Trains of Thought
Life before Preservation - 33: Swindon & Cricklade Railway (M&SWJR) - In another article covering the life of a line, a section of which now forms part of today's preservation scene, Colin Maggs provides a potted history of the Midland & South Western Junction line from Swindon Town to Cirencester (Watermoor) prior to closure by BR, part of which now forms the preserved Swindon & Cricklade Railway.
Named Locomotives and their Origins - The British Empire 'Jubilee' 4-6-0s of the LMS - The African Collection - A vast amount of the LMS 'Jubilees' were named after colonies in the British Empire, many of these countries, since Independence, having taken on new names, and Andrew Wilson takes a look at those 'Jubilees' named after those colonies that were in Africa, and includes a little history about these countries.
Old King Coal - Another photo-feature depicting the evocative photography of Tony Brown, this time describing, in words and pictures, the coal-mining scene in Wales and Scotland and the men who worked in those mines, and that special atmosphere witnessed in those mining communities.
Lines from Sheffield Victoria - Eddie Johnson provides a detailed history of the former Great Central station at Sheffield Victoria and the lines which converged on it, together with the traffic which used the station in the days of steam and the motive power seen on these trains.
'The Scotsman'Van - Sandy Maclean describes the vehicles used for transporting The Scotsman' newspaper overnight from Edinburgh to Glasgow from the late 1800s until BR days.
'Arthurian'Travel in the late-1950s - Following the article on the Southern Railway's 'King Arthurs' named after Knights of the Round Table which appeared in the June 2003 issue of this magazine, David Maidment provides further information on some of these locomotives and the legends relating to those they were named after, and recalls his experiences being hauled by some of these engines in the late-1950s.
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Cover: This month we take a look at those LMS 'Jubilees' which were named after African Commonwealth countries, with a little history of these countries thrown in for good measurea. One of the most-photographed of these engines was No 45595 Southern Rhodesia. which is pictured here, complete with its coat of arms over the nameplate, under the wires in the Trent Valley, between Milford and Heywood, accelerating over the River Trent while hauling the Crewe to Euston parcels train.