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The Tooting, Merton & Wimbledon Railway - William H. Smith provides a detailed history of this almost circular Joint L&SWR & LB&SCR route east of Wimbledon in South London, which was worked by an interesting variety of motive power over the years.
Lineside Cameraman a€ David Fish - Photofeature
The Blyth & Tyne Railway a€" 'The mouse that roared' - Terry Wright relates the history of the Blyth & Tyne Railway which lay to the east of the East Coast main line between Newcastle-on-Tyne and Morpeth a€" an interesting area of extensive coal mining.
Steam Days at Kilmarnock - David Anderson
Steam on the Tilbury Line - Recent main-line steam workings have re-awakened interest in past steam operations on Thames-side, which deserve a better hearing, as Michael Harris points out.
Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters
Cover: In this Issue of the magazine we take a look at that very interesting Industrial part of Great Britain which was served by the BIyth & Tyne Railway, and which included busy collieries such as Ashington, Bedlington, and Backworth. Predominant in the area on the coal trains during the last days of steam in the 1960s were the 'J27' 0-6-0s, No 65875 of which is pictured at Ashington Colliery preparing to leave with loaded coal hoppers. No 65875 was one of the batch of 'J27s' Introduced by the LNER in 1943.
The Tooting, Merton & Wimbledon Railway - William H. Smith provides a detailed history of this almost circular Joint L&SWR & LB&SCR route east of Wimbledon in South London, which was worked by an interesting variety of motive power over the years.
Lineside Cameraman a€ David Fish - Photofeature
The Blyth & Tyne Railway a€" 'The mouse that roared' - Terry Wright relates the history of the Blyth & Tyne Railway which lay to the east of the East Coast main line between Newcastle-on-Tyne and Morpeth a€" an interesting area of extensive coal mining.
Steam Days at Kilmarnock - David Anderson
Steam on the Tilbury Line - Recent main-line steam workings have re-awakened interest in past steam operations on Thames-side, which deserve a better hearing, as Michael Harris points out.
Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters
Cover: In this Issue of the magazine we take a look at that very interesting Industrial part of Great Britain which was served by the BIyth & Tyne Railway, and which included busy collieries such as Ashington, Bedlington, and Backworth. Predominant in the area on the coal trains during the last days of steam in the 1960s were the 'J27' 0-6-0s, No 65875 of which is pictured at Ashington Colliery preparing to leave with loaded coal hoppers. No 65875 was one of the batch of 'J27s' Introduced by the LNER in 1943.
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