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Trains of Thought Memoirs of a 1940s' Trainspotter - Roger Venning looks back sixty years to when as a young trainspotter from Taunton, complete with camera, he recalls cycle and rail trips to . sit nearby GWR, SR and LMS locations and also journeys up to London :o witness the amazing variety of motive power that was to be seen in the years leading up to the Nationalisation of Britain's railways. The Great Western 'Earl' Class 4-4-0s - More commonly known as 'Dukedogs' the '3200' class of double-framed 4-4-Os appeared to be a throwback to Victorian practices when introduced in the summer of 1936, but they were, as Andrew Wilson relates, in fact a pragmatic solution to the shortage of 'yellow route' locomotives. STEAM DAYS In Colour - 46: Moguls on the Eastern and North Eastern Regions All of the 'Big Four' railway companies used locomotives with the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement as mixed-traffic engines. In this month's all-colour photo-feature we look at some of the Moguls which were used in the east and north-east of England. Royal Trains in Scotland - Members of the Royal Family and their Household regulariy traveled to Scotland for holidays, and to attend official functions. David Anderson briefly describes some of these steam-hauled journeys which took place north of the border from the Victorian era to the reign of Queen Htzabeth II. Chester L&NWR/LNS lines - Chris Andrews explores the often-complex history of the railways of Chester which eventually owed their allegiance to Euston. Tail Lamp - Readers Letters
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