| December 2008 - Issue
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January 2009 -
Issue No.233 |
| February 2009 -
Issue No.234 |
March 2009 -
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| December 2008 - Issue
No.232 |
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| SE&CR
Wainwright 6-coupled tank engines |
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fascinating illustrated study of the various types of 6-coupled tank
engines that were designed by H. S. Wainwright for the South Eastern &
Chatham Railway in the early 1900s, some of which lasting in service into
the early 1960s. |
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| Ellesmere,
and the Whitchurch to Oswestry Line |
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illustrated history of a former Cambrian Railways line in Shropshire which
linked up with a former London & North Western Railway route at
Whitchurch in the east and the Great Western at Oswestry in the west.
Another feature of Ellesmere was the Cambrian Railways branch to Wrexham.
Full details of train workings and locomotives that could be seen
operating in the area are included. |
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| Steam
around Stockton on Tees in the 1950s |
| Personal
memories of steam in North East England around Tees-side fifty years ago,
related in detail and captured on film and illustrated by the author of
the article in evocative pictures. |
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| Memories
of Penrith |
| Portraying
the pictures of the well-known photographer from the days of steam, Derek
Cross, his son, David, recalls, with his father’s pictures, both in
colour and in black & white, days enjoyed by both he and his father in
the Penrith area on the West Coast main line. |
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STEAM DAYS in Colour 48: Coal Traffic in
Scotland |
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There were two prolific areas in Scotland
where coal was mined, Ayrshire and the Kingdom of Fife, and in this month’s
all-colour photo-feature we portray the coal trains, the collieries, and
the motive power used to transport coal north of the border. |
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| January
2009 - Issue No.233 |
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| ONCE
UPON A TIME IN THE WEST RIDING |
| Memories
of the final period of steam workings from Wakefield shed throughout West
Yorkshire and into Lancashire. |
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| THE
STRATFORD UPON AVON & MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY |
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potted history, to commemorate the line’s 100th birthday, of
the line which ran from the Northampton area in the east, to just beyond
Stratford upon Avon in the west, via Towcester, and which also included a
branch line from Towcester to Banbury. |
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| TRUMPING
THE A.C.E. |
| Recalling
the final summer of regular steam operations on the Salisbury to Exeter
line in 1964 and the start of the use of ‘Warship’ class
diesel-hydraulic locomotives over the route, and the end of the ‘Atlantic
Coast Express’ service. |
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| THE
WINTER OF 1962/63 |
| Recollections
of the severe winter weather conditions of 1962/63 which started at
Christmas 1962 and continued through to March 1963 in many areas, and the
disruption to train services due to snow, ice, and eventual flooding. |
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STEAM DAYS IN COLOUR 49: THE EXE VALLEY
RAILWAY |
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Rural scenes in full colour of this
picturesque railway in Devon which ran from Exeter to Dulverton, via
Tiverton, to join the main Taunton to Barnstaple line. |
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| February 2009 - Issue
No.234 |
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EDWARDIAN EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE DESIGN DILEMMAS
— 1906
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An insight into the rivalry between the
Caledonian Railway and the North British Railway in producing new express
passenger locomotives in May 1906 — the Cardean and the NBR Atlantic —
coinciding with the production of the North Eastern Railway’s Compound
4-4-2 locomotive and the GWR 4-4-2 North Star at around the same time.
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CHESTER (GWR Lines)
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Part two of a detailed well-illustrated article
on the busy rail centre at Chester, following the coverage of the former
L&NWR/LMS lines in the area which appeared in the October 2008 issue of
STEAM DAYS magazine.
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THE FALLOWFIELD BRANCH
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A detailed history of the former Great Central
Railway line in the Manchester area which ran from Chorlton-cum Hardy via
Fallowfield to Fairfield, near Guide Bridge on the electrified Manchester to
Sheffield Woodhead route.
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OUT AND ABOUT ON ‘THE BRIGHTON’
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A brief history of the London to Brighton line
coupled with recollections from the author of workings over this line in
both Southern Railway and BR days.
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STEAM DAYS IN COLOUR50: LMS ‘JUBILEES’ AT
WORK
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An all-colour photo-feature depicting the work
of some of Britain’s top railway photographers showing the ‘Jubilee’
class locomotives of the LMS on both passenger and freight duties — a very
popular class of locomotive with steam railway enthusiasts.
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| March
2009 - Issue No.235 |
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STEAM DAYS AT BANGOR
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A well-illustrated potted history covering the
important rail centre at Bangor in North Wales with its large station and
locomotive depot and the many passenger and freight trains that worked from
the shed and that worked through between Chester and Anglesey. From Bangor
there was also the short branch line to Bethesda and the line via Caernarvon
to Afon Wen, which was on the Cambrian route to Pwllheli.
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THE WITHERING OF THE ARM
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An article depicting the final days and the
background to closure of the North Cornwall and Bude lines which, following
their transfer to the Western Region, experienced dieselisation,
rationalisation, and ultimate amputation.
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BRITAIN’S NAMED TRAINS 34: THE ‘TEES-TYNE
PULLMAN’
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Another detailed illustrated study in our
popular series of ‘Britain’s Named Trains’ articles, this time
covering the Pullman service introduced in September 1948 between Newcastle
and King’s Cross, London, via Darlington.
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MEMORIES OF WOLVERHAMPTON (LOW LEVEL)
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Nostalgic memories from a railway enthusiast on
the workings at the Great Western Low Level station at Wolverhampton in BR
days and the interesting traffic that could be witnessed by the ‘spotter’
at this busy rail centre. The article also incorporates historical
information relating to this station.
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STEAM DAYS IN COLOUR 51: BR RIDDLES-DESIGNED
LOCOMOTIVES AT WORK IN SCOTLAND
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Our all-colour photo-feature this month covers
the workings on both passenger and freight duties of the Riddles-designed BR
locomotives in Scotland, from the cameras of some of Britain’s top
exponents of colour photography in the railway field.
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