Glasshouse - by George Reeve
War Report
DIESEL DAWN - Second Salvo
STATION SURVEY - New Street Birmingham - by Mike Hitches
Hitchin's Hundred - by David Percival
Female Charm by Stephen Summerson
Night and Day
Stranger in the Night - by John Aviard
Thirties File
Modelling Moment
Cover Photo. Strange times on the Ainmouth - Ainwick line, 20th May 1966. Now a V2 on this line was odd fare indeed, and the story goes that this particular loco had been hijacked by Ainmouth shed. Readers' comments would be most welcome if any of what follows is wrong, but it makes a good tale for all that. 60836 was a Scottish engine at the time, at Dundee, and had wandered up to Tyneside with a freight. It had run hot, was taken under repair and sent home. Steam power was drastically short in'the district, through rundown and general collapse and as the V2 passed by. Ainmouth found the temptation irresistible. Power was power and the V2 was seized, It stood in well for the KIs, regulars since the demise of J39s and other ghosts, and before complaint from Scotland reached the sort of pitch where it became impossible to cling on to 60836. it was put to even humbler K1 tasks - coal to Amble Harbour for ins tance. from collieries such as Shilbottle and Whittle. 60836 got back to Dundee to finally meet its end at the Motherwell Machinery and Scrap Co. in 1967