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rains of Thought The Riddles Franco-Crosti 2-10-0s - Andrew Wilson takes a look at those ten unique BR '9F' 2-10-0s that were fitted with special boilers in an unsuccessful attempt to save coal and increase efficiency. The 'Chatham' at Gravesend - John N. Young provides a potted railway history of Gravesend, and particularly the branch to Gravesend West and its ferry services to Tilbury and Rotterdam. - Past Masters - Norris Forrest in Perthshire and Angus - Compiled by Keith Jones Another thematic photo-feature depicting the work of railway photographers who are sadly no longer with us. A Journey Remembered - Pure nostalgia, as Peter Craske, describing his journey, thinks back to his childhood over forty years ago when, every August, he was put on the Torbay Express' at Paddington to visit his Great Aunt for the summer in Devon. Special Traffic - Blackpool, The Paradise of Pleasure, and its Excursion Traffic Michael Harris, in another of his articles covering Special Traffic once handled by our railways in the days of steam, reviews the holiday traffic, and excursions that, from the late-1800s, converged on the famous Lancashire seaside resort of Blackpool with thousands of holiday-makers. Steam Days at King's Lynn - Stanley Jenkins studies the fascinating railway history of tDis North Norfolk coastal town, its docks, two stations, and sheds, and the involvement of the GER and M&GN in the area. Tail Lamp a€ Readers' Letters Cover: This month in Steam Days we look at those fascinating ten Franco-Crosti Riddles 9F 2-10-0s that were introduced in 1955 but, before 1961 was out, had all been converted, as the modification to save coal and increase efficiency had proved unsuccessful. All ten engines of the class started life working from Wellingborough, where this scene was captured as ex-Crosti 2-10-0 No 92021 (having been rebuilt in June 1960) heads south, light engine, later that year, and passes the signalbox at the end of station's island platform, having come off shed. fan L. Wright LNER/GER, N/Norfolk Steam Days at Kings Lynn
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