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Railway Archive Issue 5
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Painting Victorian Trains
by Dr. Anthony J. East .....page 3
The Disgraceful Affair of the Thomas Street Level Crossing by John R. Long .....page 14
Fly Shunted  .....page 26
The History of the Steam Locomotives of the Mersey
and Mersey Electric Railways

by Neil Parkhouse .....page 27
The Roberts Collection Part 3: Mainly London & South Western
by Phil Coutanche .....page 49
'Down Postal' .....page 58
The Cambrian Railways Photographs of H.W. Burman: Part Two
by Mike Christensen .....page 61
Pouteau Listings Part 5: The Great Northern Railway
by John Alsop  .....page 67
Wish You Were Here? Railway Postcards of Aberdeenshire
by John Alsop .....page 85

Issue 5 - sample photograph

This photograph is thought to have been taken at Eltham, soon to be renamed Mottingham

from.... THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES OF THE MERSEY AND MERSEY ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
2-6-2T No. 13 Brunlees lets off a little steam at Birkenhead Central. The crews had a reputation for looking after their machines and No. 13 shows why, as she positively gleams for the camera.

Footplate conditions for the crews in the tunnels cannot have been easy although, perversely, the lack of a cab might actually have helped rather than worsened the problem, because smoke would not have been trapped inside the confined space a cab would create.

~ Ted Lloyd collection


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