rains of Thought British Atlantic Locomotives - R. A. S. Hennessey takes a detailed look at one of the classic locomotive types that could be found on Britain's railways in the days of steam a€ the 4-4-2 locomotive. The Wellington to Craven Arms Line - Stanley Jenkins provides a short illustrated history of a rural Great Western line in Shropshire which crossed the Severn Valley Railway at Buildwas, and which between Buildwas and Craven Arms lost its passenger service in 1951. Lineside Lens a€" Bradford to Leeds (GNR) - Compiled by Andrew Wilson Gowhole Sidings - Eddie Johnson describes the workings of a Midland Railway freight complex set in the heart of the Peak District. The NBR Reid 'N14' and 'N15' 0-6-2Ts and their duties - David Anderson takes an illustrated look at the North British Railway's tank locomotives whose duties included banking trains up Cowlairs bank, Glasgow, station pilot duties, and also general short freight work. Scuttling the Fleet! a€"The Last Days of the 'Lord Nelsons' - Jeffery Grayer recalls the end of the line for the sixteen members of Maunsell's 'Lord Nelson' class of 4-6-Os which, in the space of just eighteen months, was to be rendered extinct on. the Southern Region of British Railways. Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters Cover: This month in Steam Days magazine we take a general look at the 4-4-2 Atlantic locomotives that were operated by a variety of railway companies prior to Nationalisation in 1948, and even after that date. The last surviving Atlantic locomotive to be in steam was the former LB&SCR -H2' 4-4-2 No 32424 Beachy Head, working until 1958 when the 'Atlantic Era' sadly came to an end. This impressive locomotive, as seen in this view, was used by the RCTS on the 'Brighton Works Centenary Special' on 5 October 1952, and is pictured awaiting departure from the Brighton terminus with that train with eight Pullman coaches in tow
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