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INDEX TO BACKTRACK Volume 36 (2022)

Issue

Month

Page Numbers

1

January

1-64

2

February

65-128

3

March

129-192

4

April

193-256

5

May

257-320

6

June

321-384

7

July

385-448

8

August

449-512

9

September

513-576

10

October

577-640

11

November

641-704

12

December

705-768

 

 

 

Major Subject Areas In Volume 36

ACCIDENTS

BRIDGES

BRITISH RAILWAYS

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY

CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS

CANALS

DIESEL TRACTION

ELECTRIC TRACTION

GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

HIGHLAND RAILWAY

INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS

IRISH RAILWAYS

LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY

 

LOCOMOTIVES (Miscellaneous)

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY

LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY

MIDLAND RAILWAY

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

PERSONALITIES

ROLLING STOCK

SIGNALLING

SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY (inc. SER and LCDR)

SOUTHERN RAILWAY

STATIONS AND LOCATIONS

WARTIME

WEATHER

 

ACCIDENTS

Aberfeldy branch 685 (Nov)

Accidents on the Cornwall line 1859-1900 398 (Jun)

Chipping Sodbury, Milk train derailment at 91 (Feb)

Harrow & Wealdstone 614 (Oct)

Kinghorn and Berwick collisions 1891 757 (Dec)

St. Fillans sheep accident 106 (Feb)

Sevenoaks 599 (Oct)

 

Archaeological discoveries 606 (Oct)

 

Barry Railway: Mason, Alfred Grant 299 (May)

Boat Trains, The rise and fall of the 52 (Jan), 108 (Feb)

 

BRIDGES

Five bridges across the Manchester Ship Canal 730 (Dec)

Forth Bridge 302* (May)

Tay Bridge 700* (Nov)

 

BRITISH RAILWAYS

Angerstein Wharf, Memories of 339 (Jun)

Blaenau Ffestiniog, By standard gauge to 300* (May)

Bolton on the turn 762* (Dec)

During the in-between years 388* (Jul)

Fort William–Mallaig in 1986 326 (Jun)

Harrow & Wealdstone - 1952 614 (Oct)

Introduction of diesel multiple unit railcars by BR 559 (Sep)

'Lion' on the loose 415* (Jul)

Long shadow of the Arch: the troubled road to the new Euston 468 (Aug)

Merry-go-Round: A non-stop service 506 (Aug)

New Willesden Carriage Shed signal boxes 186 (Mar)

'Orient Express', Taking the 248* (Apr)

Saving the 2.17 from Braintree 500 (Aug)

Southport Flower Show special arrangements 622 (Oct)

Steam-era duties on the Southern Region 391 (Jul)

Wensleydale branch stone traffic 260* (May)

'Western' summer 754 (Dec)

 

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY

Princes Street: Edinburgh's underrated terminus 454 (Aug)

St. Fillans sheep accident 106 (Feb)

Scottish expeditions 224* (Apr)

 

CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS

Early operating days on the Mid Wales Railway 207 (Apr)

Roaming through Mid-Wales 736* (Dec)

 

CANALS

Competition between railways and canals in 19th century 134 (Mar)

Five bridges across the Manchester Ship Canal 730 (Dec)

 

'Chinaman' and the British engineer who built it 150 (Mar)

 

DIESEL TRACTION

During the in-between years 388* (Jul)

Introduction of diesel multiple unit railcars by BR 559 (Sep)

'Lion' on the loose 415* (Jul)

'Tadpole' tales 479 (Aug)

'Western' summer 754 (Dec)

 

ELECTRIC TRACTION

Double pioneer: Early electrification to Light Rail Transit: Evolution of the Manchester–Bury line 744 (Dec)

Grimsby & Immingham Electric Railway 86 (Feb)

Merseyside, Third rail on 51* (Jan)

North Eastern Railway Tyneside Electrics 216 (Apr), 306 (May)

 

GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

G&SWR signal boxes 443* (Jul)

Scottish expeditions 224* (Apr)

 

Goods and parcels trains 352* (Jun), 580* (Oct)

 

GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY

Bidston shed: Western outpost of the GCR and LNER 484 (Aug), 628 (Oct)

En route yo Woodford and Hinton 680 (Nov)

Grimsby & Immingham Electric Railway 86 (Feb)

 

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY

Ipswich - a hub for Suffolk railways 44 (Jan)

Norfolk's railways 198 (Apr)

 

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

Caythorpe station, The site of 763 (Dec)

King's Cross scene 480* (Aug)

'Single' from Doncaster 440* (Jul)

 

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

'56XX' - The workhorses of South Wales 608* (Oct)

Accidents on the Cornwall line 1859-1900 398 (Jul)

Birmingham Snow Hill, Under the clock at 582 (Oct)

Byways of the GWR: JSG on the 476* (Aug)

'County' 4-4-0s 668* (Nov)

'County' 4-6-0s 288* (May)

Lambourn Valley branch 94* (Feb)

Paddington, The ins and outs of 96* (Feb)

Ruabon–Barmouth route 80 (Feb), 156 (Mar)

South Wales engine sheds 670* (Nov)

Stratford & Moreton Tramway 276 (May)

Streamlining experience 444 (Jul)

West of Wales, In the 250* (Apr)

 

Grimsby & Immingham Electric Railway 86 (Feb)

 

Hi-de-Hi holidays 287* (May)

 

HIGHLAND RAILWAY

Aberfeldy branch 685 (Nov)

Inverness, Focus on 672* (Nov)

Private stations and waiting rooms 176 (Mar)

Scottish expeditions 224* (Apr)

 

INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS

Doxford crane tanks 734 (Dec)

Green, green grass of home (South Wales colliery steam) 516* (Sep)

Northamptonshire ironstone 196* (Apr)

Philadelphia, NCB 312* (May)

Stratford & Moreton Tramway, The four ages of the 276 (May)

 

IRISH RAILWAYS

Donegal delight 124* (Feb)

Irish goods 566* (Sep)

 

LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY

Double pioneer: Evolution of the Manchester–Bury line 744 (Dec)

Huddersfield, Nobility and the railways of 12 (Jan)

Luddendenfoot water troughs 24* (Jan)

Manchester & Leeds Railways, Aspects of the 21 (Jan)

Preston station in the news 1860-9 538 (Sep)

Teddy Ashton takes the train 429 (Jul)

 

Lauder Light Railway 518 (Sep)

Liverpool & Manchester Railway: Three locomotive curiosities 410 (Jul)

 

LOCOMOTIVES (Miscellaneous)

'ABC' absentees 234 (Apr)

Britain: Locomotive workshop to the world 654 (Nov)

Frustrations of Fuel Efficiency 75 (Feb), 334 (Jun), 633 (Oct)

London area shed visits 694* (Nov)

R. C. Riley on the Eastern 426* (Jul)

 

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

J94 Class 0-6-0STs 132* (Mar)

Bidston shed: Western outpost of the GCR and LNER 484 (Aug), 628 (Oct)

Dangerous Liaison, A: Stamp, Stanier, Gresley and the Nazis 243 (Apr)

East Coast route, Alan Tyson on the 222* (Apr)

Investment difficulries on the LNER 1923-48  552 (Sep)

Kingfisher in flight 31* (Jan)

LNER 4-6-0 succession: B16 and B1 Classes 548* (Sep)

R. C. Riley on the Eastern 426* (Jul)

Revisiting the Locomotives of the LNER books 696 (Nov)

 

LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY

1848 Engine Drivers' Dispute 36 (Jan)

Bassenthwaite Lake station, The life and times of 712 (Dec)

Five bridges across the Manchester Ship Canal 730 (Dec)

From Birmingham New Street 142 (Mar)

Glasson Dock branch 282 (May)

Huddersfield, Nobility and the railways of 12 (Jan)

Ingleton: Forgotten frontier 360 (Jun)

Long shadow of the Arch: the troubled road to the new Euston 468 (Aug)

Mold to Bymbo line 8 (Jan)

Preston station in the news 1860-9 538 (Sep)

Rugby to Peterborough line 262 (May), 404 (Jul)

Trent Valley line in the news 1845-1900 227 (Apr)

 

LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Island Odyssey 568 (Sep)

Victory Arch at Waterloo, Inauguration of the 155 (Mar)

 

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway: Through Sussex via Steyning 68* (Feb)

 

LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY

7F 0-8-0s 727* (Dec)

Beyer-Garratt locomotives 368* (Jun), 373 (Jun)

Class 5 4-6-0s: Succeeding like success 160* (Mar)

Dangerous Liaison, A: Stamp, Stanier, Gresley and the Nazis 243 (Apr)

Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0s 611* (Oct)

Long shadow of the Arch: the troubled road to the new Euston 468 (Aug)

LMS - the Camping Coach behemoth 270 (May), 374 (Jun)

Towcester: A Day at the races 26 (Jan)

 

Manchester & Leeds Railway 21 (Jan)

Mid Wales Railway, Early operating days 207 (Apr)

Midland & Great Northern Joint: Norfolk's railways 198 (Apr)

 

MIDLAND RAILWAY

Hope Valley line 644* (Nov)

Ingleton: Forgotten frontier 360 (Jun)

Settle–Carlisle line 544* (Sep)

Wymington deviation 314 (May)

 

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY

Fort William–Mallaig in 1986 326 (Jun)

Kinghorn and Berwick collisions 757 (Dec)

Lauder Light Railway, Difficulties on the 518 (Sep)

Scottish expeditions 224* (Apr)

 

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

Blyth spirit 344 (Jun)

Bridlington engine shed 169 (Mar)

Harrogate: Railways and 'The World's Greatest Spa' 590 (Oct)

Hudson, George: Railway villain or visionary? 420 (Jul)

Pontop Inclines of Stanhope & Tyne Rail- Road 647 (Nov)

Snowbound at Rowley 102 (Feb)

Tyneside electrics, First twenty years of the 216 (Apr), 306 (May)

Whitby, Lines to 542* (Sep)

 

'Orient Express,' Taking the 248* (Apr)

 

PERSONALITIES

Cantlie, Kenneth 150 (Mar)

Clarke, Allen 429 (Jul)

Gresley, Sir Nigel 243 (Apr)

Hudson, George 420 (Jul)

Mason, Alfred Grant 299 (May)

Scott, James Robb 292 (May)

Sibthorp, Colonel Charles MP 675 (Nov)

Stamp, Sir Josiah (Lord) 243 (Apr)

Stanier, Sir William 243 (Apr)

Williams, F. S. 239 (Apr)

 

Permanent Way: Memories of Angerstein Wharf 339 (Jun)

'Public frauds and private robberies': Col. Sibthorp MP 675 (Nov)

 

Publicity and Advertising: 'What a lovely job this is' - TV documentaries 70 (Feb)

 

Railway ghosts, A few 740 (Dec)

Railway telegraph codes, Mysteries of the 495 (Aug)

 

ROLLING STOCK

Common User arrangements for wagons 437 (Jul)

LMSR Camping Coaches 270 (May), 374 (Jun)

Observation cars 180 (Mar)

 

Royal travels 370* (Jun)

 

SIGNALLING

Back on the Erewash in 1968 355 (Jun)

Glasgow & South Western signal boxes 443 (Jul)

New Willesden Carriage Shed signal boxes 186 (Mar)

Railway telegraph codes, Mysteries of the 495 (Aug)

 

Somerset & Dorset Joint line 708* (Dec)

 

SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY (inc. SER and LCDR)

D1 and E1 4-4-0s 682* Gravesend and Grain, The railways of 523 (Sep), 663 (Nov)

Misfortune of 'Rivers', A 599 (Oct)

Sevenoaks cut-off: Completing the triangle 718 (Dec)

South Eastern journey from 60 years ago 434 (Jul)

 

SOUTHERN RAILWAY

D1 and E1 4-4-0s 682* (Nov)

Falling short of ambition: A new line to Leatherhead 118 (Feb)

Misfortune of 'Rivers', A 599 (Oct)

'Schools' Class 32* (Jan)

Scott, James Robb: Reassessing architectural practice on the SR 292 (May)

Steam at Southern sheds 492* (Aug)

'Tadpole' tales 479 (Aug)

Worting Junction 324* (Jun)

 

Stanhope & Tyne Rail-Road: Pontop Inclines 647 (Nov)

 

STATIONS AND LOCATIONS

Aberfeldy branch 685 (Nov)

Angerstein Wharf 339 (Jun)

Bassenthwaite Lake 712 (Dec)

Bidston 484 (Aug)

Birmingham New Street 142 (Mar)

Birmingham Snow Hill 582 (Oct)

Blaenau Ffestiniog 300* (May)

Blyth 344 (Jun)

Bolton 762* (Dec)

Braintree branch 508 (Aug)

Bridlington 169 (Mar)

Caythorpe 763 (Dec)

Chessington branch 118 (Feb)

Cornwall 620* (Oct)

Cumbria 166* (Mar)

East Midlands 42* (Jan)

Edinburgh Princes Street 454 (Aug)

Fort William–Mallaig line 326 (Jun)

Glasson Dock 282 (May)

Gravesend and Grain 523, 663 (Nov)

Harrogate 590 (Oct)

Harrow & Wealdstone 614 (Oct)

Hope Valley line 644* (Nov)

Huddersfield 12 (Jan)

Ingleton–Low Gill line 360 (Jun)

Inverness 672* (Nov)

Ipswich 44 (Jan)

Isle of Wight 568 (Sep)

Lambourn branch 94* (Feb)

Lauder 518 (Sep)

London Euston 468 (Aug)

London King's Cross 480* (Aug)

London Paddington 96* (Feb)

London Waterloo 155 (Mar)

Luddendenfoot troughs 24* (Jan)

Mid Wales line 207 (Apr), 736* (Dec)

Mold to Brymbo 8 (Jan)

Norfolk 198 (Apr)

Pontop Inclines 647 (Nov)

Preston 538 (Sep)

Rowley 102 (Feb)

Ruabon–Barmouth line 80 (Feb), 156 (Mar)

Rugby–Peterborough line 262 (May), 402 (Jul)

St. Fillans 106 (Feb)

Settle–Carlisle line 544* (Sep)

Shap 452* (Aug)

Somerset & Dorset line 708* (Dec)

Southport 622 (Oct)

Steyning line 68* (Feb)

Towcester 26 (Jan)

Trent Valley line 227 (Apr)

Tyne Valley line: Newcastle–Carlisle 99* (Feb)

Wensleydale branch 260* (May)

West of Wales 250* (Apr)

Whitby, Lines to 542* (Sep)

Worting Junction 324* (Jun)

Yorkshire Dales 416* (Jul)

 

Trent Valley Railway in the news 1845- 1900 227 (Apr)

 

WARTIME

Dangerous Liaison, A: Stamp, Stanier, Gresley and the Nazis 243 (Apr)

Impact of Great War on the railways of Gelligaer parish 462 (Aug), 535 (Sep)

Victory Arch at Waterloo, Inauguration of the 155 (Mar)

 

WEATHER

Snow 4* (Jan)

Snowbound at Rowley 102 (Feb)

 

Welshpool & Llanfair Railway 188* (Mar)

What about the workers? 164* (Mar)

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