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BackTrack March 2024

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BRITAIN'S LEADING HISTORICAL RAILWAY JOURNAL

March 2024 Journal

BackTrack March 2024'Stars' and 'Saints' - three colour pages of this famous Great Western 4-6-0s.

Lincolnshire's Railways - a survey of the county's railway system by Stephen Roberts

Langley Green : Part One - David J. Hayes looks at Post-Steam Operations at this West Midlands location.

A Tale of Four Tunnels - Jeffrey Wells describes four Southern tunnels at Merstham, Balcombe and Clayton

The 'Northern Belle' - David P. Williams looks back at an LNER luxury tourist train.

At the London End - four colour pages of steam at the southern extremity of the West Coast Main Line.

An East Midlands Portfolio - steam in colour in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire from the Simon Lathlane Collection.

The Belfast Central Line 1874-2023 - a troubled history recounted by Robert Phipps.

A Right Royal Scandal: The Closure of the Deeside Line - Part Two - David Spaven concludes the story of the Aberdeen–Ballater branch.

From One Side to the Other - colour photographs by Gavin Morrison of the trans-Pennine 'Copy Pit' line between Todmorden and Burnley.

Finds from the Cambrian Era - archive photographs from the Cambrian Railways.

Lake's Chief Mechanical Engineers: Part One - F.W. Webb: as seen through the eyes of Charles S. Lake - reviewed by Malcolm Cowtan.