Issue 2 1984 « Previous issue | Next issue »
Edited by Paul Karau and Gerry Beale
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Wadebridge-Wenford Bridge Freight
Cover
Front cover photo
No.30586 on the 9.35am Wadebridge-Wenford Bridge freight near Dunmere siding on 17th May 1962
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Wenford Bridge and the Beattie Well Tanks
p.3
Although opened as early as 1834 as part of the independent Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway, the Wenford Bridge branch in North Cornwall never carried passenger traffic. It received a good deal of attention in the last years of steam haulage due to its unique motive power, the last three survivors of a class of Beattie 2-4-0Ts, of which 85 were built between 1863 and 1875 primarily for London suburban traffic.
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Parsons Tunnel Signal Box
p.9
Photographs and detailed notes on the history and development of the Parsons Tunnel signal box which was first opened in 1884 and finally closed on 1st April 1964
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Harvington Ex-Midland Railway
p.13
Harvington is pleasantly situated in the Worcester locality known as the Vale of Evesham which is renowned for its fruit and vegetable industry. The station was opened in 1866 when the Evesham & Redditch Railway Company opened their line between Evesham and Alcester (the extension beyond Alcester being opened in 1868). From 1st July 1882 the company was vested in the Midland Railway. The line was closed in 1963.
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Weedon
p.18
An account from a signalling perspective of the history and development of Weedon on the London and Birmingham line
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Tondu Middle Junction and Loco Shed
p.21
Notes on a classic photograph from the Neil Parkhouse collection of Tondu Middle Junction and engine shed looking northwards from the footbridge over the platforms at Tondu station around the turn of the century
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The 'Barnums' of the GWR
p.24
The four-coupled type of locomotive was at one time the most popular class of passenger engine in Western Europe, particularly in Great Britain. One of the most successful classes of this type of engine was the GWR '3206' double frame series
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Savernake Station
p.27
Photograph with notes showing Savernake station probably during the 1890s
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The Park Prewett Hospital Railway, Basingstoke
p.28
Unlike some hospital railways which owned their own locomotives and therefore became reasonably well known, the Park Prewett railway was always worked by the LSWR under an agreement of 1912. The line was closed on 21st May 1954 having operated for thirty-seven years
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Brecon & Merthyr 0-6-0 Double-Framed Saddle Tanks
p.33
Drawings and notes on the history of the Brecon & Merthyr Railway's No. 1 class saddle tanks, its antecedents and successors