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Glasgow (Queen Street) in the 1950s and 1960s - David Anderson recalls the 1950s' and 1960s' scene at Queen Streets High-Level and Low-Level stations in Glasgow, and reviews the train services that worked in and out of these two stations at that time, together with the motive power that could be seen.
Travels over the London Extension - from late 1964 until the end of steam in September 1966, Keith Widdowson decided to make as many journeys as possible by train over the doomed former GCR line between London (Marylebone) and Nottingham Victoria, and he recalls some of those memorable journeys made by him at that time.
Railtour Memories a€ West Yorkshire to The Festiniog - Richard Smithies looks back to July 1962 when he joined the RCTS railtour from Bradford to the Festiniog Railway in North Wales, being hauled by an amazing selection of motive power throughout the day.
Churchward's Moguls a€" The GWR's '4300' class 2-6-0s - W. A. T. Aves provides a detailed study of those well-used Great Western mixed-traffic locomotives that could be found on a variety of duties throughout the entire GWR system, providing details of certain modifications to these engines over the years.
Steam Days at Barnstaple - Stanley Jenkins takes an historic look at the railways in and around Barnstaple in North Devon in the days of steam, providing details of L&SWR, Southern, Great Western, and Lynton & Barnstaple Railway services, and the locomotives that could be witnessed in the area during those halcyon days.
Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters