Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Wansford - a country station - Peter J. Waszak - Profile of a rural station on the Northampton & Peterborough Railway, and its facilities, people and services over the years. Unlike most of its kind, Wansford has survived - to become the headquarters of a preserved railway.
The Liverpool Overhead Railway - K. Longbottom - Twenty-eight years have passed since one of Britain's pioneer electric railways shut up shop. The LOR was a distinctive and well-loved institution which could claim several railway 'firsts'.
Letters
Plain Track
Overseas Steam Scene - Bill Alborough on his magic carpet; reporting on steam workings around the world.
New Books - Changing times on the Brighton Railway
M. J. Cruttenden - What were the railways of the last century like in day-to-day operation? Labour relations on the LBSC at the start of the 1870s give an insight into the motivations of the men and management of long ago.
Bigger is beautiful - Michael Hams - With the extension to Kidderminster under its belt, it seems a good opportunity to look at the Severn Valley Railway at the end of a momentous year.
Atmospheres of Steam - Geoff Silcock - 'When the one that got away, came back' - Main line steam operations on BR had their problems in 1984, but one memorable interlude came with the visit of' A4' Pacific No 60009 south of the Border, down Mallerstang way . . .
Western Watchmen - Take a couple of observers and cameras and a day alongside the WR main line out of Paddington, at West Haling, and the result is a sharp eye on railway operating today.
Preservation Scene
Rail Report
The Liverpool Overhead Railway - K. Longbottom - Twenty-eight years have passed since one of Britain's pioneer electric railways shut up shop. The LOR was a distinctive and well-loved institution which could claim several railway 'firsts'.
Letters
Plain Track
Overseas Steam Scene - Bill Alborough on his magic carpet; reporting on steam workings around the world.
New Books - Changing times on the Brighton Railway
M. J. Cruttenden - What were the railways of the last century like in day-to-day operation? Labour relations on the LBSC at the start of the 1870s give an insight into the motivations of the men and management of long ago.
Bigger is beautiful - Michael Hams - With the extension to Kidderminster under its belt, it seems a good opportunity to look at the Severn Valley Railway at the end of a momentous year.
Atmospheres of Steam - Geoff Silcock - 'When the one that got away, came back' - Main line steam operations on BR had their problems in 1984, but one memorable interlude came with the visit of' A4' Pacific No 60009 south of the Border, down Mallerstang way . . .
Western Watchmen - Take a couple of observers and cameras and a day alongside the WR main line out of Paddington, at West Haling, and the result is a sharp eye on railway operating today.
Preservation Scene
Rail Report
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