Trains of Thought Steam Days at Llandudno Junction Established as the junction at the heart of the North Wales Coast main line, Stanley Jenkins examines Chester & Holyhead Railway, L&NWR, LMS and British Railways operations in Llandudno and its hinterland. Steam Days in Colour 96: The Waverley Route This former North British Railway main line route is presently in the news as its January 1969 closure is partly being reversed to offer a new commuter route into Edinburgh from Tweedbank, beyond Galashiels, including 35 miles of 'new' passenger railway, but we look back at the BR steam era, when the line was still graced by through services from Carlisle. The Adams Radial Tanks The '0415' class 4-4-2Ts were standard passenger tanks of the L&SWR pre-electrification, but, as David Thrower explains, eviction from London was not the end of their story, which also embraces country branch line, Highland Railway, and military use, and ultimately concludes with preservation. Names, Nicknames and Jargon - the 'whys' and 'wherefores' Samuel Hollis looks at the nomenclature associated with steam locomotive classes. Tail Lamp - Readers' Letters
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