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Trains of Thought Memories of Wolverhampton (Low Level) - John Fleohorn looks back at the last two decades of steam at Wolverhampton (Low Level) station, that bastion of the GWR's Northern Division. Britain's Titled Trains 34: The 'Tees-Tyne Pullman' - Seen as the post-war successor to the 'Silver Jubilee' streamliner, Roger Haigh relates how the Tees-Tyne Pullman' never quite matched its famous predecessor until the heyday of the 'Deities'. STEAM DAYS In Colour - 51: Riddles Locomotives in Scotland - Love them or loath them, the Riddles-designed locomotives were a very important part of the locomotive scene during the last years of steam operation on British Railways. In this all-colour photo-feature we enjoy the sights of these distinctive designs at work north of the border. STEAM DAYS at Bangor - The ancient city of Bangor was an important railway centre on the North Wales coast. Stanley Jenkins unravels its history and links with the Britannia Tubular Bridge and the Chester & Holyhead line. The Withering of the Arm - Jeffery Grayer relates the final days and background to the closure of the North Cornwall and Bude lines which, following transfer to the Western Region, experienced dieselisation, rationalisation and ultimately amputation. Tail Lamp - Readers' Letters Cover: The BR Standard '4MT' 2-6-4Ts were allocated to Scotland in significant numbers and saw considerable use in and around Glasgow on the intensive suburban workings. Here we see two engines of the class, with No 80127 of Corkerhill shed piloting an unidentified engine, as they get away from Glasgow (St Enoch) station with a boat train to Greenock Pier in May 1959. No 80127 carries the usual Caledonian Railway route indicator on the centre lamp-bracket but has also had its front framing and buffers painted white, while the smokebox door hinges, dart, and numberplate have been painted red. No 80127 was relatively unusual among engines of the class in that it was only allocated to one shed, Corkerhill, going there new in November 1957 and being withdrawn from there in July 1964.
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