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rains of Thought Lost Relations - Philip Atkins explores the pit-falls that locomotive designers and draftsmen faced in developing larger locomotives from successful smaller engines and concludes that biggest was not always best. From Shipley to Lancaster and Carnforth by steam - Richard Smithies recalls a steam-hauled round-trip during his schooldays at Shipley in Yorkshire to seek out the delights of the West Coast main line at Lancaster and Carnforth in the early 1960s. STEAM DAYS in Colour - 45: Preserved Southern Locomotives in BR Days - For a railway that possessed the smallest stock of steam locomotives of the Big Four, the Southern Railway and its constituents are well represented among the ranks of preserved steam locomotives. Enjoy the sight of some of these fine locomotives in BR days, prior to preservation The Engine Sheds of York - The ancient city of York is known for its beautiful Minster church but as Andrew Wilson explains it also housed no less than seven engine sheds during the days of steam, one of which, North shed, was a cathedral to steam. The Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company - Part One - An Overview - Roger Malyn describes the rise of the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company, and how its small network of contrasting lines fared under GWR ownership and Nationalisation as its trains coming down the steeply graded valleys fed the massive industrial growth of Margam and Port Talbot. Tail Lamp a€ Readers Letters Cover: In this issue of the magazine we go to York to take look at its variety of engine sheds over the years, and our Front Cover provides the impressive sight, on 12 October 1963, of two of York's Peppercorn 'AT Pacifies inside the North shed, Nos 60138 Boswe//and 60140 Balmoral a€" two of York's long-term residents.
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