Backtrack  |  March 2018
March 2018
Seen on Shed - locomotive depot scenes in colour photographed by Geoff Rixon.
To the Kent Coast and across the Channel - Michael H.C. Baker reflects on aspects of cross-Channel travel down the years.
Trains in the Water - Alistair F. Nisbet looks at some cases of water misfortunes.
The Paxman 'Warship' - Chris Fox reviews the career of a one-off member of the diesel-hydraulic 'Warship' Class.
The Knotty and the First World War - Mike G. Fell and David J. Woolliscroft pay tribute to the North Staffordshire Railway's war casualties.
Liverpool Street Station 1862-1935 - Jeffrey Wells describes developments at the Great Eastern Railway's London terminus.
Whitmore Signal Box - Spencer Jackson recalls his visits there.
Lincoln City at Home - five colour pages of steam around the city's Central station.
Byway of the 'Barra': Part Two - Mike Fenton concludes his history of the Alston branch.
37 Not Out - four pages of Rodney Lissenden's colour photos of the long-lasting Class 37 diesels in a range of liveries.
The Isle of Portland - its Stone and its Five Railways - John L. Flann tells the fascination railway history of this outpost of Dorset.
Harry Wainwright's early South Eastern & Chatham Railway Bogie Carriages - described with historic photos by Jeremy Clarke.
On the Tilbury Line - four pages of archive photos of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway.
What not to do - some forbidding pre-grouping signs photographed by Peter Hay
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Backtrack March 2018.