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INDEX TO BACKTRACK Volume 37 (2023)

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 37

ACCIDENTS

BRIDGES

BRITISH RAILWAYS

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY

CHESHIRE LINES COMMITTEE

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

LIVERY and INSIGNIA

LOCOMOTIVES (Miscellaneous)

 

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY

LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY

LONDON TRANSPORT

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY

MIDLAND RAILWAY

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY

PERSONALITIES

ROLLING STOCK

SIGNALLING

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

SOUTHERN RAILWAY

STATIONS AND LOCATIONS

TUNNELS

 

ACCIDENTS

Burntisland, The sleeping car collision at 308 (May)

Derailment near Portrack Viaduct 1888 652 (Nov)

Dunbar signalman's mistake 601 (Oct)

Minor collision, A 570 (Sep)

Runaway train at Wellingborough 182 (Mar)

When a station roof collapses 198 (Apr)

 

Barry Railway: Intrusions into Rhymney Valley 486 (Aug)

Birmingham & Gloucester Railway 582 (Oct)

Brees's Railway Practice 506 (Aug)

BRIDGES

Solway 362 (Jun)

Stockport 676 (Nov)

Thames crossings 4* (Jan)

Trestle viaducts 421 (Jul)

BRITISH RAILWAYS

9F 2-10-0s 221* (Apr)

Bacup–Moston goods, A week on the 276 (May)

Bargain of the month 84 (Feb)

Buxton and Beeching 658 (Nov)

Co-Bos, The curious case of the 452* (Aug)

'Deltics' 96* (Feb)

Derby Works open day 1960 675* (Nov)

Engine and brake van to Shirebrook 164 (Mar), 215 (Apr)

Going green at Gargrave 353* (Jun)

Going nuclear in Kent 132* (Mar)

Milk traffic memories 398 (Jul), 532 (Sep)

More from the In-Betweeners 324* (Jun)

Names for the new era 690 (Nov)

North Wales Land Cruise Train 596 (Oct)

Reshaping railways as a business: Beeching revisted 714 (Dec)

Sunday excursions 352 (Jun)

West Highland seasons 544* (Sep)

What we did in our holidays 179 (Mar)

Woodhead Route, Lost on the 480* (Aug)

 

Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway 170 (Mar), 281 (May)

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY

Ballachulish branch, The demise of the 362 (Jun)

Oban, Kippering in 561 (Sep)

Scottish sub-sheds 754 (Dec)

CHESHIRE LINES COMMITTEE

Liverpool Spring Meeting 202 (Apr)

St. Helens and Warrington & Stockport Railway Sentinel-Cammell railcars west of the Pennines 372 (Jun)

 

Cromford & High Peak Railways, The light fades on the 300* (May)

DIESEL TRACTION

Co-Bos, The curious case of the 452* (Aug)

More from the In-Betweeners 324* (Jun)

Names for the new era 690 (Nov)

Strength in numbers 735* (Dec)

When 'Deltics' were green 96* (Feb)

 

Dundee & Arbroath Railway, John Moore of the 698 (Nov)

ELECTRIC TRACTION

Altrincham, Electric to 286* (May)

Chessington memories 112 (Feb)

Glasgow 'Blue Trains' 412* (Jul)

Names for the new era 690 (Nov)

Woodhead Route, Lost on the 480* (Aug)

 

Freight trains: Keeping the wagons rolling 340* (Jun)

GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

1888 derailment near Portrack Viaduct 652 (Nov)

Chronicles of John Boyd's Siding 356 (Jun)

G&SWR passenger services in July 1922 134 (Mar)

 

Grand National race trains 202 (Apr)

GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY

Great Central Railway 1836-1957 720 (Dec)

Great Central main line, Recalling the 314* (May)

LNER heavy shunting tanks 48 (Jan)

'Jersey Lilies' 414* (Jul)

O4 2-8-0s 736* (Dec)

Oldham, the five railway stations of 526 (Sep)

Signal boxes 566 (Sep)

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY

Framlingham Flyer, The 728 (Dec)

Waveney Valley Railway 53 (Jan)

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

Alexandra Palace branch, The life and death of the 302 (May)

Halifax, the railways of 240 (Apr)

N2 Class - A case study in performance 438 (Jul)

 

Great North of Scotland Railway: Aberdeen 'Subbies', The end of the 184 (Mar)

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY

''14XX' 0-4-2Ts

''43XX 2-6-0s 484* (Aug)

Banbury 606* (Oct)

Bath times 100* (Mar)

Birkenhead Woodside 72 (Feb)

Devon's railways 6 (Jan)

'Gingerbread' Line: Nantwich & Market Drayton Railway 154 (Mar)

Hereford reflections 327 (Jun)

Moretonhampstead and Teign Valley line 550 (Sep), 682 (Nov)

Liverpool Spring meeting 202 (Apr)

North Wales, Gems from 516* (Sep)

Southall, One day at 501* (Aug)

Penzance 415* (Jul)

Swindon Works, Politics and nuance at 430 (Jul)

Wrexham–Pwllheli in 1959 378 (Jun)

 

Grouping 1923: Sixes and Sevens, the 'Big Four' and the alternatives 249 (Apr)

HIGHLAND RAILWAY

Fort George branch 756 (Dec)

Scottish sub-sheds 754* (Dec)

Skye, Over the sea to 14 (Jan)

INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS

Chronicles of John Boyd's Siding 356 (Jun)

Consett Ironworks, Locomotives of the 290 (May)

Ford Motor Company, Steam and diesel at 368* (Jun)

Nidd Valley Light Railway 118 (Feb)

RAF Leuchars railway 86 (Feb)

IRISH RAILWAYS

Across the sea to Ireland 708* (Dec)

CIE - Ancient and modern 238* (Apr)

 

Joyce's station clocks 493 (Aug)

LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY

Cotton town stations 404 (Jul)

Halifax, the railways of 240 (Apr)

Horwich in the news 1884-1904 40 (Jan)

Liverpool Spring Meeting 202 (Apr)

Oldham, the five railway stations of 526 (Sep)

 

Liverpool & Manchester Railway: 'Rocket' and its kin 208 (Apr), 346 (Jun)

LIVERY and INSIGNIA

Coronation – 1937-style 288* (May)

Glasgow 'Blue Trains' 412* (Jul)

Going green at Gargrave 353* (Jun)

When 'Deltics' were green 96* (Feb)

LOCOMOTIVES (Miscellaneous)

Best seat in the house (Footplate shots) 644* (Nov)

Crampton locomotives in Scotland 519 (Sep)

First application of locomotives engines in Lancashire: Robert Daglish and The Yorkshire Horse 91 (Feb)

Frustrations of fuel efficiency: The last chance saloon 91 (Feb)

James Toleman revisited 115 (Feb)

Pulverised fuel for firing locomotives 498 (Aug), 627 (Oct), 748 (Dec)

Riley, R.C., on the Midland 196* (Apr)

Valves and pistons 647 (Nov)

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

Coronation – 1937-style 288* (May)

Heavy shunting engines 48 (Jan)

Sentinel-Cammell railcars west of the Pennines 372 (Jun)

Spencer, Bert: Gresley's master engineer 230 (Apr)

V2 Class – Winners all the way 32* (Jan)

LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Birkenhead Woodside 72 (Feb)

Coal Engines and Coal Tanks 547* (Sep)

Liverpool Spring Meeting 202 (Apr)

St. Helens and Warrington & Stockport Railway 630 (Oct)

Stockport Viaducts in the news 676 (Nov)

North Wales holiday coast 472 (Aug)

Oldham, the five railway stations of 526 (Sep)

LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY

Devon's railways 6 (Jan)

Hurn branch 590 (Oct)

South by South Western 608* (Oct)

Staines to Wokingham 422 (Jul)

 

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway: Brighton, Steam at 224 (Apr)

LONDON MIDLAND & SCOTTISH RAILWAY

Coronation – 1937-style 288* (May)

West Coast route, Eric Bruton on the 751* (Dec)

Working Class - 0-6-0Ts 68* (Feb)

LONDON TRANSPORT

From teenage clerk to station master 711 (Dec)

London Passenger Transport Board, A close-run thing 612 (Oct), 664 (Nov)

Spoilt for choice 556* (Sep)

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY

'A main line in miniature'? The legacy of the Metropolitan 462 (Aug)

From teenage clerk to station master 711 (Nov)

London Passenger Transport Board, A close-run thing 612 (Oct), 664 (Nov)

MIDLAND RAILWAY

Deeley, Richard 262 (May)

Higham Ferrers and Rushden branch 342 (Jun)

Working Class - 0-6-0Ts 68* (Feb)

 

Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway: On holiday to Norfolk 142 (Mar)

Midland mundanities 150" (Mar)

Mistley, Thorpe and Walton Railway 469 (Aug)

 

Narrow Gauge Museum at Tywyn 694 (Nov)

National Servive, The joys of 740 (Dec)

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY

Burntisland, The sleeping car collision at 308 (May)

Dunbar signalman's mistake 601 (Oct)

Edinburgh to Dundee via Fife 454 (Aug)

NBR Atlantics 78 (Feb)

Scottish sub-sheds 754* (Dec)

Tartan Cramptons 519 (Sep)

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

Falloden station, Viscount Grey and the Memorial Copper Beech Tree 395 (Jul)

LNER heavy shunting engines 48 (Jan)

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY

'New L' Class 538 (Sep)

Tunnels on the Potteries Loop 390 (Jul)

Wakefield, George: The hymn-singing station master 761 (Dec)

 

Permanent way work 619* (Oct)

PERSONALITIES

Beeching, Dr. Richard 714 (Dec)

Brees, Samuel Charles 506 (Aug)

Brunel, I. K. 582 (Oct)

Daglish, Robert 91 (Feb)

Deeley, Richard 262 (May)

Grey, Viscount Edward 395 (Jul)

Morrison, Herbert 612 (Oct), 664 (Nov)

Riley, R.C., on the Midland 196* (Apr)

Spencer, Bert 230 (Apr)

Tyson, Alan: Railtours 152* (Mar)

Wakefield, George 761 (Dec)

 

Railtours: A retrospective view 744 (Dec)

ROLLING STOCK

Burntisland, The sleeping car collision at 308 (May)

Sojourns on the Southern: Camping coach holidays 1935-40 25 (Jan), 102 (Feb)

 

Shipping: A martime miscellany 504* (Aug)

SIGNALLING

Dunbar signalman's mistake 601 (Oct)

Great Central Railway signal boxes 566 (Sep)

Midland Railway signal boxes 444* (Jul)

Mortimer Street signal box, A timely visit to 31 (Jan)

Staying single 370* (Jun)

 

Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway 176* (Mar), 388* (Jul)

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

4-4-0 stalwarts on the Southern 580* (Oct)

Hastings to Tunbridge Wells 268 (May)

SOUTHERN RAILWAY

Chessington memories 112 (Feb)

London Victoria 352* (Jun)

Sojourns on the Southern: Camping coach holidays 1935-40 25 (Jan), 102 (Feb)

South by South Western Suburban Surbiton 99* (Feb)

STATIONS AND LOCATIONS

Aberdeen 184 (Mar)

Aintree 202 (Apr)

Alexandra Palace 302 (May)

Altrincham 286* (May)

Annan 362 (Jun)

Ashchurch 671* (Nov)

Ballachulish 362 (Jun)

Banbury 606* (Oct)

Bath 100* (Feb)

Birkenhead Woodside 72 (Feb)

Bolton 179 (Mar)

Brighton 224* (Apr)

Burntisland 308 (May)

Bury 276 (May)

Buxton 658 (Nov)

Central Wales line 38* (Jan)

Chessington 112 (Feb)

Consett 290 (May)

Croes Newydd and Brymbo 36* (Jan)

Cumbria 50* (Jan)

Devon 6 (Jan)

Dunbar 601 (Oct)

Falloden 395 (Jul)

Fort George 756 (Sep)

Framlingham 728 (Sep)

Halifax 240 (Apr)

Hastings to Tunbridge Wells 268 (May)

Hereford 327 (Jun)

Higham Ferrers and Rushden branch 342 (Jun)

Horwich 40 (Jan)

Hurn branch 590 (Oct)

Lincolnshire and Humberside 418* (Jul)

London Victoria 352* (Jun)

Manchester Victoria and Exchange 622* (Oct)

Midlands mundanities 150* (Mar)

Moretonhampstead and Teign Valley line 550 (Sep), 682 (Nov)

Nantwich–Market Drayton 154 (Mar)

Nidd Valley 118 (Feb)

North Wales byways 228* (Apr)

North Wales coast line 472 (Aug)

Oban 561 (Sep)

Oldham 526 (Sep)

Peak Forest route 672* (Nov)

Penzance 416* (Jul)

Scottish odysseys: J. S. Gilks 688* (Nov)

Surbiton 99* (Feb)

Waveney Valley 53 (Jan)

Wellingborough 182 (Mar)

West Highland Extension line 544* (Sep)

Woodhead route 480* (Aug)

York 508* (Aug)

 

Stockton & Darlington Railway pay bills 558 (Sep)

TUNNELS

Tunnels on the Potteries Loop 390 (Jul)

Woodhead 480* (Aug)

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