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Horses for Courses: Why didn't BR redistribute its Pacifics? - In the 1950s, the London Midland Region had no reserve of Class 8 power and its 50 Stanier 'Pacifies' were grossly outnumbered on both Eastern and Southern metals. Why didn't BR redress the balance? A.J. Mullay outlines a series of transfers which would have helped the LMR
Dreaming spires, gleaming Castles: David Anderson remembers Western Region steam days around Oxford, when Swindon designs rubbed buffers with locomotives from the Southern, Eastern and London Midland Regions.
'Baby Scots'.....not 'Patriots': At the lineside they were popularly known as 'Patriots' - to footplatemen they were nearly always 'Baby Scots.' Allan C. Baker remembers these distinctive LMS 4-6-0s - and a frightening incident with Home Guard
Buxworth, April 30 1966: A colour feature by Alan Tyson, looking at LMR steam in the Peak Forest, at a once-busy four-track location
Firing the 'Golden Arrow': T.D. Lewis describes trip from Victoria to the Channel Coast, with a 'Lord Nelson' 4-6-0, in 1939.
Platform: This month's selection of readers' letters includes discussion about Stanier 'Pacifies' in the West Midlands, 'Manor' 4-6-0s on Cambrian lines and three mysterious pre-Grouping tenders seen at Eastleigh Works.
Don't let the guv'nor see you!: Dick Hardy continues his examination of illicit practices used by railwaymen 10 keep the wheels turning and recalls one or two 'fiddles' undertaken by shed staff for their own benefit
Just what is Rail Archive Stephenson? FRANK HEBRON: Brian Stephenson dips into his superb archive to bring us a selection of first-class pictures from the modest collection produced by Frank Hebron, principally in the pre-Nationalisation era.
Front cover: In October 1961, GWR 'Hall' 4-6-0 No. 4984 Albrighton Hall climbs Hatton Bank in autumn sunshine with a freight bound for the West Midlands.
Dreaming spires, gleaming Castles: David Anderson remembers Western Region steam days around Oxford, when Swindon designs rubbed buffers with locomotives from the Southern, Eastern and London Midland Regions.
'Baby Scots'.....not 'Patriots': At the lineside they were popularly known as 'Patriots' - to footplatemen they were nearly always 'Baby Scots.' Allan C. Baker remembers these distinctive LMS 4-6-0s - and a frightening incident with Home Guard
Buxworth, April 30 1966: A colour feature by Alan Tyson, looking at LMR steam in the Peak Forest, at a once-busy four-track location
Firing the 'Golden Arrow': T.D. Lewis describes trip from Victoria to the Channel Coast, with a 'Lord Nelson' 4-6-0, in 1939.
Platform: This month's selection of readers' letters includes discussion about Stanier 'Pacifies' in the West Midlands, 'Manor' 4-6-0s on Cambrian lines and three mysterious pre-Grouping tenders seen at Eastleigh Works.
Don't let the guv'nor see you!: Dick Hardy continues his examination of illicit practices used by railwaymen 10 keep the wheels turning and recalls one or two 'fiddles' undertaken by shed staff for their own benefit
Just what is Rail Archive Stephenson? FRANK HEBRON: Brian Stephenson dips into his superb archive to bring us a selection of first-class pictures from the modest collection produced by Frank Hebron, principally in the pre-Nationalisation era.
Front cover: In October 1961, GWR 'Hall' 4-6-0 No. 4984 Albrighton Hall climbs Hatton Bank in autumn sunshine with a freight bound for the West Midlands.
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