Press Digest Number 11
| Item | Reference |
|---|---|
| 151 | “The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway’s Shipping Fleets”. Article by L&Y Railway Society members. 7 pages, 7 photographs, 6 references, advertising material, timetables and flags. This is a short history of the company’s involvement with shipping, including its partnership with the LNWR. It contains an interesting diagram of ‘Tom Puddings’ – floating containers for transferring coal between rail and ship.BackTrack. December 2000 |
| 152 | “Windermere”. With 2 pictures of station in the 1950s. Railway Bylines. December 2000 |
| 153 | “Wigans Chosen Two”. 4 photographs of level crossings on the Springs Branch at Wigan. Railway Bylines. December 2000 |
| 154 | “Intruders at Crewe”. 6 page article with 10 pictures of ‘non-native’ train workings at Crewe in BR period. British Railways Illustrated. December 2000 |
| 155 | “Spreading: the Gospel”. Ex-LNWR coaches used as MIC vehicles in the 1950s. British Railways Illustrated. December 2000 |
| 156 | “Premier Veterans”. With pictures 2-4-0Ts No.2233 and No.2250 believed taken in late 1870s. Railway Bylines Annual. No.4 |
| 157 | 3 items: Signals at Kew East Junction (still operational). The opening of the City Extension (reproduced from Herepaths 4th January 1865). Slaughter Grunning locomotives (story of NLR No.101). North London Railway Historical Society. Newsletter 8 – 2000 |
| 158 | “Railways and Water 1830 – 1923” (Part 1 1830 – 1889) . Article by Jeffrey Wells. 5 pages, 6 illustrations including one of LNWR train on Whitmore Troughs (No.1472 Moorhen and No.2092 Arabic). This is a history of railway use of water, including sources, storage, boiler problems, treatment, etc. Several Liverpool & Manchester and LNWR references, including Ramsbottom’s introduction of water troughs. BackTrack. January 2001 |
| 159 | “Locomotive Standardisation and Standard Locomotives” (Part 1) . Article by Michael Rutherford. (No.73 of his Railway Reflections series.) 7 pages, 13 photographs (5 LNWR), diagrams and tables, 26 references. A study of standardisation (or lack of) from early LMR days and particularly covering Ramsbottom and Webb at Crewe. Photos include ‘Crewe Type’ 2-4-0 No.3034 as running on the CHPR, ‘DX’[X] and ‘Super DX’ 0-6-0s No.114 and No.1571 respectively. There is also an ex-works shot of Ramsbottom’s 2-4-0 No.1480, posed at Crewe. Final LNWR related picture shows LMS-liveried ‘Jumbo’ 2-4-0 No.5000 Princess Beatrice, that ran unaltered for much of its long life. BackTrack. January 2001 |
| 160 | A letter and photograph from Stan Roberts concerning the stationary engines used to rope haul trains at Liverpool Lime Street. BackTrack. January 2001 |
| 161 | “Whittingham Hospital Railway”. 12 page article and 15 photographs and archive maps about this line that joined the Preston and Longridge branch at Grimsargh. Railway Bylines. January 2001 |
| 162 | “North of Watford”. Article by Keith Miles. 8 page feature on Kings Langley and Abbots Langley station. 10 photographs, including No.25683 Falaba, a Bletchley–allocated ‘Prince of Wales’ 4-4-0, running into the station in 1938. British Railways Illustrated. January 2001 |
| 163 | “Dead and Alive”. Photographs of LNWR Cattle Box No.72332 for use with prize animals and a D.17A brake van No.14100, used exclusively with Irish ‘dead meat’ traffic from Holyhead to Camden. Both vehicles appear to be ex-works at Earlestown. Bryan Wilson provided the captions, with thanks to the LNWRS. British Railways Illustrated. January 2001 |
| 164 | “Derby’s Big Engine”. Article by Bob Mills. Discussion of Derby’s proposals for a big 4-6-0 in the early days of the LMS. There is a photo of ‘Claughton’ No.5979 Frobisher in LMS red and the author remarks that the Claughton’s neat one-piece splasher arrangement was something that Derby would never admit to liking. However the splasher duly appeared in a Jack Hill illustration of Derby’s proposed 3-cylinder compound that never got beyond the drawing board. BackTrack. January 2001 |
| 165 | “The Delph Branch”. Article by Keith Miles. A 10 page article with 13 pictures, concerning the operation of motor trains. Railway Bylines. February 2001 |
| 166 | “A Tale of a Tunnel”. Article by Keith Miles. A 10 page article with 10 pictures about Northchurch tunnel, Berkhamstead. British Railways Illustrated. February 2001 |
| 167 | “Locomotive Standardisation and Standard Locomotives” (Part 2) . Article by Michael Rutherford. 8 pages, 10 photographs, 4 diagrams and 28 references, and concludes with the BR Standard locomotives. BackTrack. February 2001 |
| 168 | “British Steam Locomotive Demography”. Article by Phillip Atkins. 7 pages, 7 photographs (one of ‘Special DX’ No.3137), 8 tables and diagrams. Contains a number of LNWR references, including significant fleet numbers and route, train and locomotive miles. BackTrack. February 2001 |
| 169 | “The Lion’s Den”. Colour photo of Ray Stacey’s LMS liveried ‘Jumbo’ No.5050 Merrie Carlisle. Item features the Japanese-made Aster Gauge 1 ‘Jumbo’ and also mentions John Davies, who once served under Beames at Crewe and is now the proud owner of an Aster model. British Railway Modelling. February 2001 |
With thanks to Roger Carvell, Chris James and Neil Fraser.