Railway Magazine  |  1454 - May 2022
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In this issue:
Practice & Performance
Which way from Heathrow? The relatively short journey from London’s main airport to Central London can be made in a number of ways by rail, and passengers are faced with a confusing choice of cost, speed and convenience, as John Heaton FCILT discovers.
Centipedes, Sharknoses and the end of Baldwin Locomotive Works
Two distinctive diesel types marked the final phase of main line loco building at Baldwin’s Eddystone plant near Philadelphia, as Robert Humm recounts.
The fleet ahead of its time
A plan in the final years of BR to sell off the Class 25/9 fleet to an independent operator came tantalisingly close to fruition, writes Mike Jones.
And much more!
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