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MRJ Issue 99
  • 'Castles' in Traffic Part 2

    John Copsey

    p.122

    This part of the 'Castles' article covers a period from the early 1930s through to the end of the Second World War

    Tags: 4073 / Castle, locomotives

  • Britannia Crossing

    Chris Turner

    p.143

    A short story by Chris Turner on staffing recollections at Britannia Crossing and Halt, less than a mile to the north of Kingswear

    Tags: personal reminiscences, stations

  • Schoolboy Memories of the Abingdon Branch in the 1950s

    Richard Watts

    p.146

    A schoolboy's memories of the Radley & Abingdon line in the 1950s, a 2 1/2 mile, seven minute journey, recalling working of the stations

    Tags: branch lines, personal reminiscences, stations

  • Traffic at Birmingham Snow Hill Part 4

    John Copsey

    p.151

    The fourth part of the Birmingham Snow Hill traffic story continues from the early 1930s through to the end of the Second World War

    Tags: stations, West Midlands

  • The Manufacture and Distribution of Gas for Coach Lighting

    John Lewis

    p.177

    John Lewis describes the manufacture and distribution of gas for coach lighting which was produced from oil (as opposed to coal gas) as this could be more satisfactorily compressed

    Tags: coaches / carriages, gas lighting