Backtrack | January 2023
Backtrack January 2023
Thames Crossing - colour spread of railway bridges over the River Thames.
Devon’s Railways - Stephen Roberts surveys the once extensive main and branch line network of the county.
Over the Sea to Skye: via the Highland Railway - John Roake looks into the links between the railway and the island ferries, More Frustrations of Fuel Efficiency: Part Three - The Last-Chance Saloon - Miles Macnair considers some of the late developments in the cause of improving the prospects for steam traction.
Soujourns on the Southern: Coach Camping on the Southern Railway 1935-40 - In the first of two parts Mike Fenton explores the SR’s holiday provision from East Kent to North Cornwall.
A Timely Visit to Mortimer Street signal box - made by Peter Butler.
Winners all the way - four pages of colour featuring the LNER’s outstanding Class V2 ‘general utility’ locomotives.
Croes Newydd and Brymbo - colour photographs by Keith Gays at this Wrexham depot in its last year.
On the Central Wales Line - archive photographs from the John Spencer Gilks Collection.
Horwich Works in the News 1884-1904 - Jeffrey Wells describes the building, opening and early years of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway’s famous workshops near Bolton.
The LNER Heavy Shunting Engines - The S1 and T1 Classes portrayed by David P. Williams.
Return to Cumbria - three more colour pages of Gavin Morrison’s visits to the scenic Cumbrian Coast route.
The Waveney Valley Railway - the story of an East Anglian byway by Bruce Laws.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Backtrack January 2023.