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rains of Thought Memories of Wellingborough - John Pearson recalls memories of Wellingborough across the last 20 years of steam, ranging from cabbing a Beyer-Garratt and watching 'Jubilees' to the thrill of sighting pioneering main line diesels as a schoolboy. Steam Days at Ashford - Stanley Jenkins details the development of Ashford into an important rail centre with a large through station, engine shed and works in the days of steam. STEAM DAYS in Colour 57: London's Former LNER Termini in BR Days - The London stations at King's Cross, Liverpool Street, and Marylebone were as different as chalk and cheese, but were linked by a common thread a€ the LNER and its predecessors. Enjoy our unashamedly nostalgic look back at the swansong of their days of steam motive power. Great Western '3100' and '3150' Class 2-6-2Ts - Developed from the prototype large 2-6-2T, No 99, the '3100' and '3150' classes were the precursors of a group of 306 visually similar tank engines, and here Andrew Wilson looks at these locomotives and their later developments. Edinburgh to Glasgow Direct - David Anderson describes the evolution and operation of the Caledonian Railway's route between Edinburgh (Princes Street) and Glasgow (Central), via Shotts, with the so-called Cleland & Midcalder branch. Opened as the shortest railway between the two principal lowland cities it was a worthy rival to the North British Railway-operated E&G main line. Tail Lamp - Readers' Letters Cover On Saturday, 11 May 1957, Thompson 'B1' 4-6-0 No 61311 of Stratford shed awaits departure from Liverpool Street station's east side platforms with the 5.36pm train to Clacton-on-Sea. The electric-multiple-unit in the adjacent platform is a new 1,500 volt dc set on a train to Southend (Victoria). In 1950 Stratford shed was allocated no less than twenty-eight 'B1' class 4-6-Os, but by 1959 this number had been reduced to ten as electrification and dieselisation had already eroded many of the traditional steam duties in this part of East London. In August 1958 No 61311 was transferred to Parkeston, and then to Colchester four months later. After further spells at Parkeston and Stratford this locomotive was condemned in September 1962.
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In October 1959, 'N7/3' 0-6-2T No 69712 pauses in the locomotive siding by Pinder Street bridge, Liverpool Street. In what can only be described as travel-stained livery the 0-6-2T illustrates the heraldic error perpetrated by British Railways during 1957/58 when BR first started to use the new heraldic device. The lion was only allowed to face left, but BR thought that on the right-hand side it should look right, as seen on this locomotive. When this was drawn to the attention of the College of Heralds, BR was told in no uncertain terms the error of its ways. Colour-Rail BRE2196
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