IT was great to read David Ratcliffe’s feature in the July issue on PBA ‘Tiger’ wagons, which were used predominantly on clay workings from the West Country to the Potteries. I am very familiar with
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Category: Letters
WEST MIDLANDS ‘GRONK’ TRIPS
REGARDING the article ‘A Trip Down Memory Lane’ (May issue), which looked back at some of the Class 08/09-powered local shunting trips in the 1980s and 1990s, it reminded me of similar such workings around
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I ENJOYED the freight sectorisation article in RE251 (April issue) and found it an interesting read. The splendid main opening image shows what is most likely the long-distance Lackenby to Corby ‘Tubeliner’ at York. I
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THE article ‘Last Days Of The ‘Westerns’’ by David Russell (March issue) brought back some fond memories of this much-liked and followed class. My own first positive sighting of a Class 52 was that of
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I SAW the shot of a Brush/Wabtec-built battery loco for the Hong Kong Metro in your February issue (RE249). It reminded me of this photo taken in 1989 of one (No. L60) of the previous
Read moreLast days of the ‘Westerns’
I AM writing to say how much I enjoyed the look back at the lovely ‘Western’ class in your March Issue. Unfortunately there was one error that crept in when it was claimed that No.
Read moreA question about West Midlands coke
I FOUND the latest two issues of Rail Express (RE248 and 249) an enjoyable read, and found the modeller sections in both issues of particular interest. The Albion Metals scrapyard layout (RE248), loosely based on
Read moreLETTERS: ‘Nightstar’ in Birmingham
CAN anyone help with more information about this photo from my collection? It shows EPS Type 3 No. 37612 heading a generator car, another ‘37/6’, and a rake of ‘Nightstar’ coaches in an enclosed compound
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I HAVE just completed Simon Bendall’s excellent article on the HST prototype set (December issue, REM). It brought to mind a visit (perhaps with Dalesrail?) to Crewe Works on July 23, 1972 when we came
Read moreTebay tankers revisited
I AM just reading the October issue of Rail Express and I see on page 29 (Express Mailbag) there is a picture of some redundant bogie tanks being used as fuel storage at a motorway
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