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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Clan Line returns to the main line -2929- - Four years have passed since 'Merchant Navy' No 35028 Clan Line last ran on BR metals. One of the Merchant Navy Locomotive Preservation Society's team describes '28's' trip to Swindon (and to/from Bristol) in late July this year.
A station master in the 1960s - 2 - The second part of a fascinating glimpse at the BR of less than a generation ago, with the author at work in the West Riding.
By Royal Letters Patent - Richard Smith - Very few geared steam industrial locomotives have been preserved, and Blue Circle on the Bluebell Railway may well be returned to steam - providing restoration funds can be raised.
Seen and heard Anthony - J. Lambert - Our quarterly review - featuring videos and an LP record.
Letters
Plain Track
Railway photography - the candid approach - Too many railway photographers seem determined to get people out of their pictures. Mr Coles suggests that a human being or two might bring your railway scene to life!
F. Moore' - The story of a notable railway artist - V. R. Webster - including two paintings featured as our colour centrespread. Few people interested in railways are unaware of the 'F. Moore' paintings. For the first time, the intriguing story behind their production is revealed, with full illustration of some of the stranger features of the 'F. Moore' productions.
Close encounters with the largest kind - Malcolm Ravensdale
If main line steam is your interest, how about the ultimate in the art - the Union Pacific's 'Challenger' No 3985?
Preservation Scene
Rail Report
Enthusiast's Month
Cover: SR 4-6-0 No 850 Lord Nelson heads towards Appleby with the 'Cumbrian Mountain Express', seen between Langwathby and Culgaith on 3 March 1984. - W. A. Sharman
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