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Trains of Thought Steam Days at Elgin - Keith Jones describes the rise and fall of the railway network in and around Elgin from the heady days of opening the first railway in the north of Scotland through to the transition from steam 107 years later. The L&YR Aspinall 4-4-2 'Highflyers' - Brian Topping relates the life and times of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's distinctive Atlantic locomotives. STEAM DAYS in Colour 58: To the coast and back over Cornwall's Looe Branch - Peter W. Gray, with the use of his splendid colour photographs, takes us on a nostalgic trip to Looe and back along the line from Liskeard, over one of the West Country branch lines that have survived, where so many have disappeared from the railway scene forever. Norwood Junction Engine Shed - Andrew Wilson looks into the surprisingly short history of one of the few new engine sheds built by the Southern Railway. Chester - Cheshire Lines Committee and Great Central Routes Having already covered the Chester activities of the L&NWR/LMS, and the GWR, Chris Andrews concludes his three part Chester story by explaining how Chester, on the banks of the River Dee, was also a bastion of the LNER. Tail Lamp - Readers' Letters Cover: Almost at the end of the sizzling summer of 1959, on Tuesday, 29 September, 2-6-2T No 4585 has just arrived at the Liskeard & Looe Railway platform of Liskeard station with the 12.40pm departure from Looe. This service provided a seven minute connection into the up working of 'The Royal Duchy', the 11.00am train from Penzance to Paddington, which on this day was hauled up through Cornwall by No 6832 Brockton Grange, handing over at Plymouth to No 6002 King William IV. Well-dressed passengers are making their way around to the main-line platform which is at right-angles to the Liskeard & Looe station. In the background the local coal merchant is meanwhile loading his lorry for the afternoon deliveries.
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On 2 September 1961, 2-6-2T No 4574 is seen running into Sandplace with the 10.45am service from Looe to Liskeard. Quite what the fireman is doing on top of the bunker is debateable, but to judge from the exhaust, perhaps he is looking for some smokeless fuel. As it is only a week away from the end of regular steam working perhaps the shed man at Moorswater, who refuels the engines overnight, is getting towards the bottom of the coal stock.
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