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rains of Thought Summer Saturdays at Salisbury in the 1950s - John Hodge recalls the Summer Saturdays he spent on Salisbury station in the 1950s watching, in particular, the endless stream of Southern Pacifics on the Waterloo and West of England expresses, and presents details of three of these days. The Wensleydale Railway a€ Northallerton to Hawes - Andrew Wilson provides a short history of a rural North Eastern Railway line which crossed the Pennines through picturesque countryside, and describes the passenger and freight services and the motive power seen on the line in the days of steam. Willesden Remembered - Geoff Ftixon was a regular visitor to Willesden Motive Power Depot from 1945 until the end of steam, and with the use of his own photographs illustrates the interesting scene there during that period. The 'Loch' and 'Small Ben' 4-4-Os of the Highland Railway - Two of the most popular classes of Highland Railway locomotives are reviewed by W. A. T. Aves, who provides details of their duties, modifications and allocations, and other informative data. Lineside Cameraman a€" Bob Leslie - A selection of photographs from the camera of another well-known railway photographer from the days of steam, together with some of his personal memories of those days. A 'Saintly' Encounter - With progress being made by the Great Western Society in creating a 'Saint' class 4-6-0 locomotive, John Reohorn recalls an unexpected encounter with one of these classic Great Western engines, the memory of which has stayed with him forever. Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters Cover: This month in Steam Days magazine Geoff Rixon recalls his days from 1945 until the end of steam when he made regular visits to Willesden shed, and never missed an occasion when an FA Cup Final or Football International was taking place at Wembley as this brought a variety of 'foreign' motive power to the depot. On 10 May 1964 he photographed this Kingmoor-based BR 'Britannia' Pacific, No 70038 Robing Hood, in the shed yard at Willesden, which had arrived with an FA Cup Final special that day.
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