BRITAIN'S LEADING HISTORICAL RAILWAY JOURNAL
October 2007 Journal
Third rail on the Wirral -
colour feature by Tom Heavyside on the LMS-built electric trains on the lines from Liverpool to the Wirral. The Great Central Railway War Memorial - Ken
Grainger follows the chequered history of the 1914-18 war memorial at Sheffield Victoria station. Travelling light in Kent - three colour photos of
the locomotives of the East Kent and Kent & East Sussex light railways. The Green Enigma - R.A.S. Hennessey raises the 'green agenda' and the relationship of
environmental issues to railway history. Railways for Posterity - Part Three - A.J. Mullay concludes his series with a look at the pioneering
'heritage' lines and a few successes and failures of the wider preservation movement. Touring the 'Halls' - GWR 'Hall' 4-6-0s in colour Mr. Thompson's Pacifics - a colour feature on the often controversial 4-6-2s produced by Edward Thompson for the LNER. The Bombing of Britain's Railways 1939-45
- In Part 3 of his series John W.E. Helm covers the period from June 1941 to May 1944 (including the 'Baedeker' raids). A visit to Ireland in 1961
- Roy Cole's colour photographs of Irish steam. Good and Faithful Servant - Part One - Michael Rutherford looks at the development of the ubiquitous British 0-6-0 locomotive.
Beheld at Bolton - two 1965 colour photographs at Bolton Trinity Street station. The Bridgend Incident
- Charles Methven describes a head-on collision on the North British Railway near Glasgow. The Happy Wanderers - Noel Coates looks at ex-Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway locos
which were sent to work away from their home on the Central Division of the LMSR.
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