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comment - Editor, Chris Leigh, admires some new railway colour schemes and remarks on the importance of liveries among railway historians. call attention - Nigel Harris dips in to the Steam World postbag to select some choice stories and snippets of information including one man's claim to the ultimate shed visit - 'the master bunk'. great shot! - On a visit to Eastleigh works, Norman Glover took this superb colour view inside the erecting shop. A western SHED BASH - The late Colin Simmonds logged some visits to Western Region sheds in the early 1960s. men AT work - Continuing the theme prompted by photographs in past 'Call Attention' features, we look at men working on the track. steam fare! - The coupon for your FREE railwayana advertisements. A ride ON THE whittingham mental hospital railway - Alan Cliff recalls a childhood trip on the anachronism which served Lancashire's County Mental Hospital. travels THROUGH gloucestershire - Rural Gloucestershire lost much of its rail network between 1959-61. Chris Gammell set out to cover some of these routes before it was too late. preston - 1948 - A spectacular Aerofilms view of the major station which served this large Lancashire town. darkroom discoveries - 'J39' 0-6-0s - Photographer Bob Leslie presents some fine views of the LNER workhorses, the 'J39' 0-6-Os at work. in A HOTTER PLACE Y' COULDNA BE - Michael Harris concludes his 'Elite Steam' series with a look at the men, the locomotives and the workings from Glasgow's Polmadie depot. engine tools - The final instalment of R.H.N. Hardy's treatise on how padlocks, keys and close involvement brought order to the business of equipping engines with complete tool sets. reviews - There's loads of Christmas gift ideas in our bumper review section which concentrates this month on books and video programmes. my favourite things - There's a western flavour to the railwayana collection of Aldo Delicata. Angus Murray paid him a call. platform - The readers' letters page this month investigates 'Duchess' liveries and asks whether a hash is being made of history. steam world hall OF fame: ray hawley - David Richardson recalls the founder of the Northern Railfans Club. who who organised shed visits for hundreds of youngsters and produced a priceless archive of railway operating notes. All things considered - As the ex-centenary or Trevtthick's invention of the steam railway locomotive approaches, Andrew Dow asks if Britain will find the money to mari< the occasion in fitting style... Cover: 'At' No. 60146 Peregrine, 'B1' No. 61276 and 'J27' No. 65894 inside the York roundhouse in April 1965.
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