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Steam Railway #51 1984 July Ned & the Motherwell West Lanc light railway
Steam Railway #51 1984 July
CONTENTS
8 NEWS A nameplate theft from the Severn Valley Railway, and a nameplate acquisition for Humberside Black 5 No.5305. Seven pages of news - the fullest, most informed coverage in the railway press.
16 IMAGES OF STEAM '84 Are you still standing with the crowd when you take your photographs? The Canon Cameras/Steam Railway photographic competition offers ,200 worth of incentives to try a different approach.
18 NED AND THE MOTHERWELL 'HOODOO' Were Motherwell engines more susceptible to failure than the rest? Former St. Rollox fireman George Holyhead tells a tale of two mishaps.
24 GALLERY Pictorial photo feature including Ireland's 'Galway Bay Railtour'.
28 WORLDWIDE REPORT `World Steam' editor David Thornhill highlights the recent developments which have made steam-hauled expresses virtually extinct.
32 GETTING BACK INTO THE BLACK Colour feature on the return to BR livery of K1 No.62005, by the photographer who made it happen - Peter Zabek.
34 STEAM, AT THREE MINUTE INTERVALS Wrapping up his two-part report on the building and use of steam in China, Colin Garratt visits the coal and steel towns of the north east.
40 THE REMARKABLE WEST LANCS LIGHT RAILWAY Little known and largely unsung, the WLLR has actually been in business since the late 1960s. Brian Dobbs reports.
46 THE GLORIOUS YEARS The LMR scene of the late 1950s/early 1960s, superbly photographed by ex-Patricroft fireman Jim Carter.
52 MAILBAG A lot of debate, and a little conjecture, not least of all about Brunswick green livery.
56 TIMETABLE A comprehensive guide to events during the next six weeks.
63 PERMANENT WAY Another look at railway scenes that are here today, gone tomorrow.
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