Steam World
Issue 351 (September 2016)
When looking for the latest Great Western Railway Journal in Starlings in Sheringham my eye was caught by the latest Steam World which was dropped by Steamindex for a variety of reasons but mainly due to the Locomotive Magazine project (which is vastly more interesting in terms of "what is new to me"). Index to some of other 350 Issues
William Alcock. Punctuality and performance on the East Coast Main Line. 8-15.
John Dagley-Morris. The Ayrshire coalfields. 16-21.
The colour illustrations are interesting, but must be considered alongside
that master from Maybole: Derek Cross. Furthermore, several of the photographs
were taken outwith the coalfields (West Kilbride, for instance): Hughes Fowler
2-6-0 No. 42702 on 09.00 Ayr to Killoch crossing Enterkine Viaduct near Annbank
on 3 August 1965 (photgraphed from vertigo inducing location); tender-first
No. 42913 Crab on 08.40 Ayr to Barony near Annbank; Standard Class 4 2-6-0
No. 76001 and Standard Class 5 No. 73104 on "Kilpatrick" Viaduct [normally
known as Pinmore Viaduct] with Empress Voyager 14.40 Stranraer to
Glasgow St. Enoch on 31 July 1965
C. Harris. Long rails to Oxford and Hereford. 26-33.
Young fireman at Worcester motive power depot working trains of long
welded rail on line to Hereford. Preparation of BR type 4 4-6-0 No. 75006
was far easier than preparing Great Western locomotives. Had experience of
working through single bore Ledbury Tunnel on a Hall class and the even more
unpleasant work of firing the 52XX 2-8-0T used as a banking engine.
Great shot! Peter Fitton. 34-5
Colour: Jubilee No. 45565 Victoria departing Blackpool Central
on 14.45 for Leeds and Bradford on 11 October 1964
Jeremy Clarke. Grantham's mystery accident 110 years on.
37-41.
Excellent pictures which clearly show extent of damage, but text adds
nothing to previous speculations:
Bill Layton. Between the lines. 52-6.
Started in April 1940 as an oiler and moved on to the engine shed
as a cleaner in June 1941. When working as a callboy he failed to get a response
from one driver and removed his garden gate and took it back to the shed
to demonstrate that he had called. He found the firebars heavy to lift and
was expected to enter the tanks on tenders and worse still on tank engines
to clean out the sieves. Descending the bank from Amersham to Rickmansworth
the train ran away and to his amazement stayed on the rails through Rickmansworth
curve. On an S160 American Austerity 2-8-0 the driver could not close
the regulator, but by using the doors at the front of the cab the writer
was able to assist the driver from outside. A V1 missile exploded very near
to the A5 tank locomotive, but by taking cover under the engine he and his
driver escaped injury.Whilst working an A5 tank engine light engine a couplingv
rod became detached and dug itself into the ballast. As this was on a stretch
fitted with third rail the power had to be switched off before assessing
how to move the locomotive. During WW2 when working the return light engine
from the last train to Aylesbury the cab was frequently filled with airmen
and women returning to Wendover for the RAF hospital at Halton