MOST of the Big Four’s flagship express locomotives were handsome beasts.
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Tag: Britannia
Steam at St Margarets in the Fifties
In issue 249, I enjoyed Gavin Morrison’s retro look at Holbeck shed’s last years of service in the 1960s. My memories of this atmospheric Midland Railway ‘Cathedral of Steam’ are from a decade or so
Read moreThrowback to a 1967 Cumbrian camping coach holiday
Trevor Gregg’s 1967 holiday included visits to Lostock Hall, Wigan Springs Branch, Crewe South and Birkenhead sheds.
Read moreTwo weeks on and the tills ring at Stoneleigh
Heading the line-up were nameplates from two Southern Railway Pacifics – Cunard White Star from Merchant Navy No. 35004 (£42,000) and Dorchester with the county town’s coat-of-arms from West Country No. 34042 (£38,000). Just two
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