Trains of Thought - Britain's Titled Trains 43: The 'West Riding Limited' and 'The West Riding' Linking King's Cross, Leeds and Bradford, the 'West Riding Limited' was the third of the LNER's streamlined trains to enter service. Roger Haigh examines its brief career, and that of its BR successor. The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 0-8-0s Not really appreciated by the LMS, Bill Aves shows how the eight-coupled freight engines of the L&YR were on a par with, or better than, similar designs on the L&NWR, as well as GNR, H&BR, GCR and NER types. Steam Days in Colour 93: The Colour of 1962 Fifty years ago Britain's railways were undergoing fascinating change, with photographers striving to record outgoing steam activities as modernisation across the country created an ever-evolving and often colourful scene, their interest focused on the loss of cherished classes and the shrinking network. Mountain Ash - Steam on my doorstep - but I almost missed it! D.K. Jones recalls the everyday sights and sounds of working National Coal Board steam locomotives that he almost took for granted. Scottish Adventures The whistle-stop tour continues for Steve Bartlett as he moves from North-East England to seek out the steam locomotives of the east coast of Scotland, before heading south, steam-hauled, via the Strathmore route. Tail Lamp - Readers' Letters
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