Trains of Thought West Sussex Seaside Termini 1: Littlehampton Not somewhere that immediately springs to mind as a railway town but, as Stanley Jenkins relates, the creation of a short LB&SCR branch line from Ford in 1863 helped to open up Littlehampton as a resort and ferry port. Woodford Halse Engine Shed Wallace Hill looks at the rise and fall of one of the Great Central Railway's best-known engine sheds, the presence of which altered forever the character of a small Northamptonshire village. Steam Days in Colour 86: Steam Cameraman - Dick Riley Great Western Branch Line Services As one of the most prolific photographers of British Railways steam, R.C. Riley specialised in the use of colour film. In the first part of a series looking at his work, we enjoy a selection of his images of Western Region branch line services. Five Routes to Trent Named after the nearby river, Trent was a station without a town that was sited where Midland main line from London diverged for Derby, Chesterfield, and Nottingham, with the Castle Donington route also incoming. Roderick H. Fowkes tracks the life of this country junction station and recalls its operation during the six years he served there. Strangers on Great North of Scotland Railway Metals Keith Jones looks at 'foreign' steam locomotives that found regular use over the company's network from pre-Grouping days, through the LNER era, until the end of British Railways (Scottish Region) steam in the area. Tail Lamp - Readers' Letters