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Recollections of the 1960s in and around Dumfries - David Cross looks back more than thirty years to the days when, as a young 1ad, he and his father a€ the late Derek Cross a€" regularly visited the area around Dumfries to witness the railway scene as the end of steam was fast approaching.
Steam Days at Colchester - Michael Harris
The Riddles '75000' 4MT 4-6-0s - Andrew Wilson
A Visit to Eastleigh Works - Brian Morrison recalls visits to this Southern Region Locomotive Works in the 1950s, complete with illustrations.
By L&NWR to Barry Island - John Hodge describes and illustrates the excursion traffic which, in the 1950s, travelled down the Sirhowy Valley in South Wales from Nantybwch, conveying day-trippers to the sea, sands, and fun-fair of Barry Island.
By Train and Bus to East Gloucestershire and West Oxfordshire - Chris Gammell recalls a 1959 trip over the Abingdon and Fairford branches, and those branches converging on Kemble, returning to the Fairford branch just prior to its closure in 1962.
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Cover: This month in Steam Days we cover 'Steam Days at Colchester' a€" the 21st Steam Days article in this series featuring a particular rail-centre. In the 1950s the 'B1' 4-6-0s were a regular sight at this Great Eastern location, and here we see No 61280 of this class at Colchester with the 3.33pm Clacton to Liverpool Street train on 13 September 1958.