Backtrack | August 2024
BACKTRACK Vol.38 No.8 - AUGUST 2024
The GWR ‘1366’ Pannier Tanks - colour spread of these small locomotives on the Wenford Bridge and Weymouth Quay branches.
From Cable to Light Rail: Fenchurch Street station and the Blackwall Railway - a remarkable history told by Geoffrey Skelsey.
Train Crew Left Behind - unfortunate incidents described by Alistair F. Nisbet, Remembering ‘Tiger Trains’ - David J. Hayes looks back at a short-lived freight operation.
Lake’s Chief Mechanical Engineers: C. J. Bowen Cooke as seen through the eyes of Charles S. Lake and others - reviewed by Malcolm Cowtan.
Strangers in Town - archive photographs of the 1948 Locomotive Exchanges - and some earlier ones.
Over Beattock - four colour pages by Gavin Morrison on the famous West Coast Main Line climb to Beattock Summit.
Another dip into the East Midlands file - colour photographs from the Simon Lathlane Collection.
The railways of Midhurst - secondary routes in Sussex described by Bruce Laws.
West London Underground - another selection of architectural gems by Paul Joyce.
Britain’s Railways in 1919 - a review of events by Jeffrey Wells.
The Boulby Mineral Railway at 50 - Geoff Tweddle tells how a closed branch line in North Yorkshire came back to life for potash traffic.
New Light on the Last Years of the Stratford & Moreton Tramway - by Barry Taylor.
Left Luggage at Paddington - Michael J. Smith recalls his summer employment at this London terminus.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Backtrack August 2024.