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INDEX TO BACKTRACK Volume 33 (2019)

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 33

Accidents

Bridges

British Railways

Caledonian Railway

Diesel Traction

Electric Traction

Glasgow & South Western Railway

Great Central Railway (Inc. MSLR)

Great Northern Railway

Great Western Railway

Highland Railway

Industrial Railways

Irish Railways

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway

Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Livery And Insignia

Locomotives (Miscellaneous)

London & North Eastern Railway

London & North Western Railway

London & South Western Railway

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway

 

London Midland & Scottish Railway

Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway

Maryport & Carlisle Railway

Mersey Railway

Midland Railway

Midland & South Western Junction Railway

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway

North British Railway

North Eastern Railway

North Staffordshire Railway

Permanent Way

Personalities

Railway In Court

Rolling Stock

Signalling

South Eastern & Chatham Railway (inc. SER and LCDR)

Southern Railway

Stanhope & Tyne Railway

Stations And Locations

Wartime

 

Aberystwyth Cliff Railway 209 (Apr)

 

ACCIDENTS

Bodies on the railway 675 (Nov)

Failures 308 (May)

Marylebone collisions 715 (Dec)

Oxford derailment 1975 110 (Feb)

Wootton Bridge accident 632 (Oct)

 

Advice for Victorian travellers 244 (Apr)

Ashton Valve Company 180 (Mar)

 

Bass Brewery day trips 1911-14 372 (Jun)

Bodies on the railway 675 (Nov)

 

BRIDGES

Northern viaducts in the news 372 (Jun)

Wootton Bridge accident 632 (Oct)

 

BRITISH RAILWAYS

1948 - the Missing Contenders 6 (Jan)

1955- BR steam's last great year 354 (Jun)

Anglo-Scottish WCML services 1966 16 (Jan)

Bluebell line closure 420 (Jul)

Building of Ironbridge Power Station 497 (Aug)

Cafeteria Cars 262 (May)

Caprotti Class 5 4-6-0s 480* (Aug)

Close Escape, A - Oxford derailment 1975 110 (Feb)

Far North line, The survival of the 708 (Dec)

Great Eastern line, Odd moments on the 452* (Aug)

Kyle of Lochalsh line 694* (Nov)

Last summer of steam over Shap 434 (Jul)

Manchester Piccadilly with diesel power 68* (Feb)

Marples Report, The 74 (Feb), 141 (Mar)

Remembering Connectrail 267 (May), 402 (Jul)

Robertson, Sir Brian 750* (Dec)

Sent to work on the railway (Guildford) 504 (Aug)

Southern in Devon through the 1970s 660 (Nov)

Standard '77XXX' Class 3s 644* (Nov)

Starting work at Brent 1961 11 (Jan)

Trans-Pennine transformation 622 (Oct)

Two journeys in 1961 220 (Apr)

Wrexham Central to New Brighton 241* (Apr)

 

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY

Glasgow Central Railway and its rivals 338 (Jun)

West Coast Racing Train of 1888 652 (Nov)

 

DIESEL TRACTION

Manchester Piccadilly with diesel power 68* (Feb)

Southern in Devon through the 1970s 660 (Nov)

Taunton and thereabouts 552* (Sep)

East & West Yorkshire Union Railway 378 (Jun)

 

ELECTRIC TRACTION

Anglo-Scottish WCML services 1966 16 (Jan)

Electric Train Set, An 612* (Oct)

Electrifying Merseyside 690 (Nov)

 

Glasgow & South Western Railway:

Glasgow St. Enoch station 158* (Mar)

 

GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY (inc. MSLR)

A5 tanks 32* (Jan)

GCR and LNER on the Mid-Wirral line 744 (Dec)

Marylebone collisions 715 (Dec)

Metropolitan & Great Central line stopping trains 670* (Nov)

Return to Mugby Junction 580 (Oct)

 

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY

'Eastern Belle' 763 (Dec)

Odd moments on the GE line 452* (Aug)

Signal boxes 124* (Feb)

 

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

Firsby, Railways around 755 (Dec)

J50 0-6-0 tanks 516* (Sep)

Peterborough 720* (Dec)

Recalling the 'Plant Centenarian' 252* (Apr)

Rutland and Stamford, The railways of 532 (Sep), 681 (Nov)

 

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

'43XX' Class 2-6-0s 96* (Feb)

'47XX' 2-8-0s 736* (Dec)

Chester, South of 634 (Oct)

Kemble station: The branches and railbus years 52 (Jan), 172 (Mar)

Looking West 35* (Jan)

Mid-Wales steam in 1920s and '30s 478* (Aug)

Pannier tank at Talywain 351* (Jun)

Shropshire's railways 196 (Apr)

Signal boxes on Cornwall main line 568* (Sep)

Swindon steam 500* (Aug)

The Great Bear 362* (Jun)

Turn-of-the-century Paddington 566* (Sep)

Two journeys in 1961 220 (Apr)

Winchester Chesil 414 (Jul)

 

HIGHLAND RAILWAY

Far North line, The survival of the 708 (Dec)

Kyle of Lochalsh line 694* (Nov)

Taking the Cure - The railway to Strathpeffer 48 (Jan), 100 (Feb)

 

INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS

Kinmel Camp and Foryd Harbour branch 441 (Jul)

Pannier tank at Talywain 351* (Jun)

Surrey Iron Railway 104 (Feb)

 

Irish Railways: Great Northern (Ireland) Railway 4-4-0s 260* (May)

Iron Horse, The 724 (Dec)

 

LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY

Blackpool, Let's go to 90* (Feb)

Daisyfield Affair 1850 370 (Jun)

Timber structures 178 (Mar)

 

LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER RAILWAY

First railway strike 493 (Aug)

Sans Pareil after Rainhill 760 (Dec)

Strikes, Theft and Fraud at Liverpool Road 281 (May)

 

Livery and Insignia: Streamlined colour 214* (Apr)

 

LOCOMOTIVES (Miscellaneous)

Failures 308 (May)

Leicestershire shed visits 60* (Jan)

Locomotive Exchanges 1948: The missing contenders 6 (Jan)

Placating the Civils 146 (Mar)

Werry, William Charles: Locomotive designs of 460 (Aug)

 

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

A4 Pacifics in the 'Scottish' years 224* (Apr)

A5 tanks 32* (Jan)

'Eastern Belle', The 763 (Dec)

First in the field: Camping Coaches 454 (Aug), 528 (Sep)

GCR and LNER on the Mid-Wirral line 744 (Dec)

J50 0-6-0Ts 516* (Sep)

Lincolnshire, A look at 82* (Feb)

Streamlined colour 214* (Apr)

The Great Marquess LNER No.3442 754* (Dec)

Thompson, Edward: A revisionist view 164 (Mar), 226 (Apr), 312 (May)

 

LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Alderley Edge in 19th century: Impact on railways on 471 (Aug)

Another way to Liverpool (the Lymm line) 762* (Dec)

Premier Line pair 109* (Feb)

Return to Mugby Junction 580 (Oct)

Rutland and Stamford, The railways of 532 (Sep), 681 (Nov)

Shropshire's railways 196 (Apr)

West Coast Racing Train of 1888 652 (Nov)

Wootton Bridge accident 632 (Oct)

 

LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Canford Manor's 'Splendid Arch'... c1844/5 232 (Apr)

Dorset delight - Lyme Regis branch 160* (Mar)

Nasmyth Gaskell, Edward Bury and locomotives for the London & Southampton Railway 563 (Sep)

T9 ('Greyhound') 4-4-0s 554* (Sep)

 

LONDON, BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY

Bluebell line closure 420 (Jul)

Hayling Island branch, Last call for the 116* (Feb)

Moments of Remembrance 485* (Aug)

 

LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY

Caprotti Class 5 4-6-0s 480* (Aug)

Class 2 2-6-0s 288* (May)

Class 3 2-6-2Ts 556 (Sep)

Derby Staff Training College 125 (Feb)

Odd 'Princess' out ('Turbomotive') 667* (Nov)

Pacific power on the West Coast Main Line 608* (Oct)

Streamlined colour 214* (Apr)

 

Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway: Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition 1857/8 118 (Feb)

Maryport & Carlisle Railway: A Perfect Specimen 150 (Mar)

Mersey Railway, Fraudulent promotion on the 346 (Jun)

Metropolitan & Great Central line stopping trains 670* (Nov)

 

MIDLAND RAILWAY

0-6-0s for Italy 58 0-6-4Ts ('Flatirons') 286* (May)

Harpenden 570 (Sep)

Midland Compounds, Myth or Marvel? 728 (Dec)

Rutland and Stamford, The railways of 532 (Sep), 681 (Nov)

 

Midland & South Western Junction Railway: Trials and Triumphs of the 132 (Mar)

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway - Laxfield: Accidental railway terminus 426 (Jul)

Mixed Freight 324* (Jun)

 

Narrow gauge railways 388 (Jul), 395 (Jul)

 

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY

Edinburgh Waverley 544* (Sep)

Kirkcaldy Harbour: Town v Railway 84 (Feb)

 

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

Beamish - Before the museum 79 (Feb)

Middleton-in-Teesdale branch 646 (Nov)

NER survivors 249* (Apr)

Northallerton: Varied history of a small NER engine shed 327 (Jun), 464 (Aug)

Uninteresting places 341 (Jun)

Wanderings in the North East 672* (Nov)

Weatherhill Incline and Winding Engine 398 (Jul)

Yorkshire Coast 416* (Jul)

 

North Staffordshire Railway: The railway at Tutbury 486 (Aug), 614 (Oct)

 

One Thousand Miles in 24 hours 94 (Feb)

Overcrowding 24 (Jan)

 

Permanent Way: Crane laying of prefabricated track 70 (Feb), 205 (Apr), 332 (Jun), 474 (Aug)

 

PERSONALITIES

Ashton, Henry 180 (Mar)

Beeching, Dr. Richard 74 (Feb), 141 (Mar)

Bury, Edward 563 (Sep)

Edmonds, Bernard 478* (Aug)

Grey, Thomas: The Railwayman Poet 700 (Nov)

Langley, J. Baxter 341 (Jun)

Marples, Ernest 74 (Feb), 141 (Mar)

Nasmyth, James and George 563 (Sep)

Robertson, Sir Brian 750* (Dec)

Thompson, Edward 164 (Mar), 226 (Apr), 312 (May)

Werry, William Charles 460 (Aug)

 

Place on Rail: The transport of the dead 292 (May)

 

Quest for Economy and Efficiency: Some recollections on railway gauges 388 (Jul)

 

Railway Curiosities 364 (Jun)

Railway Goods Stations: Modelling the reality 182 (Mar)

 

RAILWAY IN COURT

Animal matters 216 (Apr)

Serious crime against the railways 547 (Sep)

 

ROLLING STOCK

Cafeteria Cars 262 (May)

Cooking with oil 764* (Dec)

First in the field: LNER Camping Coaches 454 (Aug), 528 (Sep)

North Wales Radio Cruise Train 764* (Dec)

Oil Gas manufacture and its demise 524 (Sep)

Overcrowding 24 (Jan)

 

Road unto Rail: Exercises in technology transfer 696 (Nov)

 

SIGNALLING

Failures 308 (May)

Great Eastern signal boxes 124* (Feb)

GWR signal boxes on Cornwall main line 568* (Sep)

Railway at Shireoaks, Worksop and Rhodesia 688 (Nov)

Signalling between Gilberdyke and Brough 238 (Apr)

Thoughts from inside and outside the box 738 (Dec)

 

Snow on the line 4* (Jan)

 

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

Into Ashford by the back door 300 (May)

Tonbridge to Ashford line of SER 600 (Oct)

 

Southern Railway: Moments of Remembrance 485* (Aug)

Stanhope & Tyne Railway, Early locomotives on the 588 (Oct)

 

STATIONS AND LOCATIONS

Aberystwyth 209 (Apr)

Alderley Edge 471 (Aug)

Beamish 79 (Feb)

Blackpool 90* (Feb)

Boroughbridge 276 (May)

Brent 11 (Jan)

Canford Manor 232 (Apr)

Cheshire 412* (Jul)

Devon 660 (Nov)

Edinburgh Waverley 544* (Sep)

Far North line 708 (Dec)

Firsby 755 (Dec)

Glasgow Central Railway 338 (Jun)

Glasgow St. Enoch 158* (Mar)

Guildford 504 (Aug)

Harpenden 570 (Sep)

Hayling Island branch 116* (Feb)

Ironbridge 497 (Aug)

Kemble 52 (Jan), 172 (Mar)

Kirkcaldy 84 (Feb)

Kyle of Lochalsh line 694* (Nov)

Laxfield 426 (Jul)

Lincolnshire 82* (Feb)

London Marylebone 715 (Dec)

London Paddington 566 (Sep)

* Lyme Regis branch 160* (Mar)

Lymm line 762* (Dec)

Manchester 68* (Feb), 118 (Feb)

Manchester Liverpool Road 281 (May)

Merseyside 690 (Nov)

Middlesbrough 276 (May)

Middleton-in-Teesdale branch 646 (Nov)

Mid-Wirral line 744 (Dec)

Northallerton 324 (Jun), 464 (Aug)

Peterborough 720* (Dec)

Rugby 580 (Oct)

Rutland and Stamford 532 (Sep), 681 (Nov)

Scotland, Rail-roving in 336* (Jun)

Settle–Carlisle line 45* (Jan)

Shap 434 (Jul)

Sheffield 276 (May)

Shropshire 196 (Apr)

Strathpeffer 48 (Jan), 100 (Feb)

Swindon 500* (Aug)

Taunton 552* (Sep)

Trans-Pennine routes 297* (May), 622 (Oct)

Tutbury 486 (Aug), 614 (Oct)

Walsall 380* (Jun)

Weatherhill Incline 398 (Jul)

Winchester Chesil 414 (Jul)

Wrexham Central to New Brighton 241* (Apr)

Yorkshire Coast 416* (Jul)

 

Surrey Iron Railway 104 (Feb)

 

Taff Vale Railway in the news 1836-1922 593 (Oct)

Tickets from independent railways 122 (Feb)

Transport of the dead 292 (May)

 

WARTIME

0-6-0s for Italy 58 (Jan)

Britain's railways in World War I 38 (Jan)

Brunel the hospital builder 541 (Sep)

Kinmel Camp branch 441 (Jul)

Taken away by train - The Evacueees' stories 518 (Sep)

 

When roads meet rails 170* (Mar)