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London and North-Western Railway American Boat
Train. facing page 1
Folding colour plate of
Liverpool boat train in all its glory with twelve-wheel stock hauled by No.
513 Precursor (based on painting, probably based on photograph)
Six-wheel horse boxes, 10-11.
Introduced by Wainwright on SECR in about 1899, feature shows plan
of LNWR vehicle and two illustrations of similar CR vehicles. The groom's
accommodation was in the middle with horse boxes on either side.
British locomotive practice and performance. Charles Rous-Marten. 13-21.
The Railway Clearing House General Managers' Conferences, 1908. 22.
Chairman was William Fulton
Jackson, General Manager of the NBR: see biographical section.
Working Time Tables: No. 2.-London and North Western Railway. G.A. Sekon 23-31.
Stocktaking of railway stores, S.M. Phillp. 33-40.
Writer was employed by LNWR. Notes that task could be difficult as
many items remote from key centres (although most of illustrations show stores
at Crewe). LNWR possessed over 8000 time pieces.
6-coupled engine for auto-train, Great Western Railway. 40.
No. 2120 shrouded in casing in chocolate & cream livery.
P.A.P. Railway. A.E. Johnson. 41-8.
Peloponnesus Railway in Greece.
Suburban Train Services of the Great Eastern Railway,
C.J. Allen. 49-54.
Continued from Vol. 21 page 503. Includes two maps. Deals with services
on mainline to Romford and miscellaneous services to North Woolwich, Beckton,
through the Thames Tunnel, to North Greenwich and to Barking (via Forest
Gate)
The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, Herbert Rake.
55-63.
Includes two gradient profiles. Map. "At Ludlow we enter the verdant
Teme Valley..." Mainly descriptive, but also records the history and the
nature of its joint ownership.
Trains that travel in a contrary direction on the London
and South-Western Railway, John Bosham. 64-71.
Circuitous routes in Plymouth and Exeter (where trains ran in opposite
direction to those of GWR), also in Southampton (Portsmouth line) and
Bournemouth.
Royalty on the Furness Railway. 71.
Illustration of Princess Louise Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein looking
out from FR saloon at Haversham station.
Garstang and Knot-end Railway. T.R. Perkins. 72-7.
At that time the line was incomplete and "a service of motor char-a-bancs
has been inauguated between Knot-End and Pilling station."
Our special presentation picture. 78-9.
See colour plate (facing page 1):
plan of train, including full brakes, dining cars and kitchen car, and
description of train (in brief) as fuller account in Volume 21
(November)
Great Western Railway Express Passenger Engine No.
4001, " Dog Star". facing page 89.
Colour plate (Alf Cooke
lithograph).
The Great Western Railway and its General Manager.
G.A. Sekon. 89-101.
Illustrated interview with J.C. Inglis
(see biographical
section)
The Re-constructed East Cornwall Railway. (the Extension of the Plymouth, Devonport, and South-Western junction Railway from Bere Asaton to Callington. Road.. J. Thornton Burge 102-8.
British Locomotive Practice and Performance. Charles Rous-Marten. 109-15.
Birmingham and North Warwickshire Railway. T.R. Perkins. 116-20.
Express Trains in France, 1907. W.H. Gunston. 121-5.
An early time table. 125.
Suburban Train Services of the Great Eastern Railway, C.J. Allen. 126-33..
Caledonian Railway Expresses during 1907. E. Boyd Hutchinson. 134-42.
Chilian State Railways. Charles King. 143-50.
The working agreement between the Great Northern and Great Central Railways. 151-5.
Working time tables. No. 3 Midland. G.A. Sekon. 157-63.
London and South-Western Railway Express Locomotive, No. 335. facing page 177.
Great Central Railway's new concentration sidings at Wath. J.T.Lawrence. 177-85.
British Locomotive Practice and Performance. Charles Rous-Marten. 186-93.
Working time tables. No. 3 Midland. G.A. Sekon. 194-9.
London and North-Western Railway Expresses during 1907. R.E. Charlewood. 200-6.
The Pacific type of locomotive, English and American. 207-8.
Chilian State Railways. Charles King. 209-14.
Continued from page bbb
London Local Train Services of Thirty-five Years Ago. J.F. Gairns. 215-18.
The Midland Railway's London mail train.
219-21.
St Pancras to Newcastle servive with M&NEJPS [Midland & North
Eastern [Railways] Joint Postal Stock]: bogie TPO vehicles and former six-wheel
stock: illustrations, plans and tabulated data.
Little Known London Railway. (The Gas Light and Coke
Company's Railway at Beckton.) C. J. Allen 222-9.
Table shows dimensions of all locomotives (1-31): main dimensions
and builders.
Weymouth as a Railway Centre. W.E. Edwards. 230-8.
The Carriage of Milk by Railway. (how the German
State Railways Kill the Traffic.) 239-42.
Tables show the milk traffic on the GWR and how the charges imposed
by the German State Railways discourage such traffic.
Birmingham and North Warwickshire Railway. T.R.
Perkins. 244-51.
Continued from page 120 (116).
North British Railway Mixed Traffic Locomotive, No.
884. facing page 265.
Alf Cooke lithograph:
very dark brown.
British Locomotive Practice and Performance. Charles Rous-Marten. 265-72.
Running Powers and Working Arrangements. (1). Great Northern Railway. Charles Dix. 273-80.
Railways and Football Traffic: how railways benefit from
football. Harold Macfarlane. 281-7
Includes posters for excursions run in assocaition with FA Cup Final
at Crystal Palace (GCR, LSWR and LNWR) and crowds at Park Royal (GWR).
Working time tables. No. 3 Midland. G.A. Sekon. 291-6.
Concluded from page 199 (mmm).
A Night Journey to the Cornish Riviera, (Night versus day Travelling.) G. Ellis. 297-303.
Locomotive Overhauling. "Mechanic". 304-9.
Madras Railway: break-down train at work after the fatal collision near Kodur,
May 11th 1906. 316.
Illustration of devastation, but within a few hours a diversion line
was available.
The Early Locomotive History of the Metropolitan
Railway, Alfred Rosling Bennett. 317-26.
Continued on page 497. This part includes the
adaption of locomotives for condensing by Archibald Sturrock.
By-ways of Bradshaw. A. J. Smallpeice. 327-33.
The slowest journey was offered by the Snowdon Mountain Railway, but
it was also noted that Tiverton Junction to Hemyock was also very slow. Very
rare services were: one per week to Oxleys near Preston, Ladylands, Ravelrig
and Birnie Road in Scotland. The service from Workington to Seaton only ran
on Saturdays (but with two trains). Limerick Junction is always the source
for amusement being 22 miles from Limerick. Pub names are also a cause for
fun: Bay Horse and Berney Arms (the latter still being within reach of West
Runton).
The Furness Railway's art museum. 333.
Romney Musuem established with help of railway.
Extension of Methil Docks. Frederick Stoton. 334-6.
Plan, map, table of coal shipments from 1888 to 1906, and
illustration.
Great Northern Railway Tank Locomotive, No. 190. facing page 353.
Colour plate: Not in copy inspected (BLDSC).
A London railway's metamorphosis: (The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway's irnprovsnients at Barking). C.J. Allen, 353-62.
Some Links in the Evolution of the Locomotive, (The particulars extracted from the Diaries of the late David Joy, and Edited by G.A. Sekon), 363-73..
The London & North-Western Railway's safety platform trucks. 374.
British Locomotive Practice and Performance. Charles
Rous-Marten. 375-82.
Published posthumously
The Caledonian Railway's new type of bogie truck.
384.
Well wagons Nos. 217 and 218: designed to carry 30 tons of armour
plate.
Development of the East Coast Route, Frederick
Stoton. 385-90.
Continued on page 490.. History.
Railway Gauges and Clearances. 391-5.
The Eastern Counties Railway had been constructed on a 5 ft gauge.
The Dundee & Arbroath and Arbroath & Forfar were constructed to 5
ft 6 in gauge. Structural clearnaces are also considered.
Weymouth as a railway centre. W.E. Edwards.
396-403.
Map. Notes on harbour tramway and on Portland branch.
Locomotive overhauling. "Mechanic". 404-9.
Continued from page 309 (began page 304). Diagrams for operations
like dead centering and cylinder alignment.
The Worcester and Hereford Railway. Herbert Rake.
410-18.
Includes a gradient profile.
The railway system of North-East Lancashire. J.T.
Lawrence. 419-25.
Map
How the London and North Western Railway deals with motor-car
traffic. 425.
Unloading Argyll motor-cars at Camden goods station.
Great Western Railway tank locomotive, No.
3120. facing page 441.
Colour plate
Illustrated interview: Mr. Oliver Bury, General Manager,
Great Northern Railway. G.A. Sekon. 441-54.
See Managers for biographical
information which shows that he was a man of very broad
experience. The article includes a gradient profile for the Enfield to Stevenage
Loop for as far as Cuffley.
Charles Rous-Marten: an appreciation. 455-7.
See biography with locomotive
engineers
British Locomotive Practice and Performance R.E. Charlewood, 458-63.
London and South-Western Railway: Tourists Resorts and Arrangements in Devon and Cornwall. J. Thornton Burge, 464-72.
Some Links in the Evolution of the Locomotive, (The particulars extracted
from the Diaries of the late David Joy, and Edited by G.A. Sekon), 473-82.
Continued from page 373 (began 363)
Railway ports. No. 1. Goole, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. 483-90.
Great Southern and Western Railway 4-6-0 No. 362. R.L. Chapman (phot.), 490
In North Wall Yard.
Development of the East Coast Route, Frederick
Stoton, 490-5.
Continued from page 385-90 (page 385-).
The Early Locomotive History of the Metropolitan
Railway, Alfred Rosling Bennett. 497-503.
Continued from page 317-26
North British Railway Enterprise; a temporary Railway Station for the Scottish National Exhibition. 511.
The North-Eastern Railway in Teasdale, H.S.
Lawrence. 512-17.
Continued in Volume 23 on page 54.
About Beavers, Crocodiles, and
Macaws. 519.
Plus Coral A, Loriot A, Mite B and several categories of Pollen:
telegraphic codes painted on GWR rolling stock.
Great Central Railway Goods Locomotive, No. 1113.
facing page 1.
Colour plate: 4-6-0 portrayed in black.
Oldest railway in the world. (Swansea and Mumbles
Railway) 1-7.
Notes on the steam locomotives and the rolling stock used on the line.
Locomotives Nos. 2 to 5 and a new bogie tramcar/carriage are
illustrated
London and South-Western Railway tourist resorts and
arrangements in Devon and Cornwall. J. Thorntorn Burge. 8-15.
Summer timetable: new corridor train departing Waterloo at 11.00 for
Padstow (arr. 17.02) and Bude (16.07). Up train was ten minutes slower. Coach
connexion for Newquay from Wadebridge. Tourist guide type information.
Petrol rail motor inspection car, North Eastern Railway.
16.
No. 3711: illustration and side elevation.
British Locomotive Practice and Performance R.E. Charlewood. 18-26.
Running Powers and Working Arrangements: (2) Caledonian, Glasgow and South-Western, Great North of Scotland and Highland Railways. E.B. Boyd Hutchinson 27-9.
Running Powers and Working Arrangements: (3) London and North-Western Railway. Charles Dix. 29-31.
Railway literature. The Nationalisation of
Railways. A. Emil Davies. London: A. & C. Black. 32.
Highly critical: "author is one of those ill-informed people"
Combined railway and boat excursions: III. From Southampton.
G. W. Tripp. 33-8.
Tourist information
Some Links in the Evolution of the Locomotive, (The
particulars extracted from the Diaries of the late David Joy, and Edited
by G.A. Sekon), 39-48.
See Joy's Diaries.
Before the holidays (railway literature worth
studying). 49-51.
Tourist information from FR, GSWR, GCR, GER, GWR, LYR. LNWR, LSWR,
LBSCR, MR, NBR, NER, PD&SWJR and WR.
Railway Exhibits at the Edinburgh Exhibition,
52-3.
Scottish National Exhibition: illustration of quarter size model of
LNWR sleeping car and working model of LNWR train supplied by Bassett
Lowke.
North Eastern Railway on the Wear .H.S. Lawrence,
54-60.
River Wear. Previous part
in Volume 22 page 512.
Railway position in Central South Africa. 61-2.
Transvaal & Orange River Colony
Summer train services, "Brunel Redivivus" 63-73.
Launching of Lady of the Lake on Coniston Lake
by FR. 83-4.
Designed by W.F. Pettigrew: date of event not quoted.
Interior of single berth compartment of new sleeping car,
London and South Western Railway. 85-6.
"What the Railways are doing" illustration and description.
South Eastern and Chatham Railway Express Locomotive, No. 516, facing page 89
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, I. L. Hopwood, 89-95.
Running Powers and Working Arrangements: (3) London and North-Western Railway. Charles Dix. 96-103.
North Eastern Railway on the Tyne, 104-9.
British Locomotive Practice and Performance R.E. Charlewood, 110-18.
Great Western Railway's Travel Books, Harold F. B. Wheeler
,119-20.
Taff Vale Railway Motor Train in Grangetown
Station. 120.
Steam railcar (smokebox on side).
Dearne Valley Railway. J.T. Lawrence. 121-7.
Constructed under auspices and worked by L&YR: written to mark
opening: maps & diagrams
Railway Ports, (2)— Bute Docks, Cardiff Railway. W. Parker. 128-33.
Fireless Steam Locomotives. 184-6
As manufactured by Borsig.
London and North-Western's Model Railway at the Franco-British Exhibition
. Cecil J. Allen. 137-41
Exhibition was at Shepherd's Bush
Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway. Frederick Stoton.142-6.
Weeds on Railways, 147-8.
Vehicle used by Union Pacific Railroad.
Westinghouse System of Heating Railway Carriages. 156.
Electric Traction on the Midland Railway. 158-63.
The railway army. 168-9.
Data produced in response to Parliamentary question: numbers employed
in various grades as at 31 December 1907.
Great Northern Railway Express Locomotive, No. 1421. facing page177
World Famous Trains: The "Norfolk Coast Express", Great Eastern Railway. Cecil J. Allen. 177-84.
Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway, W.E.
Edwards, 185-90.
Mentions the first railway (to Cheddington opened 15 June 1839), but
this concentrates on the railway for which an Act was obtained on 6 August
1860 from Aylesbury to Verney Junction which opened on 23 September
1868.
Hundred mile runs in 1908. 191-3.
Non-stop: e.g. St Pancras to Shipley
British Locomotive Practice and Performance R.E.
Charlewood, 194-203.
Early Locomotive History of the Metropolitan Railway.
Alfred Rosling Bennett 204-8.
Mainly changes following electrification to the residual steam
stock.
"Connections", Victor H. Nelson, 205-16.
Complex arrangements for inter-connecting trains on the LBSCR.
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, H. L. Hopwood,
217-21.
Continued from page 89 (beginning page 89)
Some Links in the Evolution of the Locomotive, (The particulars extracted
from the Diaries of the late David Joy, and Edited by G.A. Sekon), 222-30.
Continued from page 155 (beginning page 149.
How Leeds is catered for by the London and North-Western Railway, G.W.B. Berrington, 231-6.
How Tube Travellers are Protected, Walter Gott, 237-43.
A Webb Compound on the Pennsylvania Railroad, 244-5.
Knott End extension. 259-60.
Extension of Garstang & Knott End Railway from Pilning to Knott
End opened: new rolling stock illustrated on page 254 and Knott End on
page 253.
Great Western Railway" Pacific" Type Locomotive, No.
111, ' Great Bear". facing page 265.
Colour plate
York as a Railway Centre, W. J. Scott, 265-72.
Notable Railway Stations: [No. 42]. New Victoria Station, London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, Cecil J. Allen, 273-82.
American Locomotive Practice, Edgar Logan Hill, 283-91.
Non-stop Runs on the German Railways, 292.
Steam Rail Motor Car, " with all the latest improvements", 293-6.
Oil-fired compound manufactured by the American Locomotive Company
for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.
Railway Surveying , G. W. Tripp. 297-302.
Eastern Counties Railway Rail Motor Car
Eagle, 302.
Supplied by Headly Brothers of Cambridge in 1849: 2-2-2
Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway, W.E. Edwards, 303-9.
Includes the then recent modifications to improve layout for Great
Central Railway express traffic.
North Brabant German Railway, A. Vale, 310-16.
Some Links in the Evolution of the Locomotive, (The particulars extracted
from the Diaries of the late David Joy, and Edited by G.A. Sekon), 317-24.
Continued from page 230 (beginning page 222).
British Locomotive Practice and Performance R.E. Charlewood, 325-32.
Railway Portrait Gallery. Mr. Robert Hope Selbie,
General Manager, Metropolitan Railway. 336-7.
Includes portrait.
Hatfield Branches of the Great Northern Railway,
F. Goodman, 338-41.
Junction for lines to Dunstable, Hertford and St Albans: last named
opened on 21 October 1865.Next part on page
392.
Church services for railwaymen. 342.
Sunday train services from Riccarton to Newcastleton or Hawick on
alternate Sundays.
The Great Eastern Railway withdraws an ancillary
service. 343.
The GER had operated a steam ferry between North Woolwich and Woolwich,
but this was withdrawn when the LCC started the free ferry service.
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway's
history. 345-6.
See page xxx: corriegenda: original locomotive colour was green
not black; ex-former LNWR locomotives and frmer contractor's locomotive No.
16A were black, however.
New colour for Great Western Railway coaches. 346-7.
Discarding cream upper panels in favour of overall chocolate
brown.
Taff Vale Railway Tank Locomotive, No. 39. facing page 353.
How Parliament harassed early railways, A.
Beasley, 353-9.
General Manager TVR: limits on dividends and relationship of them
to rates, limits on weights - 4 tons prior to 1842, speed limit of 12 mph,
access to railway premises by Proctors at Oxford, pressure on GWR from Eton
College not to come any nearer than 3 miles, the GER at Cambridge had a 10-5
ban on Sundays, subsequently relaxed to 1 pm, Liverpool & Manchester
Railway had restrictions placed on its use of locomotives at Winwick and
Burtonwood, the GJR was instructed to exclude ecclesiatical persons from
its Board and managers, the TVR also had restrictions placed on its
managers.
Illustrated Interview. Mr. Archer Baker, European Manager, Canadian Pacific Railway, 360-7.
Railway Portrait Gallery. Mr. Guy Calthrop, General
Manager, Caledonian Railway. 368-9.
Born March 1870. Joined LNWR as cadet in 1886.
See biography.
How the Great Eastern Railway works the Newmarket Race
Traffic, Cecil J. Allen, 370-9.
New station. Data on traffic of horses and horseboxes to race meetings
(28 destinations). Northbound traffic went via Ely.
The Day's Work at a locomotive Depôt, John
Bosham, 385-91.
Appears to have been based on LSWR practice.
Hatfield Branches of the Great Northern Railway,
F. Goodman, 392-7.
Previous part began on page 338. Orchard traffic
from Messsrs Sander & Sons of St Albans. Plan of Hatfield Station. Notes
on Luton branch. Illus. of branch station in Hertford.
Some Links in the Evolution of the Locomotive, (The
particulars extracted from the Diaries of the late David Joy, and Edited
by G.A. Sekon), 398-404.
Continued from page 324 (beginning page 317).
York as a Railway Centre: 1. The North Eastern Railway,
W. J. Scott, 405-13.
Includes train services onto GNR and LYR.
British Locomotive Practice and Performance R.E.
Charlewood, 416-22.
On page 423 Author asks why not a "Castle" class.
Locomotive coaling plant on the London and North-Western
Railway, 423-6.
Two diagrams: one was hydraulically operated. Also diagram of coke
loading machine designed by Ramsbottom
The Hemel Hempstead Railway's gradients. 429.
Pertinent paragraph: 1 in 38 falling away from Midland mainline (wonderful
free-wheel on bicycle): also notes proposed junction with GNR.
Highland Railway Locomotive, No. 61, facing
page 441.
Plate: sage green
How Trains are Controlled. No. 13. The Signals at Victoria,
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. W. E. Edwards.
441-50.
Plan. Electrically powered semaphores. Sykes pattern
British Locomotive Practice and Performance R.E. Charlewood, 451-7.
Some Links in the Evolution of the Locomotive,
(The particulars extracted from the Diaries of the late David Joy,
and Edited by G.A. Sekon), 458-64.
Continued from page 404 (beginning page
398).
The New General Superintendent of the Caledonian
Railway. 465.
Mr. Thos. W. Pettigrew who had joined railway service at New Galloway
station in 1863.
York as a Railway Centre: 5. The Midland Railway, W. J. Scott,
466-72.
Also includes Parts 6 and 7 (GCR and GWR) and general details of its
working
The Princetown and Launceston branches of the Great Western
Railway. J. B. Baron Collins, 473-9.
Includes notes on the Plymouth & Dartmoor Railway opened in
1823.
Running Powers and Working Arrangements. No. 4. North-Eastern Railway. E. M. Bywell, 480-7.
Notable Railway Stations. No. 42. Cambridge, Great Eastern Railway, Cecil J. Allen, 488-98.
Decapod Locomotives on the Italian State Railways. 499-501.
Railway ports. No. 3. Garston Docks, London and North-Western
Railway. S.M. Philip. 502-9.
New Patent spark Arrester for Caledonian Railway
Locomotives, 513-14
More Hemel Hempstead history. 518-19.
Prior to 2 July 1888 trains ran to and from Luton, rather than from
Harpenden.
Volume 28 (1911)
The new works of the London & South Western Railway at Eastleigh. 17-25.
1919 (October)
[Naming of 661 Ole Bill and 608 Foch - both locomotives which had been returned from service in France during WW1].
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