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INDEX TO BACKTRACK Volume 27 (2013)

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 27

Accidents

London & North Western Railway

Bridges and Viaducts

London & South Western Railway

British Railways

London Brighton and South Coast Railway

Cheshire Lines Committee

London Midland and Scottish Railway

Court, The Railway In

London Tilbury and Southend 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

Personalities

Great Western Railway

Publicity and Advertising

Highland Railway

Rolling Stock

Industrial Railway

Shipping

Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway

South Eastern and Chatham Railway (inc SER and LCDR)

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Southern Railway

Locomotives Steam (Miscellaneous)

Stations and Locations

London & North Eastern Railway

Wartime

ACCIDENTS

Aylesbury disaster, 1904 646 (November)

Blunders at the buffers 348 (June)

Polmont, Push-pull accident at 108 (February)

Shawford Junction 400 (July)

 

Birkenhead Joint Line 260* (May), 454 (August)

 

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BRIDGES AND VIADUCTS

Cornish crossings 57* (January)

Crossing the Nidd at Knaresborough 336 (June)

Penrith, Work in progress at 99* (February)

 

BRITISH RAILWAYS

Acton - Twilight of a Marshalling Yard 139 (March) , 296 (May)

Anglo-Scottish East Coast express freights 332 (June)

Beyond Beeching 556 (September)

Birmingham in 1950s and '60s 6 (January)

Bolton, Parcels from 196* (April)

BR's First Modernisation 213 (April)

Chester, Focus on 4* (January)

'Clan' Pacifics 80* (February)

Class 31s in North Wales 542* (September)

Class 33s: Going south with the 'Cromptons' 670* (November)

Class 37s on china clay trains 580* (October)

Class 50s to Portsmouth 132* (March)

Ernest Marples and the eclipse of Britain's rural railways 302 (May)

Fifty years on: A reflection on the Beeching Report 341 (June)

Gas turbines 606* (October)

'Heavier than expected' - Early Lightweight DMUs 582 (October)

Highland centenary journey 525 (September)

Ipswich Class 86s 324* (June)

King's Cross redevelopment 598 (October)

On holiday with British Railways 410 (July)

Out of Gauge load at Helsby 485 (August)

Palace Gates, Closing the 281* (May)

Seeing Double (or more) 497* (August)

Television Train 235 (April)

Ten-coupled over the Mendips 327 (June)

'Western' Experience 68* (February)

Yeovil, Yesterday at 388* (July)

 

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Caledonian Railway:

Brechin & Edzell District Railway 262 (May)

 

Central London Railway:

The Vibration Committee 394 (July)

 

CHESHIRE LINES COMMITTEE

Cheshire Lines 506* (August)

Manchester's main line stations 620* (October)

Southport Extension of the CLC 1884-1952 372 (June)

 

Chester & Holyhead Railway,

The architecture of 70 (February)

 

COURT, THE RAILWAY IN

Passengers' Luggage 75 (February)

Tickets, Please 356 (June)

 

Dear Editor... 728 (December)

 

DIESEL TRACTION

Class 31s in North Wales 542* (September)

Class 33s: Going south with the 'Cromptons' 670* (November)

Class 37s on china clay trains 580* (October)

Class 50s to Portsmouth 132* (March)

'Heavier than expected' - Early Lightweight DMUs 582 (October)

Multi-Engined Diesel Railcars of the UTA 550 (September)

Seeing Double (or more) 497* (August)

Take a Western railcar 570* (September)

'Western' Experience 68* (February)

Yesterday at Yeovil 388* (July)

 

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ELECTRIC TRACTION

'Blue Trains', The passing of the 413* (July)

British Steeple Cabs 154 (March)

England's Edison - Magnus Volk and his electric railway 86 (February)

Hastings Units, The last of the 361* (June)

Ipswich Class 86s 324* (June)

'Juice' comes South 494 (August)

LYR North Liverpool Electrification 740 (December)

Manchester's lost electrics 673* (November)

 

Forgetting your lines 315* (May)

 

Furness Railway:

The line to Piel Pier 207 (April)

 

GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY (inc.MSLR)

Aylesbury Disaster 1904 646 (November)

Humber Ferries, Grimsby and associated railways 627 (October)

Immingham 100 - the port and its technology 52 (January)

MSLR workings in North Lincolnshire in 1886 268 (May)

 

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY

Lavenham line 100 (February)

Royal Agricultural Shows, Railway participation in 134 (March)

Stratford scene 748* (December)

 

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

Churton's Railway Observations 519 (September)

King's Cross, All lines lead to 532 (September) , 598 (October)

Right Royal ending, A (Spilsby branch) 316 (May)

 

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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

'2251s' at work 444* (July)

'56XX' Tanks 466* (August)

Before they were famous 722 (December)

Bodmin branch 460 (August)

Bristol fashion 756* (December)

Broad Gauge 378 (June)

Churton's Railway Observations 519 (September)

Four and six-wheel stock 124* (February)

Georgian Railway Enthusiasts 651 (November)

Gloucester, Going to 224* (April)

God's Benison on the Travelling Public 19 (January)

'Hall' 4-6-0s 187* (March)

'Krugers' 272 (May), 432 (July), 547 (September)

Paddington, From the platform end at 596* (October)

Swindon's acquaintance with rotary cam valve gears 58 (January)

Take a Western railcar 570* (September)

 

Green all the way 687 (November)

 

HIGHLAND RAILWAY

Carrying the Fishergirls over the HR line 391 (July)

Highland centenary journey 525 (September)

Romance of journey to the Isle of Skye 38 (January)

 

Horses: The London railway horse 635 (October)

 

INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS

Fireless at the Empire Paper Mill 340* (June)

Polkemmet Colliery 452* (August)

 

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Irish railways:

Multi-Engined Diesel Railcars of the UTA 550 (September)

 

LANCASHIRE, DERBYSHIRE & EAST COAST RAILWAY

Buxton - What might have been 656 (November)

LDECR locomotives and Tuxford Works 218 (April)

 

LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY

Manchester's main line stations 620* (October)

North Liverpool electrification 740 (December)

Royton branch 12 (January)

 

LOCOMOTIVES, STEAM (Misc)

Just add more cylinders 118 (February), 690 (November)

Not where you'd expect to find them 232* (April)

One of Each 708* (December)

Stationary Locomotive Testing 180 (March), 402 (July), 612 (October)

 

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

D49 'Hunt' and 'Shire' 4-4-0s 288* (May)

Trains and formations of LNER streamliners 310 (May)

West Highland Line, By LNER on the 406* (July)

 

LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Buxton - What might have been 656 (November)

Centre Bearings, Weak Frames and all that 34 (January)

Churton's Railway Observations 519 (September)

Manchester's main line stations 620* (October)

Marston Gate, The little-known story of 438 (July)

 

LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Georgian Railway Enthusiasts 651 (November)

'Greyhound' in the slips 210 (April)

Necropolis train 223 (April)

South by South West 165* (March)

 

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LONDON, BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY

Brighton heads east, The 589 (October)

Brighton line moments 664* (November)

Remembering Remembrance 717 (December)

 

LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY

Birmingham New Street, Grime time at 504* (August)

'Claughtons' and 'Patriots', Some thoughts on 586 (October)

Class 4 2-6-4Ts 352* (June)

Give a 'Black Five' a good name 644* (November)

LMS Pacifics in Scotland 668* (November)

Repatriation of the Middle East 8Fs 228 (April)

Was the LMS too big? 472 (August)

 

LONDON, TILBURY & SOUTHEND RAILWAY:

Baltic Mysteries 488 (August)

 

London Transport: Chesham branch,

Changing times on the 469 (August)

 

METROPOLITAN/METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Aylesbury Disaster 1904 646 (November)

Blunders at the buffers 348 (June)

 

MIDLAND RAILWAY

Baltic Mysteries 488 (August)

Buxton - What might have been 656 (November)

Crimson rambling (MR No.1000) 32* (January)

Gloucester, Going to 224* (April)

Lickey Incline, Banking on the 414* (July)

Midland single-wheelers 282* (May)

Piel Pier, The line to 207 (April)

Wensleydale, Rails in 240 (April)

 

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Narrow gauge railways 42* (January)

 

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY

How to upset your passengers without really trying 563 (September)

Montrose & Bervie Railway 674 (November)

Progress and Problems on the NBR 1845-6 498 (August)

 

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

Malton - Memories of a Yorkshire junction 1950-67 146 (March)

Steam in the North East 608* (October)

Wensleydale, Rails in 240 (April)

 

North Staffordshire Railway:

Statutory origins of the NSR 114 (February)

 

Permanent Way:

Changing craft of Permanent Way Man 366 (June) , 420 (July)

 

PERSONALITIES

Beeching, Dr. Richard 302 (May), 341 (June), 556 (September)

Charlewood R. E. 168 (March)

Churchward F. W. 722 (December)

Churton, Edward 519 (September)

Goulder, Dave 687 (November)

Hackworth, John 426 (July)

Hackworth, Timothy 82 (February)

Hawksworth F. W. 722 (December)

Marples, Ernest 302 (May), 556 (September)

Saint Pancras 59 (January)

Volk, Magnus 86 (February)

 

Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Railway 362* (June)

 

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PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING

God's Benison on the Travelling Public (GWR) 19 (January)

On holiday with British Railways 410 (July)

 

Railway Recollections 1900-14 168 (March)

Railway Spine, The rise and fall of 760 (December)

 

ROLLING STOCK

Great Western four- and six-wheel stock 124* (February)

Out of Gauge load at Helsby 480 (August)

Restaurant cars and their development 710 (December)

Trains and formations of LNER streamliners 310 (May)

 

Royal Agricultural Shows, Railway participation in 134 (March)

 

SHIPPING

Humber Ferries, Grimsby and associated railways 627 (October)

Immingham 100 - The port and its technology 52 (January)

 

Snowdon Mountain Railway 416* (July)

Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway:

Tencoupled over the Mendips 327 (June)

 

SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY (inc. SER and LCDR)

Dover Marine 624 (October)

Steaming through Kent 250* (April) , 662* (November)

 

SOUTHERN RAILWAY

'Juice' comes South 494 (August)

Steaming through Kent 250* (April) , 662* (November)

 

'Square Deal' Campaign 681 (November)

Station name signs 371* (June)

 

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STATIONS AND LOCATIONS

Acton 139 (March), 296 (May)

Birmingham 6, (New Street) 504* (August)

Bodmin branch 460 (August)

Bolton 196* (April)

Brechin & Edzell 262 (May)

Brighton–Hastings 589 (October)

Bristol 756* (December)

Buxton 656 (November)

Carlisle 160* (March), 480* (August)

Chesham branch 469 (August)

Chester 4* (January)

Dover Marine 624 (October)

Edinburgh 92* (February)

Glasgow 46* (January), 544* (September)

Gloucester 224* (April)

Grimsby 627 (October)

Helsby 485 (August)

Immingham 52 (January)

Ipswich 324* (June)

Isle of Wight 176 (March)

Kent 250* (April), 662* (November)

Knaresborough 336 (June)

Lavenham line 100 (February)

Lickey Incline 414* (July)

Liverpool–Southport/Ormskirk 740 (December)

Llandovery 698* (November)

London King's Cross 532 (September), 598 (October)

London Paddington 596* (October)

London St. Pancras 159 (March)

London, Suburban South 198 (April)

Malton 146 (March)

Manchester 620* (October)

Marston Gate 438 (July)

Middleton-in-Teesdale branch 568* (September)

Montrose–Bervie 674 (November)

North East England 608* (October)

North West England 735* (December)

Nottinghamshire 112* (February), 430* (July)

Palace Gates 281* (May)

Penrith 99* (February)

Polmont 108 (February)

'Port Road' 362* (June)

Ribblehead 735* (December)

Royton 12 (January)

St. Andrews 562 (September)

Scarborough 96* (February)

Shawford 400 (July)

Southport 372 (June), 740 (December)

Spilsby branch 316 (May)

Stratford 748* (December)

Wellingborough 285* (May)

Wensleydale branch 240* (April)

West Highland line 406* (July)

Wirral's passenger railways, The closed stations of 454 (August)

Yeovil 388* (July)

 

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Suffrage Movement:

Militant Furies and the railways 23 (January)

 

Timetables:

No home was complete without a local railway timetable 50 (January)

Travelling Post Offices 720* (December)

 

Vibration Committee 394 (July)

Volk's Electric Railway 86 (February)

 

WARTIME

Hands that rocked the Cradle: Women on railways during the Great War 753 (December)

Repatriation of the Middle East 8Fs 228 (April)

When push came to shove: Effects of Great War on railways of Britain 291 (May)

 

Water Troughs 626* (October)