Backtrack | June 2020
Black Motors’ - colour spread featuring the LSWR ‘700’ Class.
Hampshire Footplate Memories : The Early Years - Paul Joyce presents the recollections of Tom Turner, an Eastleigh footplateman.
Ryedale Rambler - archive photos by John Spencer Gilks on the branches lines between Malton, Gilling and Kirbymoorside in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Rails to Windermere - David Joy looks at the contrasting railways serving England’s largest lake.
Western Wolverhampton - colour feature of GWR motive power at Wolverhampton Low Level station and Stafford Road shed.
Trans-Pennine Timetable Development 1961-2019 - David Langton reviews the changes on this important link from the ‘Trans-Pennine’ Class 124 units to the Sprinters and Class 185s.
The Metropolitan Railway in the News 1860-1863: Part One - Jeffrey Wells looks at the beginnings of what became the London Underground system.
Thoughts on Scottish Coal: Part Two - Robin Barnes looks at coalmining and its associated industrial railways in the central belt of Scotland.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Backtrack June 2020.