central on 9 April 1972.
Book reviews. 125.
Leicestershire's stations: an historical perspective. Andrew Moore.
Laurel House. GJB ****
impressive list of primary sources and extensive
bibliography
Early bus services in Ulster. M.L. Kennedy and D.B. McNeill. Institute
of Irish Studies. SDW *****
book is researched in depth and is magnificently
illustrated
Life on the Somerset & Dorest Railway. Alan Hammond. Millstream.
CD ***
The origins of the LMS in South Wales. Briwant Jones and D. Dunstan.
Gomer. RJE ****
"splendid book" but with some buts
Steam on West of England main lines. Peter W. Gray. Ian Allan. MB
****
Readers' Forum. 126.
Ten-coupled variety.
Erratum to caption concerning 92233
14-38
Irish steam railmotors and railcars. R.A.
Hunter.
NCC Sentinel No. 401
The Tayport line. John B. Rowley.
Cites letter by C.J. Panther (13-680)
and quotes two sources to suggest that locomotives listed in table are the
correct stock for the Edinburgh & Northern Railway.
'Merchant Navy' 4-6-2 No 35010 Blue Star leaving
Waterloo. Jim Oatway. rear cover.
July 1964
BR 9F 2-10-0 No 92108 between Charfield and
Bristol. front cover.
illus.:
The Inverbervie branch goods. Michael Mensing
(phot.). 132-3.
Col. illus. photos. taken on 8 and 16 July 1964 of J37 Nos. 64608
and 64624 respectivley, at Lauriston, at Inverbervie, at St Cyrus, and on
the North Esk viaduct
Horwich to Longmoor: an apprenticeship followed by National
Service. Brian Syddall. 134-41.
Experience gained as a fitter at Horwich in the 1950s included valve
setting with Stephenson link, Joy and Walscaerts gear. Writer considered
that the Joy gear had many advantages for inside-cylinder locomotives, especially
wider axlebox journals and stronger crank webs, also economy of construction
and good steam distribution. When called up for National Service he became
a Sapper and was sent to Longmoor for training as a Brakeman/Shunter, but
broke his ankle in a typical silly accident and ended up as a fitter working
on steam and diesel locomotives. Includes an extensive description of the
military railway and its rolling stock. Whilst "working" there The Inn
of the Sixth Happiness was being made with railway scenes set in "China".
Also like KPJ (who got his service in earlier) he visited the Isle of Wight
lines and the Hayling Island branch whilst there. Further information provided
on locomotive stock in 1943 (letter page 314). and
letter by George Huxley (p. 370) which refutes that railway
had no distant signals: one at Woolmer in 1951. illus.: Hughes / Fowler
no 42730 at Horwich; Ivatt no 43031 at Horwich; A siding laid down 'for the
duration' packed with new Austerity 0-6-0s at Longmoor; No 47402 assisting
No 11305 to shunt locomotives for repair at Horwich; LMR No 400 Sir Guy
Williams at Bordon, Alton; LMR No 400 Sir Guy Williams at Longmoor;
Map; The Longmoor Military Railway; Longmoor Downs station; The last Austerity
No 196 Errol Lonsdale at Longmoor; Austerity No 601 Lord Kitchener
at Longmoor; No 600 Gordon at Longmoor; USA built Frank. S. Ross
at Longmoor; WD locomotives at Longmoor c 1956-8
The Micklehurst loop line. Jeffrey Wells.
142-7.
The Tame Valley was unusual in having railways on either side of it
constructed by the same company (LNWR): the original line from Stalybridge
to Huddesfield is still open, or in the case of the original tunnel extant,
but unused. On 3 July 1879 the LNWR obtained powers for new lines in the
Stalybridge area and for the Micklehurst Loop which opened in 1886, lost
its local passenger services during WW1 and closed in 1966. It was unusual
during the 1950s, and probably for far longer, for handling the bulk of the
express traffic and slow freight (stopping services, some express passenger
trains, and some freight used the original line). Vernon
Heron (page 370) makes observations about map and about the course of
the railway/tramway built in connection with the construction of a reservoir
in Chew Valley. illus.: p. 142 Fowler 0-8-0 7F [Vernon
Heron (p. 370) states this is Micklehurst!] at Millbrook; Bridge No 1
at Stalybridge; Micklehurst station c 1911, Mossley Gas Works c 1951, (aerial
view); Austerity 8F No 90671 at Freizland, Map; derailed LNWR 0-6-2T no 1608
(9 August 1909); Maps of Micklehurst Loop and L&NWR western approaches
to Stalybridge; Stanier No 42553 passing Uppermill signal box; east end of
brick-built Friezland viaduct in Greenfield, Yorks c1910; Ex (?) LNWR No.
5509 Chillington leaving Standedge Tunnel at Diggle; Micklehurst Loop
Line timetable Sept / Oct 1890; Uppermill sidings and goods shed c 1905 looking
across to Ladcastle Quarries and Saddleworth viaduct
Llanfyllin recorded: a guards account about a Welsh branch
line. Geoffrey Skelsey. 148-53.
illus.: Ivatt class 2 no 46505 at Llanfyllin at Llanfechain, Welshpool;
Ivatt class 2 no 46505 at Llanfyllin, Welshpool; Ivatt class 2 no 46505 at
Llanfyllin, Welshpool; Table 1; Guard's diagram; Map; Lines round Oswestry;
Timetable for the branch winter 1954 / 5; Pages from the guard's journal;
Average passenger loadings; Table 2; Llanfyllin branch train punctuality;
Table 3; Gobowen to Oswestry punctuality; BR class 2 no 78005 at Llanfyllin,
Welshpool
Alexander Paterson, Scottish Victorian railwayman. W.M.
Tollan. 154.
Two pages from the diary of Mr Paterson. Further information in letters
by Gathercole and
Brown.
Two sturdy little survivors: pair of ex GWR 0-4-0 tanks.
R.C. Riley (phot.)/Michael Rutherford (captions). 155.
illus.: A Cardiff railway survivor GW no 1338 now at Didcot at Bridgwater;
A locomotive from the Newport docks, named Trojan, GWR No. 1340 and
now also at Didcot at Tamworth, Birmingham
2-6-2 Tanks of the LMS. 156-157.
illus.: LMS Fowler 2-6-2T no 40022 at Moorgate; LMS Stanier 2-6-2T
no 40080 at Birmingham; LMS Stanier 2-6-2T no 40208 at Bolton; LMS Ivatt
2-6-2T no 41224 at Birmingham; LMS Ivatt 2-6-2T no 41315 at Callington,
Plymouth
Hatton Bank. Derek Penney. (phot.). 158-159.
Col. illus.: Castle no 5066 Sir Felix Pole with football special
on 31 March 1962; 6020 King Henry IV on Paddington to Birkenhead express
on 17 March 1962; BR 9F no 92167 starting off to descend Bank (more information
about specific locomotive & working see letter page
314), 5912 Queen's Hall on Bournemouth to Birkenhead train on
4 August 1962.
South West Suburban: the M7 Tanks. 160-1.
Colour photo-feature:Southern Railway 51 at Bournemouth shed (dark
green with Greek style lettering) in 1948
(Jenkinson states 1939) (S.C. Townroe).
Remainder Les Elsey: 30053 at Eastleigh on Southampton train on 10 September
1963; 30051 at Waterloo on 1 August 1962, 30112 at Stoneham between Eastleigh
and Southampton on breakdown train on 20 August 1960; 30133 at Eastleigh
mpd on 27 February 1961.
'Milko!' Milk trains to London. 162.
Colour photo-feature: BR 9F no 92234 at Gerrards Cross on up train
of road tanker trailers on flat wagons from Shropshire (C. Hogg); Castle
5084 Reading Abbey at Southall with train including empty milk tank
wagons in 1960 (Cliff Woodhead); Warship no D858 Valorous at Southcote
Junction, Reading on train of empty tank wagons on 27 July 1963 (C.J.
Gammell)
Yarm. Ian J. Crow. 163-7.
Author began working at Yarm station in July 1952: records the former
extensive freight (wool and cattle and inwards perishables) and passenger
traffic until closure in 1960. illus.: Yarm from the air showing the full
length of the railway viaduct; Yarm station c 1912 looking south, Map of
railways in the Yarm area, plan of station layout; Yarm station c 1912 looking
north, Stockton; Waiting for an excursion to Redcar in 1919 at Yarm; A1 no
60145 St. Mungo passing Yarm on express in about 1950; A3 no 60071
Tranquil passing Yarm in about 1955 on express; G5 no 67349 at Yarm
with train for Northallerton; V2 no 60808 at Yarm with train of old corridor
stock.
Sussex in the 1930s. 168-9.
B&w illus.: SR "Brighton Atlantic" No 2425 Trevose Head
crossing Ford Bridge in SR period prior to electrification and renewal of
sliding bridge (I.C. Allen*), SR 2422 North Foreland passing Angmering
on 22 August 1936 (H.C. Casserley), SR T9 No 300 at Dorking North in early
1930s: see letter by P.O. Barker (p. 370) that notes
that Dorking is in Surrey, not in Sussex and that the locomotive is blocking
"our view" of the shunting box (sorry virtual reality does not yet extend
that far (*); T9 E311 at Dorking North (*): I3 2026 on excursion near
Billinghurst in 1936 (*), and at Horsham on local train on 16 July 1938 (HCC).
The Eye of the beholder: the beauty of steam. Railway
Reflections No.63. Michael Rutherford. 170-7.
Other than a concluding note on Eric Gill's fascination with railways
and the adoption of Gill Sans typefaces by the LNER, most of this article
discusses the exterior proportions of locomotives produced by the major private
firms, such as R.&W. Hawthorn and by the railway companies, and the
architects (draughtsmen) of such designs. These people were well aware of
the need to produce objects of distinctive beauty. See
letter by Rod Garner on insurance against boiler explosions on page 491.
illus.: Reconstruction of Novelty; Reproduction of Locomotion;
Diagram of external styling features peculiar to particular firms; LNWR
'sternwheeler' Liverpool; GNoS class 19 No. 29; Midland railway no
42; GER No. 43; North Staffordshire 0-6-0; CR 66 class no 91; Stroudley 2-2-2
no 151 Grosvenor; CR no 50 Sir James Thompson; Midland Railway
No 1757 Beatrice; Midland railway no 1852; Bulleid's Q1 class C18
(caption suggests as candidate for Turner Prize); GW Achilles class no 3031
Achilles
4-4-0s of the Glasgow and South Western. Ian Middleditch
and Stuart Rankin (captions). 178-9.
Caption writers are members of the Glasgow & South Western Railway
Association. illus.: Whitelegg Big Bogie rebuild no 452 at Annan, Dumfries;
Hugh Smellie Big Bogie no 56 in Dumfries locomotive yard; Big Bogie no 57
with a removable smokebox extension on test at Dumfries; Whitelegg rebuilt
Manson 8 class; GSW no 11; GSW no 11 nominally rebuilt as no 394 Lord
Glenarthur
Rolling Stock Focus: tube trains on the Isle of Wight. Ian
Beckey (phot.) David Jenkinson (captions) 180-1.
Colour photo-feature: of class 485 and 486 (ex-London Transport in
British Rail blue/grey and Network South East liveries: 4VEC no 485 042 leading
a 3TIS set; 4VEC no 485 043; 3TIS set no 486 031; 5VEC train no 485 043;
5VEC no 485 041.
The Big Bang! Arthur R. Nicholls. 182-5.
William Cubitt's approach to Dover by SER required demolition of Round
Down: illus.: Illustrated London News; Three diagrams relating to
blowing up a cliff at Dover; SECR E1 no 506 leaving Shakespeare's Tunnel
at Dover; SECR no 488 derailed by a landslip at Dover; Cartoon; Schools no
30930 Radley leaving Abbotscliff Tunnel in June 1959 (G.H. Hunt -
col.); Battle of Britain no 34086 219 Squadron in Folkestone Warren
in August 1958 (P.J. Hughes - col); Drawing.
Readers' Forum. 186.
Timetables and Traction. Pat McCarthy.
Earlier efforts at interval timetables, or standardised departures,
include those on the London & Greenwich and London & Blackwall lines
(the latter virtually compelled to interval working by its traction equipment).
Perhaps the most startling interval service is that shown in the Manchester,
Sheffield & Lincoinshire Railway timetable for 1st November 1881. At
a time when Liverpool and Manchester were arguably the two most important
non-capital cities in the world and connected by three competing main lines,
it is to be expected that exceptional service be provided. To achieve this
the Cheshire Lines Committee ran an express service hourly in 45 minutes
calling Warrington only: from both ends between 08.30 and 21.30 with additional
trains at peak times.
Timetables and traction. Keith
Chester.
Writer states that J.C. Butler's letter More Thought
on Compounding (page 65) rather misses the point. The reason that
the Sachsen Meyers survived on commercial operations into the 1990s had little
to do with compounding, but a great deal to do with their low axle loadings.
Many of the narrow gauge lines in Saxony were lightly built and for over
half a century these engines were the biggest which could be used.
On p.51 Michael Rutherford refers to the removal of the Silesian
electrification by the Red Army at the end of WW2 and its "re-erection in
Siberia". Again, writer doubts this as he saw some of these formerly electrified
lines in 1980 where in many cases the catenary mast had been simply cut off
a few centimetres above its concrete base and clearly could never have been
used again. The same could be observed around Saalfeld in the former
GDR.
The Paget Locomotive. Philip Atkins.
Refers to Bob Mills' article on MR No.2299 in
Backtrack for January 2000 p. 21, Writer in the
company of Michael Rutherford had the surprising experience, as recently
as Spring 1982, of speaking to two people who personally recalled this engine,
the late Kenneth Leech, and Edgar Larkin. The latter stated that not only
did he remember seeing it, but he actually helped to dismantle it! For good
measure he confirmed it was painted plain black. No.2299 actually survived
until early 1920. Its inclusion in the statistical retums by locomotive wheel
arrangement in The Railway Yearbook between 1914 and 1920 inclusive
must have puzzled contemporary observers, as this was the only overt confirmation
of its existence. No reference to the engine, even under 'Paragraphs', was
ever made in the Locomotive Magazine.
The paucity of photographic evidence was equally remarkable. Derby Works
negative DY 2080 shows the engine in steam with the front end of the last
remaining MR Met-type 4-4-0T coupled immediately behind. DY 2081 is the same
image with the background 'blacked' out. The negative register entry for
both is simply "2299 Mr Paget's Engine"; no date is given. It is surprising
that its construction was not recorded in detail photographically, in view
of the unorthodox nature of both the boiler and cylinders. For some reason
only the roughly forged crank axles were photographed at the construction
stage. (DY 8818-9, 14th March 1908).
Similarly when the engine was dismantled, no fewer than eleven negatives
of the engine's valves (DY 11476-86) were taken (18th May 1920) but no other
feature. The respective drawing schedules for No.2299 and 0-10-0 No.2290
both identify the chimney drawing as S-1208, So it is reasonable to assume
that the former's chimney was appropriated for the 'Banker', construction
of which had actually commenced in mid-1914.
But for James Clayton's classic dénoument of the engine
in The Railway Gazette in late 1945 one could otherwise have seriously
doubted that the Paget locomotive had indeed ever existed. Not mentioned
in Mr. Mills' article is the interesting correspondence subsequently generated
in the columns of the Railway Gazette. It prompted personal recollections
from several engineers who had been at Derby at the time (i.e.35 years earlier)
including a very swift and (uncharacteristically?) warm response from no
less than Edward Thompson, current CME of the LNER, who had been employed
at Derby Shed at the time. See
Thompson.
Finally it seems probable that No.2299's tender was (LMS) 3180, whose partially
obliterated record card shows it to have been built at Derby in January 1909
(which would be about right) and rebuilt in April 1924. It was taken out
of traffic in July 1951 and broken up in January 1952.
The Hawkshaw Arch. Rob
Adamson
Stan Roberts (The Hawkshaw Arch, January issue, page 40)
asked if the drawing was that of an early LNWR engine. The answer suggested
is nearly! Up to 1841 the Grand Junction Railway had a stock of some seventy
2-2-2 locomotives with inside cylinders, outside frames and crank axles.
Twenty-five of these were of Stephenson's 'Patent Engine' design of 1837,
the first being named Patentee. The repeated failure of 'Patentee'-class
crank axles resulted in the 'glorious scheme' of retaining outer frames for
leading and trailing axles, while driving directly on to the driving wheels
from outside cylinders fixed to both inner and outer frames. This type of
construction was developed at Edge Hill, Liverpool, by William Barber Buddicom
but for many years has been referred to, erroneously, as 'Crewe' or 'Allan'
framing. Trevithick took over from Buddicom, developing the design further
and building large numbers of both 2-2-2s and 2-4-0s up to 1858.
The engine shown in the lithograph is something of a hybrid. It has
the straight frames of the 'Patentee'-class but without outside bearings
for the driving axle and there are no visible springs for either the driving
or trailing axles. The 'Patentees' and most other inside cylinder 2-2-2s
of the period had prominent springs for all three axles, while those on
Trevithick's engines were mounted between the frames or, in the case of the
driving wheels, below the axle-box. The boiler mountings, with one safety
valve on a plinth above the boiler with the other on the dome above the round-top
firebox, are typical of Crewe-practice introduced under
Trevithick.
It is churlish to criticise the original artist who had set out to
depict no more than a 'generic' locomotive of the day, supplementing his
original ideas with sketches made from Trevithick's engines to provide a
measure of local authenticity.
Snowfall over Cornwall. Peter W. Gray. rear cover
3 March 1962: photo. from westbound train approaching Burngullow hauled
by 6814 Enborne Grange. See also 14 page 99.
GW 'Manor' 4-6-0s Nos. 7827 Lydham Manor and 7828
Odney Manor. Derek Penney. front cover
10 August 1963 at Machynlleth polidhed to perfection for Royal train
duty.
Triumph of the printed word. David Joy. 191.
Editorial to mark Silver Jubilee of Atlantic Press: more
extended coverage in same issue.
Colour files - a 'Lanky' miscellany: scenes around the
lines of the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. 192-3.
Col. illus.:LMS Black Five No 44926 on 7 September 1967 passing Town
Green & Aughton with excursion for Blackpool (M.H. Yardley), Lydgate
viaduct in September 1973 (S.C. Dent), Gauxholme viaduct in October 1969
(S.C. Dent): this was the subject of a letter on page 370
by D.K. Horne who stated that structure was not cast iron, was probably
steel but might have been wrought iron, Irwell viaduct at Radcliffe, with
class 504 in orange & black livery in October 1991 (John Edgington),
portal of Gisburn tunnel in February 1974 (S.C. Dent),
The LNER's Easter arrangements 1925. Alistair F.
Nisbet. 194-200.
Mainly those based on Dundee Tay Bridge during the weekend of 10-13
April. Some of the excursions were of a long distance nature and included
ones two and from England. The main source of information was an internal
document Advice of Special Passenger Trains and Special Arrangements for
week ending 17 April 1925 and reports in the Dundee Courier. KPJ:
strange to think his father was probably involved
in handling this traffic. See letter from Irving Nicol
on page 370 with detailed corrections to captions. illus.:Ex NBR D34
no 9291 Glen Quoich on Forth Bridge in June 1929, NBR class R no 1406
at Dundee in June 1923 (T.G. Hepburn), Ex NB class H no 9872 Auld Reekie
at Edinburgh Waverley (actually in Perth General according
to Nicol), LNER C16 no 9445 at Tayport(T.G. Hepburn) , Ex NBR D34 no
9291 Glen Quoich on train for Crail , Ex NBR Scott no 9412 Laird
o' Monkbarns in Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens in June 1929, D11/2
no 6388 Captain Craigengelt at Dundee Esplanade in June 1935 with
express from Glasgow Queen Street to either Dundee or Aberdeen according
to Nicol (T.G. Hepburn), D11/2 no 6386 Lord
Glenallen on Tay Bridge, Dundee on 8 July 1932 (Ken Nunn) , Ex NBR D29
no 9359 Dirk Hatteraick in Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens on 8 July
1938 with train from Queen Street according to Nicol.
The Unfortunate downfall of 'Black Harry' tunnel. Michael
Blakemeore. 201-4.
Tunnel collapse on Clifton branch which ran from Patricroft to Molyneux
Junction on 28 April 1953 which led to the collapse of houses above and loss
of life. Brigadier C.A. Langley conducted the Inquiry. Bibliog.
D.K. Horne (letter page 370): adds some more
information about how the civil engineers on the LMR recated to the problem.
More about the crumbling railways of Central Lancashire
Vol. 17 252. illus.:Black Harry [Clifton Hall]
tunnel portal, Manchester on 8 July 1950 (D. Ibbotson) , LNW G2 no 49400
at Clifton Hallon 26 January 1952 (George Shuttleworth), Map: the LNWR Clifton
branch , Clifton Hall sidings on 26 January 1957 (C.H.A. Townley), Plan of
what lay above the tunnel at Clifton Hall, Infilling Black Harry in
1959 (C.A. Appleton).
Off to the Races: LNER specials to Aintree for the Grand
National in the 1930s. S.P. Rawstron (phot.) and Martin Bloxson
(captions). 205-07.
B&w photo-feature: the classic Liverpool horse race attracted
a rich following: the LNER worked Pullman specials hauled by Gresley Pacifics
throughout::B7 No 5470 piloting a D9 approaching Aintree, Ready for the off
1934; B9 No 6113, LMS No 1060, A1 No 2546 Donovan with Pullman special
for King's Cross at end of 1934 meeting , Ready for the off (return
excursions on 29 March 1935): D9 No 6034, B7 No 5482, B7 No 5483, LMS 4P
compound No 1024, with excursions and A1 No 2547 Doncaster on
Pullman special for King's Cross, close up of B1 No 5196, Handbill for 1935
Meeting, Ready for the off 1935; B9 Nos. 6105 and 6108 and B1 No 5196 at
Aintree, Merseyside on 30 March 1935 on 1935, B7 No 5483 going to fetch its
train? at Aintree, Merseyside on 29 March 1935, B7 No 5483 with its train
on 29 March 1935, LMS Compounds Nos. 1132 and 919 on 29 March 1935.
See LNER (Issue 10 page
15) for earlier through Pullman specials from Kings Cross worked by A1
Pacifics..
Pavo Christatus Vectis:- The Peacocks of another island.
(Railway Reflections No. 64) Michael Rutherford. 208-15.
Map; The railways of the Isle of Wight and their motive power, especially
those 2-4-0T engines supplied by Beyer Peacock to the Isle of Wight Railway
and Isle of Wight Central Railway. Ryde should have been preseved
but was cut-up during WW2. Table gives dimensions, mileages and withdrawal
dates of all Isle of Wight Beyer Peacock locomotives.
Letter concerning similar locomotives supplied to
Australian railways (Darryl Grant page 430). Sketch; Prototype for the
Isle of Wight Peacocks, 486 class Isle of Wight Railway Sandown on
29 March 1910, Ventnor being serviced at Ventnor on 29 March 1892,
486 class (WN 2408) for Seacombe Hoylake & Deeside Railway [Wirral Railway]
no 3, 2017 class Ryde & Newport Railway Osborne at Freshwater
in August 1891, 486 class (WN 1239) LYR no 518 , M & SWJ no 7 of the
3450 class (supplied originally to IWR) at Andover Junction , No 43 of the
Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford railway , Osborne now unnamed and in the
Isle of Wight Central railway livery on Ventnor Town train, IWR
Bonchurch (engine was recovered from the bed of the Solent) at Ventnor
on 11 June 1894 , No 5003 of the Dutch National railway, in June 1935, IWCR
2017 class as Southern Railway No 8 at Ryde , Ryde as W13 in Southern
days , Wroxall as W16 before its rebuild.
Southern Colour on the Isle of Wight. Michael
Rutherford. 216-17.
Col. illus.: O2 W32 Bonchurch (malachite green) in May 1952
(T.B. Owen), W34 Newport (malachite green) with train in BR red livery
at St John's Road in May 1952 (SC Townroe), E1 No W4 Wroxall (dark
green or malachite?) at Neport in May 1949 (W.H.G. Boot), O2 No. W20
Shanklin crossing the Medina in August 1963 (John Spencer Gilks)
.
A railway interlude: a youthful association with the Kent
& East Sussex Railway. Tom Standen. 218-19.
Schoolboy memories of the line during the 1930s near Biddenden. illus.:A
KESR Ford engined petrol railbus at Rolvenden, August 1928, KESR no 3 at
Rolvenden in malachite green (or similar light green) livery in September
1947 (J.M. Jarvis), Biddenden station on 16 May 1937, KESR no 3 at Wittersham
Rd., c1938,
Great Eastern branches in the 1960s. M.H. Yardley.
220-1.
Col. illus.:A Craven's two-car DMU at Maldon on 27 August 1964, Derby
built DMU at Buntingford on 26 July 1963, Waggon und Maschinbau Railbus at
Braintree on 27 August 1964, A Birmingham two-car DMU at Sudbury on 15 April
1969, Waggon und Maschinbau Railbus at Maldon on 27 August 1964, Handing
over the token at Middle Drove on Wisbech to King's Lynn line on 21 June
1967.
The Locomotive Exchanges in colour. . 222-3.
Col. illus. of 1948 locomotive exchanges: A4 Mallard no 22
(garter blue) with chocolate & cream GWR dynamometer car at Waterloo
on 21 June (C.C.B. Herbert)t, Coronation Pacific no 46236 City of
Bradford (LMS black lined marron) at Wakefield in May (H.M. Lane), Merchant
Navy no 35017 Belgian Marine (malachite green with black ex-LMS tender
and teak rolling stock) at Wakefield (H.M. Lane) , King no 6018 King Henry
VI (GWR livery with LNER dynamometer car at Wakefield (H.M. Lane), LNER
O1 class no 63773 at Acton with LNER dynamometer car (NRM collection).
Beyond the Tamar. Peter W. Gray. 224-5.
Colour photo-feature::43xx no 7335 at Par witgh local for Penzance
on 2 July 1960, County no 1001 County of Bucks at Penzance on 14 July
1962, 1001 County of Bucks near Moorswater viaduct on Plymouth local
on 2 September 1961 (sometimes photographs mean
more to some than to others: KPJ was getting married to Eileen on this day
and arriving in Cornwall on the following day for their honeymoon), 6814
Enborne Grange at Gwinear Road on Penzance train on 3 March 1962 (with
lingering snow), 4992 Crosby Hall at Truro on 24 July 1957 on down
Cornishman.
West Riding round up: steam in the West Riding of Yorshire
during the 1960s. 226-9.
Colour photo-feature:.:8F no 48721 passing Skipton on southbound freight
(Joe Richardson) , Crab no 42851 and Class 2 no 46453 at Leeds City on 29
September 1961 (Cliff Woodhead), 9F no 92016 at Whitehall Junction, Leeds
with train of tank wagons (Joe Richardson), BR class 5 no 73055 at Leeds
City in July 1967 (S.C. Dent), Jubilee no 45593 Kolhapur at Bradford
Forster Square in September 1967 (Derek Penney), Black Five no 45395 at
Huddersfield with blue/grey rolling stock in July 1967 (S.C. Dent), A1 no
60114 W.P.Allen in October 1964 on late afternoon local for Doncaster
(Joe Richardson), 4F no 44263 at Kirkstall Junction., (see
letter from M.N. Bland on page 371 which attempts to sort out whether this
train was on the fast or slow lines at this point) Leeds with mineral
empties in October 1964 (Joe Richardson), Class 5 no 44828 at Keighley with
northbound express freight in March 1967 (Joe Richardson), Jubilee no 45679
Achilles at Bradford with parcels train in July 1967 (Derek
Penney).
Return to Nottingham Victoria. John Spencer Gilks.
230.
Colour photo-feature::Brush type 4 on 7 August 1965 on cross-country
passenger train, J11/3 no 64353 on 14 October 1962 on 1962, station frontage
on 7 August 1965.
Recollections of Gillingham, Dorset, 1958. Edward A.
Evans. 231-4.
Childhood holiday spent with great-uncle Charles William Cobley, station
master at Gillingham, who had started at Exeter Queen Street as a messenger
boy in 1910. See also further feature on Gillingham on page
521. illus.:LSWR no 560 at Gillingham, Plan of station layout, Battle
of Britain no 34080 74 Squadron at Gillingham on 29 August 1964 (R.H.
Marrows all by same phot. on same date), Merchant Navy No 35013 Blue
Funnel, Merchant Navy No. 35026 Lamport & Holt Line (74
Squadron in several photographs)
Through the lens at Diggle. Jeffrey Wells. 235-7.
See letter (page 370) from feature writer noting
that there are four tunnels under Standedge (the canal, and three railway,
two of the latter being out of use) illus.:Ex LYR no 52240 in the snow in
January 1959, Ex LYR no 52248 (Jim Roberts) , view from the top of Nelson
tunnel on 30 October 1966, unidentified Jubilee with express on 1 September
1962 (Don Cash), Jubilee no 45645 Collingwood with westbound express
on 1 September 1962 (Don Cash), Jubilee no 45670 Howard of Effingham
with stopping train (Jim Roberts) , D6866 (later class 37) with a brake
tender heading west , Diggle station facing west in 1968 on 27 July 1968
(J.P. Alsop), Diggle station sign in October 1964.
Fact, speculation and fiction in the case of Mr. Hawksworth's
Pacific. L.A. Summers. 238-44.
Contains some biographical material about
Hawksworth, plus a fairly strong
case against any real work being directed towards a Hawksworth Pacific. Very
long letter from E. Davies (p. 371) which compares
the speculations of Nock,
Rutherford and
RCTS. Refers to collection of drawings
at NRM for Pacific type of boiler based on that of Merchant Navy class.
illus.:Speculative drawings of GW locomotives, Drawing of F.W.Hawksworth
by C.L.Seymour , King no 6000 King George V in its final form , Castle
no 4079 Pendennis Castle , Castle no 5054 Earl of Ducie on
9 June 1964, 7029 Clun Castle , County class no 1000 County of
Middlesex at Swindon in March 1953 , County class no 1004 County of
Somerset after rebuilding, Patriot no 45535 Sir Herbert Walker KCB
at Leeds (Eric Treacy), conjectural diagram of a proposed 1946 GW Pacific.
Refrigeration on the railways. Rodney G. Wasey.
245-7.
Maintenance engineer for refrigerated units on railway premises in
the Manchester area. illus.:Jubilee no 45689 Ajax at Manchester London
Road in March 1957 (Gordon Coltas) , Royal Scot no 46115 Scots Guardsman
at Manchester London Road on 28 April 1960 (Gordon Coltas), Gorton shed yard
at Manchester on 27 September 1953 (C.A. Appleton) , Midland 1F no 41702
with L1 no 67719 at Gorton on 27 September 1961 (Gordon Coltas).
Signalling spotlight: Signals on the Robin Hood's Bay
line. Richard D. Foster and David Sutcliffe (phot.). 248-9.
Colour photo-feature::Prospect Hill Junction, Prospect Hill junction's
down outer home signal coming from Scarborough , Robin Hood's Bay station
in July 1964, Robin Hood's Bay's up distant in January 1964.
Book reviews. 250-1.
Great Western Branch Line Termini— combined edition. Paul
Karau. Oxford Publishing Co. MB ****
Reprint of two-volume work published 1977/8. Covers ten termini: Fairford,
Lambourn, Tetbury, Wallingford, Watlington, Abbotsbury, Ashburton, Hemyock,
Moretonhampstead and Princetown. Each given a brief historical resume, train
services and operations, and motive power. Main features: extensive track
plans and architectural drawings complemented by lavish selection of photographs
sbowing the station buildings in great detail.
The Great Western at Swindon Works. Alan S. Peck. Ox ford
Publishing. MB *****
Reprint of valuable work first published in 1983 with second edition
in 1993. "It is a classic study of the development of a great railway town
and the author looks in detail at its origins and the growth of Swindon Works
to their position of pre-eminence, with a host of outstanding illustrations.
See also books
The Kemp Town Branch Line. Peter A. Harding. Author.
TJE. ****
"excellent value"
Dropping the Fire: the decline and fall of the steam
locomotive. Philip Atkins. Irwell Press. MR *****
Reviewer, Rutherford, knew of this book during its long gestation,
was eager to see it, and was not disappointed. This is not another sadly
nostalgic memorial to the summer of 1968 but a work that covers the final
designs and manufacture of the ultimate steam locomotive classes and series
in all countries and how and when each nation ended the use of such
head-end power. Photographic coverage of this wide brief is lavish and
reproduction, on art paper, excellent. Each chapter and the appendices at
the end contain a large quantity of statistical data, much of it in tabular
form. The importance of costs and global energy considerations feature more
than sterile arguments about superior technologies; the rugged US design
philosophy becoming the dominating one worldwide, by the end . There is much
food for thought in this book and plenty of references to sources mean that
interested readers can follow up various implications with their own further
researches.
The Southern Railway's withered Arm. A view from the past.
Stephen Austin. Ian Allan. TJE ****
150 photographs of the Southern Railway lines west of Exeter: chapter
on each line summarising its history and topography with selection of
photographs, many new to reviewer. In addition to the usual locomotive and
train pictures there are many showing stations, construction and railways
in the environment. Of particular interest are unfamiliar photographs of
the Bodmin & Wadebridge and an aerial view of Wadebridge. A must for
all SR enthusiasts and residents of Devon and Cornwall.
Sou'West Profile: No.2: Smellie 22 Class 0-6-0. Andrew Munro, Ian
Middleditch and Stuart Rankin. Glasgow & South Western Railway Association.
MR ****
Useful and modestly-priced publication. Mainly aimed at modeller and
includes seven b&w photographs and drawings in two scales. Engine history
is fully tabulated, as are shed allocations. The '22' class, very much of
the Stirling design school, was the largest locomotive class owned by the
G&SWR and operated a complicated system of goods trains between Glasgow
and England (at Carlisle) and intermediate stations. Excellent
value.
British Railways brake vans and ballast ploughs. Eric Gent,
Historical Model Railway Society. RJE ****
Very detailed reference work with many drawings and photographs, many
in colour, together with a variety of tables. HMRS is to be congratulated
for publishing what many commercial publishers would not consider
viable.
Shakespeare Express: the heyday of the Birmingham-Stratford
line. Ian Hogarth and Michael Whitehouse. Ian Allan. MR ***
Landscape format full-colour album which unfortunately tries to be
two books at once. The first is that of the sub-title; namely the former
through route from Birmingham (by GWR to the west country and south Wales
via the North Warwicks line and Cheltenham). About 47 of the 67 illustrations
are of the late 1950s and 1960s, covering both steam and diesel, are by Michael
Mensing. The rest belong to the 'second' book, 'Shakespeare Express'; a concept
of the Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley which aims at regular service
steam operations from Moor Street station to Stratford.
A Pictorial Record of Great Western Coaches (1903-1948). J.
H. Russell. Oxford Publishing, MB ****
Reprint of OPC classic first published 1973 well known to many as
an invaluable source of reference. Over 600 photographs and drawings of GWR
vehicles. Includes steam and diesel railcars and the 'Brown' vehicles, the
non-passenger carrying stock such as 'Siphons', fruit vans, mail vans, the
splendid Palethorpes sausage vans.
Life on the Somerset & Dorset Railway. Alan Hammond.
Millstream. CD ***
Over half of the photographs capture staff (mainly manual grades)
in formal and informal poses, at work and occasionally play, while a few
pictures include passengers. Many seem to be private snapshots and inevitably
some are not technically of the highest standard. But almost without exception
they contain something of interest for the social historian. Reviewer would
have welcomed more information, where available, on the people who appear
in the photographs, and who took them and why, although the author has done
his best to date the pictures (some go back to the turn of the century).
But all in all, an enjoyable fresh perspective on an overly familiar railway
and a book not without value to students of social history.
Triumph and beyond — the East Coast Main Line 1939-1959—
Part One B.W.L. Brooksbank. Challenger Publications. MB
*****
An intensive look at how the ECML functioned in WW2 and in post-war
years including the first decade of nationalisation. There are some fascinating
studies presented in table or appendix form: Royal Train journeys, list of
wartime military installations, excursion traffic and the routes taken, the
effects of weather, accidents and enemy action. The text is complemented
by an extensive selection of illustrations with detailed captions. Any student
of the LNER or the East Coast route will find this book packed with information
and it will be a valuable source of reference.
London's Local Railways. Alan A. Jackson. Capital Transport.
MB *****
Second edition of well-known, valuable work first published twenty
years before and fully revised and up-dated. The railways are arranged
geographically which enables individual ones to be easily found and each
is given a historical background, a description and a review of its status
today. The book is well, though not lavishly, illustrated and reproduction
quality is particularly good. KPJ: a model of how books should be
organized. Michael forgot the maps, but although the index is useful some
of the entries are absurd: for instance, Architecture & station design
with its far too numerous references!
The Wenlock Branch — Wellington to Craven Arms. Ken Jones.
Oakwood Press. JW *****
Recalls the lines, the engineering and the people who worked them
in great detail. Plenty of illustrations of all sorts (maps, photographs,
diagrams and track layouts). The sheer volume of information makes this book
excellent value.
Return from Blackpool Central via the Coast Line. Stuart Taylor.
Foxline. MB ****
Reviewer uses review to show that he is a Lancashire lad and that
book may be great for those that come from those parts.
21 years of Atlantic Books. David Joy. 252-3.
An excusable, well-written account of the Atlantic Press from its
beginning in Nigel Trevena's home in Penryn (KPJ.: I had not noticed
before, but my personal close ties with Cornwall began in the same year as
the foundation of this publisher).
Readers' forum. 254.
Wandering on a foreign strand. Tony Sedgwick.
See feature on US ambulance trains during WW2 (13
page 525 et seq): noted motive power on trains departing from Netley:
B12/3 plus SR assisting locomotives: 8519 with SR 2112 and on 18 December
8557 with E1 2609, and later same day N 1408 with same E1. For assisting
with wounded American soldiers he was rewarded with candy.
Traction and timetables. Part three. Adrian
Tester.
See feature by Rutherford on page 113:
states that Rutherford overplays the effort involved by
ships' stokers and reinforces this by noting the comments of someone who
had fired on ships and on Gresley Pacifics.
Traction and timetables. Part three. Alan de
Burton.
Refers to illustration on page 117
of XP64 set being hauled by two class 3 diesel electric
locomotives: train heading east not west.
The LNER in Scotland. Keith Horne.
Cites LNWR data to show that costs trebled over the WW1 period
and the "railways were being expected to subsidise the nation's economy".
Furthermore: "For me [Horne], one of the most amazing things about Britain's
railway history is the way in which the 'Big Four' managed to carry on with
such magnificent pretentions for so long."
On the track with Sherlock Holmes. Rob
Adamson.
See page 39: comments on the
illustrations produced by Sidney Paget for the Sherlock Holmes books: both
of carriage interiors (as shown) and of exteriors which are of doubtful
authenticity. Also notes Conan Doyle's interest in gyroscopically controlled
model railways, adding that Louis Brennan was installing an experimental
gyroscope-controlled monorail near Gillingham in Kent in around 1912.
Crossing Forder Viaduct: 0-6-0PT No 6419 on auto-train
for St. Germans. Peter W. Gray. rear cover.
31 July 1959: one coach in front with two units behind. Shows the
drought conditions of that memorable summer and the warships anchored in
the Tamar in the distance.
LNER K4 2-6-0 No 61995 Cameron of Lochiel at Crianlarich.
Derek Penney. front cover.
Taking water on 18 June 1960.
Through Basingstoke. Bruce Oliver (phot.) 260-1.
Col. illus.: 34066 Spitfire with inter-region train on 11 July
1964 , BR class 5 no 73088 with boat train on 16 August 1966, 6291 [sic]
6921 Borwick Hall with train from Reading on 11 July 1964, LMS class
5 no 45132 with Bournemouth to York train on 19 August 1966, N class no 31408
on engineering train on 23 March 1966.
Louth Shed's Class C12 4-4-2Ts. A.J. Ludlam
262-7.
Table; Louth shed allocation of locomotives of various classes on
several dates. illus.:GNR C2 no 1504 in original condition at Enfield
pre-grouping, LNER no 4015 at Louth on 3 July 1936 (H.C. Casserley), LNER
no 4548 at Louth with train for Bardney on 9 May 1946 (H.C. Casserley), Map:
railways round Louth, C12 no 67394 at Stamford Town on 31 May 1958
(col. R.C. Riley), C12 No 67398 near Sutton-on-Sea
on 3 Juky 1953 (P.H. Wells), Nos. 67367 and 67352 at Grantham (both
col. R.C. Riley) on 25 June 1958, C12 no 4013 at
Louth with Driver Jack Ingoldmells awarded the LNER Medal for bravery, C12
no 67379 at Bardney on 3 November 1951 (M. Black), C12 no 67384 and a J11
at Louth shed in c. 1954 (B. Yale).
Take more notice. Denis Callender 268-9.
B&w illus of public notices seen in early 1950s: very verbose
no trespassing sign at Ballachulish, ; Boundary marker at Wimborne
(S&DJR/Central Division); no obscene or offensive words in the Gent's
toilet at Wigan (L&YR), Ilfracombe for the Continent (Southern Railway
notice extatnt 1951), What not to do with wagon doors (propping up) at Chichester
(LB&SCR notice), You may book to Seaview on Isle of Wight
(see letter by Holden on page 490),
District Railway Extensions to the West and electrification.
J. Graeme Bruce. 270-4.
illus.:A four wheeled coach of the Metropolitan District railway,
District railway no 4 at Earl's Court, London, Map; Ealing and South Harrow
railways, Map; The Hounslow branch, An A class motor car, District railway
no 42, A B class motor car, The trailing end of an A class motor car, The
South Acton shuttle, Error to caption on page 270 (car length incorrect
see page 430 (Ridge)
Deluge on the Cambrian Line. P. Essery. 275.
Incident occurred on 20/21 June 1936. illus.:The rebuilt bridge at
Scafell [Wales], Llanidloes, The result of the deluge at Scafell [Wales],
Llanidloes,
Euston to Kilburn and beyond: 1937-59. Eric Treacy
(phot.) David Jenkinson (captions). 276-9.
See letter by Harding (page 551) which argues
that date suggested for first caption listed is incorrect. Also letters by
Yardley, Massey and
Davis on page 430 et seq. illus.:Class
5 no 44713 piloting Royal Scot no 6153 at Euston, London, Coronation class
no 46238 City of Carlisle alongside Royal Scot no 46136 The Border
Regiment at Euston, London, No 45256 alongside no 46247 City of Liverpool
at Camden, London, Royal Scot no 46141 The North Staffordshire
Regiment at Camden, London, Princess Royal no 6203 Princess Margaret
Rose at Kilburn, London, Royal Scot no 6144 Honourable Artillery
Company at Kilburn, London, Royal Scot no 6147 The Duke of Wellington's
Regiment [West Riding] at Kilburn, London, Royal Scot no 6162 Queen's
Westminster Rifleman at Preston, The Coronation Scot behind no
6224 Princess Alice at Preston,
Early one morning at Carlisle. M.H. Cobb .280-2.
Record of night passenger traffic at Carlisle on 8 September 1934.
illus.:Carlisle Citadel station in 1937, MR 2P no 463 pilots LNWR no 5932
Sir Thomas Williams at Carlisle, Caly 113 class no 14462 at Carlisle, Carlisle
Citadel station in 1934 from the old south footbridge, Royal Scot no 6103
Royal Scots Fusilier at Carlisle, Traffic at Carlisle Citadel 0100 to 0540
8.9.1934,
The Great Western's route to Cheltenham. Michael
Mensing. 283-5.
Col. illus.:Castle no 5070 Sir Daniel Gooch with nortbound
Cornishman at Stratford-on-Avon on 23 May 1959, 7019 Fowey Castle
leaving Greet Tunnel near Winchcombe with train for Wolverhampton on 22 August
1964, Hall no 6953 near Hunting Butts Tunnel on Newquay to Wolverhampton
train on 14 August 1965 (two views), Three car Western Region DMU at Long
Marston on train for Worcester on 14 August 1965, Britannia 70053 without
nameplates at Winchcombe with Kingswear to Wolverhampton train on 31 July
1965, Brush type 4 no D1589 at Honeybourne on 14 August 1965, 7815 Fritwell
Manor at Winchcombe on 22 August 1964 wiith Leamington Spa to Gloucester
Central service. See letter by Alan York on page 430.
Focus on Perth. Derek Penney. 286-9.
Col. illus.: May 1964: LMS class 5 no 44794 departs with stopping
train for Aberdeen, B1 no 61347 on freight, 44999 passing Hilton Junction
with Glasgow express, A4 60034 Lord Faringdon heading for Glasgow
in May 1965, V2 no 60973 shunting at Perth station in September 1965, WD
no 90020 heading towards Stanley Junction with freight, Black Five no 44705
on breakdown train, LNER A4 no 60026 Miles Beevor passing Hilton Junction
northbound
Stanier's 2-6-0s. 290.
Col. illus.:Stanier no 42946 leaving Wellinborough (London Road) for
Northampton on passenger train on 1 May 1964 (Ken Fairey), 42967 at Willesden
shed on 26 April 1963 (Geoff Rixon),
Sex, spies and luxury trains: the railway adventures of
James Bond. Amba Kumar. 291-3.
illus.:Scene from 'From Russia with love',
The Ghost in the Machine. George Armstrong and the
Wolverhampton heritage. (Railway Reflections No. 65). Michael
Rutherford. 294-302.
The Great Western way of using old designs for new manufacture (as
in the case of the 54XX and 48XX classes for auto-train work). illus.:850
class No 987, the first 0-4-2T No 517, 2021 class No 2104 at Stourbridge,
Birmingham, Diagram; Steam railcars, Rebuilt 517 class No 1425 at Wood End,
Birmingham, No 1426, No 2062 was rebuilt to make a prototype No 5400 for
a new class, No 1925, No 5415 at Kensall Green, London, 58xx No 5813 at Bearley,
Stratford on Avon, No 6422 on an autotrain at Windmill End, Birmingham, 74xx
class No 7409 at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Railcar No 21 at Monmouth (see letter
by York (page 430) and illustration of Winchcombe station
(page 283), 16xx class No 1646. Extra information of 4-wheel
passenger with electric lighting and (page 298) of auto-trailer No. 1 which
was never a steam railmotor. (John Lewis page 430),
Handling Passengers in the 1880s. John C. Hughes.
303-07.
Based on E.B. Ivatt's Railway management:
An earlier feature on freight by same author
v. 13 page 549. First class carriages should be placed in the middle
of the train as it is safer, and will lead to lower claims in the event of
an accident, sponges for cleaning carriages should be rinsed in urine, mentions
methods of communication between passengers and driver or guard (cites Adrian
Gray's Maidens in distress article Backtrack), smoking compartments (and
keeping ladies out of them), good skeletal account of Edmondon and his tickets,
booking offices were originally opened to serve specific trains, only information
available was through staff, cab control, and the (mis)handling of luggage.
illustrated by cartoons.
Portsmouth to Southampton: the long way round by rail.
Denis Callender. 308-11.
Via Netley: personal recollections, including journey in darkness
during WW2 in a packed, cigarette smoke laden train. (KPJ can offer
personal memories of line between Netley and Portsmouth in 1956) illus.:Battle
of Britain No 34088 213 Squadron at Portsmouth & Southsea in November
1963 (col. A. Wild), Rebuilt West Country No
34005 Barnstaple at Fareham on Bristol to Portsmouth train in July
1957 (col. Pursey C. Short), Southampton terminus
1949, West Country No 34019 Bideford approaches Portsmouth & Southsea
in 1952 with football special ,from Doncaster, D15 No 465 at Cosham in 1949,
Drummond S11 at Fareham in 1949, twelve-wheeled inspection saloon propelled
through Fratton by D15 (?) in 1951.
Rolling stock focus - Double Deck Suburban. Southern Region
4DD electric multiple units. David Jenkinson (captions) and John Edgington
(phot.). 312-13.
See also more extended feature by Winkworth in
next volume 15 (page 198). illus.:Two views of the 4DD units at
Eltham Well Hall and at Charing Cross; also plan and diagram.
Readers' Forum. 314.
The Festiniog Railway's acquired locomotives. D.J.
Mitchell.
Feature on page 106: Moel Tryfan worked
through between Dinas and Blaenau Festiniog. Writer sought photograph of
locomotive working on upper part of Festiniog working.
The Midland & Great Norther remembered. David
F. Rae.
Refers to feature on page 96: States that B1 locomotives
were not common at Cromer Beach [surely this only related to before closure
of High station KPJ]. The J6 illustrated was from the 521 series of
1911. The Spalding picture shows the station before the back platform was
abandoned in 1984. The avoiding line was closed in about 1955.
The Hawkshaw arch/handling freight in the 1880s. John
C. Hughes.
Locomotives shown (page 40) may have belonged
to L&MR Bird class. The wine shown at North Mersey (illustration
to article in vol. 13 p. 549 and
subsequent letter by Bowen on page 66 (Vol. 14) was
destined for Newcastle.
Congratulations from the USA. William J. Underwood.
Appreciative letter
Horwich to Longmoor. George Sykes.
Reminiscences: in February1943 there were no WD locomotives at Longmoor:
only a Terrier, a LNWR Coal Tank, a LBSCR 4-4-2T, and a SECR O class
0-6-0. Original feature page 134.
Alexander Paterson - Scottish Victorian railwayman. Bill
Gathercole.
See page 154. 1881 Census shows that Paterson lived
at North British Railway Company House, High Station, FALKIRK. He was aged
37, had been born in Kirkcudbright, his wife was Matilda, and they had 2s
1d.
Alexander Paterson - Scottish Victorian railwayman. David
W. Brown.
See page 154. Bear sheds at Glasgow Queen Street:
Bear (bere) was a form of barley.
Hatton Bank. David Johnson.
See photo-feature page 158. Ron Gardner was one
of twelve firemen at Saltley who worked the stoker fitted 9F 2-10-0s, mainly
on the Carlisle run. Train illustrated was 11.40 Saltley to Eastleigh, worked
as far as Oxford by 9F.
Wiltshire wayside [Hall crossing lane near South Marston on freight]. Paul Strong. rear cover.
Terrier 0-6-0T No. 377S on special train at Kemp Town on 23rd June 1956. R.C. Riley. front cover
Tasks for the Millennium. Peter Erwood. 319.
Guest Editorial: Considers that enthusiast journals fail to examine
political attitudes towards railways citing labour relations and stating
that Beeching was the oil-rag and not the engineer and examining his own
background (parental attitudes and his own introduction to railway work in
1937). See letter by Roger Holden (page 490), and
Horne on same page, and Erwood's
response to these (page 675).
Southern Standards. 320-1.
Col. illus.: 73065 passing Esher; 80095 on a freight passing Esher,
both in 1962 by Geoff Rixon; 92153 near Eastleigh, by Jim Carter; 75071 on
Bath Shed (S&D) in 1962, by Richard Jelves; 76017 at Templecombe in 1962;
73016 at Southampton Central, both by Paul Strong
The Didcot Railway - its formative years. M.S. Elton.
322-9.
Relationship between railway, the Great Western Railway, the LSWR,
and the Southampton Docks Company. People mentioned include: Archibald Scott,
Charles Scotter, Sir Robert Loyd-Lindsay (Chairman of the Didcot, Newbury
& Southampton Railway), James Staats Forbes (Managing Director), John
Fowler (Consulting Engineer) and John Walter, the Hon.Rev. John Horatio Nelson,
Major J.E. Le Feuvre and Hume Williams. Illus. (b&w): 3440 passing Churn
in 1957, by Hugh Davies; 76015 passing Compton station, by David Lawrence;
Enborne Junction in 1960; Shawford Viaduct in 1956 see letter
by Edwin Course (p. 490) on attempts made to save this viaduct known
by him as Hockley Viaduct; Worthy Down halt in 1960, and single unit DMU
at Hermitage in 1962, all by J.S. Gilks: col. illus.: 3256 (Duke) at Newbury
in 1939 with W18 in background; 3206 at Winchester Chesil in 1955, by B.J.
Swain; Winchester Chesil station in 1960, by R.C. Riley; 76015 with train
of oil tanks at Winchester Chesil in 1957, by S.C. Townroe)
Two early Scottish viaducts. Niall Ferguson. 330-4.
Early wooden (timber) viaducts across the River Forth at Stirling
and River Tay at Perth on the Scottish Central Railway and Dundee & Perth
Railway; constituents of the Caledonian Railway. The viaducts were the cause
of comments by several Board of Trade Inspectors, including: Captains Laffan,
Coddington, Simmons, Symes and George Wynne. D.K. Horne
(letter p. 491) notes the early use of wrought iron in swing bridge,
which in itself was an early example of a movable bridge. Tim
Edmonds (p. 491) makes observations on Inchture branch and on the Inchmichael
branch which was partially completed and its very early conversion into a
road in the 1850s: illus include the viaducts and Perth Prince's Street
station
Henry Alfred Ivatt: nearly, but not quite. Geoffrey
Williams. 335-41.
An appreciation of Ivatt's contribution in the author's usual somewhat
convoluted style: it is not helpful to compare Ivatt with Harold Wilson or
James Callaghan, anymore than to compare Ivatt's locomotive designs with
yoghurt pots: See strong refutation by van Riemsdijk on
stance taken by Williams. See letter by Geoffrey Hughes concerning
compounding (page 490). See letter concerning Ivatt's
birthplace and number of children (page 614).
Letter by former engine cleaner (page 550 et seq).
illus. include Ivatt and Archibald Sturrock in front of GNR 0-8-0 Number
405; 1064 2-4-0 near Potters Bar; C2 4-4-2T 1515; 4-4-2 Number 990 at Ganwick;
D1 1373 passing Hornsey; K1 0-8-0 at Hadley Wood; N1 116; large Atlantic
1420; and LNER 4461 on Pullman train (last by P. McGuire))
Ladies in red. David Jenkinson. 342-5.
Notes on the nature of Midland Lake, LMS red and BR
red: locomotives illustrated include National Railway Museum 4-2-2
673 and 46229; and BR red 46240 in 1958, by W.H. Ashcroft; 46247 at Carlisle
station in 1958, by Gavin Wilson; 46204 in 1958; 46208 at Camden in 1959
and 46256, by Gavin Wilson. See long and informative letter for the paint
specifications for red used on locomotives on Midland Railway, and locomotives
and rolling stock on LMS by Bob Essery and also by
John Massey (both on page 614). See also earlier
correspondence from Massey, John
Wright and response by David Jenkinson. (page
550-1)
0-6-2 tanks of the LNER. 346-7.
Colour feature: 69477 at Copley Hill, Leeds in 1958, by P.J. Hughes;
69290 at Burton Point on passenger train in 1954, by J.B. McCann; N8 210
at York shed in 1938, by H.M. Lane; 69101 at Bowes Bridge in 1960, by J.P.
Mullett, and 69129 at Aberdeen in 1954, by J.B. McCann
Along the Yorkshire Coast. 348.
Colour feature: Scarborough-Whitby line: stations at Hayburn Wyke
in 1964; Stainton Dale in 1965 and Ravenscar in 1964, DMUs within coastal
panorama above Robin Hood's Bay, from within cab, and at Robin Hood's Bay
station in 1964, by David Sutcliffe: steam train crossing East Row Viaduct
at Sandsend and 80116 at Brotton on Whitby-Middlesbrough line, by Ian L.
Wright
When Britain was a contender. Some pioneer Diesel-Electrics
before La Grange. Part 1.. (Railway Reflections No. 66) Michael
Rutherford. 351-8.
Illus.:Diagram; An early if not the first main line oil engined proposal,
The first main line diesel locomotive, The first oil engined locomotive,
GC petrol-electric railcar, GWR petrol-electric railcar, A proposal for the
trans Australian railway, The first diesel railcar, A CNR railcar, Diagram;
A metre gauge railcar, A 375hp Bo-Bo locomotive, The first multiple unit
diesel electric train, A 350hp Bo-Bo delivered to the NW railway of India,
CNR 2-Do-1+Do-2 twin unit, Advertisement; Beardmore high speed diesel engines,
Advertisement; Armstrong -Whitworth main line diesel electric locomotives.
See correspondence by Allsopp (on nature of multiple
units) and Michael J. Smith on GC petrol-electric railcar
and on Metropolitan Railway electric locomotives. Part 2 page
416.
A visit to Dover 70 years ago.. George Behrend.
359-61.
Illus.:SER F1 no A78 at Dover Marine (I.C. Allen), Schools no 919
Harrow in 1930s (Ian C. Allen), at Dover,
A funny way to run a railway British Military railway
operations in the Middle East. C.R. Elliott. 362-3.
Derailment of a military freight headed by an ROD (O4 type) 2-8-0
at a crossing outside Beirut between the military railway which formed an
extension of the Palestine Railway and the Damascus, Homs and Beirut lineIllus.:
Another view of an accident during British military railway operations, Plan
of the accident,
Aspects of the Manchester & Birmingham Railway part
1. Jeffrey Wells. 364-9.
Illus.:Alderley Edge station c 1905 in c1905, Part of the Castle Street
contract, The Holmes Chapel viaduct, Map; The Manchester and Birmingham railway;
Manchester to Crewe, The Stockport viaducts in c1920, Manchester London Road
with Jubilee no 45723 Fearless in 1952, Sandwich station,
at Manchester in 1966 (G. Devine), at Manchester in 1957,
Readers' forum. 370-1.
The Festiniog Railway's acquired locomotives. David
Powes.
Derailment of Linda when piloting Prince on 5 September
1962: Linda was being driven by Bill Hoole and the cause of the derailment
was Linda being out-of-gauge (it also lacked continuous brakes): writer
was a volunteer guard: feature page 106.
The Micklehurst Loop. Vernon Heron.
Feature by Wells on p. 142: writer corrects some
of locations and adds notes on reservoir tramway which was constructed to
link Loop to Chew Valley where reservoir dam was being constructed.
Horwich to Longmoor. George Huxley.
See feature by Brian Syddall on page 134
which stated that "no distants" used on LMR: writer states
one at Woolmer in 1951.
A 'Lanky' miscellany. D.K. Horne.
See page 192: Gauxholme Viaduct
was not made of cast iron at time of photograph, might have been wrought
iron, but was probably steel. Notes that same viaduct
also illustrated on page 188 in Volume
11.
The unfortunate downfall of 'Black Harry' tunnel.
D.K. Horne.
See page 201: reaction of the Euston
headquarters to the problem.
Through the lens at Diggle. Jeffrey Wells.
See photo-feature on p. 235: four tunnels
including canal tunnel.
The LNER's Easter arrangements 1925. Irving
Nicol.
See page 194: notes richness of
special holiday arrangements which lasted until late 1950s and specific
modifications to captions (added to info relating to)
Sussex (or not!) in the 1930s. Peter O.
Barker.
See photograph of T9 on p.168
(which is in Surrey) and also blocks "our view" of the
shunting signal box which was situated on the platform at Dorking
North
West Riding round-up. M.N. Bland
See feature on page 226 which notes
that expresses for Skipton and beyond ran under the flyover at Kirkstall
Junction to approach the junction at Shipley on the appropriate
tracks
Mr Hawksworth's Pacific. E. Davies.
See Feature by Summers (page 238)
and compares what is outlines there with what was written by
Nock The GWR Stars, Castles and Kings
and by Rutherford in Great Western 4-6-0s
at work and by RCTS This letter was
followed by a response from Summers (page 490) who
stresses that RCTS diagram was from a very secondary source and also notes
Tuplin's advocacy of 4-8-0..
More on the Paget locomotive. Philip Atkins.
See writer's own letter on page
186: notes article by F.W. Smith and W. Leslie Good entitled
'Two hours at Bromsgrove' in The Locomotive News and Railway Notes for
25 April 1920 which observe that 0-10-0 2290 was fitted with chimney from
2299. The following issue (10 May 1920) contains a letter by
F.G. Carrier (then working in Derby
Drawing Office) observing that 2299 was being dismantled. Atkins notes that
Carrier was an enthusiastic photographer, but failed to capture either the
Paget locomotive or Fury and was responsible for the extrenal apearance
of the BR Standard classes.
Colour files - A Hertfordshire Scrapbook. John Lovell
(contributor) and Herbert Evans (phot.). 372-3.
Col. illus.: station gardens at Radlett in 1966, 1960s New look; the
entrance to Hemel Hempstead station on 16 August 1964, 1960s New look; the
station master outside his office in August 1964, Final inspection of the
overhead cantenary prior to energisation on 23 August 1964,
Book Reviews. 374.
An illustrated history of Midland wagons. Volume 1. R.J. Essery.
Ian Allan JW. *****
A 'must have' work.
The siganl box – a pictorial history and guide to designs.
Signalling Study Group. JW. ****
"if you want information on signal boxes then this is well-nigh an
essential for your reference shelves."
A pictorial record of Southern signals. G. Pryer. Ian Allan.
JW ****
"very useful addition to the reference works available on the subject
of signalling"
An historical survey of the Somerset & Dorest Railway — track
layouts and illustrations. C.W. Judge and C.R. Potts. Ian Allan.
JW ****
"if your interest is in this area - this is a book you must
buy"
GWR goods wagons: a historical survey. A.G. Atkins, W. Beard
and W. Tourret. Tourret Publishing JW ****
"the definitive work on GWR wagons": see letter
from Tourret page 490
Railways in and around London, then and now. John Glover. Ian
Allan. TJE *****
"Highly recommended" Quibble with date of Metropolitan electric locomotive
on p.147: 1948 not 1958.
Passing at Battersby: an A8 4-6-2 T No 69877. Ian L.
Wright. 376.
LMS 'Coronation' 4-6-2 No 46239 City of Chester
at Euston. Geoff Rixon. front cover.
27 July 1962 (green)
No more working for a week or two. Michael Blakemore.
379.
Editorial: Holiday Haunts for Eastern and North East England led
to a family holidays at Scarborough. Sheringham had (still has) "bracing
air". But would Butlin's still recomment "people who want gay company"?
NCB Steam at Rawnsley. Dick Riley with notes by Industrial
Railway Socity. 380-381.
Col. illus.: B class Fox Walker no 266 at Cannock ; Ex LBSC E class
no. 110 Burgundy as Cannock and Rugeley [CRC] No 9 Cannock Wood;
No 3 Progress on a miner's paddy train from Hendesford to CRC ; Q
class Peckett (786/1899) at the CRC as no 3 Progress. Further information
on Cannock collieries from D. Woodman (14-614) and
page 674 (same letter?)
Celebrations in the 'Crewe' of Norfolk [Melton Constable].
Ken Nash. 382-384.
See letter by Adrian Vaughan (p. 614) concerning
errors in this feature [author lives in Barney, near Melton Constable]. illus.:
Ivatt 4MT no 43095 at Melton Constable (page 382); LNER B17 no 61654 at Melton
Constable (page 382); MR no 96 in the fitting shop at Melton Constable (page
382); M & GN architecture at Melton Constable (page 383); The railway
institute at Melton Constable (page 383); The school a joint venture between
the M & GN and Lord Hastings at Melton Constable (page 383); inside of
the locomotive workshop at Melton Constable (page 384); The water tower at
Melton Constable (page 384)
[Nuclear fuel] Flasks to Ffestiniog. John Spencer Gilks
(phot.). 385.
illus.: track near Teiliau, Blaenau Festiniog; Two views of no. 31.312
with its train on the way to Ffestiniog
Locomotive might-have-beens. Bob Mills. 386-390.
Proposed Deeley 4-cylinder compound 4-6-0. Also reasons for Deeley
leaving Midland Railway. illus.: de Glehn compound no 104 (page 386); Diagram;
A 4-6-0 (page 386); No 104 now called Alliance (page 386); North Star no
40 (page 387); Smith Johnson compound no 1031 (page 388); Smith Johnson compound
no 2635 (page 388); LMS no 15500 (page 389); Midland no 999 (page 389); Sketch;
A 4cylinder compound as it might have been (page 390)
The Footplate Career of Jack Hewett. Part 4. - Driving
days on the Southern, 1937-1941. Paul Joyce (racconteur). 391-395.
Part 3 was on page 562 of previous volume.
Part 1 was in Volume 12 page 312.
Part 4 is on page 134 of volume 15. illus.:
Q class no 534 at Reading (page 391); Bletchworth station, Dorking (page
392); Bulleid's stark Q1 compares unfavourably with the elegance of SEC D
class at Reading (page 393); Reading 'Southern' station (page 394); SEC E
class No 31514 (page 395)
Tadcaster and the virgin viaduct. David Gilks.
396-397.
Remains of a direct line from Leeds to York via Tadcaster, on which
work was started, but not completed at the time of Hudson. illus.: Map; railways
through Tadcaster (page 396); Tadcaster station in the early 1900s (page
397); The Tadcaster viaduct in 1982, York (page 397); The Tadcaster viaduct
river arches in 1989, York (page 397)
Underground Main line. Michael J. Smith. 398-401.
Great Western Railway through trains to the City hauled by Metropolitan
Railway (LPTB) locomotives until WW2 and Matropolitan District Ealing to
Southend trains. illus.: An unidentified British Westinghouse 'Camel-back'
locomotive at Paddington, London (page 398); Metropolitan Vickers electric
loco no 1 John Lyon at Neasden, London (page 398); GWR Metro class no 3588
at Paddington, London (page 399); GWR no 9617 with a three coach train of
City stock at Rhondda, Pontypridd (page 399); A pair of District line locomotives
at Ealing Broadway, London (page 400); GWR no 9617 with a three coach train
of City stock at South Pit Halt, Rhondda (page 400); A pair of District line
locomotives at Ealing Broadway, London (page 401); An Ealing train at
Hammersmith, London (page 401). Letter from David Green
(page 550) questions use of narrow gauge lines in picture of City stock
on page 399). See further information on film sequences shown in Rob Foxon's
Railways Remembered shows of Metropolitan electrtic locomotives at Paddington:
letter from Author Volume 20 page 637.
Further relevant article by same author in Issue 21
page 142: the Whitechapel & Bow joint railway.
Death of a Russian Revolutionary. Keith Scholey.
402.
Death (killed by a train) of Stepniak (Sergei Mikhailovich Kravchinskii)
on 23 December 1895. (must there be a Michael connexion for all Backtrack
contributions?): illus.: Woodstock Road halt with a steam railcar c 1910
at Bedford Park
Postal Special. 403.
Col. illus.: A4 no 60006 Sir Ralph Wedgwood near Gleneagles;
Britannia no 70022 Tornado at Dillicar in May 1965, Hall no 5934
Kneller Hall at Newton Abbot on 29 August 1959 with postal from Liverpool
and W799W.
Remembrance of things past. Southern N15X class. Dick
Riley (phot.). 404-405.
illus.: 32323 Stroudley at Basingstoke on 22 May 1954; 32329
Stephenson at Brighton on 23 June 1956; 32329 Stephenson at
Basingstoke on 22 April 1956; 32331 Beattie at Tulse Hill, on 23 June
1957
Steaming through the Thames valley. Derek Penney
(phot.). 406-407.
Col. illus.:7003 Elmley Castle at Purley (near Pangbourne)
on 5 September 1962; 7009 Athelney Castle at Reading on down
Cathedrals Express on 7 September 1962); 5017 The Gloucestershire
Regiment at Sonning, on 18 August 1962; unrebuilt West Country no 34099
Lynmouth at Purley working towards Oxford on 8 September 1962.
Manchester neighbours. 408-10.
Manchester Exchange and Victoria - colour feature: DMU at Victoria
East Junction; Class 5 no 44756 at Victoria (Jim Carter); Jubilee 45590
Travancore at Exchange on 27 July 1963; Black Five no 44778 passing
through Salford on fast from Southport on 27 July 1964; LMS 8F no 48159 at
Exchange with coal train from Yorkshire on 7 December 1963; Stanier no 42560
passing Deal Street box on 27 July 1963; Black Five no 45311 at Exchange
with Llandudno train on 27 July 1963; B1 no 61369 at Victoria (date as previous);
preserved A3 4472 Flying Scotsman at Victoria (Jim Carter: remainder
Brian Magilton)
The Carrbridge Disaster of 1914. David McConnell.
411-14.
The venue was the location for further severe devastation by a
thunderstorm on 8 July 1923, the effects of which are described
by same author on (14-570). illus.: From the Illustrated
London News; A coach halfway down the south embankment at Carrbridge, Highlands
(page 411); From the Inverness Courier; A coach halfway down the south embankment
at Carrbridge, Highlands (page 411); Map; Washout at Carr Bridge at Carrbridge,
Highlands (page 412); What the papers said (page 413); A view from below
the south embankment at Carrbridge, Highlands (page 414)
When Britain was a contender. Some pioneer Diesel-Electrics
before La Grange . Part 2. Railway Reflections No. 67. Michael
Rutherford. 416-21.
Part 1 page 351 et seq. Part 3 page
479. Rutherford is highly critical of C.J. Allen's misunderstandings
concerning the burning of oil fuel, citing a feature in Railway World.
Also considers British developments at Beardmore and at Armstrong Whiworth
and especially that in Argentina. illus.: A 2,660 hp twin-unit locomotive,
Canada (page 416); A 400hp twin railcar, Canada (page 416); A Beardmore engined
300hp railcar (page 416); A proposal for a 150 hp railcar (page 417);
Advertisement; Beardmore 1330 / 1500 BHP engine (page 417); A proposal for
an eight wheeled goods engine (page 418); Diagram of the ex Bury to Holcombe
Brook four car set as converted to diesel / electric operation (page 418);
A Danish 2-Do-2 locomotive, Denmark (page 419); A freight locomotive of 1924,
Russia (page 419); A proposed lightweight three car articulated unit of 1933
(page 419); A Sulzer 420 hp engine of the LV series (page 420); BAGSR Weight
diagram, Argentina (page 420); Diagram; A BAGSR built locomotive, Argentina
(page 421); Railcar Tyneside Venturer at Middlesborough (page 421)
Eastern and North Eastern Region branded carriage sets.
Clive S. Carter. 422-5.
Practice dated back to LNER days, at least in North Eastern Area,
and was common on Great Eastern section. illus.: G5 no 67320 at Bishop Auckland
(page 422); Articulated twins E44161/2E (page 423); GE push-pull set at Saffron
Walden (page 423); C13 no 67427 at Manchester Mayfield (page 424); Rear marking
of a GE branch set (page 424); Extract from NE operating area carriage working
June 1954 (page 425); Observed brands - Local and Branch sets (page
425)
Steam finale at Norwich. Bruce Oliver (phot.).
426-7.
B&w illus.: Britannia no 70009 Alfred the Great at Norwich
in August 1961; J17 No 65586 passing Thorpe Junction box in April 1; Ex GER
J19 No 64643 at at Carrow Road bridge; B12/3 No 61572 with L1 No 67715 on
shed; K3 No 61957 with holiday train formed mainly of SR Maunsell
stock.
Colour files - lost in Lincolnshire. Peter
Wombwell. 428-429.
illus.: Little Steeping signal box between Boston and Burgh-le-Marsh,
Burgh-le-Marsh station after closure; former GN engine shed at Lincoln after
closure; Havenhouse station in 1980s; Alford station after closure; GNR signal
box at Heckington with windmill behind in 1995; The portal of the Withcall
tunnel around 1980.
Readers' Forum. 430-1.
Midland route to Scotland. Reg Davis and Malcolm
Grant.
Request for information
District Railway extensions to the West. N.
Ridge.
Caption page 270: length over body frame 26' 6""
not 29' 6"
The ghost in the machine. John Lewis.
Notes re captions on Rutherford feature page 294 et
seq
The GWR's route to Cheltenham. Alan T. York.
Two views of Winchcombe station in same issue: one where was in situ
(page 283) and one when buildings were at Monmouth Troy
(page 294).
Euston to Kilburn... and beyond. M.H.
Yardley.
P. 278 (lower): Southport through
coaches detached at Edge Hill - on return attached at Lime
Street.
Euston to Kilburn... and beyond. John Massey.
See feature on page 276. Very long letter which
notes that Treacy's own captions were inconsistant.
Euston to Kilburn... and beyond. Reg Davis.
See feature on page 276. Ulster
Express departure times: disputed by John Cooke see
page 614.
The Peacocks of another Island. Darryl Grant.
Beyer Peacock locomotives supplied to the railways in New South Wales
Government Railways, Victorian Railways and South Australian Railways: 2-4-0T
as on Isle of Wight (page 208) and 4-4-0T, some of which
converted to 4-4-0.
Signalling spotlight - London and North Western Railway
crossing boxes. 432-433.
Col. illus.: Ty Croes signal box exterior and interior, Anglesey in
1989 (J.S. Gilks); Heatley and Warburton signal box in July 1966 (S.C. Dent);
Lymm Lane (as prev.)
Book reviews. 434.
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway. a view from the past. Stephen
Austin. Ian Allan. TJE ****
To Western Scottish waters by rail and steamer to the Isles. Robert
N. Forsythe. Tempus. DWM *****
"comprehensive bibliography", built around the pamphlet collection
which has provided the source material for several Backtrack
contributions and Guest Editorial by author's wife
Glory days - steam in East Anglia. Peter Swinger. Ian Allan.
TJE 88 (text) **** (illus.)
"dubious and erroneous statements occur throughout the
text"
The Scottish Central Railway: Perth to Stirling. Peter Marshall. Oakwood.
MR *****
"work is packed with information"
Richard Maunsell: an engineering biography. J.E. Chacksfield,.Oakwood.
MR *****
A glowing review: "excellent biography".
A Border branch terminus: Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0 No 43023
at Langholm, Dumfriesshire. F.W. Shuttleworth. rear cover.
26 March 1964 with two coach train of former LMS stock.
73165, with Caprotti valve gear, leaving Dundee with express
for Glasgow in September 1965. front cover.
Colour illus. by Derek Penney
Diamond days at Newcastle. 439.
67636 hauling empty stock northwards out of station across the diamond
crossing: b&w illus. by Ron White
State occasions. 440-1.
Colour feature: The Royal Train, or parts of it: The full set passing
Kingsknowe on the Caledonian line on the outskirts of Edinburgh, returning
from Princes Street to Euston on 30th June 1964 hauled by BR Type 4
diesel-electric No.D263 in green livery: first vehicle is the twelve-wheel
power brake No.31209, followed by dining car No.77, an LNWR twelve-wheeler
from 1900, and semi-Royal saloon No.806, another LNWR carriage dating from
1903 (both these with the characteristic clerestory roofs), then LMS-built
sleeping saloon No.495. [George M. Staddon]. Short formation with Class 5
No.44918 waiting to return empty stock from Derby to Wolverton on 14th May
1964. The Duke of Edinburgh had been conveyed overnight from St. Pancras
with the Royal vehicles being attached to the rear of the 12.05am to Leeds
as far as Trent, where they were detached and spent the rest of the night
on Trent curve, where the party breakfasted before being taken forward to
Derby. Much of the return empty movement was made attached to service trains.
The vehicles are a BR full brake (added at Trent), LMS Royal Saloon No.798,
LMS saloon No.45006 and LNWR brake first No.5154. [T.J. Edgington]. The Royal
Train on 30th May 1967 was the last steam-hauled working. The Duke of Edinburgh
travelled overnight from Windsor & Eton Central to York where Jubilee'
4-6-0 No.45562 was attached early in the morning to take the train to Nidd
Bridge, on the Ripon line, reached at 06.02. HRH was reportedly rather taken
aback to find steam on his train at this late date! After the Duke had alighted,
No.45562 was photographed taking the stock forward to Ripon to run round
before returning to York. LNWR brake No.5154 leads the formation. [Peter
J. Fitton]. On 29th June 1981 tne Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer
and the couple travelled by train from Waterloo to Romsey to begin their
honeymoon. The Southern Region provided the General Manager's saloon accompanied
by a BR MkII first and a MkI brake composite, headed by Class 73 electro-diesel
No.73 142 Broadlands. Well-wishers crowded the lineside to cheer the
couple on their way, as here at Winchfield. [David Cable] A Royal Train
working ot a particularly poignant nature was on 6th September 1997 following
the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. After the funeral service at Westminster
Abbey the Prince of Wales, Princes William and Harry and members of the Spencer
family travelled from Euston to Long Buckby for the interment at Althorp
House. By this time two Class 47s had been designated for Royal Train duties
and painted in claret livery Nos.47 798 Prince William and 47 799
Prince Harry. Train passing Hatch End. [Brian Morrison].
Rambles by rail. C.J. Gammell. 442-6.
Special trains for ramblers. Some were very special: the Southern
ran overnight excursions to the South Downs in the 1930s to see them under
a harvest moon and to combine dancing in the new year. These activities invoved
the presence of S.P.B. Mais. Activities under British Railways included
destinations to lines closed to passenger traffic, such as Grassington and
to Kirkbymoorside and the use of unusual routes, such as Waterloo to Great
Missenden. Letter from P.M. Jones on page 674 criticises
author for ignoring market for individual ramblers. Illus.:LMS 4F no 44041
at Grassington in April 1950, O1 no 31064 at Westerham on 10 November 1957
(C.J. Gammell), LMS 4F no 44220 at Grassington on 29 July 1962 (C.J. Gammell),
N15X no 32331 Beattie at Windsor on 23 June 1957 (John Spencer Gilks), A
DMU at Kirbymoorside on 3 May 1964 (col. John
Spencer Gilks), SECR class D no 31577 at Hendon on 23 September 1956, A DMU
at Hovingham on 3 May 1964 (col. John Spencer
Gilks), Handbill; Welcome to 1933, Literature; Conducted Rambles from
Grassington, Literature; Conducted Rambles in Southern counties.
Ticket to the past. Keith Hill. 447-9.
Booking clerk at Retford; also a clerk in the parcels concentration
depot (under British Railways). See letter on page 674
concerning "last" Edmondson tickets. Illus.:Derby booking office in 1927,
LNER V2 no 60881 at Retford in July 1960, Deltic No D9019 at Doncaster on
29 April 1962 (Gavin Morrison), .
The ordeal on the railway at York: the night of 28th/29th
April 1942. Part One. B.W.L. Brooksbank. 450-7.
WW2 Baedeker raid (bombing) led to severe damage to York Station and
other railway fascilities, notably the locomotive depot, where locomotives
had to be written off. Disruption to, and restoration of, both freight and
passenger services. Ilustrations (LNER Official) show the damage.
Part 2 page 534.
Preston to Penrith over Shap - 1937-57. Eric Treacy
(photographer) and David Jenkinson (captions). 458-63.
Attempt to rectify the relative lack of information with Eric Treacy
pictures. 6254 southbound from Preston on 29 April 1947; 46121 on Dillicar
troughs in 1957/8; class 5 in the Lune valley; 46242 on Shap in 1948; 6220
with Coronation Scot descending Shap in 1937; 6230 (unstreamlined)
climbing Shap in 1939; 6234 in experimental blue-grey livery climbing Shap;
46135 in Thrimby Woods in 1950s; 46254 on Royal Scot in Thrimby Woods
in 1960; 46104 at Penrith in 1950s, E4 7416 on stopping train leaving Penrith
in 1937/8; 45597 on freight in early 1950s (remainder express passenger).
See letter by David Smith (page 734) concerning 6254,
46212 and 45597. See letters by John Massey and
E.M. Johnson on page 674.
Crossing the Forth [Bridge]. Robert Leslie (phot.).
463.
DMU approaching from Edinburgh viewed from the South Queensferry pier,
and view of HST in original, livery heading north from inside cantilever
on 23 October 1984. (col. illus.)
Hard labour - the 7F 0-8-0s. 464-5.
Col. illus of ex LMS (mainly LNWR) 0-8-0s.: 49158, 48917 and 49108
on Walsall shed on 13 June 1957 (F.W. Shuttleworth); 49323 wheezing through
Manchester Exchange with freight in early 1960s (Jim Carter); 49275 at Wednesbury
on 28 March 1960 (R.C. Riley); 49398 on freight at Chinley in October
1957 (W. Oliver); 49508 (Fowler type) at Horwich Works in June 1957
(P.J. Hughes)
Along the sea wall [between Dawlish and Teignmouth]. Peter
W. Gray. 466-7.
Col. illus.:51xx no 5183 on 5 August 1959, GW Hall no 4975 Umberslade
Hall at Dawlish on 2 August 1960, GW King no 6009 King Charles II
at Dawlish on 13 July 1957, Castle no 4037 The South Wales Borderers
at Dawlish with stormy sea on 17 September 1960, Castle no 5008 Raglan
Castle piloted by a Type 2 diesel hydraulic no D6312 at Dawlish on 29
July 1961.
150 years at Newcastle Central. 468-70.
Col. illus.: exterior in April 1963 (T.G. Edgington); A4 number 11
Empire of India (garter blue) on down Flying Scotsman in August
1947 (H.N. James); J72 68736 (NE green) as station pilot on 23 March 1963
(George M. Staddon); A2/3 60517 Ocean Swell in November 1948 (apple
green); 60155 in August 1964; V3 67636 as station pilot on 14 August 1964
(Bruce Oliver); 60129 Guy Mannering on 14 August 1964 (Bruce Oliver);
A1 no 60155 Borderer in August 1964 (T.E.K. Chambers), D9011 The
Royal Northumbrian Fusiliers on 19 September 1965 (C.A. Davies),
Other battles of Waterloo. D.W. Winkworth.
471-4.
LSWR attempts to achieve terminus nearer City of London: obtained
an Act (26 August 1846) to extend to near London Bridge, but powers expired
on 29 November 1849. A connection was made with the SER in July 1865 and
this enabled through services from Euston to London Bridge (timetable included)
and from February 1867 services from Willesden Junction and Kensington into
Cannon Street, but these were curtailed by the SER. Plans were made for a
new junction in the 1880s, but the Waterloo & City tube was the final
LSWR solution. Physical remains of the above ground link are mentioned. Map.
See letter by Pattenden (p 614) and by Wright
(page 734) concerning illus of "race special from Esher"
(p. 473)
Aspects of the Manchester &
Birminham Railway. Part 2. Jeffrey Wells. 475-8.
Work on a viaduct at Congleton was started but not completed. Contracts
for the Stockport to Crewe section are listed. Notes on Manchester Store
Street Station; the Macclesfield branch and on Edgeley and Heaton Norris
stations in Stockport and on the viaduct in between. Illus.:Adlington station
c 1900, Chelford station on 31 October 1913, Wilmslow station c 1905, The
full width of Stockport Viaduct in 1950s, LMS no 44444 at Stockport, .
When Britain was a contender: some pioneer diesel-electrics
before La Grange. Part 3. Railway Reflections No.68. Michael
Rutherford. 479-86.
Part 2 page 416, part 1 page 351.
Hugh Macdonald MacIntyre had been apprenticed at the North British Locomotive
Company, but moved to the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway in Argentina
in 1922, then under the command of P.C. Saccaggio, its CME: became
involved in diesel traction in 1929, initially with an unsuccessful diesel
hydraulic locomotive, and subsequently with the mobile power houses (like
the Eurostar sets, the adjacent passenger vehicles had power bogies to assist
traction) manufactured by Armstrong Whitworth in Newcastle with Sulzer engines
built under license. The power houses (CM 210) ran on bogies and were far
more successful than the rigid frame type of locomotives tested on the LNER
and exported to Egypt and Ceylon. Article is constructed around papers written
for Institution of Locomotive Engineers which had a thriving Argentine branch.
The diesel electric and diesel railcars evaluated and bought by the LNER
are also mentioned. Unfortunately, development by Armstrong Whitworth was
brought to a close in 1935 when the Scotswood works were switched back to
armament manufacture. Development at General Motors is sketched in, as is
development in Denmark and the USSR. Eventually MacIntyre returned to the
UK and joined English Electric. H.S. Smythe had also encountered the powerb
houses and was responsible for the Southern Region's Hastings units (DMUs)
which led to the similar 70 and 80 classes on Northern Ireland Railways.
Illus.:Diagram; A larger capacity power station, Diesel-electric twin sets
as delivered, Main line diesel-electric locomotive, BASGR official weight
diagram for CM210, Tractive effort graph for CM210, Graph; Investment in
the railways in Argentina, Sulzer advertising, Diagram; Lightweight
Diesel-electric train, Lightweight Diesel-electric train, Diagram; Universal
1'Co1' of Armstrong Whitworth & Co, Northumbrian railcar, Diesel-electric
railcar at Lahore, Diagram; (1A)'Co2' machine, A 1800hp box cab Bo-Bo
unit.
Conway milestone. D.K. Horne. 487-8.
The Conway Bridge on the Chester & Holyhead Railway was constructed
whilst Robert Stephenson was involved in the failure of the bridge across
the Dee at Chester and William Fairbairn became involved in the design and
testing of the tubular girders for the bridge at Conway which was to act
as a prototype for the Britannia Bridge at Menai. The experiments took place
at Fairbairn's works in Millwall: Eaton Hodgkinson assisted with the mathematical
calculations involved in the design. Fairbairn subsequently resigned due
to competition from Edwin Clark who was working for Stephenson.
Rolling Stock Focus: Southern Railway special wagons. Paul
W. Bartlett. 489.
Well wagons used by civil engineers: DS 61151 of SECR design at Reading
West on 11 January 1986 and DS 61107 at Woking on 30 June 1984.
Readers' Forum. 490-1
H.A. Ivatt. Geoffrey Hughes.
See feature by Williams (page 335). Experiments
with compounding in Ireland and on GNR, and Ivatt's antagonism towards
it.
The Hawksworth Pacific. L.A. Summers.
Written in reply to a letter by Davies (page
371)
GWR goods wagons. R. Tourret.
Corrigendum: Tourret is publisher: electronic version
page 374 corrected.
The Didcot Railway. Edwin Course.
Hockley (Shawford) viaduct: See feature p. 322
attempts at preservation: early use of mass concrete
Two early Scottish viaducts. D.K. Horne.
See page 330: Early use of wrought iron in swing
bridge at Perth.
Two early Scottish viaducts. Tim Edmonds.
See feature page 330: Inchmichael branch, between
Perth and Dundee: argues that it was constructed and opened, but converted
into a road in 1850.
Take more notice/Editorial June issue. Roger N. Holden.
Caption to picture on p. 269: Southern Vectis was
partly owned by the SR. Argues that Beeching assessed real financial value
of railways (page 319) and Erwood's response
(675)
Editorial in June issue: politics and skulduggery.
D.K. Horne.
Refers to attempts by BoT to fail to sanction the opening of a MS&LR
bridge across Trent which was intended to be used by GNR (page
319) and Erwood's response (675)
The eye of the beholder. Rod Garner.
See page 170 (Railway Reflections 63): Boiler
explosions: difference between factories, where insurance was required from
1868 and railways where reportage was not required until 1895.
Railway hotels. 492-3.
Col. illus. Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh in August 1979 (all T.J.
Edgington, unless otherwise noted); Royal Victoria Hotel, Sheffield in November
1986; Midland Hotel, Bradford (see letter from Rabbi Walter
Rothschild on page 675); Crewe Arms Hotel in April 1992; Midland Hotel
Morecambe in November 1996 (Arnold Tortorella); Midland Hotel Manchester
in 1992.
Book reviews. 494.
The railways of Stourbridge. Clive Butcher. Oakwood. MR
****
Area rather greater than title suggests: mainly about train services
and motive power: a quite different perspective is given on this same book
by JW in Volume 13 on page 390
Oil on the rails: the story of an industry and its influence on Britain's
railways and its rail tank wagons. Alan Coppin. HMRS. MR
****
Criticies for lack of information about fuelling facilities: otherwise
"book is an excellent one.
The industrial canal. Volume 2: The interchange trade. Tom
Foxon. Heartland. MR *****
"superb book": Hawne (Halesowen) lasted until 1969
Industrial locomotives of Nottinghamshire. Ian R. Bendall.
IRS. MB *****
"recommended reference work"
Quiet interlude at Perth. David Sutcliffe. rear
cover.
Looking north along platform 7 past the Menzies bookstall in June
1962.
Great Western 'King' 4-6-0 No 6021 King Richard II
on Hatton Bank. Derek Penney. front cover.
Spring 1962: Paddington to Wolverhampton express.
Food, glorious food. Michael Blakemore. 499.
Comment upon Molly Hughes' A London child of the 1870s in which
she describes how the family ate on the long journey from Paddington to Camborne.