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Trains of Thought - Always, Sometimes, Never Farnley Junction, Holbeck and Copley Hill engine sheds Richard smithies recalls his regular visits to three of the main line sheds in Leeds, between 1962 and 1964 when steam still reigned supreme. Reflections on the Wemyss Private Railway The North British Railway's failure to commit to the long term expansion of Methil Docks gave rise to an extraordinary colliery railway network in Fife that even defied Nationalisation of the coal industry. David P. Williams provides an historic overview and personal recollections. Steam Days in Colour 67: Southern four-coupled tank engines The Southern Region of British Railways inherited a diverse collection of pre-Grouping four-coupled tank engines from the Southern Railway, many of which were still hard at work in the early 1960s. Doncaster Works and its Locomotives - Part One - 1853 to 1923 Andrew Wilson describes the formative years of one of England's great railway workshops from the early days of the Great Northern Railway to the birth of the London & North Eastern Railway. Rails around Lianelly Part Two - Post-Nationalisation Roger Malyn and Alan Williams examine the railways that served the western part of the South Wales Coalfield in the light of post-war history. Tail Lamp - Readers' Letters
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