Backtrack | October 2019
October 2019
Return to Mugby Junction - Nicholas Daunt offers some personal reflections of the railway scene at Rugby.
Early Locomotives on the Stanhope & Tyne Railway - pioneering railway history from the North East by Rob Langham.
The Taff Vale Railway in the news 1836-1922 - Jeffrey Wells presents chronicles of an important South Wales company up to the grouping with the GWR.
The Tonbridge to Ashford line of the South Eastern Railway - by Jeremy Clarke
Pacific power on the West Coast Main Line - four colour pages featuring the mighty LMS 'Coronation' 4-6-2s.
An electric train set - archive photos of electric multiple units from their earliest days to the 1960s.
The railway at Tutbury: Part Two - Mike G. Fell concludes his look at the railways of this Staffordshire centre.
Trans-Pennine Transformation - Alan Taylor reviews developments on the Standedge and Calder Valley routes in the 1960s.
The Wootton Bridge accident on the London & North Western Railway - an 1861 bridge failure described by Jeffrey Wells.
South of Chester: A brief glimpse in the summer of 1964 by Glen Kilday.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Backtrack October 2019.