Backtrack | July 2024
BACKTRACK VOL.38 No.7 - JULY 2024
> Thames-side workings- R.C. Riley’s colour photos of industrial workings on the Thames marshlands.
> British Railways: The First 18 Months - A. J. Mullay considers the establishing of the newly nationalised British Railways in 1948.
> Tyson’s Travels - archive colour photographs from the Alan Tyson
> Collection The Bexleyheath Line - the story of a Kent line of the South Eastern Railway by Jeremy Clarke.
> Protecting the Tube: Part Two - Alistair F. Nisbet concludes his account of how the London Underground set about dealing with the threats of flooding and hostile action in the Cold War.
> Coronation Class - four colour pages of the great LMS ‘Coronation’ Pacifics.
> The Skye Line - David Anderson describes the building the Highland line from Strome Ferry to Kyle of Lochalsh and the island ferry services.
> To Kyle of Lochalsh – Gavin Morrison’s colour photos of the scenic ‘Skye Line’.
> Destructive Fires on Britain’s railways 1840-1900 - some significant incidents noted by Jeffrey Wells.
> Reminiscences of the Wolverhampton area 1962-1967 - Paul Bowen looks at change and decline on the Great Western lines.
> Stoke Junction - Mike G. Fell revisits a busy location on the North Staffordshire Railway.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Backtrack July 2024.