Backtrack

Backtrack, Britain's Leading Historical Railway Journal, covers all aspects of railway history from its earliest days through to more recent events up to around ten years before now including, early railway history from the 'pre-Stephenson' era, steam, diesel and electric locomotive history, railway company history, railway carriages and wagons, railway stations, railway ships, hotels & road vehicles, railway economic and social history, railway publicity and advertising. Backtrack's contributors include many of today's leading railway history writers. From the beginning the magazine has maintained a reputation for its production values and each issue contains a wealth of photographs reproduced to the highest standards, including a generous selection of historic colour. Published monthly, Backtrack is THE magazine for all who are interested in British railway history.

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STEAMING THROUGH HAMPSHIRE

TIME TRAVELLERS FROM 'BAY TOWN'

THE BRIGHTON'S OTHER MAIN LINE TO LONDON

CREWE! THIS IS CREWE!

FREIGHT OVER SHAP 1965 • ALAN TAYLOR Tracks the volume of freight traffic passing this landmark outpost on the West Coast Main Line. Photographs of Shap steam in the mid-1960s are by GAVIN MORRISON

THE MIDLAND GRAND HOTEL AT ST. PANCRAS

ATLANTIC TANKS • Three of the London & North Eastern Railway’s constituents contributed 4-4-2 tank locomotives at the grouping: the Great Northern, the Great Central and the North British. Three more were eventually taken over from the Midland & Great Northern Joint. Intended at first for suburban work, they later gravitated to more rural duties but enjoyed long and largely successful careers.

ON THE TRACKS OF THE FURNESS • The Furness Railway was a compact system in the north west of England consisting of its main line from Carnforth, on the West Coast route, to Barrow and Whitehaven, branches to Windermere and Coniston on both of which it ran lake steamers, a joint line with the Midland to Wennington on the ‘little’ North Western and thence to Leeds and Bradford, and industrial lines serving Barrow and the Whitehaven areas.

A LOOK AT SOME SOMERSET & DORSET JOINT RAILWAY SIGNAL BOXES

THE BR CLASS 02 DIESEL SHUNTERS – NEMESIS OF THE LYR 'PUGS

GRETTON A RURAL NORTHAMPONSHIRE STATION

STEAM TO BURRY PORT - VIA QUEENSLAND

GOOSE HILL JUNCTION AND NORMANTON

THE WATERLOO AND WHITEHALL RAILWAY

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