Heritage Railway  |  290
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In this issue:
Take better silhouettes!
Magical at sunrise, marvellous at sunset – silhouettes can be a forgotten side of railway photography, often due to timings and vegetation, which has ruined many locations over the years. John Titlow selects his finest silhouettes from four decades at the lineside.
The Quarry Hunslet Dynasty
In the second part of a feature on the locomotive type that became synonymous with the North Wales slate quarry narrow gauge lines, Mark Smithers continues his unfolding of the story of the evolution of the Quarry Hunslets.
Lament for a branch line
In a new publication from Mortons Books imprint Silver Link, the Nostalgia Collection, with the aid of an exhaustive collection of archive photographs, David Hindle tells the story of the Southport branch line which opened in 1882 and closed in 1964.
And much more!
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Heritage Railway 290.