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Book of the Week: Lament for a Branch Line

15 November 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

As a born and bred Prestonian, young David took the opportunity to go train spotting at Preston station, within sight and sound of the much-lamented Southport branch line.

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Book of the Week: Loco Review Vol. 1 & 2

2 November 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

An illustrative account of the main changes to freight and loco-hauled passenger services between 2017 – 2021.

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HRH Prince Richard pays a visit to Crich Tramway Village

21 October 2021 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

On Wednesday 20th October, HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester visited Crich Tramway Village, where he is Patron.

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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 4

5 October 2021 Shannon Butcher Diesel, Features

This account is intended to give an overview of the types of first-generation Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trains and railbuses that could be seen on BR from the 1950s to the 1980s.

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Book of the Week: Mallard – The Story of Britain’s Most Magnificent Locomotive

30 September 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

On July 3, 1938, LNER A4 streamlined Pacific No. 4468 Mallard reached 126mph, setting a world steam speed record that has never been broken.

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Book of the Week: The Last Days of BR Steam in Wessex Vol 2. Southern Region

20 September 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

By the early 1960s BR’s aim to eliminate steam traction was all too evident. The author therefore decided to try to record these changes pictorially, initially using his Box Brownie camera.

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Book of the Week: The Last Days of BR Steam in Wessex Vol 1. Western Region

13 September 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

By the early 1960s, BR’s aim to eliminate steam traction was all too evident. The author, therefore, decided to try to record these changes pictorially, initially using his Box Brownie camera.

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Book of the Week: Locomotive Recollections 46233 Duchess of Sutherland

7 September 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

After an active mainline career of 27 years, Princess Coronation Class 4-6-2 No. 46233 Duchess of Sutherland could be found languishing on the condemned siding at Liverpool’s Edge Hill Depot in February 1964.

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Book of the Week: One young lad’s later trainspotting trips with a camera 1961 – 1964

31 August 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

Like so many youngsters in the 1950s and 1960s, Alan Clarke was a keen railway enthusiast and spent a number of years out and about with his ABC Combined Volume and his camera at various rail-related locations up and down the country.

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Book of the Week: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire Steam Railway Journey

23 August 2021 Shannon Butcher Features

In a new publication which celebrates 40 years the since the formation of Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Plc, steam locomotive department volunteer and cameraman Paul Stratford has produced a stunning record of the rebirth of operations.

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