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EOL>Trains of Thought Named Locomotives and their Origins - The GWR & BR Welsh Marches 'Castle' class 4-6-0s Part One: The 11th Century Norman Strongholds - Chris Andrews looks at the links between some of the castles built on the Welsh border and the Collett 'Castle' class 4-6-0 locomotives that carried their names. In Part One we look at the principal fortifications and their associated locomotives. Helensburgh and Balloch - David Anderson describes the history and development of the now-electrified West Clydeside railway routes to Helensburgh and Balloch via Dumbarton, and the railway-owned steamers that operated from Craigendoran on the River Clyde and on Loch Lomond. STEAM DAYS in Colour - 41: Freight, parcels, and ballast trains in Nottinghamshire Goods, minerals, and parcels traffic was the life-blood of the steam railway, and through the lens of Keith Pirt's camera we can sample the diversity of these workings that passed through Nottinghamshire between 1957 and 1964. STEAM DAYS at Coventry - Stanley Jenkins takes a detailed took at the development of the railways in and around the cathedral city of Coventry. Britain's Titled Trains 32: The 'Royal Wessex' - Roger Haigh recounts the life and times of the 'Royal Wessex' a€ one of the few named trains to run between Waterloo, Bournemouth Central, and Weymouth whose origins date back to L&SWR days. Tail lamp a€" Readers' Letters Cover: Taking a look this month at some of the GWR/WR 'Castle' class 4-6-Os that were named after various Norman strongholds situated near to the Welsh border with England we see Swindon-based No 5023 Brecon Castle at Chalford at 8.03am on 17 August 1959 when hauling the 7.05am Cheltenham to Paddington train as it storms round the curve with its train.
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