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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
rains of Thought Hull (Paragon) a€ Steam Days Remembered - Dennis Robinson recalls BR days at this North Yorkshire terminus, with its variety of ex-LNER motive power, until the arrival of the diesels. G&SWR Locomotives after James Manson - Philip Atkins Steaming to The Front - The Contribution of Britain's Railways to the Great War - Steve Dymond Signalboxes of the L&SWR - Part Two a€" The L&SWR Type One Box - G. A. Fryer Simply the best...Great Eastern Lines in the 1950s - The third in a series of Regional Photo Features comprising just a small selection of the many excellent pictures held in the Rail Archive Stephenson Collection. Bedford Depot in the 1950s - F. G. Cockman recalls the railway scene at Bedford during the 1950s and the changes in motive power at the depot, together with the duties performed. Life before Preservation a€" 11: West Somerset Railway - Michael Harris takes a look at another of Britain's preserved railways, prior to closure by BR. Tail Lamp Cover: This month in Steam Days we include the third in our series of thematic photo features illustrating just a few of the many fine black & white pictures and colour slides held in the Rail Archive Stephenson collection. The subject this time is 'Great Eastern lines in the 1950s', and in this scene Doncaster-built 'N7/3' 0-6-2T No 69715 passes Manor Road Sidings with the 4.51pm Liverpool Street to Enfield Town train, formed of a Gresley quintuplet set, on 13 May 1959.
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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