Description

Western Times Issue 3 has landed! Packed with the historic, the informative, the unusual and even the bizarre, here are 80 pages of engaging facts accompanied by many more unseen images. Since its launch Western Times has been gratefully received by an audience looking for detail on the GWR and BR(W). It is now available at numerous outlets – although you may still have to ask at others. In this latest issue don’t miss Part 1 of the Dean Singles, Fairfield Crossing, Photographing the GWR, Weed Killing, Bridge Loadings, Warships in Colour, the Signalman’s Strange Pet and much, much more. We are certain you will not be disappointed. Copies of Issues 1 & 2 are still available. In preparation is Issue 4; for release in August 2022.

Contents
Introduction
The Dean Singles: Part 1 – The 19th Century
The Signalman’s Strange Pet
Country Stopping Places from the Archives of R C Riley
Western Weeds: Weed Killing on the Great Western
Fairfield Crossing
Experimental Motive Power: The Diesel Railcar Pairs
Leominster Interlude
From the Archives: The ‘322’ or ‘Beyer’ Class
Photographing the GWR & BR(W)
Modern Traction: D8XX ‘Warships’ in Colour
The Question of Bridge Loadings
Moretonhampstead in 1955: The Line South to Lustleigh
More About Milk by R C Riley
Book Review
The Great Western Trust (GWT) – Bulletin No.2
Reading to Thame via Newbury: A Railtour Adventure
The Guard’s Compartment

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