Backtrack | February 2024
BACKTRACK VOL.38 No.2 - FEBRUARY 2024 - Seeing all sides at Shipley
Four colour pages by Gavin Morrison showing steam in action at Shipley on the Aire Valley line.
A Right Royal Scandal: Part One - David Spaven investigates the controversial closure of the Deeside line from Aberdeen to Ballater.
Ephemeral Edisodes A look at locomotive performance on lesser-known routes in the East Midlands in the 1950s and 60s by Andrew James.
The Missing Link - David Joy looks at the sad saga of the Skipton to Colne railway.
Heaton Locomotive Works Roll of Honour - A North Eastern Railway war memorial described by Iain Kitt.
What the North British Locomotive Company built - colour photographs of the Class 21, Class 22 and Class 29 diesel-electric and diesel-hydraulic locomotives.
The World’s first Railway Conductor - Michael R. Bailey traces a connection between the Liverpool & Manchester Railway and the early 19th century emigrant ‘pioneers’ to America.
'It all makes work for the Working Man to do’ - archive photographs of railway staff going about their duties.
Birmingham Snow Hill 1965 - Stephen G. Abbott relives the final flourish of a much-loved station.
Steam in Good Portions: Part Two - Steve Leyland concludes his record of the last years of the Glasgow through carriages from Manchester and Liverpool.
The H Class 0-4-4Ts - John Langford describes the latter work of these South Eastern & Chatham Railway engines with colour and b/w photographs.
Scottish Steam in the 1920s - David P. Williams reflects on the photographs of Ranald D. Stephen, with two colourised pictures of Highland Railway locomotives..
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Backtrack February 2024.