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INDEX TO BACKTRACK Volume 26 (2012)

Issue

Month

Page Numbers

1

January

1-64

2

February

65-128

3

March

129-192

4

April

193-256

5

May

257-320

6

June

321-384

7

July

385-448

8

August

449-512

9

September

513-576

10

October

577-640

11

November

641-704

12

December

705-768

 

 

 

Major Subject Areas In Volume 26

Accidents

London & North Eastern Railway

British Railways

London & North Western Railway

Caledonian Railway

London & South Western Railway

Diesel Traction

Metropolitan/ Metropolitan District

Electric Traction

Midland Railway

Great Central Railway (inc. MSLR)

North British Railway

Great Eastern Railway

North Eastern Railway

Great Northern Railway

Permanent Way

Great Western Railway

Personalities

Highland Railway

Publicity and Advertising

Industrial Railway

Rolling Stock

Irish Railways

Shipping

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Southern Railway

Livery & Insignia

Stations and Locations

Locomotives (Miscellaneous)

Tunnels

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway

Wartime

London, Midland and Scottish Railway

 

ACCIDENTS

Goswick - An unenviable reputation for accidents 483(August)

Minor mishaps on the Metropolitan 6(January)

Sheffield Victoria accident 91(February)

Slip coach accidents 269(May)

Whitchurch - Falling by the Wyaside 516(September)

 

Airport stations: Where Trains meet Planes 620(October)

 

Aspects of Junction Development  138(March), 234(April)

 

Bennie Airspeed Railway 374(June)

Brawling on the railway, The consequences of 326(June)

 

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BRITISH RAILWAYS

12.17 to Manchester Victoria 124(February)

1960s Railtouring 314*(May)

'Austerity' 2-8-0s and 2-10-0s 708*(December)

BR and Steam Locomotives 538(September)

BR Network for Development – Scotland 301(May)

Class 37s in South Wales 224*(April)

Class 40s 730*(December)

Class 73 Electro-Diesels 416*(July)

Cromford & High Peak Line, The very last train on the 751(December)

Discourse on Diesel Multiple Units 407(July)

GT3, Some thoughts on 185(March)

High Speed Trains 580*(October)

Hinksey South 217*(April)

Liverpool Street, The redevelopment of 20(January), 163(March)

Minehead memories 144*(March)

'Peak' Performances 260*(May)

Scotland for Steam - Aug. 1962 630(October)

Sheffield Victoria accident 91(February)

Somerset & Dorset line - 50th anniversary of end of express passenger trains 675(November)

Strathclyde Transport 68*(February)

This is the Age...of the Train 171(March)

Track Record: A financial history of BR 1948-54 367(June),
493(August), 584(October)

Under the Woodhead wires 556*(September)

Varsity Line's missing links 762(December)

'Warship' Review 324*(June)

White Ghost, The 593(October)

 

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Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway 100(February)

 

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CALEDONIAN RAILWAY

Forfar & Brechin Railway 227(April)

Montrose to Bridge of Dun and Brechin 526(September)

 

Cambrian holidays 462*(August)

Cheshire Lines Committee:
Mouldsworth and Helsby branch 560(September)

 

DIESEL TRACTION

Class 37s in South Wales 224*(April)

Class 40s 730*(December)

Discourse on Diesel Multiple Units 407(July)

Engine Revolutions 502(August)

High Speed Trains 580*(October)

'Micheline' diesel railcars 754(December)

Multiple Unit Memories 564*(September)

'Peak' Performances 260*(May)

'Warship' Review 324*(June)

White Ghost, The 593(October)

 

East Lancashire Railway 432(July)

 

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ELECTRIC TRACTION

Class 73 Electro-Diesels 416*(July)

Cortez-Leigh, F. A: An Inca at Euston 455(August)

Manx Electric 45*(January)

Metropolitan Electrics: names and nemesis 340(June)

Multiple Unit Memories 564*(September)

Rare Species, A - The British and Irish Rod-Drive Electrics 176(March)

 

Under the Woodhead wires 556*(September)

Gentle Art of Passenger Discomfort 14(January)

 

GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY (inc. MSLR)

Immingham '100' 720(December)

Putting on the Style 534(September)

Robinson's Class 9J 0-6-0s  263(May)

Woodhead Route, Steam on the 94*(February)

 

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY

Great Eastern as I knew it 70(February)

Liverpool Street, The redevelopment of 20(January), 163(March)

 

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

Eric Bruton on the Great Northern 420*(July)

Mablethorpe at war 682(November)

Sneinton Hermitage to Weekday Cross 210(April)

Spilsby Railway, Opening and closing of the 174(March)

 

Great North of Scotland Railway: Brawling on the railway, The consequences of 326(June)

 

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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

'43XX' 2-6-0s 288*(May)

Aspects of Junction Development  138(March)

Auto Coaches 501*(August)

Brunel's Barmy Army 34(January)

'Castle' Country 608*(October)

Chief Engineer, The role of the 218(April)

Great Western stations 310*(May)

Eight-coupled locomotives 149(March)

Inspection Saloons 60*(January)

Leamington Spa, Station seats at 253*(April)

Oxford Gaudy 644*(November)

Swindon's acquaintance with Rotary Cam Valve Gears 347(June),
437(July)

Western branches, Wandering the 32*(January), 490*(August)

Wrexham and Brymbo 525*(September)

 

HIGHLAND RAILWAY

Brawling on the railway, The consequences of 326(June)

Menzies, Sir Robert, and the HR 76(February)

 

INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS

Fireless locomotives, An appreciation of 223(April)

Pitsford and Lamport Ironstone 607(October)

Snowdown Colliery 109*(February)

Storeton Tramway, Relics of the 168(March)

Tweed Valley's vanished railway 715(December)

Wylam Billy - William Hedley and the Wylam Waggonway 424(July)

 

IRISH RAILWAYS

Irish 0-6-0s 692*(November)

Rod-drive electrics 176(March)

 

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LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY

Blackburn to Preston Railway 1843-1859 38(January)

Blackpool: The View from the Tower 619*(October)

Bolton–Blackburn 88*(February)

Manchester to Bury in 1846 and 1879 432(July), 473(August)

Manchester Victoria in focus 248(April)

 

Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway: Lincoln's tunnel that never was 283(May)

 

LIVERY & INSIGNIA

Blue is not a good colour for locomotives 183(March)

Class 73 liveries 416*(July)

HST liveries 580*(October)

Metropolitan Electrics: names and nemesis 340(June)

Sign Here 572*(September)

White Ghost, The 593(October)

 

LOCOMOTIVES (MISCELLANEOUS)

Banking Bonuses 479*(August)

GT3, Some thoughts on 185(March)

How long and how far? If only they knew... (Bury mpd) 414(July)

Just add more cylinders 756(December)

Long Day, The 734(December)

Steam locomotive testing 695(November)

Tyneside sheds 364*(June)

 

LONDON, BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY

E1 Class 0-6-0Ts on Isle of Wight 244(April)

East Croydon 81(February)

Newhaven - The Railway Port 612(October)

Steyning line 745(December)

Sussex, An evening in (1951) 55(January)

 

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LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY

2-6-0 locomotives  480*(August)

3F 0-6-0Ts - an everyday story of shunting tanks 160*(March)

Camden shed and bank 598*(October)

City of Bradford, On tour with 208*(April)

Cortez-Leigh, F.A: An Inca at Euston 455(August)

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Centenary Celebrations of 1930
602(October)

'Turbomotive',  It began with 402(July)

West Yorkshire, Early recollections from, 1946-57 519(September)

 

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

2-8-0s of the LNER 196* Aberdeen 132*(March)

Eric Buton on the Great Northern 420* (July)

Escape from Rotterdam 58(January)

Gresley Garratt, The evolution of the 292(May)

LNER Mixed Traffic b1 4-6-0s 96*(February)

Rebuilding the railway: How the LNER planned post-war reconstruction 198(April)

Sports Days 373*(June)

Tyneside sheds, Doing the 364*(June)

V2 excellence 736*(December)

York, Two of a kind at 37*(January)

 

LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Charnwood Forest line 203(April)

Cortez-Leigh, F. A: An Inca at Euston 455(August)

Ingleton line 331(June)

Mold Riot of 1869 444(July)

Premier Line portraits 378*(June)

 

LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Hampshire steam 544*(September)

Isle of Wight, High season on the 672*(November)

Little and large signal boxes 122*(February)

Rails beneath the Solent 688(November)

Salisbury & Yeovil Railway 356(June)

 

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Manx Electric 45*(January)

 

METROPOLITAN/ METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Metropolitan Electrics: names and nemesis 340(June)

Minor mishaps on the Metropolitan 6(January)

Suffixes, Prefixes, Ampersands and Brackets 740(December)

 

MIDLAND RAILWAY

3F 0-6-0Ts

Aspects of Junction Development  138(March)

Bedford, All change at 568(September)

Ingleton line 331(June)

Passenger classification in the nineteenth century 304(May)

Peak District, Steam in the 157*(March)

Settle-Carlisle line 206*(April), 726*(December)

 

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY

West Highland line 410*(July)

What's in a timetable? 394(July)

 

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

Alnwick and Alnmouth, The railways of 647(November)

Goswick - An unenviable reputation for accidents 483(August)

North Eastern photo archive 684*(November)

Sunderland: From wagonways  to South Dock 112(February)

 

PERMANENT WAY

Blanketing track formation 506(August)

Maintaining railway curves 123(February)

Surveying and railways 548(September)

 

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PERSONALITIES

Bennie, George 374(June)

Brunel, I. K. 34(January)

Charlewood, R. E. 466(August), 656(November)

Churchward, G. J. 218(April)

Cortez-Leigh, F. A. 455(August)

Dickens, Charles 567(September)

Hedley, William 424(July)

Menzies, Sir Robert 76(February)

Poets and Railways 700(November)

Savile, Jimmy 171(March)

 

Police, Railway: Whitbread's Trophy 146(March)

 

PUBLICITY & ADVERTISING

Garden Isle, The (IoW) 276(May)

Liverpool & Manchester Railway Centenary Celebrations of 1930
602(October)

LNER sports days 373*(June)

Publicising the 'Atlantic Coast Express' 388(July)

Sign Here 572*(September)

This is the Age...of the Train 171(March)

 

ROLLING STOCK

GWR Auto Coaches 501*(August)

GWR Inspection Saloons 60(January)

Passenger classification on the Midland Railway in the nineteenth century 304(May)

Road-rail goods traffic and containerisation 1928-9 294(May)

Slip coach accidents 269(May)

Tea on the train 668(November)

Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway 242*(April)

 

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Salisbury & Yeovil Railway 356(June)

 

SHIPPING

Escape from Rotterdam by LNER 58(January)

Immingham '100' 720(December)

Newhaven - The Railway Port 612(October)

Sunderland: From Wagonway  to South Dock 112(February)

 

Signalling: Little and large on the LSWR 122*(February)

 

Somerset & Dorset Railway - The summer of '62 675(November)

 

South Eastern & Chatham Railway (inc. SER and LCDR): East Croydon 81(February)

 

SOUTHERN RAILWAY

Q1 0-6-0s 188*(March)

'Atlantic Coast Express', Publicising the 388(July)

Garden Isle, The 276(May)

Hampshire steam 544*(September)

'Lord Nelson' 4-6-0s 4*, 661(November)

Post-war on the Southern 50(January)

Rails beneath the Solent 688(November)

'West Country' 4-6-2s 352*(June)

 

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STATIONS AND LOCATIONS

Aberdeen 132*(March)

Alnwick and Alnmouth 647(November)

Bedford 568(September)

Blackburn–Preston 38(January)

Blackpool 619*(October)

Bolton–Blackburn 88*(February)

Brechin branches 227(April), 526(September)

Bury 414(July), 433(July), 473(August), 734(December)

Cambrian holidays 462*(August)

Camden 598*(October)

Charnwood Forest line 203(April)

Crewe 235(April)

Cromford & High Peak line 751(December)

Derby 138(March)

Doncaster 235(April)

East Croydon 81(February)

Eastleigh 80(February)

Gobowen 681*(November)

Goswick 483(August)

GWR stations 310*(May)

Hampshire steam 544*(September)

Hinksey South 217*(April)

Immingham 720(December)

Ingleton line 331(June)

Isle of Man 45*(January)

Isle of Wight 244(April), 276(May), 672*(November), 688(November)

Leamington Spa 253*(April)

Leeds City 429*(July)

Leicester Central 535(September)

Lincoln 283(May)

Liverpool Lime Street 452*(August)

London calling 28*(January)

London Liverpool Street 20(January), 163(March)

London Marylebone 535(September)

Mablethorpe 682(November)

Manchester Victoria 248(April)

Minehead branch 144*(March)

Mold 444(July)

Mouldsworth and Helsby branch 560(September)

Newhaven 612(October)

Nottingham 210(April), 535(September)

Oxford 644*(November)

Peak District 157*(March)

Salisbury–Yeovil 356(June)

Scotland for steam 630(October)

Settle–Carlisle line 206*(April), 726*(December)

Sheffield Victoria 91(February)

Spilsby 174(March)

Steyning line 745(December)

Sunderland 112(February)

Swindon 138(March)

Sussex, An evening in 55(January)

West Highland line 410*(July)

West Yorkshire 519(September)

Whitchurch (Hants.) 516(September)

Woodhead Route 94*(February), 556*(September)

Wrexham and Brymbo 525*(September)

York 37*(January)

 

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Surveying and Railways 548(September)

 

Tea on the Train 668(November)

 

TUNNELS

Lincoln's tunnel that never was 283(May)

Mickleton (Chipping Campden) 34(January)

Rails beneath the Solent 688(November)

 

Vale of Rheidol Railway 313*(May)

 

WARTIME

Escape from Rotterdam by LNER 58(January)

Mablethorpe at war 682(November)

 

Where Trains meet Planes 620(October)