Trains of Thought

Britain's Titled Trains 17: The'Capitals Limited'/'Elizabethan' - Michael Harris relates the post-war triumph for the LNER 'A4' Pacifics, working an express that was the successor of the summertime non-stop London to Edinburgh runs of the pre-war 'Flying Scotsman'.

The Spennymoor Branch - Former signalman Colin Ryder describes a North Eastern Railway line in the County of Durham which was rarely frequented by railway enthusiasts, a line near where he lived as a young lad.

Life before Preservation 20: Bodmin & Wenford Railway - Stanley Jenkins takes a look at another of Britain's preserved railways prior to closure by BR, and considers the history and past times of a Cornish railway which was eventually operated by both the GWR and the L&SWR/SR, part of its Great Western line now one of the many preserved lines in Britain.

Euston in Camera - Brian Morrison compiles a pictorial tribute to London's Euston terminus in BR's days of steam workings.

Gresley's 6ft 2in Mikados - The 'P2' 2-8-2s - Andrew Wilson relates the story of one of Nigel Gresley's most impressive designs - The Mikados - eventually converted by Edward Thompson into Pacific locomotives.

Lineside Lens: Reading-Guildford-Redhill-Tonbridge - Compiled by John Booth

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Readers' Letters

Cover: LNER streamlined locomotives feature prominently in this issue of the magazine, from the 'A4' Pacifics which hauled the 'Capitals Umited'/'Elizabethan' expresses to the LNER 'P2/2' 2-8-2s. At Newcastle Central station we see the down 'Elizabethan' on 14 June 1958 - the 9.30am King's Cross-Edinburgh (Waverley) - on this occasion hauled by 'A4' Pacific No 60031 Golden Plover.