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Riddles 'Austerity' 2-8-0s - Andrew Wilson takes a detailed look at the life and times of those Riddles 'Austerity' 2-8-0 freight locomotives in War Department service overseas and in 'Big Four' and BR ownership, some of which lasted until 1967 in the north of England and Scotland.
Fawley Oil Traffic - Jeffery Grayer recalls the remarkable variety of motive power that could be found on the steam-worked oil trains which ran to and from the Fawley Refinery in Hampshire during the 1950s and early 1960s.
STEAM DAYS in Colour a€ 1: The West Country - in the first of a NEW MONTHLY THEMATIC ""ALL COLOUR' PHOTO-FEATURE depicting the work of some of the top exponents of colour photography in the railway field, Peter W. Gray provides us with his contribution covering the days of steam in the West Country.
A day in the life of Hellifield South Junction Signalbox - Stephen Flabone studies the Train Register of 14 December 1960 from Hellifield South Junction Signalbox and provides information on the trains that passed over a 24-hour period during that day, and the motive power used on these trains, together with the other train movements at Hellifield on that day.
Strathmore Branch Lines - A number of former Caledonian Railway branches and connecting lines diverged from the Strathmore main line between Stanley Junction and Kinnaber Junction, and David Anderson briefly describes the history of these lines and the railways which were centred around Forfar and Brechin.
Tail Lamp - Readers' Letters