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rains of Thought Memories of 1950s' Steam in South Wales and the Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway - Meic Batten looks back to over forty years ago and his days working on the railway in South Wales, and describes a memorable trip as a passenger over the MT&A line from Abergavenny to Merthyr. The 'Claud Hamilton' 4-4-0s of the Great Eastern Railway - W.A.T. Aves takes a look at a popular class of locomotive, its various sub-classes, and the duties of engines in the class. Kensington (Addison Road) a€ London's forgotten station? - Michael Harris outlines the life and times of a station that began life as a modest terminus at a canal basin, and then became a busy through station. The Railways of Leith - The area to the east of Edinburgh towards the ports of Leith and Granton has an interesting railway history involving the NBR and the Caledonian, and David Anderson describes the workings and traffic in this area, and the motive power seen there in the days of steam. Ashchurch to Malvern (MR) - David Postle takes a look at a Midland Railway line which started in Gloucestershire and ended in Worcestershire, its infrastructure, its traffic which included ambulance trains during the war, and the motive power to be seen on the line. Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters Book Reviews Cover: The Great Eastern Railway 'Claud Hamilton' 4-4-0s a€" in all their forms a€" feature in this issue of Steam Days magazine, and here at the M&GN station at South Lynn, on 14 June 1958, we see, awaiting departure with its train just one month before the engine's withdrawal. King's Lynn-based 'D16/3' No 62614. South Lynn station now looks weather-beaten and in a poor state of repair just prior to its closure the following year.
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