rains of Thought
The Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Railway - Stanley Jenkins describes Glasgow's former Caledonian Railway south-west route to the Firth of Clyde port of Ardrossan, via Neilston, and the Irvine branch from Kilwinning, a route which, on leaving Central Glasgow, passed over part of the Cathcart Circle line.
The Caprotti 'Black Fives' 4-6-Os of the London Midland Region - Andrew Wilson takes a look at the 22 LMS 'Black Fives' that were fitted with Caprotti valve-gear in 1948 and 1951, and which fell into four variants.
Travels over the 'Withered Arm' a€ July 1964 - Keith Widdowson recalls nostalgic trips over the Southern's 'Withered Arm' in Devon and Cornwall in 1964 where he recorded details of engines travelled behind over these scenic lines.
Water-Troughs on the Anglo Scottish Routes - In the days of steam it was essential to have water-troughs situated on many express routes to enable locomotives to replenish water supplies en route, and David Anderson takes an illustrated look at the water-troughson the three main routes to Scotland over the West Coast, East Coast, and Midland main lines.
The Great Western Railway's Last Year - Former signalman and railway historian, Adrian Vaughan, takes us back to the last year before the railways were nationalised - 1947 - and Hfe on the Great Western Railway during that year when severe winter conditions hit the country as a whole, and he relates how the GWR's management and men dealt with problems and mishaps with limited resources at that time.
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