I am a volunteer lampman at Eardington station on the Severn Valley Railway, where we have set up a small lamp room dedicated to the repair, restoration and display of railway lamps from the pre-electric
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Category: Letters
GWR memories in a garage in the 1950s
The article by Geoff Courtney in issue 244 of nameplate Knight of the Thistle from GWR Star class No. 4012 coming up for auction reminded me that this was one of several nameplates hanging for
Read moreSmell the coffee, ladies!
Just what world do the likes of Amber Rudd MP and Sally Ann Hart live in? For a council tourism chief to claim that extending the Kent & East Sussex Railway into Robertsbridge will have
Read moreA different train of thought
As president of the Halstead & District Local History Society, I would like to respond to Ian McKenzie’s strong criticism in last month’s issue of the wording ‘train station’ – rather than ‘railway station’ –
Read moreMidland 0-4-4T information required
I was given the enclosed postcard during my travels for work but regrettably cannot remember any detail. It is a Midland Railway 1262 class 0-4-4T built by Neilson in 1876 and withdrawn in 1927, but
Read moreIn praise of Chinese railway museum
Thanks to the magazine and Paul Stratford for the article and pictures of the China Railway Museum. How gratifying it is to see the Chinese are taking their heritage seriously with this impressive museum. I
Read moreThe forgotten heritage railway bank branch!
As a regular reader and subscriber to Heritage Railway, I see that you carry what I would call ‘human interest’ stories as well as core heritage topics. I recently received a communication from Royal Bank
Read moreWhy can’t City of Birmingham be returned to steam?
Over the many years you have done some excellent interviews with the management of the National Railway Museum but I can never remember an interview with the custodians of the Duchess No. 46235 City Of Birmingham (which
Read moreRestore the last 306 to working order
REFERENCE the article in issue 241 on page 13 about Class 306s: firstly the unit number should read No. 017 not 107. Originally they were only used as far as Gidea Park, where many services
Read moreMP should get real over Devon coast avoiding line
Martin McGinty makes the point (issue 240) that Sarah Woolaston MP lacks understanding of Devon and Cornwall’s need for a second railway line using the Okehampton/Plymouth route. He suggests that she needs to wake up.
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