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Steam World #124 October 1997 South Esatern 1950s Peppercorn A1s Cornwall Rys
Steam World October 1997
4 COMMENT
Chris Leigh examines the question of balance in relation to differing railway interests.
6 CALL ATTENTION
Nigel Harris takes another dip in the postbag to discover some old boilers and yet another buffer-beam 'accessory.'
8 LMS 4-6-0s - ON AND OFF THE DRAWING BOARD
In the final part of his first-hand feature on the design and development of LMS 4-6-0s E. A. Langridge describes the final variants of the 'Black Five.'
14 TELL ME ABOUT IT
Colin Gifford's photographic challenge features two rare colour images and he asks readers to fill in the caption details.
18 ATLANTIC' STARS
Railwayman R.H.N. Hardy, who began his career at Doncaster in the 1940s, recalls with pride and affection the Great Northern 4-4-2s.
24 REVIEWS
More recent publications receive critical appraissal from the Steam World reviewers.
26 BRANCH LINE EVENTS OF THE 1940s
Owen H. Prosser recalls the detailed letter-writing of Stanley Keyes, an observer of the railway scene seen in this Aerofilms view as it was 70 years ago.
36 SOUTH EASTERN TRAVELS IN 1957
Bill Ashcroft recalls an epic shed- bashing trip to Kent in order to see as many pre-Grouping designs as possible.
42 LAST MOMENTS AT BLACKFORD
The last minutes of passenger services to a small Scottish country station, recorded by a photographer known only as '60004."
46 GREAT SHOT!
A pair of 2-6-2Ts are almost lost in the light and shadow of Philip Kelley's photograph inside the old Temple Meads station.
30 DARKROOM DISCOVERIES
The first in a three-part photographic feature series from W. A. Reed's collection depicts freight workings.
34 DIDCOT - 1928
Now called Parkway and best known as the Great Western
48 HORNBY IN CORNWALL
Frank Hornby describes the delights of railway-orientated holiday-making in the Royal Duchy during the 1950s.
54 STEAM WORLD CARRIAGE REGISTER
Another selection of grounded coach bodies, from pristine premises to mouldering relics. unearthed by SW readers.
56 PLATFORM
There's more information on Gatwick's stations, and a Colin Gifford photograph, among this month's reader post-bag of
58 SCOTTISH STATION SURVIVORS
Though Beeching's closures hit Scotland hard, many stations survive in other uses. J. Carron reports...
62 ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
Andrew Dow, one of the directors of the Locomotive Trust, looks at the story of Peppercorn's 'Pacifics' and invites more support for the new locomotive under construction.
64 STEAM WORLD CLASSIFIED
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