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rains of Thought Bow Works and Devons Road Shed a€ North London Railway - Chris Andrews investigates the life and times of the North London Railway's Bow Works which remained active for 104 years and was located in the heart of London's East End, and the Devons Road locomotive depot. Britain's Titled Trains 29: 'The Talisman' and 'Fair Maid' - In another article in our long-running series looking at Titled Trains which ran in the days of steam, Roger Haigh takes a detailed look at the Eastern Region's 'Talisman' and 'Fair Maid'. Introduced by British Railways in 1956 as a high-speed link between London and Edinburgh The Talisman' survived into the 'Deltic' era. STEAM DAYS in Colour 26: Worcester to Oxford - The closing years of steam-hauled trains on the Worcester to Oxford main line is our featured time and location for this month's 'All-Colour' photo-feature - a period when 'Castles', 'Halls', and 'BR '9F' 2-10-0s were still hard at work on this part of the Western Region. Steam Days at Canterbury - Stanley Jenkms describes the development of the railways in and around the ancient Kent city of Canterbury, whose days of steam-hauled trains date back to 1830. The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway - The Locomotives of the LNER take-over - Bill Aves takes a detailed look at the charismatic locomotives built by the M&GNJR to work its trains over its mainly single-track lines in Eastern England, and those locomotives which worked trains over the M&GN system after it became part of the LNER. Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters Cover In this month's issue of the magazine we feature the Worcester to Oxford main fine in full colour, and our cover picture stows Collett -Grange class 4-6-0 No 6852 Headbourne Grange in charge of a down vans train as is passes Norton Halt soon after crossing the Birmingham to Bnstol Midland main line, and heads towards Worcester on the GW/LMS Joint line on a bright April day in 1963.
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