BRITAIN'S LEADING HISTORICAL RAILWAY JOURNAL

January 2025 Journal

Fowler's Finest…? - colour spread by Gavin Morrison of the LMS Class 4 tanks introduced in 1927.

Railways of the North Pennines Lead Mines - by Rob Langham.

'The Cheapness of Correspondence' - James Graham reflects on how the Penny Black postage stamp robbed the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.

Mixed Trains - Peter Tatlow sets out to clarify what this term means.

How Four became One: Part One - Simon Lilley looks at the companies behind the provision of electrical equipment for the modernisation of the railways.

The Brighton Atlantics - photographs from the Pendragon Archive

The Great Western Diesel Railcars - four colour pages showing these pioneers of modernity from 1934.

Railways and Edinburghshire - an historical survey by Leonard Rogers of an area much of which is now identified as Midlothian.

A Selection of 4-4-0s in Ireland - portrayed in three pages of colour photographs.

From Hurstbourne and Andover to Kimbridge Junction - Part Two of Bruce Laws's history of this Hampshire secondary route.

2-10-2s in Trouble - Philip Atkins describes the fate of post-war exports from British locomotive builders.

Tunnels in the Churnet Valley - Engineering a North Staffordshire Railway line described by Mike G. Fell.