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rains of Thought The Somerset & Dorset Revisited - Steve Bartlett takes us back to the summer of 1963 and a day spent travelling steam-hauled over the cross-country route from Bath (Green Pai to Bournemouth West, as well as from Evercreech Junction to Highbridi By Train to Hayfield - Former signalman Herbert Fletcher's memories of his life on the Hayfiel branch from Manchester (London Road) in the days of steam are relate here by his son, David, in an article supplemented by a short history of the line by Eddie Johnson. STEAM DAYS in Colour 40: Pacific Power in Scotland - Enjoy the magnificent sight of some of the Pacific locomotives that frequentec the lines in Scotland during the 1960s in this month's All-Colour photo-feature The Stroudley Terriers' of the LB&SCR - John Key examines the life and times of the 'A1' and 'A1X' 0-6-OTs of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, the Southern Railway, and British Railways. The Cherwell Connection - Memories of the end of Western Region Steam between Oxford and Banbury - Keith Widdowson describes his visits and trips on steam-hauled trains over the Cherwell Valley line during 1965 where former Great Western steam locomotives were still working Class '1' express trains. Tail Lamp a€ Readers' Letters Cover: In this month's issue of the magazine our all-colour photo-feature looks at the Pacific locomotives that remained at work in Scotland during the 1960s. As an appetiser, our cover picture shows Peppercorn 'A2' Pacific No 60532 Blue Peter in charge of the 13.30 Aberdeen to Glasgow 3-hour express on 1 September 1966 as it heads south of Stonehaven. A long-term resident of Aberdeen (Ferryhill) shed No 60532 was saved from the cutter's torch and has seen two spells of work back on the main line, but a third major overhaul is required before it can run again.
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