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visit A WR cross-country meeting point...Living almost next to a railway was a delight, but not so great when houses across the street obscured much of the view. Robin Mills recalls the variety of locomotives and traffic that he observed from near his home at Kennington Junction, south of Oxford, in the 1940s and '50s.
skew bridge preston: A spotters' paradise - Skew Bridge, south of Preston, was a very popular location for trainspotters, arguably rivalling the famous 'Tamworth Field'. As Jeff Mimnagh recalls, the amount and variety of traffic made it an automatic location at which to train watch.
locomotives running hard and fast on the ER - Tight schedules dictated that, in certain circumstances, engines were worked hard and fast. R.H.N. Hardy recalls a lively trip on a 'B1' and the reaction of a French driver to British locomotives and practice.
return to exmouth please! - Next to the extensive Exmouth Junction MPD. the nine-and-a-half miles Exmouth branch swings away from the Exeter-Waterloo line. As this article by the late George Bennett recalls, it was a delight in the summer of 1960.
comment - When railways designed their stations, the design they chose made key statements about the companies' importance, says Editor Mel Holley.
call attention - More oddities, suggestions and comments from the steam years.
sennybridge: the crewe of wales? - A local newspaper made this remarkable claim when the railway was being constructed along with plans to create a junction station. In the event, Sennybridge remained a quiet rural backwater but for David Cowing it was still a fascinating place to visit.
the Colin walker years...In the fourth part of our tribute to the late Colin Walker, who died earlier this vear. we present a further selection of his classic photography. This month we return to the Western Region.
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skew bridge preston: A spotters' paradise - Skew Bridge, south of Preston, was a very popular location for trainspotters, arguably rivalling the famous 'Tamworth Field'. As Jeff Mimnagh recalls, the amount and variety of traffic made it an automatic location at which to train watch.
locomotives running hard and fast on the ER - Tight schedules dictated that, in certain circumstances, engines were worked hard and fast. R.H.N. Hardy recalls a lively trip on a 'B1' and the reaction of a French driver to British locomotives and practice.
return to exmouth please! - Next to the extensive Exmouth Junction MPD. the nine-and-a-half miles Exmouth branch swings away from the Exeter-Waterloo line. As this article by the late George Bennett recalls, it was a delight in the summer of 1960.
comment - When railways designed their stations, the design they chose made key statements about the companies' importance, says Editor Mel Holley.
call attention - More oddities, suggestions and comments from the steam years.
sennybridge: the crewe of wales? - A local newspaper made this remarkable claim when the railway was being constructed along with plans to create a junction station. In the event, Sennybridge remained a quiet rural backwater but for David Cowing it was still a fascinating place to visit.
the Colin walker years...In the fourth part of our tribute to the late Colin Walker, who died earlier this vear. we present a further selection of his classic photography. This month we return to the Western Region.
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