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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
rains of Thought Scotland's First Inter-City Route - The Edinburgh to Glasgow Line - David Anderson describes the busy North British Railway route between Scotland's two major cities and the motive power used on this line in the days of steam. Thompson 'L1' 2-6-4Ts - Andrew Wilson Commuting to Wellington - Michael Page, who in the mid-1960s commuted to his place of employment near Wellington (Shropshire) from Bilston, near Wolverhampton, recalls the motive power and traffic seen in this area at that time. Past Masters a€ Arthur Cawston - Express Passenger Trains in Kent - Compiled by J. S. Whiteley A Visit to Swindon Works - Brian Morrison recalls visits to this ex-Great Western Railway Locomotive Works in the 1950s, and provides illustrations. THE STEAM DAYS INTERVIEWS - ""I got about and kept my ears open"" - In the third in this series of interviews, Michael Harris talks to Tom King, who ended his 48-year career on the railway in 1963 and still retains a keen interest in railways today at the age of 98. Tail Lamp and Reviews Cover: Bristol (Barrow Road) shed's 'Patriot', No 45519 Lady Godiva, sets out from Derby (Midland) station on 25 May 1959 with the northbound 'Devonian'. Barrow Road made the best of the trio of these engines allocated there in the late 1950s/ early 1960s and, as on this occasion, they saw employment on the principal express passenger jobs. The northbound 'Devonian' was covered by a set of the shed's men on a lodging turn to Leeds, as recounted in our 'Steam Days Interview' which features Driver Tom King, who was at Bristol (Barrow Road) shed from 1936 to 1963.
Article Snippets
This month in Steam Days we take a look at the inter-city route from Edinburgh (Waverley) to Glasgow (Queen Street). From 1957, diesel multiple-units were used on services over this route, and in this scene from July 1957 a diesel unit departs from Waverley station with an afternoon train for Glasgow. Simultaneously, 'A3' Pacific No 60099 Call Boy leaves for Perth.
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