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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
rains of Thought Hawksworth 'Counties' in South Wales - With the forthcoming creation of a Great Western 'County' class 4-6-0 a€ No 1014 County of Glamorgan a€" by the Great Western Society, as detailed in the insert within this magazine, using parts from the final ten engines in Woodham's scrapyard at Barry Docks, John Hodge takes a look at the Hawksworth 'Counties' that worked in South Wales during their lifetime. Leicester Midland Engine Shed a€" Rebuilding a dinosaur - Chris Andrews follows the life of the former Midland Railway motive power depot at Leicester, which started life in 1840, was rebuilt from 1945 to 1947 with further additions in 1953, and which closed to steam in June 1966. The Newquay Harbour Branch - John Vaughan relates an important part of Cornish industrial history which concerns Newquay's quayside tramway that ran from the harbour through the streets of Newquay to the goods yard, and its association with the china-clay and iron-ore industries until the end of the days of sail. STEAM DAYS in Coloura€" 10: Pacific Power in and around London - Another 'All-Colour' thematic photo-feature from the camera of one of Britain's prolific railway photographers in the days of steam-hauled trains - Geoff Rixon a€" with his view of the Pacific locomotives that frequented some of the lines in and out of London in the 1960s. Carlisle a€"The 'Scottish Connection' - In the first of a two-part feature, David Anderson summarises the development of the three major Scottish pre-Grouping railways operating into Carlisle a€" the Caledonian, the North British, and the Glasgow & South Western railways a€" and their post-Grouping successors through the LMS LNER, and BR periods over the former Scottish companies' routes in the area up to the final days of steam working. Memories of Irish Steam a€" 1952 - Nell Sprinks a€" a regular visitor to Ireland in the days of steam there a€" recalls, with photographs he took at the time, his visit across the Irish Sea in June 1952. Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters Cover - This month in STEAM DAYS magazine we pay the first of two visits to Carlisle, when we cover the border town's 'Scottish Connection' which, prior to LMS, LNER, and BR days, involved the Caledonian and North British railways, and the G&SWR. As this involves the area mainly to the north of Carlisle Citadel station this includes Etterby Junction where we see Glasgow (St Rollox)-based BR '5MT Caprotti 4-6-0 No 73151 as it heads north for Scotland over the River Eden with a freight train on 8 September 1962.
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