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Trains of Thought The Whithorn Branch - Stanley Jenkins takes a look at the history and workings of a branch line in South-West Scotland which left the Dumfries to Stranraer 'Port Road' at Newton Stewart. Lineside Lens a€ The East Suffolk Line and its branches - Compiled by Michael Harris Great Western 'Kings' in the 1950s a€" A Constant Challenge - Richard Woodley looks at the performances and duties of the pride of the Great Western fleet in the decade following the Nationalisation of Britain's railways. Signalboxes of the Southern Railway Part One: Early SR Boxes a€" South Western Section - G. A. Pryer (Signalling Record Society). Walton Memories - Clive Boardman recalls his days as a footplateman when working from Walton-on-the-Hill shed at Liverpool from 1958 until the early 1960s. The Border Counties Railway - David Anderson provides a brief history of a fascinating NBR line which ran from Hexham in Northumberland to Riccarton Junction on the Waverley Route. Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters Cover: The impressive Great Western 'Kings' feature prominently in this issue of Steam Days magazine in an article detailing the duties of these engines and their performances in the 1950s. Our cover picture shows Laira's No 6025 King Henry III, double-headed with 'Castle' No 5058 Earl of Clancarty at Newton Abbot on 14 July 1955 when on the down 10.35am Paddington to Penzance express. The 'King' had arrived with the 10.30am express from Paddington prior to assisting the train seen here on to Plymouth.
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