SWINDON'S LAST STAND? - The 'County' 4-6-Os were the last new design of main line locomotive by the Great Western Railway. Loved by some and disliked by others, were they just the result of Hawksworth's determination to build a big engine, or a genuine attempt to advance Swindon's ideas? J.K. Davies provides a new assessment
SECRETS AND LINES - In a labyrinth of old mine tunnels dose to the city of Bath, a narrow gauge railway served Ihe largest underground ammunition store in Ihe World. In the 1970s it was briefly opened to the public, but now, John Baxter examines Ihe derelict remains.
TON-UP FOR 'DONNY' - To mark the centenary of Doncaster woifts IB 1953, a special train ran from King's CHS&, using the two remaining Great Northern 'Atlantic' 4-4-2s. The Plant Centenarian* was to become one of the great enthusiasts' specials of the era, and is recalled here with photographs and memorabilia.
COMMENT - Prompted by the 30th anniversary of the end of BR steam, the Editor reflects on the 1960s as a decade in relation to railways - Beeching, corporate image and all.
CALL ATTENTION - This month's starter course of railway tit-bits includes milk churns, an unusual station gas lighting system, and the mystery of a couple of 'WD' 2-8-Os which seem to have swapped identities.
HALESOWEN - HAIL AND FAREWELL - The Halesowen 'branch' was a single track line which linked Great Western and Midland routes south west of Birmingham and served the Longbridge motor car factory. J.D. Wood concludes his recollections of this attractive railway.
TOTON - 1951 - For the Toton open days, we present an Aerofilms view of the yard area as it was in 1951
FOUR FOR THE DOCKS - Each of the 'big four" companies had it's own locomotives designed tor dock shunting. We present photographs of four of them
STEAM-HAULED To SEAHOUSES - The North Sunderland Railway was built to haul fish from the North Sea coast to the NER main line, lan Patterson recalls its 50-year struggle as one of Britain's most dilapidated railways.
NEVERERS AND PROMENADERS - The 'MNA' was a group of photographers who gained fame as unofficial locomotive cleaners during the last months of steam. In the tradition of anonymity, MNA recalls the last day of steam from an insiders' viewpoint.
WORK-SHADOWING WITH 'H.G. FORSYTHE' - The man behind the pen-name 'HG Forsythe', Carl Stratmann, spent a morning in 1961 watching Reading driver Jack Gardner prepare his 'Castle' for work on the Continental
PLATFORM 0 The readers' letters page this month remembers a Saltley driver, considers the subject of carriage cleaners and provides more details of the recent aerial photograph of Burton-on-Trent.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED - Regular columnist Andrew Dow examines the arms-length relationship which existed between Britain's independent railway manufacturing industry and the main line companies.
READING BETWEEN THE LINES - A new book of railway paintings and anecdotes.
THE CARRIAGE REGISTER - Grounded carriages logged by readers.

Cover: 'County' 4-6-0 No. 1000 County of Middlesex about to enter Dainton tunnel with a westbound express on September 23 1959.

Also Included in this issue is a 16-page Supplement "Nine Down, Three to Go"