rains of Thought The Hawksworth 'Modified Halls' of the Great Western Railway - The 71 'Modified Halls' built by the GWR and British Railways were the last in a long line of Swindon-built 4-6-Os, and Andrew Wilson provides a detailed survey of these handsome mixed-traffic locomotives. The New Romney Branch - Kent is a county of contrasts, with the ancient Weald, rolling downlands, hop-fields, and the windswept expanses of Romney Marsh, and Stanley Jenkins takes us on a train journey through time along the remote New Romney branch line. STEAM DAYS in Colour - 35: Ex-LNER Steam around Sheffield - The late Keith Pirt spent many happy hours photographing steam around Sheffield in the 1950s and 1960s, and in this month's all-colour photo-feature we take a look at his portrayal of former LNER steam at work in that area at that time. Kittybrewster - The 61 A Story - Keith Jones of the Great North of Scotland Railway Association provides us with a detailed history of Aberdeen's GNSR depot at Kittybrewster from its inception in the 1850s until its eventual closure in 1967. Derby Works in Midland Railway Days - Derby Works was synonymous with all things Midland Railway, and this month Roger Haigh takes a detailed look at the steam locomotives built at the Works between 1851 and 1922, prior to the Midland Railway being swallowed up by the LMS. Tail Lamp a€ Readers' Letters Cover: In this issue of the magazine we take a look at the GWR/BR-built 'Modified Halls', and here we see Didcot-based No 6969 Wraysbury Hall on Weymouth shed with a variety of other motive power on 4 July 1964. The locomotive is fitted with a Collett 4,000 gallon tender.