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  • August 1955: Resumption after the Strike

    August 1955: Resumption after the Strike

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    THE speed with which train services were restored after a settlement in the strike of locomotive men had been reached on June 14 reflects great credit on all concerned. Despite the fact that many engines had been “ dead ” for over a fortnight, suburban services were either normal or only slightly curtailed on the…

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  • July/August 1944: The Failure of Bricklayers Arms as a passenger station – Part 1

    July/August 1944: The Failure of Bricklayers Arms as a passenger station – Part 1

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    July/August 1944: The Failure of Bricklayers Arms as a passenger station – I, by Canon Reginald B. Fellows. “THE Illustrated Guide to the London and Dover Railway,” published in the summer of 1844 “ By authority of the Directors of the South Eastern Railway Company, ” gave two reasons for the construction of the Bricklayers Arms…

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  • October 1913: Mr R E L Maunsell, Superintendent

    October 1913: Mr R E L Maunsell, Superintendent

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    October 1913: Mr R. E. L. Maunsell, M.A., M.INST.M.E., Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent, Great Southern and Western Railway. Our 125+ year archive is available to all subscribers of The Railway Magazine! Not a subscriber? No problem…. Just click here to see the latest offers.

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  • June 1904: The sorting sidings, Crewe

    June 1904: The sorting sidings, Crewe

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    June 1904: The sorting sidings, Crewe. Our 125+ year archive is available to all subscribers of The Railway Magazine! Not a subscriber? No problem…. Just click here to see the latest offers.

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  • December 1898: Proposed railway from London to Norwich and Yarmouth

    December 1898: Proposed railway from London to Norwich and Yarmouth

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    From the December 1898 edition of The Railway Magazine: Proposed Grand Eastern Counties railway from London to Norwich and Yarmouth. Our 125+ year archive is available to all subscribers of The Railway Magazine! Not a subscriber? No problem…. Just click here to see the latest offers.

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  • March 1898: Exterior view of King’s Cross Terminus

    March 1898: Exterior view of King’s Cross Terminus

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    March 1898: Exterior view of King’s Cross Terminus Our 125+ year archive is available to all subscribers of The Railway Magazine! Not a subscriber? No problem…. Just click here to see the latest offers.

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  • Made in Swindon calendar 2017

    Made in Swindon calendar 2017

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    Sam Hewitt

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    STEAM, the museum of the Great Western Railway, has produced an A4 spiral-bound calendar for 2017 to mark the 90th anniversary of the construction of loco No. 6000 King George V. Each page features a superb unpublished photograph of a GWR locomotive taken by Richard Bell, ranging from the Railmotor to a ‘King’ 4-6-0. All will…

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  • Long Train Running

    Long Train Running

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    Sam Hewitt

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    The link between railways and music is extremely strong, as our best-selling souvenir issue on the subject revealed three years ago. Now, British folk singer Billy Bragg has produced an album of popular railroad songs with a difference – they were recorded not in a studio, but on trains and stations during a 2,728-mile journey…

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  • FAWLEY FINALE

    FAWLEY FINALE

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    Sam Hewitt

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    For more than 80 years, ExxonMobil and its predecessors used rail to move oil products from the Fawley refinery, but all traffic ceased in September. Nick Lera charts the history of this Hampshire industrial site. Born of the oil industry and now discarded by it, the 9½-mile Hampshire branch from Totton to Fawley has stopped carrying…

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  • Britain’s least-used stations

    Britain’s least-used stations

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    Sam Hewitt

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    Every year, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) publishes data showing the number of entries and exits for each UK station. While London stations generally make up most of the top 10 busiest, spare a thought for the stations at the bottom of the list that see very few passengers. The RM has compiled…

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