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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
rains of Thought The dog that wagged the tail! - The story behind the 'Red Bank Vans' - Michael Harris explains how a return empty working attracted more attention than a revenue-earning train. East Lothian Branch Lines - David Anderson takes us on an historical journey around the East Lothian branch lines, south of Edinburgh, and describes the traffic on these lines and the motive power used. Simply the best! - Maunsell Moguls in BR Days - Another small selection of photographs from the many excellent pictures held in the Rail Archive Stephenson Collection, this time portraying some of the Southern's Maunsell Moguls in BR days which were a familiar sight in the south. The GWR '9700' condenser-fitted 0-6-0PTs and their predecessors - W. A. T. Aves reviews those specially-fitted GWR 2-4-0Ts and 0-6-0Ts that worked over London's Underground lines, to and from Smithfield Goods Depot, and on duties around Paddington. Anomalies of the NER Main Line - ft. N. Forsythe analyses part of a BR(NER) Working Timetable for the period from September 1953, describing some of the branch lines featured, those stations where unadvertised stops were made, and the interesting workings calling at these stations. Life before Preservation 25: East Somerset Railway - Stanley Jenkins takes a look at another of Britain's preserved railways prior to closure by BR, and considers the history and past times of the line from Witham to Yatton in Somerset, part of which now forms the preserved East Somerset Railway. Tail Lamp a€ Readers' Letters Cover: This month in Steam Days, through the excellent pictures held in the Rail Archive Stephenson Collection, we take a look at the Southern's Maunsell Moguls. In this rural Wiltshire scene we see Yeovil's 'U' class Mogul No 31798 taking the Yeovil line at Wilton South with a local train of green-liveried stock from Salisbury on 17 July 1964. The line to Westbury can be seen on the left of the picture.
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