July 2026 edition of BackTrack out now!
On the Great North of Scotland – colour photographs of the D40 Class 4-4-0 locomotives
AC:DC–DC:AC: Part Two – Stephen G. Abbott reviews electrification system changes on Britain’s railways since the 1923 grouping.
Memories of the Cairn Valley Light Railway: Part One – Mike Fenton looks back at a long-lost line I’m Dumfriesshire.
Up the Junction with a Jolly Sailor – James Graham traces the history of eight London ‘Junction’ stations.
The Long and the Short and the Small – archive photos of locomotives of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.
Patriotic Duties – colour spread of the original LMSR ‘Patriot’ Class 4-6-0s.
The ‘Jeeps’ of the LMS (NCC): Part Two – Conrad Natzio concludes the story with a consideration of how the Moguls and ‘Jeeps’ performed.
Career Choices – J. Crosse ponders over the naming of no fewer than 330 Great Western Railway ‘Hall’ Class locomotives.
Trans-Pennine Petroleum – David Ratcliffe tracks the fluctuating fortune of this important fuel traffic – going back to 1902.
The First Railway Royals – Tom Nicholls describes the earliest ‘royal train’ journeys.
Dramatic rollover at Middleton Junction – Jonathan Gilbert describes the recovery operation after a derailment in Lancashire in January 1967.
The Freight Handlers – Brian Ringer presents some British Railways Board photographs of freight handling practices and equipment in the 1950s-70s.
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