Backtrack | FREE Sample Issue
VOLUME 37 No.7 JULY 2023
To the South West by the Somerset & Dorset – Gavin Morrison concludes his colour photographic odyssey to the south coast.
Tunnels on the Potteries Loop - Mike G. Fell describes engineering work on the North Staffordshire Railway
Falloden Station, Viscount Grey and the Memorial Copper Beech Tree – Neil Mackay presents a conjunction of local and national history in Northumberland.
Milk Traffic Memories: Part One - David J. Hayes looks at the final years of milk trains on British Railways.
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Cotton Town Stations - a survey by Jeffrey Wells
Banishing the Blues - colour phographs by Tom Heavyside of the former Glasgow area “Blue Train’ electric units.
‘Jersey Lilies’ - archive pictures of the elegant Great Central Railway Atlantics.
West is West - colour spread of steam at Penzance station.
Lincolnshire and Humberside - East Coast colour photographs from the Simon Lathlane collection.
Trestle Viaducts - a brief description by Gordon Biddle.
Staines to Wokingham - an important route through Berkshire and Surrey described by Jeremy Clarke.
Politics and Nuances at Swindon Works - L. A. Summers takes a close look behind the Great Western Railway scenes.
The N2 Class: A case study in performance - Andrew James considers the important work done by the Great Northern-designed suburban tanks.
Midland Railway Signal Boxes - Richard Foster describes the boxes at Melton Junction and New Mills Central
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The specialist magazine was first published in 1986 for the purpose of ‘recording the history of Britain’s railway’ - the magazine’s strapline - and it is now published by Pendragon Publishing. Dropping every month, Backtrack magazine is your monthly dose of railway nostalgia and historical insight.
35 years later and Backtrack has firmly established itself as the authority on topics such as the history of Britain and Ireland’s train stations, railway bridges, signalling, biographies, train services and staff recollections - all of which regularly appear in the magazine. Backtrack's contributors include many of today's leading railway history writers and the magazine has a reputation for being of the highest quality.
With a multitude of unmissable monthly features, every issue aims to chronicle and record part of the history of Britain’s railway system. Every issue contains a dozen or so large articles that focus on a particular line or area in British railway history.
Whether you’re into early railway history from the 'pre-Stephenson' era, steam, diesel or electric locomotive you’ll find every era covered in minute detail - from railway company history, railway carriages and wagons, railway stations, railway ships, hotels and road vehicles, railway economic and social history and railway publicity and advertising.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Backtrack FREE Sample Issue.