Issue 79 2018 « Previous issue
Edited by Paul Karau
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Blisworth in the 1940s
p.3
A review of Blisworth Station in the 1940s covering staff and their duties, and daily operations
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Chester Northgate in May 1949
p.19
Photographs (by P. M. Alexander) captioned by the author
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Moel Tryfan - A Casualty of the Early Preservation Era
p.25
An account of the North Wales Narrow gauge single Fairlie Moel Tryfan which, after lingering around out of service for a number of years, was considered beyond repair and cut up in 1954.
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Ilfracombe in September 1952
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Photographs (by A. Parminter) captioned by the author.
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The LMS Camping Coach Years 1934-1940 Part Two
p.39
Continuation of the initial article in BRJ issue 78
The 1930s saw the development of employers offering holidays with pay to their workforces. This great change helped to make the 1930s the decade of the camp coach as the nation's major railway companies quickly realised they could utilise life-expired carriages at isolated country stations with minimal passenger business to generate income, promote train travel and make family holidays more affordable for socio-economic groups. This article focuses on the London, Midland & Scottish Railway's approach to this service
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Vale of Rheidol Nos. 8 & 9 in Pictorial Detail
p.59
Detailed photographs (by the author) of the Vale of Rheidol locomotives nos. 8 and 9
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Across Roman Britain
p.73
Description of the M&SWJR section of the GWR as it was under BR in the spring of 1948
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Derby Lightweight on Trial
p.79
Photographs of the two-car DMU undergoing running trials in March 1954