Letters
So little is left of original Scotsman
10 May 2012
In reply to Mick Yarker in issue 162, the LNER had serious problems with frame cracking of the Gresley A1s, so much so that all the A1s and some A3s had new frames fitted.
Liverpool-Manchester electrification
10 May 2012.
As part of the electrification of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway an old lattice footbridge known locally as the 77 Steps has recently been replaced with a London Midland-type footbridge.
Benelux steam has much to offer
12 April 2012.
I’ve just returned to the UK after 35 years in Belgium and Holland, so I read the article in issue 161 ‘give Belenux a go’ with interest.
Starlight Express from St Enoch
12 April 2012.
In response to Vic Millington’s enquiry re Starlight Express on p82 of issue 161. I remember this train well.
New builds are meaningless
15 March 2012.
I FULLY agree with Mr Wilby’s comments in issue 160; we should be preserving what we have and not keep having all this new-build. I am sick of having to keep reading about them. I want to see the old locomotives restored; the new-builds do not mean anything to me.
What was the ‘Starlight Express’?
15 March 2012.
DURING the 1950s, my grandfather, who was a permanent way ganger on the Midland in Leicester, would tell his wide-eyed grandson about ‘his’ railway, and at one time he spoke of the ‘Starlight Expresses’.
Porter article stirs photographic memory
19 January 2012.
The article by Geoff Courtney in issue 157 about the return of railway porters – or luggage assistance teams as they are now called – brought to mind a photograph I have in my collection.
Volunteer shortages cost heritage dearly
19 January 2012.
I AGREE with the question posed by John Jolly: How safe are ‘preserved’ items of stock?
Last word on the last pannier?
22 December 2011.
MANY thanks indeed for running the story of the last standard gauge GWR locomotive to work for BR. We are nearly at the end of the story.
How safe are ‘preserved’ items of stock?
24 November 2011.
I VISITED Crewe Heritage Centre on October 29 and was delighted to see the LNWR 30-ton breakdown crane, which featured on your pages during the summer, now displayed in an ideal environment and, in spite of years of neglect, looking magnificent.
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