rains of Thought The Gresley 2-8-0s of the GNR and LNER - Overshadowed by his glamorous Pacific locomotives, Gresley's '01' and '02' class 2-8-Os were invaluable freight workhorses which went about their duties out of the limelight, and here Bill Aves outlines the history of these freight locomotives. Wessex Wanderings - Keith Widdowson recalls the efforts that he made between 1964 and 1967 to travel behind steam over the Southern Region lines in Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, and the Isle of Wight. STEAM DAYS in Colour - 35: Into Scotland's Western Highlands - The road to the Western Isles of Scotland not only conjures up images of the feats of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite cause, but also of a railway that passes through incomparable scenery a€ mountains, moors, and seascapes. Enjoy this feast of unrivalled scenes from the days when steam reigned supreme on the West Highland line and the road to Oban. Britain's Titled Trains - 31: The 'Cambrian Coast Express' - Roger Haigh looks at the history of one of the most quintessential of holiday expresses that ran between Paddington and the Cardigan Bay holiday resorts of the former Cambrian Railwaysa€" the 'Cambrian Coast Express'. The Micklehurst Loop Finale - Michael Fox describes the last years of this important but unglamorous line high in the millstone-grit Pennines between Huddersfield and Stalybridge. Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters Cover: The Isle of Wight was included in Keith Widdowson's 'Wessex Wanderings' from 1964 which are related in this issue of the magazine, and on 13 September 1964 we see '02' 0-4-4T No 22 Brading making a spirited departure from Wroxhall with a Ventnor train. The Ventnor to Shanklin line, on which Wroxhall station was situated, was closed to passenger traffic on 18 April 1966.