BRITAIN'S LEADING HISTORICAL RAILWAY JOURNAL

January 2008 Journal

The North Cornwall Line - Part 1 - David Thrower details the history of the LSWR line to Padstow.

Flowers and the City - John Reohorn traces the genealogy of the GWR express passenger classes.

'Please shew all Tickets!' - Geoffrey Skelsey presents the legacy of Thomas Edmondson, inventor of the traditional railway ticket.

150 Years of the Somerset & Dorset Railway - an anniversary history of the origins of this much-loved railway by Mike Beale.

Mr. Peppercorn's A2 Pacifics - a colour spread of these LNER 4-6-2s by Derek Penney.

The Great Western Railcars - four pages of colour photographs.

The early photographs of Eric Treacy - Martin Welch presents some of this famous cameraman's first railway photographs, of LMS express locomotives on Merseyside.

A Wasted Opportunity - Alistair F. Nisbet reflects on the neglect and demise of the Horsham to Guildford line.

On Furness Lines - four pages on colour photographs of the scenic Furness Railways route between Carnforth and Barrow.

Secrets of the Log Books - Alan Wells looks at events recorded in Occurrence Books from signal boxes on the Blyth & Tyne branches in Northumberland.

'Export or Die' - British Diesel-Electric Manufacturers and Modernisation - Part 1: Roots - by Michael Rutherford.

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