Description

This is the second issue of Western Times the first having been received to much acclaim. ‘WT’ breaks new ground in studying the Great Western in areas never previously dealt with as well as featuring old favourites. In this latest issue we have articles covering a richly diverse number of subjects including; Moretonhamstead, The Scottish Panniers, The Crocodile, Rebuilding Colwall Tunnel, GWR and Wagon Pooling, Home with the Milk, Modernising the Western, the Humble Distant Signal, and Great Western Air Services – to name but a few. Well research and well illustrated by experts in their field, the contents of Western Times will built to an encyclopaedic history of the Great Western Railway.

Contents

Introduction
Moretonhampstead in 1955 by Gerry Beale
Locomotive Miscellany from the Archives of R C Riley
Castles by the Sea
Winchester Booking Hall May 1911
The Scottish Twins
Experimental Motive Power: The Crocodile
Remembering (bits of) the MSWJ
The GWR and Wagon Pooling
Colwall New Tunnel
Book Review
Home with the Milk by R C Riley
Modernising the Western:
Part 2 – Laira and Plymouth (North Road)
Modern Traction by Paul Cooper
The GWR Traffic, Locomotive and Engineering Divisions: Part 2
The Humble Distant Signal with due acknowledgement to Peter Squibb
Partners with Planes by Amyas Crump
The Great Western Trust (GWT) – Bulletin No 1
The Guard’s Compartment

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