rains of Thought Gresley's Class 'D49' 4-4-0s a€ The 'Shires' and 'Hunts' - W. A. T. Aves takes a look at those popular 4-4-0 locomotives, built for the North Eastern and Scottish areas of the LNER system, that carried the names of Counties and Hunting Packs. Life before Preservation 31: Mangotsfield to Bath - In another article covering the life of a line, a section of which forms part of today's railway preservation scene, Colin Maggs provides a potted history of the Midland Railway's line from Mangotsfield. east of Bristol, to Bath, the now-preserved section forming today's Avon Valley Railway. Summer Holidays in the West Country - flex Kennedy reminds readers of those days when steam ruled supreme when we took family holidays to the West Country, where a passing railway line, when on the beach with the family, provided added pleasure. Lineside Cameraman a€" John Bucknall - A selection of photographs from the camera of another well-known railway photographer from the days of steam, together with some of his personal memories of those days. Steam Days at Clapham Junction - Andrew Wilson takes an historic look at one of London's busiest and most-important railway junctions and its traffic from the early days of steam to the end of steam working on the Southern Region in 1967. A Childhood in the West Riding - Donald Auty looks back to the days of his youth, fifty years ago, when he experienced the delights that the West Riding of Yorkshire had to offer a young railway enthusiast in the Dewsbury area. Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters Cover: This month we take a look at the former Midland Railway line from Mangotsfield to Bath, part of which forms today's preserved Avon Valley Railway. At Mangotsfield this line branched away from the MR's Derby to Bristol main line which passed through Birmingham (New Street) and Gloucester, and on 5 October 1962 we see BR Riddles '5MT' 4-6-0 No 73003 of Bristol (Barrow Road) shed (the following year to become a Shrewsbury engine) leaving Mangotsfield with the 3.55pm Gloucester to Bristol (Temple Meads) train.