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BackTrack Volume 40 No 7 July 2026

BACKTRACK Vol.40 No.7 JULY 2026 On the Great North of Scotland - colour photographs of the D40 Class 4-4-0 locomotives AC:DC–DC:AC: Part Two - Stephen G. Abbott reviews electrification system changes on Britain’s railways since the 1923 grouping. Memories of the Cairn Valley Light Railway: Part One - Mike Fenton looks back at a long-lost line I’m Dumfriesshire. Up the Junction with a Jolly Sailor - James Graham traces the history of eight London ‘Junction’ stations. The Long and the Short and the Small - archive photos of locomotives of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Patriotic Duties - colour spread of the original LMSR ‘Patriot’ Class 4-6-0s. The ‘Jeeps’ of the LMS (NCC): Part Two - Conrad Natzio concludes the story with a consideration of how the Moguls and ‘Jeeps’ performed. Career Choices - J. Crosse ponders over the naming of no fewer than 330 Great Western Railway ‘Hall’ Class locomotives. Trans-Pennine Petroleum - David Ratcliffe tracks the fluctuating fortune of this important fuel traffic - going back to 1902. The First Railway Royals - Tom Nicholls describes the earliest ‘royal train’ journeys. Dramatic rollover at Middleton Junction - Jonathan Gilbert describes the recovery operation after a derailment in Lancashire in January 1967. The Freight Handlers - Brian Ringer presents some British Railways Board photographs of freight handling practices and equipment in the 1950s-70s.

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BACKTRACK Vol.40 No.7    JULY 2026

On the Great North of Scotland - colour photographs of the D40 Class 4-4-0 locomotives
AC:DC–DC:AC: Part Two - Stephen G. Abbott reviews electrification system changes on Britain’s railways since the 1923 grouping.
Memories of the Cairn Valley Light Railway: Part One - Mike Fenton looks back at a long-lost line I’m Dumfriesshire.
Up the Junction with a Jolly Sailor - James Graham traces the history of eight London ‘Junction’ stations.
The Long and the Short and the Small - archive photos of locomotives of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.
Patriotic Duties - colour spread of the original LMSR ‘Patriot’ Class 4-6-0s.
The ‘Jeeps’ of the LMS (NCC): Part Two - Conrad Natzio concludes the story with a consideration of how the Moguls and ‘Jeeps’ performed.
Career Choices - J. Crosse ponders over the naming of no fewer than 330 Great Western Railway ‘Hall’ Class locomotives.
Trans-Pennine Petroleum - David Ratcliffe tracks the fluctuating fortune of this important fuel traffic - going back to 1902.
The First Railway Royals - Tom Nicholls describes the earliest ‘royal train’ journeys.
Dramatic rollover at Middleton Junction - Jonathan Gilbert describes the recovery operation after a derailment in Lancashire in January 1967.
The Freight Handlers - Brian Ringer presents some British Railways Board photographs of freight handling practices and equipment in the 1950s-70s.BackTrack Volume 40 No 7 July 2026

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