Trains of Thought

Francis Webb's L&NWR Coal Engine Family - W. A. T. Aves describes both the 0-6-0 and 0-6-2T 'Coal Engines' of the L&NWR and the duties performed by them.

Simply the best! - Freight Trains in LNER Days - Another small selection of photographs from the many excellent pictures held in the Rail Archive Stephenson Collection, this time portraying LNER freight workings over the period 1923 to 1947.

A day out with 'Oliver' - Fred Goulding describes working on the footplate of BR 'Britannia' Pacific No 70013 Oliver Cromwell in 1964 after this engine was transferred to Carlisle (Kingmoor) depot.

Southern Push-Pull Trains - The evolution of push-pull, or motor-train working, on the Southern Railway and BR (Southern Region) was full of interest, as Michael Harris reveals.

Railways around Stirling - David Anderson traces the development of the railway system of Lowland Scotland from Stirling and Alloa in the north, to Falkirk and the River Forth ports of Grangemouth and Bo'ness in the south of the region.

West Wales Remembered - Chris Gammell recalls visits to West Wales in the 1950s and 1960s and relates a little of the railway history of the area

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Cover: This month in Steam Days we take a trip into West Wales, visited by Chris Gammell in the 1950s and 1960s, and he recalls some of those visits in his article. In August 1962 he travelled over the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line as far as Pencader, the location seen here as No 7818 Granville Manor is pictured with a Carmarthen to Aberystwyth train in June 1961.