Letters

Porter article stirs photographic memory

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.

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Volunteer shortages cost heritage dearly

19 January 2012.

I AGREE with the question posed by John Jolly: How safe are ‘preserved’ items of stock?

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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.

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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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One good turn deserved another

24 November 2011.

IN ISSUE 155, I was very interested to see the picture of No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester at Wansford, on the turntable from the M&GN at Bourne. It brought back memories of my youth before the war.

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The Railway Children play is still a massive hit

27 October 2011.

You reported in issue 155 on the early closure of The Railway Children production in Canada. While indeed it has closed early from its planned six-month run, it has still, according to the producers, been the longest running play in the last 20 years in Toronto, confirming Liz Wilson’s view that the show had been a success.

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Bankers could help out too

27 October 2011.

I have an addendum to your suggestion that rioters, looters and metal thieves contribute labour to the heritage movement.

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The last GWR engine in BR service?

29 September 2011.

In issue 152, Chris Magner asked whether 0-6-0PT No. 4646 was the last GWR locomotive to work for BR.

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Big and little GN Atlantics

29 September 2011.

I do not suppose I am the only one to point out an error on page 72 of issue number 154.

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What happened to NER coach?

1 September 2011.

Around 1991 I was travelling to Buchan. Beside the southbound dual carriageway on what I believe was the Aberdeen to Peterhead road, though it may have been another around Aberdeen, was a small farm.

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