Trains of Thought
THE STEAM DAYS INTERVIEWS - Pre-Grouping Railwayman Vinson Gulliver - In the first in a series of interviews with railwaymen from a past era, Hugh Madgin relates the fascinating story, revealed by 108-year-old Vinson Gulliver 'the oldest man in Britain' of his life on the railway which started in 1904.
The Stourbridge Extension - Stanford Jacobs describes the Great Western Route from Stourbridge Junction to Handsworth Junction, Birmingham, and its motive power and traffic in the days of steam.
The 'Cinderella' Standards - The Riddles '3MT 82000 2-6-2Ts - Andrew Wilson
Southern Steam off the Beaten Track - John H. Bird recalls some of the South-Western Diversions of the 1950s/1960s which brought Bournemouth trains over the Portsmouth Direct line and 'over the Alps' through Alton.
Holiday Express - 3: To Skegness, from Leicester & Nottingham - Michael Harris
Steam Days at Ayr - David Anderson
Tail Lamp
Cover: 'Steam Days at Ayr' In this month's issue features the variety of train workings in the area, including those serving the Ayrshire coalfield. This appropriately wintry scene was captured at Patna on the Dalmellington branch and depicts LMS Hughes '6P5F- 2-6-0 No 42800 on an Ayr-Waterside train of empty 16-ton mineral wagons.