BackTrack Volume 36 no 9 September 2022

We have some great features this month:

> The Green, Green Grass of Home - South Wales colliery steam photographed i colour by David Idle.

> Difficulties on the Lauder Light Railway - Alistair F. Nisbet describes the fraught times of a branch in the Lowlands south east of Ediburgh which remained independent until 1923.

> The Railways of Gravesend and Grain: Part One - Malcolm Cowtan tells how railways developed in north east Kent along the Thames estuary.

> Preston Station in the news: 1860-1896 - Events at this prime Lancashire station on the West Coast Main Line detailed by Jeffrey wells.

> The Impact of the Great War on the railways of Gelligaer Parish and adjoining areas: Part Two - Terry McCarthy concludes his study of wartime, railway operations and coal production in South Wales.

> The Lines to Whitby - archive photographs of the now-closed railways to this seaside town from the north and south.

> Taking to the Hills - four colour pages showing steam in action on the Settle to Carlisle line.

> A London & North Eastern Railway 4-6-0 succession - four colour pages by Gavin Morrison of the NER B16 and LNER B1 Classes at work.

> The Investment Difficulties of the LNER 1923-1938 -– examined by William Wilson.

> The Introduction of Multiple Unit Diesel Railcars by British Railways: Background, process and outcomes – Ian Travers describes early developments pre-nationalisation leading to the  early scheme introduced in Cumberland in 1954.

> The Irish Goods - four colour pages of steam-hauled goods trains in Ireland in the late 1950/early ‘60s.

> An Island Odyssey - John Chapman recalls crossings to the Isle of Wight.