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rains of Thought The Southern Railway's Maunsell 'K' and 'U' Classes; The 'River' class 2-6-4TS and the 6ft 2-6-0s - Chris Andrews describes the turbulent times of the handsome but flawed 'River' class tank engines that evolved into the versatile 'U' class Moguls. Great Western Freight Workings in Mid-Wales - An often-neglected aspect of the workings of the pre-nationalisation railway companies is the diverse nature of the goods traffic that they handled. Ted Davies surveys the provision made by the GWR to handle freight on the Mid-Wales District. STEAM DAYS in Colour 32: Pre-Grouping LNER Engines in BR Days - Many locomotives from the pre-Grouping railways, built before 1923, survived into BR days, and in this month's all-colour photo-feature we take a glance at some those locomotives from the Great North of Scotland, the North British, the Great Eastern, and North Eastern Railway Companies. Stranraer and Portpatrick - David Anderson describes the railway and maritime history of the South-West Scottish port of Stranraer, its neighbouring Cairnryan, the demise of Portpatrick, and the development of the ferry routes and th steamers that plied the short sea passage from there to Northern Ireland Brunswick Engine Shed (Liverpool) - Barry Alien reminisces about the heyday of this little-known ex-Cheshire Lines Committee locomotive depot in South Liverpool, with tales of its many characters, from its shed staff and enginemen to its signalbox staff. Tail Lamp a€ Readers' Letters Cover: In this issue of the magazine we take a look at some of those pre-Grouping classes of locomotives which became LNER engines and survived into BR days, and in a picturesque setting in July 1959 we see former North British 'C15' 4-4-2T No 67474 as it awaits departure from Arrochar station with an afternoon push-pull train to Craigendoran.
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