I was interested to see the picture in Platform, issue 238, of the Christmas card submitted by Heritage Railway reader Mike Sanderson, depicting D49 4-4-0 No. 246 Morayshire – but with a non-matching extra GWR
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Category: Letters
Use Science Museum land for electric museum
I live in Wroughton and a few weeks ago I attended an exhibition put on by the Science Museum to advertise its intentions to build a new building at the Wroughton Airfield site at last.
Read moreI owned one of the Metropolitan Railway original bronze nameplates
I have been following the articles in Geoff Courtney’s railwayana column and the letters pages concerning the debate about whether the original bronze nameplates on the Metropolitan Railway Bo-Bo electric locomotives were removed for melting
Read moreBirkenhead stocks steam memories
In issue 237 in Off The Shelf there is a brief review of a book, Locomotives and Railways of The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. I have not seen or read the book, but the
Read moreHelp restore Balmoral, Bristol Channel steam’s missing link
As A Bristolian brought up in the postwar era, I was bequeathed the dual delights of steam on the BR Western Region and the steamers of the White Funnel Fleet care of P&A Campbell. Even
Read moreBarry scrapyard led the steam world – but what about coaches?
I was glad to read the story of the preservation of No. 43924. I recall, as a young member of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, spending a day scraping grease and dirt from the
Read moreMy personal bus route…
I was astonished to see the article by Geoff Courtney in issue 235 about the photograph of the RT reproduced from my book London’s Classic Buses in Black and White. I enjoyed compiling the book
Read moreWhy we have diesel assistance today
Nick Hodges raises a very valid point in his letter in issue 237. Diesel locomotives have to be attached to steam-hauled trains for the following purposes: 1: To provide electric heating to the train. 2:
Read moreKeeping rail heritage alive on the Flitch Way
I wonder if you are aware of the carriage that stands at the platform at Rayne on the disused Bishop’s Stortford to Braintree branch? Since 2014 this Mk.2 carriage has been home to a small
Read moreIs this the youngest-ever crew?
Page 14 of Heritage Railway issue 235 shows a young locomotive crew with a combined age of 43 years on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway, querying if this is the youngest crew ever. On October
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