Backtrack | June 2016
June 2016
Caledonian Mixture - colour spread by Roy Hobbs on former Caledonian Railway lines
Never a Dull Moment - A fireman's reminiscences of Reading WR shed as told by Richard Smith.
The Closure of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Line: Part Two - Edward Gibbins concludes his investigation of the economic realities behind BR's decision.
New Lines for the Southern - Jeremy Clarke looks at between-the-wars developments at Ramsgate, Allhallows, Wimbledon and Sutton.
Rope-worked Inclines - Peter Hay recalls some mid-twentieth century survivors.
Manx Sunshine - five colour pages of steam on the Isle of Man 1957-1970.
Rules, Helping Hands and Short Straws - Glen Kilday dips into some LNER railway staff instructions.
The Calvert Spur - An examination of this rail link and its impact on railway operations in Buckinghamshire by John Jarvis.
In their Liverpool home - four pages of archive photos of Liverpool's termini and routes out of the city.
Putting railways on the map - J. D. Bennett reviews some early railway atlases.
The Opening of Railway Halts 1930-35 - Jeffrey Wells notes developments in the railways' search for new travel options.
A Trip to Oxford - a 1935 excursion from Ripon to the Morris car factory in Oxford.
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Articles dans ce numéro
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