Description

There was much more to the GWR than just the mainlines to Bristol and the South West as reflected in the content of this issue. A colour photographic collection looks at the different architectural styles found in that once common, now sadly missed, piece of lineside ‘furniture’ – the country signal box, in this case all located in Wales. Another rarity in the modern landscape is the junction station for cross-country secondary routes so an extended article on Ross on Wye and its long-lost connections is an unapologetic immersion in nostalgia. Border territory is explored in the joint route with the LNWR between Wellington and Shrewsbury while the holiday line sobriquet is remembered in a trip to the beach.

Motive power diversity includes an unusual slant on diesel railcars, reflections on a twelve-wheeled engine and the fate of steam locomotive name and number plates. The book review looks at a ‘labour of love’ on the history of the Staines Branch. The regular features once again appear – the GW Trust bulletin, another delve into the Riley archive, and naturally readers’ welcome feedback appears in Guard’s Compartment. Incidentally, the Pannier Story rolls on with Part IV which is nearing the half-way point.

Contents
Introduction 3
Ross on Wye – To Close a Station (and a Railway) 5
Thoughts on ‘The Lonely Giant’ 20
Tender First London Approaches: From the Archives of R C Riley 23
The Pannier Story: Part 4 – Pre-Grouping Swindon Built Locomotives 28
The Disposal of Name & Number Plates 46
Book Review 49
Banbury in 1950 50
Welsh Signal Boxes in Colour 58
The Wellington-Shrewsbury Joint Line by Leslie Price 62c
Trip to the Beach 71
ACV / BUT Railcars on the Western Region 76
The Great Western Trust (GWT) – Bulletin No.11 78
The Guard’s Compartment 79

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