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Railway World 1985 January Vol 46 No 537 East German narrow gauge Hazards on foo
Railway World 1985 January Vol 46 No 537
CONTENTS
6 Hazards on the footplate
A steam engineman's job was less glamorous than sheer, hard work, accompanied by the need to avoid a daunting range of potential hazards. This article describes some of them and includes a graphic account of a runaway, as experienced from the footplate.
11 LMS days at Manchester Victoria
Another of our contributor's vivid recollections of steam-age Manchester, including reports of two destructive accidents.
15 Plain Track
16 New Books
16 Letters
18 Narrow gauge steam in East Germany
Probably the most interesting range of everyday steam working in mainland Europe can be found on the narrow gauge in East Germany. David Eatwell provides a guide that must tempt any steam enthusiast.
26 East Coast Pacific farewell
It is 31 December 1965 and `Al' 4-6-2 No 60145 St Mungo is ready to leave York for Newcastle
28 Northwest steam pictorial
This month's colour centrespread continues the nostalgic theme by taking a glimpse at the dying days of BR steam.
30 A last trip up the `Wenford'
150th anniversaries are in the news, but one line that failed by only a year to celebrate its 150th was that from Boscarne Junction to Wenford Bridge. A journey up the branch was memorable even behind an '08' in 1983.
34 Locomotive restoration in the year of GW150
Railway World hopes to include reports of major restoration projects for GWR locomotives and other artefacts during 1985. We start with progress on `King' No 6024 and the first of regular reports this year on `Manor' No 7802.
37 Preservation Scene
41 Rail Report
44 Enthusiast's Month
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