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down, diddley-um, down! - John Crawley photographed the film crew at work filming a railway scene from Those Magnificent men in their Flying Machines on a Bedfordshire branch line. It involved some scrap coaches, a large-bore tunnel and the Highland 'Jones Goods' 4-6-0. the lickey: england's MOST INFAMOUS INCLINE! - The Lickey Incline is two miles of 1 -in-37 from Bromsgrove to Blackwell on the Midland's Gloucester-Birmingham main line. John Edgington's evocative images of the Lickey Incline banking engines at work are featured alongside a table of just three hour's observations on the lengendary incline in 1952. north east roundhouses - The roundhouse locomotive shed made for some great photographic opportunities - particularly for a 'new wave' photographer of lan Krauses's ability. comment - Prompted by decay and dereliction on the Railtrack network Editor Chris Leigh considers the 'rail travel experience.' call attention - In our regular pot pourri of railway tit-bits, we visit the remains of the Fairford branch, and turn the spotlight on a banker that got left behind. farewell TO steam - AT 97MPH THROUGH essendine! - In an article written in 1961 but never published, the late G. Millinson describes a Leeds-London footplate journey - his personal farewell to steam. long lost branches - David Holmes presents a selection of views of long-closed branch lines. platform - The regular spread of readers' letters reveals some favourite spotting locations, finds the answers to those mystery photographs discovered at an auction, and remembers the Brill branch. reviews - The latest railway publications and a film made thirty years ago and never before released on video come under the scrutiny of our reviewers. oakham - 1954 - The county town of Rutland was photographed by Aerofilms with a Beyer-Garratt passing. the foggy log - 6 - R.H.N. Hardy continues his treatise on the good and the bad of Great Central locomotives. the decline OF STEAM AT swindon works - Using his logs of visits made from 1955 onwards, Paul Leavens reminds us of the variety which could once be seen at the GWR workshops. colour discoveries - A new selection of original colour transparencies from the camera of Richard Jelves. all things considered - In his regular column, Andrew Dow turns the spotlight on mi!eposts and highlights some curious designs. hornby's stations - Roving colour photographer Frank Hornby presents a selection of splendid station photographs from his files. at THE platform end - Brian Robbins took these four views of 'Pacifies' at the beginning and end of their journey, capturing a popular image on film. Cover - In May 1959 'Castle' No. 7027 Thornbury Castle speeds through Sonning cutting with a Cheltenham-Paddington express.
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